Tailor Jae

There's a moment in every UK garage head's life when the bassline hits you in the chest like a long-lost mate, and Tailor Jae's Kiwi Hush 2 set is that moment stretched over thirty minutes. The room is a sweatbox, the subs are doing unspeakable things to the floorboards, and we're all nodding along to a mix that's equal parts 2-step elegance and grime's raw, unkempt energy. At a relentless 138.9 BPM and anchored in the warm, round territory of 3B (though we bounce through 12A and 11B like a night bus through Hackney), the low end is a constant, pulsing presence—0.7 of the energy sits in the basement, leaving the mids and highs to flicker with vocal snippets and crisp hi-hats.

This is a set that knows its history: it opens with Kp & Envyi's 'Swing My Way,' that R&B-turned-garage staple, before diving headfirst into the hardcore continuum. The crate digger in us salutes the inclusion of Menta's 'Sound of da Future'—a foundational UK garage track that still sounds like it's being beamed from a pirate radio station in 1999—and STICKY's 'Booooo!' featuring Ms. Dynamite, a crowd weapon that weaponises sass and sub-bass in equal measure.

Ruff Sqwad's 'Together' brings the grime lean, all syncopated aggression, while Jaimeson's 'Urban Hero' is a cheeky vocal roller that reminds us why we fell in love with this sound. The journey is textbook: we start loose and soulful with 'Swing My Way,' hit peak chaos around the Ruff Sqwad and Royal Flush section (that 'What's That Sound' edit is pure adrenaline), and then gently land on Above & Beyond's 'Good for Me' club mix—a trance-infused comedown that feels like the sun coming up over a council estate. Pure class.