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Jude Woodhead // Keep Hush Thru the Window
Some sets are for dancing; others, like Jude Woodhead's 'Thru the Window' session for Keep Hush, are for getting blissfully lost in the groove. This is deep, percussive house music with its soul firmly in Afrobeat and disco, a warm bath of sound for a weary world. Picture a hazy living room, sunset glowing through the windows, as the first bassline drops. Hovering around 125 BPM and deeply rooted in 12A, with lush modulations into 3B and 10B, the vibe is warm, inviting, and relentlessly rhythmic.
The low-end energy (0.656) is king here, providing a hypnotic, physical pulse, while the mids (0.2751) carry lush chords, infectious basslines, and soulful vocals, with highs (0.0609) used tastefully for shakers and hi-hats. Woodhead's mixing is fluid and seamless, blending 28 tracks into a continuous, sunny atmosphere. The edits are the stars: 'Dele Sosimi - E Go Betta (O'Flynn Edit)' is a flawless, life-affirming opener, and 'Gregory Porter - 1960 What? (Opolopo Kick and Bass Rerub)' is a nine-minute masterclass in soulful rebuilding. 'Auntie Flo - Highlife' injects pure sunshine, 'Diskoking Burnhart Mckoolski - Talking About Togetherness' is a crate-digger's delight of cosmic disco, and 'Jimi Bazzouka - So So Ye' brings raw, percussive drive.
Closing with 'Golden Teacher - Like a Hawk (DB Version)' provides a perfectly loose, psychedelic outro. Starting with the infectious edit, building through the epic '1960 What?', and easing out on 'Like a Hawk', this tracklist is a passport to a better mood.