American artist Introspekt (@sageintrospekt) has a sound rooted in the darker side of UKG but comes at it from a unique perspective that incorporates elements of US garage and ballroom. The LA-born, NYC-based talent has now made her mark in Europe as a DJ and a producer on labels like Eris Drew and Octo Octa's T4T LUV NRG. Her style blends heavy basslines, diva vocals and well-crafted broken beats into something that harks back to the sounds that once came out of the likes of Paradise Garage and Club Zanzibar, always with a focus on bringing up her own community.

She says that the idea behind this week's mix was "to take the listener on a journey through tech-garage sonics and intergalactic dancehall rhythms." Tracks of her own and those from Skream, Holloway, Hatcha, Phuturistix and many more all plot a line through earth-shatteringly heavy rhythms from across the past, present and future of garage, dubstep and bass. It's a mix aimed at both body and head from this formidable talent and is a great taste of what to expect from her when she plays Dekmantel Festival later in the year.

Dekmantel Podcast 466 - Introspekt

Tracklist + Q&A: https://bit.ly/3BuWlWw

@sageintrospekt collapses "past, present and future" into a timeless mix.

"I’ve done a lot of planning for it. The theme behind the mix is ‘Past, Present, Future’, which is obviously the theme of FWD>>. There’s this idea in my music and a lot of my peer’s music as well where, as opposed to a linear, progressive idea of time, there’s this thread of more recursive or cyclical view of time and temporality. There’s gonna be a lot of deep cuts and classics, but also a lot of new stuff, and new stuff that sounds like old stuff. So that’s the theme of this mix: collapsing past, present and future into one totality."

Tracklist + Q&A

The Mix 032: Introspekt

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Minimix for New Music Fix Daily | BBC Radio 6

Introspekt at Ring, Horst Arts & Music 2025

1h30 of drums explorations, dancehall, dubbed tracks, uk funky & more / 90 to 140 bpm.

Kaval - Lost Drums Show (Juin 2025)

After a very succesfull b2b we will share the line up again in Tilburg 17-10-2025. Inviting Beatrice M tot the party. Enjoy this set to get in the vibe and hope to see you there!

French II B2B BOOTS at POING x PIP 11.07.2025.

For the next edition of the AWK cast we have Berlin-based artist ZE:NA serving up a fresh blend of UK flavours. Effortlessly oscillating between dubstep, grime, 2step, ukg and more, this mix will certainly lift your spirits, even on the rainiest of summer days!

Remember ZE:NA's name as she's sure bound to make some more big waves in the local scene soon.

Also, don't forget to check out one of her recently founded Rise nights, raising money for Rise Foundation e.V, a local Homeless Support Charity. 


Awkwardly Cast 071 / ZE:NA

Monday August 4 2025 (recorded 7.17.25 in San Francisco)
WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/v8cLdGIfoAo

Since 2016, DJ and producer Breaka has shaped the new sound of UK breaks, bass, and techno.

"I've been trying out playing backwards, speed-wise. Wanted to do summin pretentious and overly complex but also riveting and emotionally charged."

Breaka:
https://www.instagram.com/breakamusic/
https://breakamusic.bandcamp.com/music

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