Sub Focus has released his brand new single “Wildfire” today (July 30) via Casablanca/Republic. The track was premiered by UK tastemaker outlet, BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders who selected it as his “Hottest Record” today.

Listen to “Wildfire” by Sub Focus here.

It is the first new solo music released by the pioneering British electronic music artist this year, following “Go Back,” his massive collaboration with John Summit which has garnered over 25 million streams on Spotify since its release in May, and last year’s UK Top 40 album Evolve. “Wildfire” features the vocals of singer Jo Hill – who appeared on last year’s “Ready To Fly,” the Top 30 single by Sub Focus & Dimension which was classified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry.

“Wildfire” has been played in live sets by Sub Focus in the past months, where it is always met with an enormous response by the crowd – including to a 50,000-strong audience at EDC in Las Vegas earlier this year and most recently this weekend at Sub Focus’ headlining performance at Brighton’s On The Beach. The single has fast become a fan favorite, hence the anticipation around its official release today.

“I first played ‘Wildfire’ at Drumsheds at the end of last year and immediately knew from the crowd reaction we were onto something special,” says Sub Focus. “It’s been the most requested song in my set for months now so what better way to kick off a new series of releases of mine.”

The release of new single “Wildfire” comes amid a flurry of new activity from Sub Focus. He also unveiled new imagery this month, including photographs created with highly-acclaimed, award-winning photographer Neil Krug, whose previous collaborations include Tame Impala, Lana Del Rey, Bonobo and more.

Sub Focus has been on an unprecedented live schedule this year, bringing his acclaimed “Circular Sound” live and Evolve audiovisual show to festival main stages across the globe. His presence has been felt most notably in the U.S., where Drum & Bass as a genre and Sub Focus as an artist are both seeing an enormous surge in popularity. Following his appearance on the wildly successful WORSHIP tour run this past March, which sold over 24,000 tickets over sold out shows in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and more, Sub Focus will return to North America for festival appearances at HARD SUMMER in Los Angeles, Ilsoniq in Montreal and Elements in Pennsylvania.  All dates follow below.

In 2023, Sub Focus received many notable accolades including:

EDMA Awards “Drum & Bass Artist of the Year” Nominee – Sub Focus

Billboard “Best Dance Songs of 2023” –  Sub Focus “Calling for a Sign” ft. Kelli-Leigh

EDM.com “Best EDM Songs of 2023 – Drum & Bass” – Sub Focus  “I Found You” ft. Hayla

BBC Radio 1 Dance Best of 2023 – Sub Focus “I Found You” ft. Hayla

Louder “Best Electronic Albums of 2023” –  Sub Focus Evolve

Magnetic Mag “The Best Electronic Dance Albums that Dropped in 2023” – Sub Focus Evolve

UKF “Drum & Bass Arena Awards 2023” – Sub Focus (Best Album for Evolve)

Beatport Insider “Top-Selling Drum & Bass Tracks, Artists, and Labels (2023)” – Sub Focus (Best-Selling Drum & Bass Artist and Most-Streamed Drum & Bass Artist)

EDM Identity “Best Sets of 2023” – Sub Focus & Dimension

Catch Sub Focus on tour:

AUG 01 – Let It Roll 2024 – Milovice, Czech Republic

AUG 03 – HARD Summer – Los Angeles, CA

AUG 12 – Elements Music and Arts Festival – Long Pond, PA

AUG 24 – Creamfields 2024 – Halton, UK

AUG 25 – New World Festival – Chelmsford, UK

SEP 27 – Listen Out – Melbourne, AUS

SEP 28 – Listen Out – Perth, AUS

OCT 4 – Listen In – Auckland, NZ

OCT 5 – Listen Out – Brisbane, AUS

OCT 6 – Listen Out – Sydney, AUS

OCT 31 – Parc des Expositions – Paris, France
Sub Focus photographed by Neil Krug.

About Sub Focus

Sub Focus (real name Nick Douwma) has been at the forefront of electronic music since his early releases shot to the top of the UK’s dance charts in 2005. He has since seen widespread acclaim and commercial success for his two certified-silver studio albums Sub Focus (2009), and Torus (2013) – which hit the number 11 spot on the UK Official Albums Chart and included chart topping singles “Tidal Wave” featuring Alpines (#12) and the top ten records “Endorphins” featuring Alex Clare and “Turn Back Time.” He returned with a brand new album in 2023, the UK Top 40 Evolve, which included the Gold-selling single “Ready To Fly,” a collaboration with Dimension. And his collaboration earlier this year with John Summit on the single “Go Back” was a huge success across the globe, with over 25 million Spotify streams and counting since its release.

Additional collaborations in his career include “Portals” in 2020 the OCC Dance Chart number 1 album with Wilkinson, the certified-Platinum single “Desire” in 2018 made in collaboration with Dimension. He has also worked with UK duo Chase & Status on “Flashing Lights,” Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke who featured on “Turn It Around,” and acclaimed vocalist MNEK on “Close” and produced Example’s 2010 UK number 3 hit single “Kickstarts.”

Famed for his live shows as well as his studio releases, Sub Focus has performed his acclaimed “Circular Sound” audiovisual show to iconic venues across the globe, including most recently his biggest UK show to date: Wembley’s OVO Arena, which he sold out last year. Sub Focus is currently on tour across the world – for full live dates visit his website subfocus.com.

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