15-Min Flash Mix E7: Aresha Goes Turbo With A Liquid Drum & Bass Set

Ready to pick up the pace? (Credit: Courtesy of Aresha | Kings of Bass)

Buckle up. In this seventh episode of the 15-Min Flash Mix, we gotta go fast. Life In Arpeggio’s ongoing series continually refuses to be bolted down by genres, and this time, it tumbles into the stoic subculture of local jungle and drum & bass. Obsessed with cranked-up BPMs, this community has persevered for decades, spurring on the genre’s unlikely growth in a city oceans away from its UK birthplace. Being a foundational protagonist in this tale since the ’90s is the unparalleled Aresha, and she’s ready to give you some education with her contribution.

Aresha has been active in the local jungle and d&b scene since 1998 (Credit: Courtesy of Aresha | Kings of Bass)

Today, Aresha remains as relevant as ever, not budging from the style she helped nurture in Singapore. The Red Bull Music Academy alumna has been keeping busy even as the pandemic continues to ravage the scene, contributing to the live-stream movement with sets that can go on for hours. It is on this platform where she also promotes Kings of Bass, an initiative that she co-founded with partner-in-crime, Kane MC, that pushes the love of bass music and other affiliated sounds. She keeps the junglist heart beating, pounding to the rhythm of wobbly quakes and Amen breaks.

Aresha performing with Kane MC, her long-time partner behind the decks (Credit: Courtesy of Aresha | Kings of Bass)

For the 15-Min Flash Mix, Aresha delivers what she does best. She keeps it irrefutably sprinty, leaving listeners in the dust with rolling beat bullets that charge headfirst. And for high contrast, she’s picked songs that traverse the liquid department of the genre, locked into warmer, more melodic grooves. This is a kind of d&b that’s both electrifying and intimate, and it’ll instantly perk you up no matter where you’re listening from. Ready to take you on a roller-coaster ride, this is Aresha on the ones and twos.

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