After three decades of remixes, club records and chart hits, MK has finally released his debut studio album. In The Night Again landed on October 30, 2026, with 16 tracks on Ultra Records and Sony Music UK, under exclusive licence from River10Music, according to its Apple Music listing. A deluxe digital edition follows today, Monday, November 2.
A decade in the making
Sounds & Stage calls the record "a decade in the making." It gathers the songs that turned MK into one of dance music's most reliable hitmakers: "17," "Dior" with Chrystal, "Piece of Me" and "Back & Forth" with Becky Hill, and "Asking" and "Come Find Me" with Clementine Douglas. Four brand-new tracks sit alongside them.
The chart numbers explain why this works as an album. Per the release details Sounds & Stage published, "17" reached No. 7 on the UK Official Charts and went triple platinum, "Dior" hit No. 1 and went platinum, "Piece of Me" peaked at No. 37 and went double platinum, "Back & Forth" reached No. 12, "Asking" No. 7 and "Come Find Me" No. 50.
The guest list
The features read like a who's who of modern UK dance vocals, with a few US heavyweights. Kareen Lomax opens the album on "Choice," which Massive Dance picked for its November 2 new-music roundup. Tristan Henry sings on "Leaving," the single MK released just before he announced the album. Poppy Baskcomb features on "Zone," Teddy Swims on "Better," Ty Dolla $ign on "Obsession" and Raphaella on the closer, "One Night."
"Better" is not new: MK first released it with the British DJ Burns in July 2022. Here it finds a home on the album that ties his whole run together.
Bookended by No. 1s
MK's career has a neat shape. His 2013 remix of Storm Queen's "Look Right Through" went to No. 1 in the UK, according to his Wikipedia biography. Twelve years later, "Dior" with the British singer Chrystal did the same after its June 2025 release.
"Dior" is still moving. According to the album's release notes, a viral MK x Flume mashup has given the song a second life online.
House-music royalty
Before the hits, there was the underground. Marc Kinchen topped the US Billboard dance club chart in 1993 and 1994 with "Always" and "Love Changes," both featuring Alana Simon, and made the house classic "Burning," per Wikipedia. His "MK Dub Revisited Edit" of Nightcrawlers' "Push the Feeling On" reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in 1995.
That history matters for the deluxe edition. The nine extra tracks include "Always" (Route 94 Radio Edit), "Love Changes" (MK Mix), "Burning" (Vibe Mix Edit), "Look Right Through" (MK Vocal Edit), "Push The Feeling ON" (MK Dub Revisited Edit) and "Blue Jeans" (MK Dark Blue Dub), along with "Slip & Slide" featuring Amira Eldine, "Teardrops" featuring Majid Jordan and "Lies" featuring Raphaella.
The full tracklist
- Choice (feat. Kareen Lomax)
- Dior (feat. Chrystal)
- Leaving (feat. Tristan Henry)
- Zone (feat. Poppy Baskcomb)
- Better (feat. Teddy Swims)
- On My Mind
- Chemical
- 17
- Come Find Me (with Clementine Douglas)
- Obsession (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
- Piece of Me (with Becky Hill)
- I Can Be Stronger
- Asking (with Clementine Douglas)
- Rhyme Dust
- Back & Forth (with Becky Hill)
- One Night (feat. Raphaella)
Our take
A debut album that arrives this late in a career could easily feel like a compilation. In The Night Again mostly avoids that trap because MK's catalogue already sounds like one long night out, from the warm-up to the hands-in-the-air moment. Mixmag flagged it in its weekly new-music radar, and it deserves the attention.
It is a big week for long-awaited records. Boys Noize returns on Friday with 7LLVSION, his first solo album in five years.
