WEN & BENEATH
FRESH OUT THE BOX MIX

If you managed to catch Wen’s outstanding Signals album you’ll know how much buzz there is surrounding the Keysound purveyor of skeletal grime. His set’s a bit of something different, too – instead of going the regular route and slotting together a bunch of gut-punching Boxed anthems, he opts for a pensive selection of Road rap. There’s something that warms the cockles about Wen doing a UK rap set in the birthplace of hip-hop itself, and the fact that he manages to dig up so many huge tunes in the process is just the icing on the cake.

Benath’s set doesn’t offer as many shocks, but it no less arresting as he assaults with a veritable barrage of moody trunk rattlers. Whether he intends to or not, he manages to bring back a sound that’s been missing for far too long, and his short set elicits fond memories of hooded lads swaying in darkened Northern rooms. Magic.

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