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Mensik
Keep Hush Live x CDMX: Club Furia Takeover
Mensik's live set for Keep Hush at Club Furia in Mexico City is a stern reminder that 'techno' is often a useless database tag. This is a bass music sermon, a punishingly fun tour through 140 BPM territories where genre lines evaporate. The energy in the room is pure propulsion, a dark box vibrating with the ghosts of rave. Anchored at a fierce 143.8 BPM average and overwhelmingly in the 12A key, Mensik's mixing is about sustained pressure. The low-end energy sits high at 0.50, creating a physical, rolling foundation punctuated by mid-range synth stabs and sporadic high-end percussion.
The harmonic consistency allows for brutal, effective transitions between dubstep, baile funk, and breakbeat. His selections are brutal and brilliant. Opening with the eternal dubstep siren call of Benga & Coki's 'Night' sets a sacred tone. The drop of 'Tropa do Bruxo... - Baile do Bruxo' is a full-room switch into frenetic Brazilian funk.
Colin Benders' 'I Can’t Feel My Legs' and Special Request's 'Vortex 150' represent the harder, industrial-edged side of UK bass. Robert Keon's 'Mambo en la Habitación' offers a percussive, hypnotic breather. The journey starts with the iconic wobble of 'Night', peaks with the carnival energy of 'Baile do Bruxo', and winds down with the sunny, off-kilter rhythms of Raphael Drumond's 'Ritmin De Verão'.