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Skream b2b Disclosure
Boiler Room London: W Hotel
A Skream and Disclosure back-to-back in a London hotel? It sounds like the setup to a joke about industry excess, but the resulting Boiler Room set is a lethal reminder that when titans of UK bass music get in a booth together, magic—and sheer chaos—ensues. The W Hotel suite feels both intimate and impossibly loud, a bubble of pure sonic joy. This is a masterful journey through house and UK garage, with a wide BPM range averaging 129 but frequently darting higher, and a harmonic anchor firmly in the soulful, open-ended 12A. The energy is beautifully balanced, with a solid low-end (avg_low 0.48) supporting funky basslines and swinging drums (avg_mid 0.33), while vocal snippets and classic stabs (avg_high 0.19) provide the sparkle.
The mixing is playful, fast-paced, and full of cheeky blends, showcasing a deep shared history in the crates. The tracklist is a historian's dream. The opener, Quentin Harris's 'BBW (Zed Bias Club Remix),' is a deep house monster. Aretha Franklin's 'Get It Right' over a thumping beat is a stroke of genius.
Argento's 'Red Light' is a sleazy, jacking highlight, and Douglas Greed's 'When a Man Sings on a Track' is the kind of quirky, melodic deep cut that defines a great back-to-back. Skream's own 'All Gone Pete Tong' edit is a moment of pure dubstep nostalgia, perfectly woven in. The journey begins with the deep groove of 'BBW,' reaches a peak of raw house energy with 'Red Light,' and closes on the quirky, percussive note of Jonatas C's 'Jack.' A tracklist for anyone who believes dance music should have funk, soul, and a sense of humour.