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Noel Gardner
, April 20th, 2021 09:12
From a read along sci-fi Italo/prog epic to rebooted darkside rave and juke via earthy Cornish analogue electronics, Noel Gardner is back once again with more tantalising sounds from the UK sonic fringes
Yazzus
I should probably draw up some sort of officially worded disclaimer for each intro to these columns, a kind of inverted pledge of allegiance, but to reaffirm: while it is fun and nice to write, every other month, about a pile of music whose ‘Britishness’ is its main common factor, I would erase every word of it from existence if that could somehow be a tradeoff for ‘Britain’ also ceasing to exist, conceptually. Shit, they can take me full stop if necessary.
When we talk about the new wave DJs who’ve been taking the UK by storm, Yazzus dominates the conversation. The Londoner’s bombastic rave sound is a cyclone of knockout techno kicks, dreamy footwork jungle and breakbeat hardcore mayhem, slapped with neon go-faster stripes and astrological nods. It all hints towards the transcendental side of raving, with a joyful silliness at its heart. As she puts it: “You can have a spiritual awakening, but laugh about it.”
As a DJ, Yazzus’ star has been rising for the past half a decade. Originally a grime kid, she found a new passion for ’90s hardcore music while at university; she studied rave subcultures for her dissertation. “The rave scene promoted peace, love, unity and respect, so you know they’re nice people,” she says, “it’s generally a wholesome subculture.”