SoundCloud (while it still lives) can be an impenetrable, infinite stream of music, often of varying quality. You need a soundtrack to start your weekend right, but you don't have the requisite lifetime to trawl through the week's new DJ mixes. To help you out, we've done the busy work for you. We'll be running this series every single Friday of every single week to bring you the very finest in house, grime, techno, bashment, R&B, trap, D&B and no doubt a bunch of extremely trendy stuff that doesn't have a name yet.

As 2017 draws to a close and we reflect on the many, many horrors of the past 12 months, we can at least take solace in some of the DJ mixes that have come out over the past seven days. Jayda G (pictured) held it down with a glorious blend of disco, funk, soul and anything with a good groove; Tough Love, Solardo and Mak & Pasteman all delivered peak-time 4x4 sessions perfect for getting fired up for the club; DJ Wisk took a deep dive into golden era UKG; and DJ Squarewave delivered the grimey goods.

This is TRENCH Radio's best mixes of the week.

Photography: Rafe Scobey-Thal