Yuksek

Yuksek plays The Jazz Cafe on Saturday 19 December, a late-night slot that fits the kind of set he's bringing over from Paris. He's a French producer, and this is a headline show rather than a support slot, so the whole night is his to shape.

What he's bringing is a curated blend of Parisian house, disco edits and electro-pop. The house side is the steady, four-to-the-floor stuff that keeps a room moving, the disco edits are where he reaches back into the crates to rework older grooves, and the electro-pop is the more melodic, song-led end of things. When you put them together, you get a set that can shift from a dancefloor filler to something a bit more melodic without losing the thread.

It's an extended set, which gives him room to work through those different moods rather than rushing from one to the next. The house and disco elements lean into the club side of things, while the electro-pop brings in the vocal hooks and the pop sensibility that sits comfortably on the radio. Because it's an extended set, he's not just playing a handful of tracks and heading off; he's got the space to build the night out, moving through the house, the disco and the pop as the room changes around him.

It's a late one, starting at 10:30 PM on a Saturday night in mid-December, so it's more of a proper night out than a casual gig. If you're into French house and disco, it's a good place to start your weekend. Yuksek at The Jazz Cafe, Saturday 19 December, 10:30 PM.