Our HERATIKS journey really ignited in April 2025 when we dropped our unofficial remix (bootleg) of The Blessed Madonna & Kylie Minogue's "Edge of Saturday Night".
What began as a competition entry quickly turned into a proper club weapon. We flipped the original into a bumping, groove-heavy tech house roller – peak-time energy with rolling basslines and that infectious swing we love.The response was a buzz. It started getting played in sets across key spots starting in Miami clubs, then to then to the French Alps après-ski parties and starting the Ibiza season! DJs from all corners were playing it, proving our sound travels from summer festivals to winter raves!
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Stream on SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/heratiks/edge-of-saturday-night-heratiks-remix or the HERATIKS Bandcamp.
This bootleg was the spark – it put us on the map as HERATIKS and started to build the name for our debut original release 'Drop Tha Spot' and live shows.
Still one of our favourites to drop in sets – thanks to everyone who's supported it! 🔥
Live & On The Road: Bringing the Energy to the Dancefloor
We took that momentum into live shows across the South – Cornwall and Devon beach parties, terraces and clubs to the iconic Ministry of Sound 103 room to the ECHO Boat Party on the Thames where we have road-tested new tracks and been beyond buzzed to see them go off!!
We took that momentum from the bootleg and 'Drop Tha Spot' straight to the live stage – hitting shows across the South West and beyond, road-testing new tracks and feeling the crowd reaction in real time.
From summer terraces and clubs to beach parties in Cornwall and Devon to London Clubs from the iconic Ministry of Sound 103, that legendary system shaking with our peak-time tech & bass rollers - the crowd response was electric – absolutely awesome vibes!
Then came the ECHO Boat Party on the Thames – one of London's longest-running floating raves. Views of the city skyline, packed dancefloors and dropping unreleased ID's for a 90 minute set while the boat cruised past Tower Bridge, down past the o2 to the Thames Barrier and back to Temple Pier. Seeing new tracks like 'Drop Tha Spot', 'Hands Up High' and 'Phat Bass' absolutely smash it there had us buzzing – the crowd was locked in. From The Boat Party, on the same night, we hit the tube at Temple, headed South to Tooting to 'Tech This Out' where we walked in, got greated by evberyone there who wasjust so friendly, just made it in time for our set, and dropped an full send set to a packed Mezzanine! We've since been invited back for a show with Ginn Ldn on his flex fm show in the new year!
We've been beyond hyped watching these unreleased bangers go off live – fine-tuning the sound based on real dancefloor reaction. No better testing ground than a packed boat or club!
From Cornwalls sands to London icons, 2025's been about connecting with crowds and pushing the sound forward live.
Looking ahead, we're locked for whatever 2026 brings!
'Drop Tha Spot'. Our Debut Original. A Milestone.
The big milestone was our debut original, 'Drop Tha Spot'.
It climbed to #10 on Spinnin' Records Talent Pool, and Krausey submitted it for Grahame Farmer's YouTube Show on Data Transmission - a live review with Loz Seka which was, in itself actually hilarious (click the link opposite to watch it), in between the laughs it received the Rave Horn seal of approval and a nod to "check that one out again later. After a couple tweaks it got signed to dt weapons, one of Data Transmissions imprints.
Mastered by GAWP at Most Wanted Audio (who masters for Toolroom and Defected amongst others), the August release went on to get BBC Introducing The Wests "Sound of the Weekend", went straight into Traxsource's Essential Tech Selection, peaked at #23 in the Tech House Chart and even randomly hit #62 South Africa Dance Charts. BEFOK!!
Data Transmission dropped an article "HERATIKS Boot The Doors In" which made it all seem like things were slotting into place even more.
Support came from the likes of Fatboy Slim, Richie Hawtin, Joris Voorn, Mark Knight, Claude VonStroke, AC Slater, Paco Osuna, Dennis Cruz, Steve Bug, and more, spinning it in California, New York, Amsterdam, Ibiza, Australia (Kiss FM Dance) and UK stations like Data Transmission Radio, FlexFM, Select Radio, House Music Radio, and RadioActiveFM.
In just 5 months on Spotify, 'Drop Tha Spot' reached listeners in 43 countries and landed on 91 playlists!
HERATIKS ' Drop Tha Spot' Landed on 91 Spotify Playlists.
In just five months on Spotify, 'Drop Tha Spot' reached listeners in 43 countries and landed on 91 playlists – a massive milestone for our debut release.
To put that in perspective: we dropped the track in August 2025, so by Wrapped time, it'd only been live for five months – and it still racked up plays across 43 countries worldwide. From the UK and US to Australia, South Africa, Canada, Ireland, and beyond – the sound's travelling.
Even better, it got added to 91 playlists, including some heavy hitters:
•We Love's 'Ibiza 2025' (~103K followers – massive Ibiza/party exposure)
•Ultimate Gaming (~35K followers – gaming/tech house crossover gold)
•House of Hustle's 'Dirty Tech House' (~21.7K followers)
•Dopamine Machine Records' 'House Essentials 2025' (~13.5K followers)
And tons more editorial, algorithmic, and curator picks pushing it globally!
Now, heading into 2026, we've got more originals in the works ('Hands Up High', 'Phat Bass', and others tearing up sets), a teased collaboration with a 2025 breakout artist, and our biggest yet: an official remix of a 90s dance music club classic which we are very excited about. You can read more on this by clicking the link above!
We have some thank yous as a lot of this just wouldn't have aligned if it wasn't for these guys!
Thank you to Sam @ Doom Media for capturing some of the fun and providing hours of hilarity on the car journeys...even *that one* with the crutch!
Grahame Framer, Loz Seka and Hobbs at Data Transmission!
Lizzie Curious and the team for the fun at All Back To Minehead.
Sam Supplier for the Ministry of Sound hookup.
Dom @ ECHO for being a legend and literally saying "I want you to do what you're doing!" Not constraining us or asking us to play down... booking us for a reason...to SEND IT!
To Charlie & Shanie. IYKYK.
And lastly but definitely, 100%, by no means least to Steph Sugarshaker for her continued belief and pushing!
After years grinding, it's all clicking. Thankyou to everyone supporting us who's danced to our music from the festival fields to beaches to the clubs and terraces! The best is coming. Stay locked and save the website for updates, streams and events!
HERATIKS 2026 – LET'S GO! 🔥