KETTAMA hails from Galway in coastal Ireland, where century-old dancing laws shut down parties at 2am. Out of these restrictions comes an urgency in the dance, a heavyweight party attitude that favours hard-hitting and upfront music. KETTAMA’s approach to deejaying and production embraces this pressure, alongside his reverence for Shed’s Head High project, loopy Roulé cuts, and the piano mastery of early Grant Nelson. It is an approach that is taking festivals worldwide by storm, whether it is KETTAMA at the helm, or someone armed with one of his releases via Steel City Dance Discs, Shall Not Fade, or his own G-Town imprint. His set at Beacon will be the epitome of heavy.