Burgaboy

Sometimes you just need to hear a Bloodhound Gang sample in a club, and Burgaboy at the Keep Hush Manchester: LZ & Friends Takeover understands this on a spiritual level. This is the sound of someone treating a DJ set like a personal mixtape, with zero regard for genre purity. The vibe is a sweatbox in Manchester, where the only rule is to move, whether to 140BPM rollers or 107BPM swing.

Technically, it’s a fascinating, if chaotic, study in BPM manipulation, averaging 135.9 but ranging wildly from 107 to 140, all while frequently returning to the home key of 12A for cohesion. The energy is overwhelmingly mid-focused (0.598 avg), meaning every synth stab, vocal chop, and bassline melody is pushed to the front, creating a hyper-present, in-your-face sound over a more subdued low-end thump. Burgaboy’s style is bold and playful, often letting tracks like his own 'Game Controlled' breathe for over 11 minutes with layered acapellas.

Standout tracks include the nostalgic garage opener 'Heartbroken' by T2, the unapologetically silly but effective 'Uhn Tiss' edit, his own percussive weapon 'Dutty Wine', and the deep, hypnotic closer 'Hypnotic 2' by Mr Virgo. The journey starts with the emotional pull of 'Heartbroken', builds through the peak-time chaos of his own productions, and winds down into the mesmeric, dubbed-out finish of 'Hypnotic 2'. This UK garage and bassline house tracklist from Burgaboy is a gloriously unhinged document.