Disco and grime, rap and afrobeats, Chicago house and amapiano. Rising Madrid-based DJ Drea connects influences from her formative years with the sounds of the global club underground for the latest edition of our SonarMix series.  

“My sound takes in a wide variety of styles,” says the Rinse FM resident, alluding to a childhood spent listening to r&b, disco, hip hop and house, as well as her current passion for baile funk, Jersey club and kuduro. All styles and genres that speak to her own African heritage: “I always try to consider the cultural background of these sounds when putting together a set,” she explains.

Loose-limbed amapiano and neck-snapping grime give way to Mr Ruthy’s UK garage flip of TLC’s classic ‘No Scrubs’, Yaeji’s laidback hip house collides with amped-up Brazilian funk, and a wild gqom edit of ‘Hackney Parrot’, courtesy of State OFFF, swerves into moktar’s furious chaabi percussion. And that’s just the first 20 minutes… By the time the mix winds down, as footwork fades in and out of Erykah Badu’s sultry ‘Call Tyrone’, it’s impossible to recall how many genres you’ve heard.

What links it all is, as Drea succinctly puts it, “energy” (plus all those “old school edits” dotted throughout). There’ll be plenty more of that at Sónar by Night, although she won’t give much more away. “I prepare all my sets with love but I don't like to set expectations,” she says. One piece of advice: don’t expect your average warm up set.


Tracklist:
Scottie Dee - Roller (Extended Mix)
MR TAFFA - ROLL DA BASS
Tony Quattro - Unknown (SHE Spells Doom Remix)  
JFL - NO DIET
Mr Ruthy - No Scrubs    
Dusty Dan - Oh My
Bleaker - Hype (Funk) [HELIX Remix]
Yaeji - Raingurl (Deekapz Edit)  
MC Bobo - Cuecas de Plantao (DJ Beukeboom Edit) 
State OFFF - Durban Parrot   
moktar - Lemon
Bruno Furlan - Dance Dance 
Golden Kong & Gaspar Muniz - Vem Dançar   
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (David bootleg)      
KAM - BONGA!
Waxmaster Maurice - Otis Ghetto House
DJ Milton - Beat Dat Shit Up - 
Patrik Cure - Gimme the Cheeba
Empurra Empurra rmx novo
Mar Vista -POPPA TOOL (SWIPE THE FUNK)
X-Coast - Get Down
Dusty Dan - Down To The Low (Justin Jay Remix)
Ghoulish - Obsession (92' Mix)
Ron Mercy - Girls in the Club
Erykah Badu - Tyrone