Hyp 376: Emerald

DJ, presenter, live host and radio specialist… London’s Emerald certainly likes to keep herself busy.

It seems that her creative juices have been flowing since day one, modelling before she could walk and learning how to spin vinyl via her Dad’s reggae collection.

A staple of the Rinse FM family, Emerald’s tastes centre round the party, and she can manoeuvre her way through the histories of house, garage, UK funky or bass to ensure she always hits the sweet spot. Once a tour DJ of Katy B, the rest of her CV reads off just as nice, having interviewed everyone from Popcaan to Octavian and currently the selector and hype girl for M.I.A after working with her on Meltdown Festival.

Showing no signs of slowing down, we managed to catch Emerald before she performs at Annie Mac’s AMP Lost & Found Festival in Malta, requesting she hit us with a mix of the club damage she’s currently got on rotation. With heat from Hagan, DJ Polo, Roska, LSDXOXO, DJ Plead and more, tuck in below.

Tracklist:

Hagan – Yenkyi

Mina – Saiya Mikamba (Original Mix)

Syde Rd Rdm – £££UP

Blaqstarr – Shake It To The Ground (switch mix down)

DJ Polo – Polo Cake

Sankha Dona (Gotsome’s Got Lost in Africa Remix) – Sonye

Roska – Wah Dem Seh

Freak – Lil Lucky

Stand Off – Leda Stray & CK

Girl (SEAN PAUL Temperature version) v2 – Murder He Wrote

Fbm Flip – Helix

Mind Of A Dragon – Big Tings

Hagan – Fwd

aaee – Beatdown

M.I.A. – XR2

Near – Impel TSVI remix

LSDXOXO – Love Taps

Austin Lebron – Are You Gonna…?

Pra Ela (com VHOOR & JLZ) – Sango

DJ Plead – Liquify

Mike Gip “Jersey’s Handsome DJ” – The Ladies Anthem

Catch Emerald at AMP Lost & Found festival on 2-5 May in Malta.

Tickets available here.