Fred again..'s 108-hour continuous USB002 tour mix speaks to his community connector status

Fred again.. just dropped the most ambitious artist archive release in recent memory.

There are artists who release music, and there are artists who build worlds around it. Fred again.. has always been interested in the latter, and his latest move is one of the better examples of how he does it.

He has just released USB002 EVERY SHOW 108 HOURS (3 Oct 2025 – 27 Feb 2026) – a continuous 108-hour mix recorded across his entire USB002 tour. Every show, stitched together as one unbroken document.

It’s the kind of thing that would be easy to dismiss as fan service or vanity if it didn’t feel so genuinely purposeful. Fred has always treated his live shows as collaborative, living things rather than ticketed events built around a setlist, and this mix is the logical extension of that. This 108-hour record of what actually happened as it happened but focus on the music.

The accompanying video, designed by Elijah, lists every artist who appeared with Fred across the 21 shows, and everyone who contributed to the 29 tracks released during the USB002 era. It’s a genuinely staggering roster. The full list reads like someone’s ideal festival lineup written out in one breath.

HAAi, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, Blanco, KŌMA, LAURAVIOLI, DC Noises, SHOPLIFTER, Toccororo, Skin On Skin, DREA, Floating Points, Caribou, Travy, Reggie, Elzzz, Caolan Ryan, EMA, FDC DJs, Shady Nasty, Amyl, Loukeman, FROSSYOUTH, Brat Star, Four Tet, Sammy Virji, SICARIA, Skream, Benga, bad juuju, Clearcast, Vertigo, Hamdi, Oppidan, EZYA, Loris, Latin Mafia, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, Romy, BRUX, X3butterfly, Doctor Jeep, Sister Zo, Denzel Curry, 070 Shake, KETTAMA, Ben UFO, Danny Brown, Berwyn, Nia Archives, Jamie T, Ezra Collective, Headie One, MPH, JOY (Anonymous), D Double E, JME, The Streets, Underworld, Lou Nour, Coki, Mala, La Roux, Flowdan, Durrty Goodz, Kano, Thomas Bangalter, Skepta, Plaqueboymax, Denzel Curry, Hanumankind, That Mexican OT, LYNY, Amyl and The Sniffers, Becky and the Birds, BEAM, Parisi, JPEGMAFIA, Mssingno, Lowly, MC Teteu, Amber Bain, Lil Silva, Winny, BIA, Kierxnmusic, Splinter Frames, Aries, Wallfacer, Young Thug, Lil Yachty, Nate Brazier and MC Dricka.

Fred’s own note on it is worth quoting: “I really just wanted to document the insane experience of getting to play b2b with this amazing list of people. To everyone who came to every show, I increasingly learn that you make them what they are more than we do.”

This isn’t just self-documentation it’s inviting fans as close as they can get, which is something Fred has been doing consistently and convincingly throughout his career. The community around his shows has always been a feature of the project, not a side effect of it.

Marketing-wise, it’s smart for all the same reasons. The 108-hour runtime is an immediately impressive fact and speaks to the scale of the tour’s undertaking. The visual listing of collaborators is essentially a who’s who of where underground and mainstream intersect right now.

Fred’s ability to occupy that space without friction is one of the more interesting things about him as an artist whatever you think of his music – for the record, I love about 20% of his music and the rest does nothing for me, and I thought the Thomas Bangalter B2B was at times really disjointed and not the all-timer it’s been deemed but I seem to be in the minority here.

Fred… is, more than almost anyone operating at his level, a connector – someone whose presence seems to bring people together rather than compete with them.

The full 108-hour mix is on YouTube here, currently premiering across the time duration.

To coincide with the end of USB002, he also released USB002 REMIXES – seven reworked versions of tracks from the era. You can listen here.

Niall Byrne

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent,  Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter,  and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.

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