Beave Follows Up 1997 With Zoolander on Solid Grooves

Most producers would happily ride a record like 1997 into next year. Beave already has the follow-up out.

Beave – Zoolander landed on Solid Grooves Records on Friday, Oct. 23. It's his first release on the label, and it arrives while 1997 is still sitting at No. 3 on our weekly board.

Zoolander, tested in clubs first

Like a lot of the records we track, Zoolander was living in DJ sets before it came out. Massive says it was road-tested in clubs ahead of release and has already had support from Jamie Jones, Joseph Capriati, ROSSI. and Michael Bibi. It's also taking off on TikTok, according to the same roundup.

Listen to Zoolander on Apple Music

1997 still won't quit

The record that put Beave on our radar has barely moved, because it hasn't needed to:

• Beave – 1997 is No. 3 on our 7-day weekly board this morning, and has been every day since Monday, Oct. 19.
• It's been in our top 4 every day since our first daily snapshot on Oct. 9: No. 3 on 16 of those 18 days, and No. 4 on the other two.
• On the 1001Tracklists weekly DJ chart it has climbed from No. 26 with 35 DJs in our Oct. 9 snapshot to No. 17 with 44 DJs today.
• In our Beatport snapshot (frozen Oct. 13), it's No. 1 on the House Hype 100 and No. 2 on the House Top 100. Data Transmission reports it reached the top of Beatport's overall chart.

1997 came out at the end of August on RUZE's Staff Only Records, Beave's debut on the label. "Absolutely buzzing to be releasing this track with the RUZE lads," he said in a statement quoted by Dance Rebels at release, calling Staff Only a label he'd been supporting and listening to since its launch.

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More than a decade in the making

The run looks sudden, but Data Transmission notes there's more than a decade of work behind it. In 2025, his track WHERE? on The Cuckoos Nest caught fire across Ibiza before its official release, with support from Luke Dean, Robbie Doherty, Dennis Quin and Marsolo. Just Another Love Song, on Isakei / broke, pulled more than six million TikTok impressions and nearly 100,000 SoundCloud plays before it came out.

Dance Rebels calls him Essex-born, and Data Transmission says weighty synths and garage-influenced grooves have become central to his sound.

Hear how he DJs

For a feel of his taste, Beave's Data Transmission Spotlight Mix (published Friday, Oct. 2) runs through 41 selections. It mixes his own collaborations with TYGE, Sami Salem, Backin'99 and Ollie Weeks with acapellas of house classics like Technotronic's Pump Up The Jam, Fingers Inc.'s My House and Masters At Work's Work. Both 1997 and WHERE? are in there too.

Why it matters

A breakout record is one thing. Following it up on a new label while the first one is still in the top 3 is how a name sticks. If Zoolander picks up even part of 1997's DJ support, Beave could soon have two records on our board at once.

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