Restricted and Junkie Kid Unleash Hardstyle Mayhem on "Pump This Party"

Australian hardstyle titan Restricted has joined forces with Mexican producer Junkie Kid to deliver "Pump This Party," a relentless hardstyle assault set for release September 12 on REVIVE RECORDS. The collaboration showcases everything that makes hardstyle irresistible: hammering percussion, distorted synths, and commanding vocals that bark "Oh yeah, you want to rock now… Pump this Groove, Pump this Party." This is the kind of high-octane production that transforms underground warehouses into pressure cookers and sends mainstage festival crowds into absolute chaos, embodying the raw industrial energy that both artists have become synonymous with.

The timing couldn't be more perfect for this explosive collaboration, as both producers are riding waves of unprecedented momentum. Fresh from their sold-out Wasteland performance in Los Angeles and Restricted's conquest of European stages across Portugal, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Italy, the duo has returned to the Americas to continue spreading their industrial rawstyle gospel. Restricted's recent EDC Vegas 2025 debut became the stuff of legend when his Saturday night closing set drew such massive crowds that fire marshals had to intervene, with his stage surpassing capacity within minutes of his performance beginning.

For Restricted, "Pump This Party" represents a perfect storm of creative chaos and calculated madness. "If ADHD was a track, it would be this. With all 3 drops, all we wanted was to make them completely different, but still make them fit in one track while keeping it exciting and energetic," he explains. "We took influence from early hardstyle (artists like Showtek, TNT) and merged with industrial/raw elements, old school vocals, and too many fake drops. Have been loving to play this one out over the summer and is always a highlight in our sets." Meanwhile, Junkie Kid brings his signature Mexican flavor to the collaboration, revealing the playful dynamic between the producers. "Working with Rhys on this one was so much fun, since we use the same DAW we are always talking about how bad or good the DAW is, haha. So we finally decided to finish this collab; we have been working on it for months now," he shares.

The release of "Pump This Party" positions both artists for even greater heights as Restricted prepares for his upcoming Teletech Festival appearance in the UK, having already sold out solo headline Teletech events across Manchester, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and Brisbane—moving an staggering 17,000 tickets in mere minutes. "I love how it came out, a total crowd hyper. I'm pretty sure this is not gonna be our only collab together. But in the meantime, enjoy this banger," Junkie Kid concludes, hinting at future collaborations between these two hardstyle forces. With "Pump This Party" serving as their first official partnership, this cross-continental alliance promises to shake the hardstyle world to its core.

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