Coming to listeners from the deep underground of Melbourne’s clubbing scene, Short Round mixes genres and styles to give an energetic hour that refuses to hit the brakes. Taking influences from Melbourne’s minimalist and psy-trance scenes, Short Round has exploded over the city throughout the course of 2018. Growing from a side room DJ to one of the minimalist scene’s most in-demand artists, he has continuously delivered strong and competent mixtapes. Volume 15 is no different.

The MADLIM series, meaning dark in Filipino, is one of the closest replications of the Melbourne clubbing sounds in recent memory, giving listeners a constant bombardment of thumping basslines and grooving melodies. Featuring bootlegs and remixes of prominent artists like Dua Lipa, Will Sparks and Swedish House Mafia, the 60-minute mixtape introduces elements of deep house, Melbourne bounce and electronic dance music. Each track is tied together through a variety of digital effects and electric soundscapes, including a heavily distorted and overdriven electric guitar.

Short Round also lets the audience taste his distinct Melbourne sound through the inclusion of his own music. Tracks like No Tears Left To Cry (MVCE x Shortround Bootleg), Sun N Moon (Shortround Bootleg) and Trouble (Shortround X Sean Oh) – Hasley sound and feel like a sweat ridden rave cave. In the mixtape, Short Round is able to take a well-known banger in Aaron Smith’s Dancin, give audiences a unique bootleg from artist Haadrin, then insert an entire sequence of electronic chimes, bass effects and digital drones over the distorted lyrics. This effectively creates the type of insane drop that forces a Melbourne dancefloor to get moving.

Volume 15 of the MADLIM series is just one of Short Round’s many mixtapes that distil his hands on knowledge of and experience in the Melbourne clubbing scene to produce a sixty minute mix of pure adrenaline and unadulterated vibes.