The style is hardly subtle it’s built upon stuttering, chopped-up rhythms and instantly recognizable vocal samples.
It’s not hard to understand the appeal of Jersey club. DJ R3LL & DJ Kiff – Cuff Yo’ ChickĬuff Yo Chick by DJ R3LL & DJ Kiff Cuff Yo Chick by DJ R3LL & DJ Kiff But little one stands on its own nevertheless: it is the sound of a masterful crate-digger reaching ever deeper into dance-music histories, tumbling them together into an endlessly jubilant stew. In both length and style, it recalls last year’s SORRYMIX10, which was itself one of last year’s most impressive mixes. Throughout, boxofbox leans into deep and playful rhythms, finding an intersection between buoyant new jack swing, sweltering acid cuts, deep-cut deep house, and funked-up garage records, turning in a glitter-blasted set that never stops shedding its skin. At over six hours, it’s a bit of a marathon, but it’s constructed so tightly as to feel half that. ‘oh hey there, little one,’ despite its tossed-off presentation, is as studious as anything the Durham selector has put out.
boxofbox – ‘oh, hey there little one’īoxofbox is a deeply skilled curator of histories: their mixes often focus on a specific aesthetic, stretching it as far as it can go. Here are some of the best DJ sets August had to offer.
Pretty Sneaky, one of Berlin’s best-kept secrets, assembled a mix of oddball grooves and alien lounge music. livwutang deepened her commitment to left-field dancefloor burners in a set for Cav Empt, and Nick Boyd, a steadfast for New York’s modern club circuit, turned in two joyous and unpredictable mixes that throttle between house, techno, breaks, and anything else he could get his hands on. Jana Rush, a singular figure in footwork, turned in a mix that underlines her ties to the scene, while DJ R3LL and DJ Kiff turned in a decade-old mixtape of Jersey-club chops. Eoin DJ showed off the sprightly sides of techno and trance, while Nosedrip went deeper and a bit loopier. Durham selector boxofbox looked backwards for an extended run through new jack swing, freestyle, disco, and deep house, and Kiernan Laveaux dug into the mid-aughts for a thoroughly chilled-out session of broken beat tunes. Felix Hall and Rosa Pistola showed off their visions of modern dembow: the former put modern-classic reggaetón and dancehall selections in conversation with UK club tools, and the latter looked to the streets for a session of quick-and-playful Latin rap. JS, an essential name in modern ambient, turned in a zonked-out and spacious blur of ambient and drum-and-bass idioms in a masterful opening set SSIEGE, performing live from Rome, pulled off a similar trick with bleary ambience, slow-motion IDM, and jangly rock records.Įlsewhere, We Rob Rave kept the energy up with a mile-a-minute set of hardcore breaks, footwork, and jungle, and Homemade Weapons paid homage to a legendary drum-and-bass label with their Samurai Music podcast. Mixing from 2022’s Dekmantel Festival, DJ Lag and SHERELLE leaned into their respective lanes of pitch-black gqom and white-hot hardcore, respectively, while Parrish Smith and Yu Su both went deeply weird, with oddball rhythms and audacious selections. ‘nohup’ turned in a set that blurred the lines between deep techno, breaks, and house, and Perko found an intersection between drum-and-bass, hard drum, and electro. HMT Hard Cru, London’s reigning dancefloor jesters, turned their CDJs off for the last time, but not before blending Paul McCartney with vintage jungle. Facta & K-Lone joined Ayesha for a raucous night out in New York, turning in nearly eight hours of steamrolling dubstep, breaks, and unclassifiable dance music Sweet Bwoyz released a session of old-school, celebratory, and globe-trotting hip-hop. Some of August’s best sets saw DJs leaning into the sheer joy of live performance, pushing the crowd-and themselves-into new corners along the way. Michael McKinney understands the cultural importance of Kreayshawn’s “Gucci Gucci.” Keep it that way by supporting Passion of the Weiss via a subscription to our Patreon.
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