Manuka Honey serves a sweat-drenched choice of the steamiest tracks pulled from the sexiest corners of the Latinx club scene aroundtheworld.
DJ, manufacturer and gal-dem’s homeowner astrologist Manuka Honey is one of the brightest lights of the Latinx club scene in the UK, folding in sounds from the breadth of the Latinx diaspora alongwith sharper-edged tones of gqom and the bludgeoning weight of commercial into an irresistibly steamy and unquestionably charged noise. Over the last 3 years they have combined for Rinse FM, Club Chai, BOXOUT.FM and BBC Asian Network, launched their own productions and remixes for Promesses, Daytimers and YCO, most significantly their launching EP, Industrial Princess, for NAAFI, all whilst composing an vital horoscope column, kindly giving enough zodiac knowledge to guide us through the swirling mayhem of the last coupleof years. More justrecently, together with Baby Cocada, she established SUZIO, a London-based, Latinx cumulative and celebration, which she explains as “an deliberate area to hear the mostpopular sounds from throughout the LatAm underground.” The veryfirst SUZIO celebration will see Toccororo, Sueuga, Florentino, Nyksan, as well as Baby Cocada and Manuka Honey themselves, tearing up The Grace on June 18.
Manuka Honey’s Fact mix is the ideal warm up, serving a sweat-drenched choice of the steamiest tracks pulled from the mostpopular dance floorings throughout the Latinx club scene worldwide. “As constantly, I desired to display the darkest, sexiest, most unhinged beats I might discover in my library,” they state. “From Venezuelan turreo sessions to shatta from Martinique, the directing concept I utilized when producing this piece was keepinginmind my love of connecting together sounds that share a ambiance, not a category. You’ll likewise discover rather a coupleof of my own productions and remixes spread throughout the mix, too.” She continues: “I developed this mix in Ableton. I love structure blends in Ableton so much. I’m a perfectionist and typically reward blends and radio reveals like one huge track I’m producing, and that’s precisely what I’ve done here. I expect that implies if anybody informs me the mix isn’t best I’ll mostlikely cry.”
Bouncing elegantly from modern reggaeton anthems from DJ Gere, Lautaro DJ, Alan Gomez and Plan B, fatal perreo variations from Nick Léon and Luciano DJ and low-slung shatta from X-Man, JD&JDS and Shaydee to future-facing Latinx club weapons from Arca, Merca Bae, Cardopusher, Imaabs and King Doudou, sweltering modifies from MODABOT & MANNYDOJO, Jags 639, Amor Satyr and Miss Jay, riotous baile funk from DJ Scuff, JC NO BEAT, MC Teteu and DJ F7, as well an unreleased Florentino connection with DJ Python and Manuka Honey’s own lip-biting take on steamroom reggaeton and beyond, this is one for warm ragers and shameful basements, to be played as loud as you potentially can.
You can discover Manuka Honey on Instagram, Bandcamp and at gal-dem. Their next release getshere in the fall on Florentino’s Club Romantico.
Tracklist:
DJ Gere x Lautaro DJ – ‘BAJALO SUAVE’
Safety Trance – ‘Agarra Lo Que Es Tuyo’
Alan Gomez, Lucas Rmx & Matias Mareco DJ – ‘Raka Taka Taka’
DJ Tao & John C – ‘JOHN C DJ TAO Turreo Sessions #4’
Beta Canseco – ‘Jadea’
Manuka Honey – ‘Noise Complaint’
Nick Leon – ‘Bachetrón’
Arca – ‘Tiro’
Zona Instrumental – ‘Sacala’
Luciano DJ – ‘Intro Teléfono Perreo’ [Feat. Mister Remix]
Plan B – ‘Hora De Perrear’
X-Man – ‘Pon Di Beat’ [Feat. Shannen & Natoxie]
JD&JDS – ‘Copilote XTD’
POBVIO – ‘KONTAKTO 2020’
Merca Bae