Flight B2B Jossy Mitsu w/ Chickaboo
Keep Hush Live: EQ50 Takeover
Nothing says 'communal audio obsession' like a back-to-back set that feels less like a DJ performance and more like a group therapy session for bassline addicts. Flight, Jossy Mitsu, and Chickaboo at the Keep Hush Live EQ50 Takeover understand the assignment: provide the tracks we'll be frantically Shazam-ing for weeks. The basement is humid, the red lights are low, and the sound system's subs are doing most of the talking, vibrating through the concrete floor.
Averaging a swift 167 BPM, this live set is a masterclass in soulful, rolling drum & bass, with a harmonic anchor in 12A that provides a consistent, warm foundation throughout. The energy balance is expertly managed—deep, propulsive low-end (0.53 avg) carries the weight, while melodic mid-frequencies (0.32) and occasional high-end sparkle (0.14) prevent it from becoming a monochromatic workout. The mixing is patient and seamless, often letting tracks breathe, with harmonic progressions that flow naturally from key to key, building an arc from abstract introductions to peak-time intensity.
The crate-digging here is impeccable: RVPSO's 'Abstrakt Hoochie (Beat Tape)' sets a dusty, sample-heavy tone perfect for the warm-up, Wots My Code's 'Dubplate' is a timeless jungle weapon that never fails to unite a room, and DJ Force & The Evolution's 'High on Life' offers a brilliant nod to rave history. T Power's 'Mutant Jazz (Rollers Instinct Remix)' is a deep cut that showcases the genre's jazzier side, while Sully's remix of Special Request's 'Vortex 164' stands as the undeniable peak-time monster, a 26-minute odyssey of broken beats and sub-bass pressure. They open with the head-nodding tape loop of RVPSO, build to the seismic drop of that Sully remix, and bring us home on the melancholic, jazz-tinged pads of Marcus Intalex's 'Temperance', a full circle journey from abstraction to emotional release.