30 playlists, all built by hand on BDJ's own Spotify — no bought lists, no bots. Event sets sequenced the way a real night moves, and genre crates dug one lane deep. The fastest way to hear what a booking actually sounds like.
Open-format sets built for a kind of room — pick the one that sounds like your night.
Event set 50 tracks 3 hr 27 min 3 explicit
The one that behaves like a real set: an open-format build across afrobeats, hip hop, dancehall, house and UK garage, sequenced the way a peak-time room fills, lifts and holds. It is the closest a playlist gets to standing in the booth on a good night.
Opens with Losing It FISHERCola CAMELPHAT, ElderbrookNeed U (100%) (feat. A*M*E) Duke Dumont, A*M*EReady For Your Love Gorgon City, MNEK
Open in SpotifyEvent set 50 tracks 3 hr 3 min 2 explicit
Daylight-to-headline energy: the records that land on a field of thousands, moving between anthems and left turns without dropping the room. Built for outdoor stages, day parties and any floor that wants its ceiling taken off.
Opens with Wake Me Up AviciiHey Brother AviciiThe Nights AviciiSummer Calvin Harris
Open in SpotifyEvent set 50 tracks 2 hr 51 min 12 explicit
The two sounds that carry more BDJ floors than any others, in one continuous run — afrobeats warmth threaded through amapiano's log-drum swing. The default when a room wants to move all night without ever being asked twice.
Opens with Ojuelegba WizkidYe Burna BoyPeru Fireboy DMLLonely At The Top Asake
Open in SpotifyEvent set 50 tracks 3 hr 13 min 23 explicit
A birthday or house party is the hardest room to read: every age, every taste, one floor. This is the mixed-crowd set — familiar enough that nobody's left out, sharp enough that nobody's bored, and paced to keep the whole room in it.
Opens with Crazy In Love (feat. JAŸ-Z) Beyoncé, JAŸ-ZRude Boy RihannaYeah! (feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris) USHER, Lil Jon, LudacrisIn Da Club 50 Cent
Open in SpotifyEvent set 55 tracks 3 hr 56 min 3 explicit
Everything a reception floor needs once the formalities are done: the sing-alongs the grandparents came for, the throwbacks the couple grew up on, and the peak the room actually wants at midnight — sequenced so the floor never empties between them.
Opens with September Earth, Wind & FireI Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) Whitney HoustonSigned, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) Stevie WonderLe Freak CHIC
Open in SpotifyEvent set 51 tracks 3 hr 21 min 1 explicit
The set that turns a work crowd into a dancefloor: broad, upbeat and universally known, with enough spark to break the ice early and enough weight to carry a Christmas party to the end. Clean, confident, no dead air.
Opens with All I Want for Christmas Is You Mariah CareyLast Christmas Wham!I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday WizzardMerry Xmas Everybody Slade
Open in SpotifyEvent set 50 tracks 3 hr 21 min 22 explicit
The reach-for-it crate: golden-era R&B and hip hop that lands with every room, every time. It's the reason a wedding, a birthday and a corporate floor can share one moment — everyone was somewhere when these came out.
Opens with U Don't Have to Call USHERLet Me Love You MarioMiss Independent Ne-YoWith You Chris Brown
Open in SpotifyOne genre, dug deep — the lanes the open-format sets are built from.
Genre crate 50 tracks 2 hr 42 min 48 explicit
The current rap crate — kept close to what's genuinely landing, not what an algorithm thinks should. The lane a club, a party or a brand room reaches for when it wants to sound like now.
Opens with Not Like Us Kendrick Lamarluther (with sza) Kendrick Lamar, SZAsquabble up Kendrick LamarLike That Future, Metro Boomin, Kendrick Lamar
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 3 hr 1 min 50 explicit
The heavy end: 808s, big drops and the records that spike a room's energy on cue. A peak-time weapon for club and late-night floors that want it loud.
Opens with Bad and Boujee (feat. Lil Uzi Vert) Migos, Lil Uzi VertVersace MigosFight Night MigosMask Off Future
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 2 hr 56 min 31 explicit
Home-turf sound: the 140bpm, bars-first energy grime was built on. A crate for rooms that know it — where the right instrumental still gets a reload.
Opens with Shutdown SkeptaThat's Not Me Skepta, JmeMan SkeptaShut Up Stormzy
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 3 hr 31 min 11 explicit
The four-to-the-floor lane: house and its neighbours, chosen to move rather than to show off. Built for fashion rooms, brand spaces and late club hours that want momentum with an edge.
Opens with 10% (feat. Kali Uchis) KAYTRANADA, Kali UchisGLOWED UP KAYTRANADA, Anderson .PaakLITE SPOTS KAYTRANADAYOU'RE THE ONE KAYTRANADA, Syd
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 3 hr 23 min 35 explicit
The other side of rap: jazz-sampled, head-nod hip hop with room to breathe. A warm-up, a dinner, a lounge — anywhere the night wants sophistication before it wants a peak.
Opens with Can I Kick It? A Tribe Called QuestElectric Relaxation A Tribe Called QuestAward Tour (feat. Trugoy The Dove) A Tribe Called Quest, Trugoy The DoveCheck the Rhime A Tribe Called Quest
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 3 hr 4 min 24 explicit
Soul for now: the warm, vocal end of the modern spectrum. It sets a tone for a drinks reception or an early-evening room, and it's where a wedding or corporate floor starts before it lifts.
Opens with Good Days SZAKill Bill SZASnooze SZAGet You (feat. Kali Uchis) Daniel Caesar, Kali Uchis
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 3 hr 5 min 14 explicit
Britain's own R&B, held apart from the US crate because it plays differently: its own accent, its own swing, its own weight in a London room. Current and homegrown.
Opens with 7 Days Craig DavidFill Me In Craig DavidRe-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) (feat. Craig David) - Radio Edit Artful Dodger, Craig DavidScandalous - Stargate Radio Mix Mis-Teeq, Stargate
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 1 hr 38 min 28 explicit
The bounce lane: Jersey club's triplet kicks and flipped edits, dug past the anonymous bootlegs to the real records and remixers. A jolt of pace when a floor needs waking up.
Opens with Vibe (If I Back It Up) Cookiee KawaiiJust Wanna Rock Lil Uzi VertMicrodosing UNIIQU3Heartbroken Bandmanrill
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 4 hr 8 min 1 explicit
The timeless end: disco, classic house and the euphoric anthems that work on any floor, at any age, in any decade. The safety net and the peak in one crate — every one of these has closed a room.
Opens with One More Time Daft PunkAround the World Daft PunkMusic Sounds Better With You Stardust, Benjamin Diamond, Alan Braxe, Thomas BangalterLady - Hear Me Tonight Modjo
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 2 hr 46 min 19 explicit
Where UK R&B is right now: a younger, sharper generation than the throwback crate, built around the names moving the sound forward. Late-night warmth for a private floor, a green room, or the smooth stretch of an open-format set. Every track is a release from January 2025 or later.
Opens with My Heart OdealWHERE IS MY HUSBAND! RAYETARDIS (hardest) Greentea PengThe Way I Love You Jorja Smith
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 2 hr 44 min 30 explicit
The contemporary US R&B crate: moody, melodic and made for after dark — the sound of the current American wave. Built for a late private room, a lounge stretch, or the slow-burn before an open-format floor lifts. Every track is a release from January 2025 or later.
Opens with Routine Rouge PARTYNEXTDOORSome of Your Love PARTYNEXTDOORDIE TRYING PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake, Yebbabutterflies. Brent Faiyaz
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 2 hr 26 min 12 explicit
Brazilian funk straight from the baile: rapid tempos, chant hooks and low-end that hits hard. A high-energy detour for club and festival floors — and a brand-room favourite when a night wants somewhere unexpected to go.
Opens with Bum Bum Tam Tam MC FiotiVai malandra (feat. Tropkillaz & DJ Yuri Martins) Anitta, ZAAC, Maejor, Tropkillaz, DJ Yuri MartinsOlha a Explosão MC KevinhoRainha da Favela LUDMILLA
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 2 hr 36 min 28 explicit
The newer end of the grime crate: current voices and recent cuts over the genre's own 140bpm template. Held apart from the classics crate — this is where grime is now, for rooms that want the sound pushed forward. Every track is a release from January 2025 or later.
Opens with Innocent Smile (feat. Suggs & Chase & Status) Skepta, Suggs, Chase & StatusSirens (From Ireland) Skepta, FinessekidBack 2 Back Skepta, Fred again..24 Hours Stormzy, Odeal
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 3 hr 33 min
The full width of D&B: liquid warmth, dancefloor rollers and jump-up weight, sequenced to build. A festival and late-club lane for floors that want the tempo up and the bass loud.
Opens with Turn It Around Sub Focus, KeleAfterglow Wilkinson, Becky HillBaddadan (feat. IRAH, Flowdan, Trigga & Takura) Chase & Status, Bou, Flowdan, IRAH, Trigga, TakuraNobody To Love - Radio Edit Sigma
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 4 hr 21 min 4 explicit
Where drum & bass came from: chopped amen breaks, sub-heavy pressure and ragga vocals, from the '92–'97 blueprint through the current revival. A specialist crate for floors that know exactly what a reload means.
Opens with Original Nuttah 25 Uk Apache, SHY FXIncredible M-Beat, General LevyJunglist Congo Natty, Pete BouncerBaianá Nia Archives
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 2 hr 23 min 49 explicit
The now of trap: rage energy and melodic 808s from the generation running the sound. A harder, newer companion to the main trap crate — a peak-time weapon when a club floor wants it loud and current. Every track is a release from January 2025 or later.
Opens with TOXIC (with Skepta) Playboi Carti, SkeptaEVIL J0RDAN Playboi CartiRATHER LIE (with The Weeknd) Playboi Carti, The WeekndFATHER (feat. Travis Scott) Kanye West, Ye, Travis Scott
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 4 hr 53 min 5 explicit
The dedicated piano crate: deeper and more single-minded than the afro event set, built around the log-drum swing and the South African artists driving it. For a floor that wants to lock into the groove and stay there.
Opens with Mnike (feat. DJ Maphorisa, Nandipha808, Ceeka RSA & Tyron Dee) Tyler ICU, Tumelo_za, DJ Maphorisa, Nandipha808, Ceeka RSA, Tyrone DeeTanzania (feat. Sino Msolo and Boibizza) Uncle Waffles, Tony Duardo, BoiBizza, Sino MsoloAdiwele (feat. Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa) Young Stunna, Kabza De Small, DJ MaphorisaKe Star (feat. Vigro Deep) Focalistic, Vigro Deep
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 2 hr 37 min 32 explicit
The dancehall crate: modern bashment and the riddims that move a room on cue, from Kingston to a London basement. Big, physical and instantly readable — a floor-filler in any open-format set that isn't afraid of it.
Opens with Fever Vybz KartelFamily PopcaanTalibans Byron MessiaDrift Teejay
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 3 hr 59 min 1 explicit
UKG both ways: the 2-step and 4x4 classics that never leave a London floor, threaded with the current revival. Swing, bassline and vocal hooks — a home-turf sound that lifts a room the second it drops.
Opens with Sincere MJ ColeRe-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) (feat. Craig David) - Radio Edit Artful Dodger, Craig DavidSweet Like Chocolate (Radio Edit) Shanks & BigfootB.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) - Edit Eliza Rose, Interplanetary Criminal
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 3 hr 30 min 46 explicit
The foundation: boom-bap and the golden era, from New York's grimy classics to West Coast G-funk. The crate the throwback set is built on, dug all the way back to where the sound was made.
Opens with N.Y. State of Mind NasJuicy The Notorious B.I.G.C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) Wu-Tang ClanShook Ones, Pt. II Mobb Deep
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 3 hr 33 min 9 explicit
The Niche sound out of Sheffield and the North: 4x4 bassline built for a room that already knows the reload. Runs from the T2 and DJ Q-era originals through to the current wave keeping the tempo and the swagger alive. A specialist detour for a club floor that wants something other than the obvious.
Opens with Heartbroken T2What's It Gonna Be (feat. Platnum) H "two" O, PlatnumYou Wot! DJ Q, MC BonezMy Destiny - Original Mix Delinquent, KCAT, Mike Delinquent Project
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 51 tracks 4 hr 10 min 1 explicit
The rare groove and boogie crate: mid-tempo funk and soul from the American and UK scenes that shaped what came after — jazz-funk, house, the whole warm-up lineage. Built for a private room or the slow build before a floor lifts, where the crowd wants to move without being pushed.
Opens with Rockin' You Eternally Leon WareRockin' You Eternally Leon WareWhen I'm Gone The Jones GirlsIf You Want Me, Say It Love Unlimited
Open in SpotifyGenre crate 50 tracks 7 hr 16 min 3 explicit
The originals behind the Afrobeats wave: Fela Kuti, Tony Allen and the Afrika 70 lineage, plus the Ghanaian and diaspora records that ran alongside them. A specialist crate held apart from the modern Afrobeats & Amapiano set — this is where that sound actually came from.
Opens with Zombie Fela KutiWater No Get Enemy Fela KutiFear Not for Man Fela KutiI No Get Eye for Back Fela Kuti
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