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Longeez b2b Lily Huu
Keep Hush Live Bristol: Dr Dubplate's Birthday Bash
For Dr Dubplate's birthday in Bristol, Longeez b2b Lily Huu decided the best gift was a dose of pure, uncut nostalgia, and we were all willing recipients, shouting along to lyrics we haven't thought about in decades. The vibe was less dark basement, more vibrant, sweat-drenched time capsule, with glowsticks and smiles as far as the eye could see. Operating firmly in the 138-140 BPM range, this was a euphoric trance and hardcore journey, with keys predominantly in 12A and 7A creating those soaring, major-key harmonic lifts we secretly crave. The energy balance—0.59 low, 0.35 mid—meant a solid, four-on-the-floor drive supported by those iconic, heartstring-tugging melodies, with just enough high-end sparkle at 0.06 to keep it crisp.
Their back-to-back style was playful and seamless, building energy through classic anthems and cheeky edits without ever feeling like a lazy hits package. The track selection was a riot: Matt's 'R&B 2 rue / Cendrillon du ghetto' opened with live-sampled French rap energy, perfectly setting the eclectic tone. Then came the artillery: ATB's '9 P.M. (Till I Come)' triggered mass delirium, Darude's 'Sandstorm' was deployed with zero irony, and Alice Deejay's 'Better Off Alone' had every single person in the room doing the robot.
The 'Crash & Burn' remix of Shaggy's 'It Wasn't Me' was a hilarious, genius left-turn, while Borai & Denham Audio's 'Skrrrt' injected a welcome shot of modern bassline pressure. The journey from the live-sample hustle of the opener, through the peak-time trance explosion of 'System F - Out of the Blue', to the closing chords of that very same track, was a perfectly engineered serotonin loop, proving that sometimes, joy is the most sophisticated genre of all.