In an old gun barrel factory in deep industrial Sheffield, young ravers bounce around in sunglasses and let out clouds of vape smoke as hefty bass rattles the building to its core. At the centre of this Boiler Room live stream is a 48-year-old woman who by her own description looks more like a social worker than a DJ, commanding the room as she drops walloping dance tracks, living up to the nickname that has been bestowed upon her: the Queen of Bassline.
“That moment proved that a normal-looking girl from Yorkshire, who’s just a bit mental on the tunes, can do it,” says Angela Weston, AKA Big Ang, of her debut appearance this year. “I’ve had belief in the genre from the start and just always carried on doing what I’ve done. Bassline is in my blood.”
