The Sharp Boys have announced a stacked spring and summer, with new music, fresh merch, and a diary that reads like a greatest hits tour of queer clubland. And yes, they’re sounding fiercer than ever.
Firmly back in production mode, the British DJ and production duo are launching a run of releases on their Sharp Digital Recordings imprint, kicking off with ‘Radar’, already picking up serious DJ support. Follow-up track ‘The Zapper’ is also doing the rounds, with a third single, ‘Playing Games’, landing in March.
If you’ve loved their classic bumping house sound, brace yourself. The boys have toughened things up. Think driving percussion, techy edges, and the kind of groove that locks you in and doesn’t let go. It’s still unmistakably Sharp Boys, just with a sharper jawline.
Ten new productions are lined up for 2026, including collaborations with Trade legend Malcolm Duffy and a brand-new link-up with Sara Parker. Their iconic ‘Sharp Tools EPs’ and underground smash ‘Unmanageable’ are also finally available digitally. About time.
And because they know their crowd, there’s exclusive Sharp Boys merch on the way next month, from hoodies and tees to slip mats and caps. If you’ve ever sweated through a 7am Trade set, you’ve earned one.
From Trade to Global Takeover
You can’t talk about The Sharp Boys without talking about Trade. As long-standing residents and co-creators of the infamous Lite Lounge alongside Laurence Malice, they’ve been woven into the DNA of London’s most notorious after-hours institution for nearly three decades.
They also held legendary residencies at Garage at Heaven, soundtracked generations of LGBTQ+ clubbers, and launched dance floor weapons that still hit today. Sara Parker’s ‘My Love Is Deep’ remains a proper anthem and recently got the remix treatment from Eats Everything on Toolroom.
Their radio credentials are just as serious. Two Essential Mixes for BBC Radio 1, plus their own ‘Sharp Saturday Night Invasion’ on Kiss 100 FM, where guests included everyone from David Morales to the Pet Shop Boys. Casual.
On the remix front, they’ve officially reworked over 200 artists across three decades. We’re talking Britney, Kylie, Madonna, George Michael, Cee Cee Peniston, The Artful Dodger featuring Craig David, and that’s just getting warmed up. If it filled a dance floor in the last 30 years, there’s a decent chance the Sharp Boys had a hand in it.
They’ve played Hyde Park to 40,000 for Radio 1, the Love Parade in Leeds to over 200,000, headlined Ibiza’s biggest clubs, and toured from Tokyo to New York. Not bad for two boys from the UK underground.
Catch them this spring and summer
The diary is looking busy. Expect appearances at Orbit at Union in Vauxhall, Fixate in Cardiff Bay, Dublin’s Sound House, Decadence in Birmingham, Pride in London, and the Bioshock Frantic after-party back at Union.
In other words, if you’re anywhere near a dance floor between March and July, you’ve got options.
New label, new heat, same relentless energy that’s kept them at the heart of queer club culture for nearly 30 years.
Long live the Sharp Boys. See you at the front, slightly sweaty, probably shouting the breakdown.
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