In-demand DJ and radio host, producer of sound system shakers for labels like @Timedance and Ilian Tape, promoter and label co-founder at re:lax, Lauren Bush, aka @renildn, has become a seemingly unstoppable force in UK club music through a combination of hard work and self-belief. Alongside a pulse-quickening Recognise mix, she speaks to Jasmine Kent-Smith about formative club experiences, the importance of role models, and the pursuit of authenticity.

Interview & tracklist: https://djmag.com/features/recognise-reni-timedance-interview

Tracklist & interview

Recognise: re:ni

Following cracking releases on Nervous Horizon and 3024, London-based Ehua draws for the drums on her GuduMix 🍊

In Ehua's words: "My contribution to the Gudu Mix Series is a 'percs and breaks' inspired mix. I wanted to create an organic progression from percussive techno to more deconstructed rhythms by blending club textures with a raw - almost orchestral - feel, where the first and last track share a similar vibe but sit at opposite ends of the sonic spectrum."

Tracklist:
Thys & Nikki Nair - Circle of Fifth IV
Byron The Aquarius - Work That Girl (Tribal mix)
Wile Out - Kitado
Martini - Lounge Lizard (Pino Peña remix)
Ehua - Piume
Deetron presents Soulmate - Tribe One
Toupaz - Shatter
Hrdvsion - Captivated Heart (SHE Spells Doom remix)
NIKS - Mimi’s Woo
LWS - Snips
DJ Kolt - VUGUVUGUU
LAO - Carcamo
XL Regular - Store Duties
Guava - 140 Drums
TX4 - 20 Q Vertical
Basic Rhythm - Help me
JSPHYNX - King Cobra (JSPHYNX remix)
Marco Zenker - High Larry
Kahter - Draceana

GuduMixes

GuduMix 032: Ehua

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.

@sageintrospekt

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/929

RA podcast

RA.929 Introspekt

Listen to the complete Livity Sound Mix Series at Apple Music :

https://music.apple.com/us/curator/livity-sound-mixes/1635606882

Skillis - Livity Sound Mix Series 017

Rinse FM Podcasts

Hessle Audio feat. Ben UFO and Leonce - 22 April 2024

After a brief hiatus we're back with the 9th Tape by the one they call Otik - 3024 recording artist extraordinaire responsible for the magnificent Cosmosis album as well as the recent EP Cloud Runner.

3024: Otik, can you describe your mix in a single sentence?

"An ethereal and drum heavy journey between 160 and 170bpm, which includes old and new inspirations for my recent ‘Cloud Runner’ EP on 3024."

3024: What DJ inspires you at the moment / has inspired you throughout the years and why?

"I’ve actually talked about this recently, but I’ve always been in awe of Midland’s sets. The way he can read a crowd and create heart stopping moments on the spot with ease has really inspired me to become a better DJ."

3024: What are you working on / what have you got forthcoming?

"I’m currently finishing up two records for the same label, I can’t say who yet but I’m really happy with how they sound. The music focuses a bit more on the dance floor, 4x4 rhythms and sits within the 135-140pm range, which I haven’t experimented with for a while."

3024 TAPES 009

Buy on Bandcamp

3024 TAPES 009 : Otik

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

Rinse FM Podcast

Hessle Audio feat. Pearson Sound - 20 May 2024

Mostly electronic music productions presented in a mixed manner

Skee Mask @ The Lot Radio 05-20-2024

Wisdom Teeth co-head Facta provides 50 minutes of looping grooves, tightly-woven broken beats, and shuffling garage to get you excited for the floor.

If you’re a fan, become a Supporter: https://crackm.ag/subscriptions

Ploy - 21 May 2024

Rinse FM

Recent comments

djkayvesBrasil

fotiti

fotiti

Ollie Beer

Related tracks