Electric Picnic Live Report: Belters Only bring bass-boosted beats to Electric Avenue

The crowd at the Electric Avenue is enormous by the time the DJ duo kick off at 11pm, all in attendance in the grip of Belters Only's easy techno-like euphoria, adorned with atmospheric Irish bass and diaristic vocal samples.

The pair – comprised of DJs and producers Bissett and RobbieG – have garnered a generation of young listeners with their takeover of TikTok. Many of their samples have gone viral, and the duo has been impressing new fans by combining soaring vocals, euphoric piano chords, and infectious melodies on their chart hits with rising star Jazzy.

The intense, electric energy of their club sets easily translates to the festival scene, feature flashing strobe lights, a metal structure and flickering graphics.

Belters Only at Electric Picnic 2023. Photos by Miguel Ruiz/Hot Press

The pair's friendship shines through on stage as they work shoulders to shoulder, each feeding off the other's joy and passion. Tag teaming over the decks, Bissett and RobbieG prepare themselves to unleash an hour of bass-thumping beats and soaring chorus melodies. The young audience is enraptured as they dance, waiting for the main event in the form of their Irish No.1's.

Kicking things off with an electric club rendition of Chaka Khan's 'Ain't Nobody', Belters Only have clearly won their packed out audience over already, as proven by constant camera cuts to beaming audience members grooving along.

Belters Only at Electric Picnic 2023. Photos by Miguel Ruiz/Hot Press

15 minutes in, the chart-topping trio is reunited once again as Jazzy enters centre stage, to thunderous roars from everyone in attendance.

Launching straight in to their No.1 banger 'Giving Me', joined by entire audience, the scene is phenomenal. Seemingly the song of a young Irish generation, Jazzy delivers a phenomenal live sermon while the clergy worships every word.

Following a new unreleased single with Jazzy, where the singers wishes "you'd just come alive with me", the trio work through other chart toppers 'Make me feel good' and 'don't stop just yet', before Jazzy makes her final departure from Electric Picnic. Belters Only encourage a final cheer for the singer and DJ, and Jazzy returns the favour for the DJs, remarking "I love yous so much!".

Belters Only at Electric Picnic 2023. Photos by Miguel Ruiz/Hot Press

The duo return to focusing on the tracks, rounding out the set with a few original tracks as well as their popular club remixes of 'I Will Survive' and You Keep me Hangin On'. Irish DJ talent doesn't get much better than this, and with a 12pm finish, the bassline energy provided by Belters Only rounds off a great day of music's finest at Electric Picnic.