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Bakey B2B FELIXCW
Keep Hush Live Leeds: The Old Red Bus Station X KH Presents
We've all been there: squinting at a Shazam result for 'Future Hit Makers - Around the World' in a Leeds basement, caught between irony and genuine rapture. Bakey and FELIXCW's b2b for Keep Hush Live at The Old Red Bus Station was a masterclass in not taking club culture too seriously while delivering a functionally brilliant deep house set. The venue's gritty, converted interior—low ceilings, red lights, a crowd that knew every word—set the stage for an evening where cheese was a feature, not a bug. Technically, this was a lesson in low-end dominance: averaging 134.2 BPM and anchored in the 12A Camelot key, with a staggering 58.76% of energy residing in the bass frequencies.
That meant sub-bass you felt in your teeth, grooves that swung rather than slammed, and highs used sparingly for texture. The mixing was smooth and harmonic, with subtle modulations into 3B and 7A keys providing emotional lift without disrupting the rolling flow. The energy arc built patiently, prioritizing physical sensation over peak-time drops. As crate diggers, they were on fire: 'Boom! - Messed Up' served raw, percussive drive; the inclusion of 'Delerium - Silence (DJ Tiësto's In Search Of Sunrise Remix)' was a brazen, brilliant nostalgia play; 'Alexey Seleznev - Deverse' offered a minimal, techy pivot; and 'Arfa - Ain't Ready' brought a funky, almost Latin-tinged rhythm.
Don't overlook 'Ben Hauke - Ain't Bad' for its soulful depth or 'Gillette & 20 Fingers - Short, Short Man' for its edited-up pop absurdity. The journey was perfectly plotted: from the sing-along opener 'Around the World', through the euphoric peak of the Delerium remix, to the subdued, contemporary close of '1-800 GIRLS - eye contact'.