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Fat Joe Ft. Ashanti & Ja Rule - What's Luv (Bring The Beat Mack Bootleg)

Once you are over thirty years deep into rave culture, it becomes hard to not want a slice of the action yourself. For Bring The Beat Mack, his recent immersion into the world of drum and bass is the culmination of decades of living and breathing all forms of dance music.

After diving into the world of raving thanks to tapes from icons including DJ Rap, Sasha, and Andy Weatherall in the early ‘90s, Mack was instantly hooked on anything intended for transmission through a sound system at high volume. It didn’t matter if it was house, jungle, or hardcore; the irresistible grooves of golden-age raves captured the heart and ears of the young soul.

With good fortune, Mack was able to attend parties pushing house and hardcore thrown by the legendary Midlands-based DiY and Smokescreen crews and Techno-fueled squat raves organised by friends in London. As the decade progressed, his interest in the burgeoning Trance scene grew; one pair of Technics later, he was on his way to honing his mixing style and fashioning himself as a DJ. Around the turn of the millennium, breaks tracks from artists such as Deekline, Ed Solo, and The Freestylers further expanded Mack’s musical vocabulary. 

As fate would have it, a chance to catch a drum and bass set from WheelUp Sound System resident Dubroot at a rave in a brewery in 2017. Mack was instantly inspired to pursue this sound and its unmatched intensity, becoming a WheelUp resident shortly after this encounter. A 2021 multigenre set at Sounds Good Festival (run by Mack himself) sealed the deal; after a self-described epiphany during the performance, it became apparent that the only way forwards was drum and bass. Following this, he immersed himself on the East London drum and bass circuit as a DJ with WheelUp, threw himself into production, continues to run Sounds Good Festival, and founded the Upgraded label.

Whilst the rich tapestry of his musical upbringing continues to inform his sound, drum and bass remains at the core of the Bring The Beat Mack project. Releases on labels including Jungle Cakes, Propa Talent, and Original Key Records have firmly positioned Bring The Beat Mack as a recognised talent in the scene. When your remix is hand-picked for release by DJ Rap herself, there can be no doubt about this. Bring The Beat Mack has also received recognition behind the wheels of steel; as both a solo artist and as part of WheelUp, he has landed himself on lineups alongside legends including Ragga Twins, Fabio, A Guy Called Gerald, The Freestylers, and Dub Pistols.

Bookings: mack@bringthebeatmack.com 

Releases on:

@basstar-sf
@junglecakes
@junglistsoldieruk
@original-key-records
@upgraded_dnb

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