Breaks, Bass and Jungle from MAVEEN

MAVEEN’s 'Breaks, Bass and Jungle' set for Keep Hush Glasgow lives up to its title with exhilarating precision. We’re all suckers for a DJ who can thread a classic trance melody through a junglist breakbeat, and MAVEEN is here to feed that specific addiction. The vibe is a joyous, energy-packed throwdown, a celebration of breakbeat science across the decades. This is a high-octane breaks and jungle journey, averaging a frantic 149.6 BPM and using the euphoric 12A key as a anchor for its melodic diversions.

The energy distribution (0.56 low, 0.37 mid, 0.07 high) ensures the kicks and basslines punch hard, while the mid-range is filled with iconic breaks and synth lines. MAVEEN’s mixing is fast and technical, expertly splicing high-BPM tracks without losing the groove. Key changes to 10B and 3A introduce darker or brighter emotional palettes. The tracklist is a history lesson: opening with the glittering, sped-up euphoria of 'Kristine Blond - Love Shy (Rezonance Q Remix)' immediately sets a tone of nostalgic rave.

'Receptor Modulator - Brute Force' is a snarling, modern bass weapon, while the 16-minute epic 'Constantine - Booty Meat' is a daring, funk-laden breaks odyssey. The sublime Bollywood flip of 'Agar Tum Mil Jao' is the kind of creative, cross-cultural dig that defines the best UK underground sets. 'D-Force - Original Bad Boy' is a relentless jungle roller, and closing with 'MegaPower - Airflow' brings it all home with a soaring, trance-inflected finale. The journey rockets from the trancey opener 'Love Shy', peaks with the chaotic funk of 'Booty Meat', and lands on the euphoric heights of 'Airflow'.