Last year, when we wrote that "the best UK garage is coming out of Los Angeles," we were talking about Introspekt. The US DJ, who has since moved to New York, really understands the genre—its appeal, swing and unique, bassy whomp. Listen to any of her tracks, like last year's "Forlorn," and you'll hear someone who produces like she's been making UKG all her life. This is probably partly because she comes from a dubstep background, but either way, if you're looking for new UK garage beats, Introspekt is one of the best going right now.

Her DJing also hits a distinct sweet spot, zeroing in one of the proto-dubstep, dark UK garage days when producers like El-B were making the hottest shit around. Her sound is both retro and forward-looking, as you'll hear on her RA Podcast, which balances vintage Big Apple cuts from Skream & Benga with new-school tunes from Amaliah and Surusinghe. It's not so much a throwback as it is a rejuvenation of an old sound—a new way to look at it and a new way to make it. If hindsight is 20/20, then Introspekt has perfect vision, and mixes like this are the perfect way to educate listeners, make them move and innovate a little in the process.

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RA.929 Introspekt

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@nikkinair pounds through a bass-weighted 100% production mix

"This mix begins with dancefloor-oriented tracks I’d made just for DJ sets — a lot of this stuff might never be released. The other part of it is a bit more experimental and focuses on newer ideas. I used some previous releases to connect grooves together."

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The Mix 013: Nikki Nair

Munich meets Miami in a B2B that's a dream come true. A perfect brew of DnB, hip hop, techno, ambient, and bouncy mesh brings together two of the scene's most innovative forces. Skee Mask, the master of acoustic manipulation and dark atmospheric textures, teams up with childhood friends duo INVT, with their hypnotic, trippy Latin-scented audioscapes and intricate drum programming. An immaculate blend of INVT's gritty rhythms and Skee Mask's otherworldly sonic engineering.

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Combining two of the most forward thinking artists within the UK’s bass-loving continuum, BLUMITSU (Bluetoof & Jossy Mitsu), provide a 90 minute, future-facing look at dance music, featuring mutant acid, electro and breaks blended together with a subtle ferocity.

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Leftfield bass, hardcore, dubstep and techno salad.

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Recording of my 3 hour sunrise set at Nowadays NYC's 7 Year Anniversary Nonstop. Played a mix of vinyl and digital using a Pioneer V10 Mixer, 4x Pioneer CDJ 3000s, and 2x Technics SL-1200 mk3. Photo is taken from my August 11 set at Nowadays

An Intimate Sunday Morning Conversation.. @ Nowadays NYC 7 Year Anniversary

Bxck to You

Forbidden Fruit Recordings founder Dark Room Robot makes music for dark, sweaty clubs. He rattles bass bins as he cooks up high-tempo weapons that have won him plenty of props from tastemakers like TSHA and Sarah Story, who have both supported on BBC Radio 1. On top of this, the man who is also half of S.N.U.S. has had tracks make their way into record bags belonging to DJs like Anja Schneider, Skream, Paul Woolford and Jamie Jones.

This latest essential volume kicks oﬀ with ‘Rhythmic Touch’, a masterful bit of drum programming with elastic bass and busy piano stabs that bring colour to the hefty low end. The fantastic ’Drop That Beat’ is another full fat-tune with muscular beats and raw, frazzled synths that pump up the energy. They bring a rave edge next to old-school vocals as the well-swung drums bounce on. Last but not least is ‘Work’, a corrugated rhythm with woodpecker-style hits, infectious vocal chops and strobe-lit retro stabs that will get hands in the air.

Dark Room Robot’s ‘Strobe Lights Vol. 7’ comes on Forbidden Fruit Recordings on March 14th 2025.

https://darkroomrobot.bandcamp.com/album/strobe-lights-vol-7

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PREMIERE: Dark Room Robot - Drop That Beat [Forbidden Fruit Recordings]

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