Beave is our Latest Spotlight Mix

Beave has plenty to put in the record bag right now. With his Staff Only Records debut ‘1997’ out since 28th August and ‘Zoolander’ arriving on Solid Grooves Records on 23rd October, the Essex producer steps into our Spotlight series with a selection that connects his own productions, familiar house vocals, and a healthy appetite for bass.

There’s more than a decade of work behind that recent run. Beave’s ‘WHERE?’ on The Cuckoos Nest caught fire across Ibiza in 2025 before its official release, finding support from Luke Dean, Robbie Doherty, Dennis Quin and Marsolo. Weighty synths and garage-influenced grooves have become central to his sound, with records built to get bodies moving.

Beave’s ‘Just Another Love Song’, released through Isakei / broke, pushed things further, generating more than six million TikTok impressions and nearly 100,000 SoundCloud plays before release. Then came ‘1997’ on RUZE’s Staff Only Records, which reached the top of Beatport’s overall chart. A busy summer, then.

Next comes Beave’s ‘Zoolander’. His first outing on Solid Grooves lands with support already building around the unreleased record, including plays from Chris Stussy. It’s another significant label debut, arriving while ‘1997’ is still doing the rounds. ‘Zoolander’ isn’t on this mix’s tracklist, but there’s plenty here to get stuck into while we wait.

Across 41 listed selections, Beave gives his own material room alongside records from Rossi., RUZE, SOSA, The Trip and Prospa. His collaborations feature heavily, with Beave and TYGE’s ‘Work This Beat’, Beave and Sami Salem’s ‘Something Beautiful’ and Beave and Backin’99’s ‘Music Is My Life’ all making an appearance. Later, there’s Beave and Ollie Weeks’ ‘Last Night’, plus the Belters Only and Beave edit of Prospa’s ‘Free Your Mind’.

The vocal choices tell their own story. Technotronic’s ‘Pump Up The Jam’, Fingers Inc.’s ‘My House’, ATFC’s ‘Bad Habit’ and Masters At Work’s ‘Work’ all appear as acapellas. The selection leaves space for the DJ to put familiar voices to work, with plenty of house history alongside newer cuts.

Bobby Blanco & Miki Moto’s ‘3am’, in its Ian Carey & Eddie Amador remix, joins David Morales’ ‘Needin U’ and Tiga’s ‘You Gonna Want Me’. Elsewhere, The Trip appear twice with ‘Body Talk’ and ‘Selector’, while Sidney Charles and Kolter’s ‘Back 2 The Beat’ sits in the closing stretch. Metroplane’s ‘Be Where I Am’ gets the final word.

Both Beave’s ‘1997’ and ‘WHERE?’ are in the bag, too. Alongside the collaborations and edits, they make this a chance to hear how his productions fit into his wider taste as a selector. The records that brought people to his name, surrounded by the music he wants to play.

Get stuck into Beave’s Spotlight mix below. His ‘1997’ is out now on Staff Only Records, with ‘Zoolander’ following on Solid Grooves Records on 23rd October.

Tracklist:

 1.⁠ ⁠Tyson o Brien – Strictly Reverb
 2.⁠ ⁠⁠Technotronic – Pump Up The Jam (ACAPELLA)
 3.⁠ ⁠⁠Fingers Inc – My House (ACAPELLA)
 4.⁠ ⁠⁠The Trip – Body Talk
 5.⁠ ⁠⁠Bobby Blanco & Miki Moto – 3am (Ian Carey & Eddie Amador Remix)
 6.⁠ ⁠⁠Rossi – Pass The Blunt
 7.⁠ ⁠⁠ATFC – Bad Habit (ACAPELLA)
 8.⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠Dan Bailey, Ruby Francesca – Acid Freakout
 9.⁠ ⁠⁠Beave, TYGE – Work This Beat
10.⁠ ⁠⁠Hannah Wants – Rhymes (Shayda Edit)
11.⁠ ⁠⁠Prospa – Body Heat
12.⁠ ⁠⁠Beave, Sami Salem – Something Beautiful
13.⁠ ⁠⁠Elsonn & STUBE – Sweet Temptation
14.⁠ ⁠⁠Michel de Hey, Job De Jong – Get On Up
15.⁠ ⁠⁠Eli Samuel – Hands Together
16.⁠ ⁠⁠RUZE – The Rider
17.⁠ ⁠⁠Beave – 1997
18.⁠ ⁠⁠Nicky Curly – Underground (Dennis Ferrer) (ACAPELLA)
19.⁠ ⁠⁠Catch A – Dodgy Cuts
20.⁠ ⁠⁠IDEMI – Let Go Of This
21.⁠ ⁠⁠Preece – Bring It Back
22.⁠ ⁠⁠Chris Stassy – Midtown Playground
23.⁠ ⁠⁠SOSA – Italian Job
24.⁠ ⁠⁠Beave, Backin’99 – Music Is My Life
25.⁠ ⁠⁠Sean Howlett – Special Girl
26.⁠ ⁠⁠Andronicius – Make You Whole (Freshly Squeezed Mix)
27.⁠ ⁠⁠Masters At Work – Work (ACAPELLA)
28.⁠ ⁠⁠The Trip – Selector
29.⁠ ⁠⁠Backin’99 – Get Funky
30.⁠ ⁠⁠Jay Vegas – Raise Your Hands
31.⁠ ⁠⁠Beave, Ollie Weeks – Last Night
32.⁠ ⁠⁠PROSPA – Free Your Mind (Belters Only & Beave Edit)
33.⁠ ⁠⁠David Morales – Needin U
34.⁠ ⁠⁠Bassel Darwish – Credits
35.⁠ ⁠⁠Beave – WHERE?
36.⁠ ⁠⁠Sidney Charles, Kolter – Back 2 The Beat
37.⁠ ⁠⁠Tiga – You Gonna Want Me
38.⁠ ⁠⁠Chris Stassy – Darkness
39.⁠ ⁠⁠Mat Eclair – Fantasy
40.⁠ ⁠⁠Earth n Days – It’s Time For House
41.⁠ ⁠⁠Metroplane – Be Where I Am