December: 7 bass & club music releases you need to hear this month

Jubilee 'After Hours' (Mixpak)

Miami DJ Jubilee has made a name for herself in Brooklyn over the past few years. She’s constantly on the cusp of the next big thing in dance music, due to her status as a veritable club chameleon – her past EPs for Mixpak span various genres and geography, but she’s able to masterfully tweak known motifs to her advantage. Now, with her debut album, we finally get a full-length of Jubilee-infused club sounds. Smoothly veering from both Miami and UK bass to soca to rap, she’s created cuts that every DJ will be able to play in their set. Genre crossovers are her strength; the first single from the record, ‘Wine Up’, features Bronx rapper Hoodcelebrityy and meshes Jamaican rhythms with thick Miami-tinged bass, while ‘Stingray Shuffle’ takes inspiration from the Detroit techno great but is guided by wubby UK rhythms. The mood shifts rapidly and dexterously: this is music for the build-up, the party itself and the comedown, too.

7/10