Some tracks do not ask if you are ready. They just drop a bassline under your feet and wait for the room to catch up. That is the lane Hamburg duo Susi&Paula are in with “On Top,” a Bass House / Electro House cut out on Palmlands Records. If you have been following the current wave of club music that leans greasy, vocal-forward, and built for the thick of a set rather than a polite intro, this one sits right in that conversation.
Susi&Paula are a queer DJ and producer pair from Hamburg and part of the queer feminist collective crew.port, the same crew behind the DONNAWETTER nights. They have been playing Hamburg rooms for a couple of years now, including Baalsaal, Fundbureau, Pal and others. Their sound sits between vocally driven Minimal House and driving Tech House, and they are open about what they want those sets to do: spread a good mood, pull the crowd in, and keep people moving with catchy vocals, dirty basses and groovy melodies. They produce and play their own tracks. Their first EP, “Two Minds,” already marked that shift from selectors to artists with a catalog. The stated aim is simple and serious at once. They want to inspire people with their sound and create safe spaces for everyone.
“On Top” is the latest proof that the studio side is keeping pace with the booth. Palmlands framed it as a bass house cut with real weight: a low-slung, rolling bassline, sharp drum programming, and a groove that does not let go. That matches the genre tag they sent in. Bass House and Electro House in 2026 are not about empty drops. The records that last are the ones with a swagger in the low end and just enough personality in the arrangement to feel like a night clicking into place. Susi&Paula already had that reputation in Tech House and Indie Dance circles. Pushing further into Bass House on a label that lives in that club pocket makes sense. It is still their voice: dirty, groovy, a little mischievous, built to engage a floor rather than lecture it.
That community piece matters for how the track lands. crew.port and DONNAWETTER are not branding exercises. They are nights designed so people can actually stay in the room. When a duo that books those spaces also writes peak-time weapons, the production tends to carry the same instinct. Catchy vocal fragments, bass that feels physical, drums that stay locked. You do not need a lyric sheet to hear the intent. This is music that wants bodies in motion and a crowd that feels looked after.
Bass House and Electro House have been circling back toward that exact mix of grit and hook. Independent labels like Palmlands keep feeding DJs tracks that work in the second half of a set, when the room already knows the temperature and just needs something that refuses to flatten out. “On Top” is aimed at that hour. Head down, moving, nowhere else to be.
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What do you think of Susi&Paula’s turn into heavier bass house? Does “On Top” belong in the peak of a set, or are you still riding their Tech House side harder? Drop it in the comments.
