TuneLab
Garage & Breaks in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Larria
Keep Hush Live x VAPCUCDA
The global reach of UK garage is a beautiful thing, and this Keep Hush Live session from Ho Chi Minh City, curated by Larria, proves the sound's DNA is alive and mutating in Southeast Asia. The vibe is humid and energetic, a rooftop party where the skippy rhythms cut through the night air. This is a purebred UK garage and breaks set, averaging a swift 144.9 BPM and dancing around the classic garage keys of 12A and 3B. The energy is all about the groove, with a dominant low-end (0.66) for the swinging basslines and crisp mids (0.26) for the vocals and chords.
The mixing is fluid and rhythmic, perfectly capturing the genre's swing. The tracklist is a masterful blend of global bass and classic anthems. It kicks off with the frenetic Brazilian pagode of Adame DJ's 'Pagode Do Adame', immediately setting a cross-cultural tone. Freddy Moreira & Poke's 'Kaolo Beat' and Tropical Bleyage's 'Mala' continue this fusion of Latin rhythms with garage's skeleton.
For the purists, the drop of Rank 1's 'Airwave (Radio Vocal Edit)' is a moment of spine-tingling trance-garage bliss, and DJ Ross's 'Dreamland' is a textbook example of dreamy, vocal-led UKG. The curveball of G Jones & Eprom's 'R.A.V.E.' injects a dose of modern bass music brutality. The journey begins with the carnival energy of 'Pagode Do Adame', rides a peak with the euphoric 'Airwave', and gently winds down with the folksy outro of Abel Pintos' 'Sueño Dorado'.