DnB Radio Watch - Week of July 5 to 12, 2026: DNB Radio is in full swing, Mixmag promotes Shannen SP and LWS

Weekly bulletin: 27 shows scheduled on DNB Radio in eight days, two Mixmag mixes that push the bass/percussive boundaries. We observe the schedule, we do not review - characterizations will come after listening.

What we're looking at here

The veille-radio-dnb-hebdo bulletin notes the schedule: who plays, when, what title. We do not characterize a mix we have not listened to - that's the house rule. Set-by-set reviews will arrive separately, on the sets we have actually put in our ears.

DNB Radio - the weekly schedule (July 5 to 12, 2026)

Saturday, July 12

• Valis, « Kief Science Sessions » (05:08 UTC).

Friday, July 11

• DJ 3van, « Selecta Sessions » (19:16 UTC).
• DJ 4G4T, « Filling up energy with DJ 4G4T » (16:27 UTC).
• Julez, « E-SCALATION RADIOSHOW » (12:01 UTC).
• BAMBI, « On The Edge #43 » (10:50 UTC).

Thursday, July 10

• DJ Red, « Concrete Sounds » (22:00 UTC).
• Skerce, « Friday Beatz (90's Jungle) » (16:02 UTC) - titled jungle, noted for diggers.
• ritchey, « coffee n bass : cup472 » (13:59 UTC).
• Rumblejunkie and Solid, « Tales from the Darkside » (04:41 UTC) - resident cycle we've been following since episodes S4 E37/38/39.

Wednesday, July 9

• veritech, « Live from SDF-1 » (15:03 UTC).
• Affirmation, « The Truth Hertz » (18:02 UTC).

Tuesday, July 8

• Parallel Motion, « The RedEye DnB Show » (20:05 UTC).
• DJ Jacob Kenn, « Live Broadcast » (18:00 UTC).
• veritech, « Live from SDF-1 » (15:02 UTC).
• Gary B, « Live Broadcast » (06:07 UTC).
• DJ Aikhan, « The Hardside » (03:48 and 04:08 UTC - two entries in the schedule).

Monday, July 7

• Gary B, « Live Broadcast » (18:29 UTC).
• veritech, « Live from SDF-1 » (13:50 UTC).
• Valis, « Kief Science Session » (03:14 UTC).

Sunday, July 6

• Oura, « Savory Sessions » (19:01 UTC).
• veritech, « Live from SDF-1 » (13:59 UTC).
• Nemesisfive, « Live Broadcast » (03:09 UTC).
• robk, « Tales From The Crates » (01:59 UTC).

Saturday, July 5

• Audio Agent, « In Tha Cut 241 » (22:01 UTC).
• Plasmator, « Plasmator Presents Episode 98 » (21:01 UTC).
• Southpaw, « Divine Sessions » (17:45 UTC).

What the schedule says (without characterizing the mixes)

Four residents pace the week: veritech (SDF-1) four appearances, Gary B two, DJ Aikhan two (two entries on 8/07), Valis (Kief Science) two. Skerce flagged « 90's Jungle » - diggers alert. Rumblejunkie and Solid continue their « Tales from the Darkside » cycle. This is a programming observation, not a ranking.

Outside DNB Radio - Mixmag pushes two mixes

• The Mix 114 : Shannen SP (Mixmag, July 8, 2026). Set recorded live at Open Ground, Wuppertal. The Mixmag article recalls her beginnings on TraTraTrax with a compilation documenting emerging scenes in South Africa, and her regular presence at Hyperdub. Not strictly DnB - to watch for bass/percussive porosity when an explicit bridge is drawn with the scene.
• The Mix 110 : LWS (Mixmag, July 5, 2026). Percussive mix between dancefloor tracks and deeper grooves. The Mixmag article includes an interview with Christian Eede on the notion of « headfuck music » and the refusal of the single producer box.

To listen to this week (review priority)

We prioritize for set-by-set review: the Skerce set (flagged jungle, roots territory), the Rumblejunkie/Solid cycle (Tales from the Darkside - narrative arc to document), and the veritech / SDF-1 series (four appearances in one week - if there's a narrative thread in the resident series, we want to spot it before reviewing). The rest, we'll bring up the sets that hold after actual listening.