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Alix Perez | Dubstep, Drum & Bass
Keep Hush Live Christchurch: 1985 Music Takeover
When Alix Perez commands a Keep Hush Live session in Christchurch for the 1985 Music takeover, we know we’re in for a bass-obsessed education that flips between dubstep’s swampy depths and drum & bass’s frenetic science. The vibe is that of a packed, sub-aquatic cellar, where the only light comes from the DJ booth and the collective nod of heads. Technically, it’s a masterful genre-fluent weave, averaging 161 BPM but sliding down to 126 for dubstep excursions and up to 176 for D&B sprints, all anchored by the harmonic glue of 12A.
The energy is predominantly low-end weight and intricate mid-range texture, with high-end reserved for atmospheric breaks. For the diggers, ‘Alix Perez - Vtrn’ is a signature, sub-bass meditation; ‘Drone - Fools Gold’ is minimal drum & bass at its most hypnotic; ‘Ebb - Ill Rest’ offers a gorgeous, floating respite; and the ‘Headland - Garbo - Epoch Regarb’ edit is a heads-only weapon. The journey starts shrouded in mystery, works through deep, rolling phases, and lands on the epic, 11-minute closer ‘Fox, DLR & Alix Perez - Walk Out’ as the final, shimmering reward.