Drumsheds Presents elrow Horroween Festival: The Pre-Party Playlist
After a two-year hiatus, elrow’s iconic Horroween returns to Drumsheds on Saturday 31st October for its fourth London edition. Taking over three rooms, Horroween transforms Drumsheds into an extraordinary playground of imagination and discovery. Immersive production, theatrical performances and surreal worlds collide as thousands of ravers step inside one of elrow’s most ambitious concepts to date. Bigger, darker and more immersive than ever before, this is a Halloween experience where fear has never sounded so good. Leave reality at the door. Step into the extraordinary.
elrow is a globally renowned Spanish electronic dance music event brand famous for its immersive, extravagantly themed, and carnival-like parties. Founded in Barcelona in 2010 by the siblings Cruz and Juan Arnau, the brand belongs to a six-generation family entertainment dynasty that dates back to 1870. Rather than a standard club night, an elrow event is a massive, multi-sensory theatrical production.overload.
The line-up for elrow’s return to Drumsheds includes AAT (NL), Arielle Free ,ASLO, Danny Howard, Diffrent, Emma B, Fish56Octagon, hitty, lau.ra, LB aka LABAT, MK (Marc Kinchen), Oden & Fatzo (Live), Patrick Topping, Sarah Story, Wade,The Disco Express, Ayce & Spirit Of House (DJ Set), branqueeno, Bustin’ Loose b2b Magnolia, Caio Cenci and Poppi, expect to hear the following:
GHSTGHSTGHST, Arielle Free – Keep On Jumpin’: A high-octane, maximalist house and disco-house style tune, the track relies heavily on Musique’s iconic disco strings (famously flipped by Todd Terry in his 1996 house classic). GHSTGHSTGHST and Arielle Free re-energise these strings by filtering, chopping, and driving them to an extreme degree.
Danny Howard – Knockin’: A bumping, straight-to-the-floor house and tech-house club track. It bridges the gap between raw club energy and broader crossover appeal. Unlike heavy sample-reliant house tracks, ‘Knockin” features a prominent, distinct original vocal layered with rhythmic repetitions—such as chopped vocal stabs chanting words like ‘heat’ and ‘more’.
Alika, Fish56octagon – PM to AM: Blends nostalgic rave history with polished, modern club energy. As a celebrated electronic music historian and ‘human Shazam’ Fish56Octagon infuses the track with heavy throwbacks to vintage British club sounds.
MK, Poppy Baskcomb – Zone: A masterclass in modern, vocal-driven peak-time house. It sits precisely at the intersection of deep club foundations and major festival crossover appeal. True to MK’s legendary Detroit-house roots, the track features bright, crisp piano stabs and uplifting chords too.
Patrick Topping – Forget: A textbook blueprint of ‘new school’ British tech house. Striking a distinct balance between raw, club-ready minimalism and slick, driving grooves, the track became a genre-defining anthem that catapulted Topping to global fame. The track hinges on a clever vocal loop sampled from Bizzy & Co.’s 1982 disco track ‘Take a Chance (With Bizzy)’.
Wade – Funky Beat: Modern, rave-leaning tech house. It blends a classic, old-school house ethos with the heavy, peak-time energy that Wade has pioneered globally. The track is driven by a deep, undulating, rolling tech-house bass groove, whilst the rhythm relies on a heavily processed, snappy four-on-the-floor kick drum paired with sharp, high-energy micro-percussion.
Jordan Peak, Sarah Story – The Beat On The Drums: A rolling, high-energy club cut that sits right at the intersection of modern UK house and classic garage syncopation. Championed by top selectors like Dan Shake on BBC Radio 1, it boasts an infectious rhythm designed for maximum dancefloor impact.
