Carmen Baía is a Glasgow-based DJ pushing eclectic, high-intensity sounds across the UK underground. Her sets flow between Latin-inspired percussion, jungle pressure, baile funk, and stripped-back house, creating a raw yet hypnotic energy on the dancefloor. A longstanding resident with Breathe Glasgow and Radio Buena Vida, she has recently stepped onto bigger stages, including her debut at FLY Open Air. With sold-out shows in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London, and appearances alongside Partiboi69, Chaos in the CBD, and Pangaea, Carmen has established herself as a rising force in the next wave of underground selectors. Her instinctive approach to rhythm and fearless blend of styles make every set unpredictable, immersive, and deeply rooted in club culture. ---- Carmen weaves a high-voltage club narrative out of rubbery electro basslines, dry 808 knock, and tightly quantized drum machine patterns, sliding between skeletal, hypnotic minimalism and flashes of campy, maximal synth exuberance. She braids squelchy acid lines with robotic vocoder snippets, flickering hi-hats, and punchy claps, then offsets them with rolling toms and hand-percussion loops that add swing and propulsion. Gritty, slightly overdriven textures rub against bouncy, funk-laced grooves, while looped vocal fragments and elastic low-end pulses keep the mix playful rather than punishing. The result feels tactile and kinetic, a constant push-pull between mechanical precision and cheeky flamboyance, stitched together through rhythm-forward transitions and tightly controlled, body-first momentum. Tracklist: Marcjack - Siente - [Nervous Records] DMX Krew - Bass In Your Face - [Gudu Records] Yaleesa Hall - Newman - [Will & Ink] The Toxic Avenger - Bad Girls Need Love Too - [Enchanté Records] Gigi D’Agostino - Bla Bla Bla - [Noise Maker / ZYX Music] Paperkraft - Let It Whip - [Big Saldo's Chunkers] Robotron - Plastic Surgery - [Skynet] Jesse Rose - A-sided - [Dubsided] Superchumbo - All Over My Body - [Diynamic] IsGwan - Phishing - [Heavy on the Drums] Anz - Loos In Twos - [Hessle Audio] Injecao - Deize Trigona - [Man Recordings] Bleaker - Hype (Funk) - [Unknown To The Unknown] DJ Nardini - Xerecation - [Nardini Records] Kue - Taco Lá Dentro - [Aurora Records] Fonzo & Roaming - CTX - [Method 808] DJ Babatr - In The Groove - [Paryia] Plus One - One Eye Shut - [Oxyd Records]
Around The World with OBSKUR MUSIC ft. Carmen Baía
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Carmen Baía is a Glasgow-based DJ pushing eclectic, high-intensity sounds across the UK underground. Her sets flow between Latin-inspired percussion, jungle pressure, baile funk, and stripped-back house, creating a raw yet hypnotic energy on the dancefloor. A longstanding resident with Breathe Glasgow and Radio Buena Vida, she has recently stepped onto bigger stages, including her debut at FLY Open Air. With sold-out shows in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London, and appearances alongside Partiboi69, Chaos in the CBD, and Pangaea, Carmen has established herself as a rising force in the next wave of underground selectors. Her instinctive approach to rhythm and fearless blend of styles make every set unpredictable, immersive, and deeply rooted in club culture. ---- Carmen weaves a high-voltage club narrative out of rubbery electro basslines, dry 808 knock, and tightly quantized drum machine patterns, sliding between skeletal, hypnotic minimalism and flashes of campy, maximal synth exuberance. She braids squelchy acid lines with robotic vocoder snippets, flickering hi-hats, and punchy claps, then offsets them with rolling toms and hand-percussion loops that add swing and propulsion. Gritty, slightly overdriven textures rub against bouncy, funk-laced grooves, while looped vocal fragments and elastic low-end pulses keep the mix playful rather than punishing. The result feels tactile and kinetic, a constant push-pull between mechanical precision and cheeky flamboyance, stitched together through rhythm-forward transitions and tightly controlled, body-first momentum. Tracklist: Marcjack - Siente - [Nervous Records] DMX Krew - Bass In Your Face - [Gudu Records] Yaleesa Hall - Newman - [Will & Ink] The Toxic Avenger - Bad Girls Need Love Too - [Enchanté Records] Gigi D’Agostino - Bla Bla Bla - [Noise Maker / ZYX Music] Paperkraft - Let It Whip - [Big Saldo's Chunkers] Robotron - Plastic Surgery - [Skynet] Jesse Rose - A-sided - [Dubsided] Superchumbo - All Over My Body - [Diynamic] IsGwan - Phishing - [Heavy on the Drums] Anz - Loos In Twos - [Hessle Audio] Injecao - Deize Trigona - [Man Recordings] Bleaker - Hype (Funk) - [Unknown To The Unknown] DJ Nardini - Xerecation - [Nardini Records] Kue - Taco Lá Dentro - [Aurora Records] Fonzo & Roaming - CTX - [Method 808] DJ Babatr - In The Groove - [Paryia] Plus One - One Eye Shut - [Oxyd Records]