TuneLab
Black Loops
Keep Hush Live: Bass Coast 2023
Bass Coast Festival, with its riverside stages and wooded charm, is the perfect setting for the kind of deep, melodic journey Black Loops specializes in. We're here for the sunset session that turns into a midnight shuffle, where every bassline feels like a warm embrace. This is deep house at its most evocative, locked into a steady 128 BPM with a remarkable thirteen tracks anchored in the 12A key, creating a cohesive, hypnotic flow. The energy distribution is masterfully balanced: low-end at 0.60 provides a foundational throb, mids at 0.26 allow for expressive melodic lines and vocals, and highs at 0.14 add just enough air and detail.
The mixing is smooth and patient, using the consistent tempo and key to weave a tapestry of groove, with subtle modulations to 4A and 8B introducing textural variety. The set feels like a single, evolving organism, designed for dancing rather than startling. The opening track, Crazy P's 'Virtuality', is a masterpiece of disco-tinged house that immediately sets a sophisticated mood. Viers' 'By Your Side' is a lush, emotional cut that swims in reverb, while Gabriel Belabbas's 'Ici (à Paris)' offers a sleek, minimal groove.
The edit of Chicken Lips' 'He Not In' is a extended, psychedelic trip, and Righeira's 'Vamos a la Playa' gets a surprisingly effective, balearic treatment. Zimmie Gix's 'Absolute Chill' lives up to its name with atmospheric pads, and Angel Moraes's 'Dancin Wit My Baby' remix brings a classic house vibe. The journey starts with the cosmic funk of 'Virtuality', builds to a peak with the immersive edit of 'He Not In', and closes on the sublime, sunrise-ready notes of Blaze & Bicep's 'Lovelee Dae (Bicep Remix)'.