Top albums we're looking forward to in 2023: Skrillex, ILLENIUM, Kx5, & more

2022 confirmed up in an enormous method on the album entrance, with loads of album debuts and returns from legendary names. However annually presents a brand new take a look at thrilling music from names recognizable or contemporary, and 2023 particularly seems poised to characterize among the finest years within the digital music album cycle in fairly some time.

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Not least of all, at the start of this 12 months, Skrillex introduced he can be dropping two tasks this 12 months: QFF and DGTC. The exact meanings of those acronyms haven’t but been revealed, however rumors have already been flitting round. Up to now, we’ve gotten 5 singles from the 2 tasks in complete, and you’ll inform which is which via the distinct observe paintings for every. (Although, to which acronym you assign the variations is one other matter.)

Then, in fact, we now have the anticipated debut album from Kx5, the long-awaited official collaborative grouping of Kaskade and deadmau5, who first enamored themselves to followers with their electrical collaboration, “I Keep in mind,” in 2008. When the pairing was formally introduced virtually an entire 12 months in the past with the discharge of their debut single, “Escape,” hype was already set to most.

ILLENIUM will return in 2023 along with his fifth studio album, the self-titled ILLENIUM. Whereas hype for any ILLENIUM album is already fairly important, additional gas was added to the hearth lately when City Outfitters leaked the tracklist early, revealing collaborations with Avril Lavigne & Travis Barker, Wooli & Grabbitz, Immobile In White, and extra.

There are additionally extra albums that we count on may very well be coming this 12 months, together with the long-awaited third albums from each Zedd and Nero, doubtlessly a solo deadmau5 album, and possibly a posthumous album from SOPHIE being completed by her brother.