Polar Youth Channels Techno With Raw, Off-Kilter UK Garage Single “Dat Boi” via Insomniac’s Speaker Freaker Records

Belgium’s genre-blurring producer Polar Youth makes a thunderous entrance on Insomniac’s newly minted Speaker Freaker label with “Dat Boi,” a single that threads the infectious swing of UK garage with the weight and raw energy of breakbeat and 140. Landing October 24th, the track marks a bold evolution in Polar Youth’s ever-expanding sonic universe and signals the arrival of a new underground torchbearer.

Built around a hypnotic loop of its titular vocal refrain, “Dat Boi” is a heads-down club weapon laced with razor-sharp precision. Whittled breakbeat drums roll beneath stuttering dub siren cues and blaring horn stabs, while warped basslines churn with grime-adjacent grit. It’s a track that doesn’t aim for mass appeal—it tunnels deeper, thriving in the liminal space where UKG, bassline, and breakbeat intersect. Equal parts disorienting and irresistible, the single captures the revelry of a late-night dancefloor in full tilt.

Speaking to the spark of inspiration that led to the single’s creation, Polar Youth shares: “I drew a lot of inspiration from the underground club scene. One night, I went out to a heavy techno party, came home buzzing with ideas, and started ‘Dat Boi.’ I wanted to create a track with a drop that felt both intense and a little off-kilter: hard, hypnotic, and weird in the best way.”

Raised in Ghent, Polar Youth is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist whose music thrives on contrast: punchy yet fluid, underground yet melodically approachable. She first rose to acclaim after winning Red Bull Elektropedia’s ‘Most Promising Artist’ award in 2014, paving the way for collaborations with the likes of DJ Fresh and remixes for artists including TOKiMONSTA and Flux Pavilion. In the past two years, she’s released with labels like Circus Records, mau5trap, Young Art Records, and Sweat It Out’s LOVE CLVB, steadily earning co-signs from A-Trak, SHOSH, Soulecta, and more.

“Dat Boi” taps into that momentum with unrelenting focus, distilling the sweat-soaked euphoria of a dark club night into a sound that’s both commanding and strange. With support already pouring in from UK tastemakers, Polar Youth is expanding the boundaries of UKG. And with Speaker Freaker emerging as a new home for forward-thinking club music, this debut feels less like a first step and more like a seismic alignment.

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