A DJ booth in Munich. Photo: Arnold Jaeger Werner, CC BY 2.0.

GossipSep 2, 2022

Baddest of Them All

Eliza Rose took garage to the chart, and the booth already knew the chant.

Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal’s “B.O.T.A.” hit the Top 10 like it still belonged to the booth that made it. Mixmag Lab in June, then Glastonbury, someone walking out of the stone circle yelling I made this, Lisa Lisa in the sample and a Korg M1 in the spine.

UKG spent a year getting revived by boys with the right Discord. Then Eliza wrote a chant and the island started shouting baddest of them all like it was 1999 and also tomorrow. Peach played it. Shanti Celeste played it. The radio showed up late, which is how you know it was real.