Snakehips & Absolutely - Shades

Celebrated UK production and DJ duo Snakehips today share their new single ‘Shades’, featuring South London artist Absolutely.  



Hot off their collaborative EP SNAKEGANG with Atlanta hip-hop duo EARTHGANG, Snakehips today unveil their next wave of new music with a brand new collaboration. Joining forces with Absolutely, the South London-based R&B-pop savant, 'Shades' presents a coalescence of forward thinking drum and bass with shimmering vocals. Whereas their discography boasts elements of house, disco, hip-hop and R&B, ‘Shades’ marks an experimental shift for Snakehips as it ruminates on a cutting breakbeat bassline, further expanding their genre-subverting dynamism. 



Snakehips share, “Shades is a song we wrote in LA last summer with some good friends. We'd been making loads of club focussed tunes for a while and thought it'd be cool to write a slower more heartfelt tune for a change. Kinda going back to the vibes we had on Don't Leave we wanted to make a really emotive and more vulnerable tune that still sounded epic live. We actually wrote it half time and then ended up flipping it with some jungle style drums which sounded really cool. Absolutely sounds so perfect on the record and brought so much of her own style and energy to the vibe.” 



On working with Snakehips, Absolutely reveals, “It’s been a beautiful journey bringing this track to life with Snakehips. The energy we’ve captured in this song feels so cathartic and euphoric, I’m excited for everyone to experience the moment we’ve created together and dance around like fairies.”