Traxsource Top 10 Soulful House – 21 April 2026

It’s been a strong week for the soulful house faithful u2014 the Traxsource chart for 21 April 2026 is stacked with big names and even bigger feelings. Louie Vega holds down the top spot once again (no surprises there), and Vega Records pulls double duty with two entries in the Top 10. What’s telling this week is the range: you’ve got deep-jazz-leaning cuts sitting alongside punchy club-ready anthems, and labels like Defected, Glitterbox and King Street Sounds reminding us why soulful house never really went anywhere.

This Week’s Top 10 at a Glance

Highlights

Love & Happiness by Louie Vega and Marc E. Bassy is the kind of record that justifies an entire genre existing. Vega brings that unmistakable NYC house swing u2014 warm, unhurried, steeped in gospel and jazz u2014 while Bassy’s vocals add a contemporary R&B lilt that stops it feeling like a heritage act going through the motions. It’s no.1 because it earns it: this is music that sounds equally brilliant at 2am in a dark basement or on a Sunday afternoon with the windows open.

Deep In My Soul is Dave Lee (Joey Negro) at his most generous. Z Records has been on a quiet hot streak, and this track continues that form u2014 it’s a meticulous piece of late-night house with a bassline that blooms rather than punches, layered with strings that drift in and out like they’re on a slow tide. Lee knows exactly how to build a record that sounds like a memory you can’t quite place, and this is a masterclass in that.

Feelin’ It from Darius Syrossian and Riva Starr on Defected is the curveball in the top five. Syrossian’s background in techno adds a bristly edge to what would otherwise be a smooth soulful ride u2014 there’s a tension in the groove here that keeps you slightly on your toes. Riva Starr brings the production sheen, and together they’ve made something that works on a proper sound system in a way a lot of softer soulful tracks don’t. Good one to drop earlier in a set before things get too warm.

Tony Humphries at no.4 with When The Music Hits on King Street Sounds is the veteran statement of the week. Humphries is one of the architects of this whole sound u2014 he was doing soulful house before most people had a name for it u2014 and this record carries that history without being nostalgic. It’s a proper, deep, hymn-like house track. King Street Sounds remains one of the most consistently quality labels in the space.

At no.8, Forever & A Day by Horse Meat Disco on Glitterbox is the unexpected treat of the chart. HMD have always had one foot in disco, one in house, and here they lean into the house side with a warm, loping groove and a vocal hook that’ll be stuck in your head by the second chorus. Glitterbox can do no wrong right now, and this is another reason why.

The Rest of the Chart

MK’s Body & Soul (Area10) does exactly what you’d expect from Marc Kinchen u2014 crisp, efficient, peak-time soulful house built for maximum impact with minimum fuss. Ron Carroll’s Soulful Journey on Large Music is a reflective mid-chart entry with Carroll’s distinctive baritone doing the heavy lifting. Mousse T. and Inaya Day revisit familiar territory with Move Your Body on Peppermint Jam u2014 a classic pairing that still delivers. Rounding out the chart, Atjazz and Jullian Gomes bring their South African jazz-house sensibility to Cosmic Love on Atjazz Record Company u2014 understated but deeply satisfying, and a reminder that some of the most interesting soulful house right now is coming out of Johannesburg.

Until Next Week

A genuinely strong chart this week u2014 the kind that makes you want to clear a Sunday afternoon, set up the speakers properly, and just let it run. Soulful house is in good hands.