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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DJ SWISHA, AceMo, Kush Jones and MoMa Ready B2B @ The Lot Radio 04-17-2024

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

Acemo offers up a recording from an outdoor renegade party in Philly. 
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Tracklist:

River Ocean - Love & Happiness (Yemaya y Ochún) (12” Club Mix) [Strictly Rhythm]
Circle Children - Zulu [Strictly Rhythm]
24 Hour Experience- Together [Nice ‘N’ Ripe]
Highrise & Marc Cotterell - Want You Back [PPLTD04]
Greg Stainer - Turbo [Plastik People]
Soul Mass Transit System - Freak-ee [Unreleased]
Soundboy Cookie - Naughty Girl Dub [Free DL]
Soul Mass Transit System & Introspekt - Hold On To [Unreleased]
DJ Backspin - Weapon ‘97 [SPNBCKS]
D. Jason - Gonna Get Over [HDC007]
DJ Perception - Your Love Baby [DPRP001]
Soul Mass Transit System & Introspekt - Sexy Thing [Unreleased]
Soul Mass Transit System - Pussy Ride [Unreleased]
Champagne Bubbler - Give You Love (Real Love) [Nice ‘N’ Ripe]

Introspekt for Enby Spoken Histories

DJ Producer
She/Her 
T4T LUV NRG

LA born and raised, NYC-based
Bookings: booking@t4tluvnrg.com
tracks/promo/guest mixes: alikintrospekt@gmail.com

Releases on Gimme A Break Records, Time Is Now (Shall Not Fade), Locked On, ec2a, Practical Rhythms, and T4T LUV NRG

Introspekt for Enby Spoken Histories

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