Keep Hush is quickly becoming one of the most fashionable underground music memberships, that showcases an array of underground genres such as dubstep, grime, drum and bass, drill and everything in between. From the start, the brand has always provided legendary line-ups that caters to the UK bass scene with renowned artists such as P Money and Conducta, whilst also supporting the uprise of lesser-known producers such as young Bristolians Sir Hiss and L U C Y.
The unmissable Sherelle event, curated on 8 August, showcased an insane lineup of artists playing 160, footwork and jungle, all of which were handpicked by the influential up-and-coming artist Sherelle. The selection included MO, Fixate, Swisha, L U C Y, Chimpo, Fracture, Addison Groove, and the host Sherelle. The night was held at Five Miles in Tottenham, an obscure venue boasting a combination of a club, bar, and brewery along with an unbeatable sound system created by Alcons Audio, which delivered the best possible bass-heavy sounds.
To start the night off was Reprezent Radio DJ, MO, who eased everyone into the night (whilst drinking a cup of tea) with trap beats that got the room grooving. While people were still arriving and the room was filling up MO started to lift the tempo up a bit more with dropping breakbeats to get the crowd warmed up for the legendary Fixate.
Fixate is a name in drum and bass that needs no introduction with releases on Exit Records and more recently Alix Perez's label 1985 Music. His refix of Double 99's Ripgroove was popularised by Sherelle's Boiler Room set which saw a huge reaction from the crowd and had a huge rewind that even DNB Arena reported on as 'going down in history'. Fixate brought banger after banger in his set whilst staying true to the roots of jungle and dropping happy hardcore beats. During his set, he provided some amazing dubplates that were heavily appreciated by the crowd especially as they brought back memories of the golden age of dubstep. The set was full of refreshing music and full of passion from the artist and the crowd.
Swisha took to the decks for the third set of the night. Hailing from New York, he brought a diverse set to the table with a mix of grime, garage, house, which provided a few audacious bangers that gave the crowd a break from heavy beats that Fixate displayed. Even though Swisha is from across the pond, his set demonstrated his exquisite taste in music, selecting from his array of OG grime tunes that the crowd displayed their gun fingers to. With all the hype in his set, he warmed everyone up in the room ready for the legendary Chimpo and L U C Y.
Mancunian legend Chimpo and rising-star Bristolian LU C Ywent back-to-back on a set that displaced heavy beats with high energy that the audience soaked up. L U C Y, who is more known for her 140 beats, showed that she likes to push the tempo up a bit with dropping heavy 160 and jungle beats. Playing back off L U C Y, Chimpo knew exactly what the crowd wanted by playing a mix of grime and jungle. His selections for the night were on point along with his dance moves, that showed his love for the music that the crowd was reciprocating. The selection of refixing's that they both played, with Chimpo and Sam Binga's Skepta Man Rebax got an incredible response with multiple rewinds that put the energy of the room through the roof. This set was something special that promoters should be trying to match, as the energy that the pair portrayed was something that many ravers should be getting a chance to experience.
Next up was the host Sherelle, wearing a fashionable "Bocat/Nike" bootleg shirt. Starting with heavy-hitting 140 tunes, she quickly got comfortable and started playing her more known genre of drum and bass and jungle. Sherelle knows what tunes to play to get the crowd skanking, especially her love forElephant Dreamsby Alix Perez and Skeptical which always gets a cheeky play in her sets.
Sherelle isn't afraid to show her emotions throughout her set, with smiles and dancing that were even outdoing some of the crowd. She has a lot of fire in her heart for this music and her set showed that. This year has been a game-changer for her and her future is looking very bright, with some naming her the Jungle Queen of this generation. Her set ended on a Metalheadz classicUnofficial Ghostby Doc Scott, which dirty chopped up breaks and deadly bass kept the heat in the room up to introduce Charlie Fracture to his slot.
Introduced by Sherelle as a 'sick guy',Fracture (who also has releases on Exit Records), moved away from the hard-hitting jungle vibes to more of a rooted classic hardcore vibe. The room felt like it was an acid house rave in the late 80s with sweat pouring down everybody's faces. The quick breaks and droning bass lines were accommodated exquisitely by the sound system in the room. This set was one of the best of the night due to the energy that the crowd brought, there was something special in the air when he played.
Towards end the night,Addison Groove picked up perfectly from Fracture with a great mixture of breaks and stabs. Groove's mixing skills were perfect for the tunes he was playing with heavy spinback transitions that left the crowd wanting more. Groove showed that he knows how to please his audience, which after Fracture's set may have been somewhat of a challenge, but he kept the fire burning for another hour and showed that this wasn't a problem for him.
Overall the event was without a doubt something special, Sherelle's hand-picked line-up was incredible and the crowd was excellent; with an array of dance moves and energy that you don't find a lot of anymore. All in all Keep Hush & Sherelle brought together an amazing night that was electric and full of passion, and each performer's tune selection kept the energy up throughout the night.
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Guest written by Nick Goodwin.
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