Alix Perez | Dubstep, Drum & Bass
Keep Hush Live: 1985 takeover
Step into Keep Hush, where the air is 80% vape smoke and everyone looks like they've just stepped out of a 2007 dubstep forum. It's a glorious room full of chin-stroking bass nerds, completely ready to critique the snare tuning of every single track while trying to look hard on the live feed. But the intimate, sweat-dripping energy of Keep Hush Live: 1985 takeover provides the perfect pressure cooker for sub-bass. This Alix Perez live set is billed as Techno, but it's a proper 140/bass mutation, averaging a filthy 154.5 BPM.
Perez is a technical wizard, locking the mix down in 12A to maintain a suffocating, dread-filled harmonic atmosphere while sharply cutting between half-time stompers and rapid-fire breaks. His transitions are razor-sharp and utterly ruthless. The Alix Perez Keep Hush Live: 1985 takeover tracklist is a crate digger's absolute paradise. Bringing out Coki's legendary 'Shattered' is guaranteed to cause absolute scenes, while dropping Bobby Shmurda's 'Hot N*gga' in the middle of a bass set is having a proper laugh.
The journey is menacing from the get-go. He sets a distinctly UK tone with 'Flowdan - Welcome To London (Radio Edit)' as the opening track, rattles chests with his own 'Ravana,' and brings the lights up with the soulful 'Dogger, Mindstate & Liam Bailey - Broken Home' as the closing track. Sorted.