Friday Dance Music Guide: The Week’s Best New Tracks From Myd, Paul Kalkbrenner & Stromae, Salute and More

This week in dance music: A new trailer for 100 Nights Of Hero, starring club queen Charli xcx, was released ahead of the film’s debut at Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 6.

Beatport launched a Global Remix Competition of Madonna’s 1998 classic “Ray of Light” in collaboration with Rhino Entertainment, Warner Records LabelRadar and Madonna herself. Happening in conjunction with the recent release of the Ray of Light remix album Veronica Electronica, the competition allows producers to download the “Ray of Light” stems and reimagine the track for a chance to win gear, software and a vinyl signed by Madonna. Submissions are open until Sept. 25.

Meanwhile, Major Lazer returned with a new single and a whole new member, with British-Jamaican artist America Foster now making the group a foursome. The fresh Major Lazer track “Gangsta” features Kybba and frequent collaborator Busy Signal, who Major Lazer fans will recognize from the group’s essential “Watch Out For This (Bumaye)” from 2013’s Free The Universe.

And in terms of other power pairings, Laidback Luke linked with James Brown’s grandson Jason Brown for a fresh take on the elder Brown’s classic “Super Bad.” Out via Dim Mak Records, the collab puts a delicious blog house spin on the 1971 essential, with Luke telling Billboard that when he first got the stems to the song “I was scared. It’s sacred material; I didn’t want to touch it.” But the Dutch legend adds that Jason Brown gave him “complete freedom” to do what he wanted with the song “that made me feel like I could just run with this.”

“It kind of puts [my grandfather] into the future,” Jason Brown, who is himself a DJ and producer, adds of the final product. “And that’s the goal. This supersedes the goal.”

And finally, ahead of the long holiday weekend, these are the best new dance tracks of the week.