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Archie
Mixmag Lab Jakarta | Mixmag Asia
Archie’s turn in The Lab Jakarta for Mixmag Asia is a clinic in no-nonsense, peak-time club propulsion, the kind of set you Shazam frantically while trying not to spill your drink. The vibe is dark, focused, and percussively intense—a proper tunnelling session. This is tech house with a minimalist heart, cruising at a firm 129.6 BPM and overwhelmingly centred in the driving, familiar territory of the 12A key.
The energy profile shows a smart balance, with a solid low-end foundation but a significant push in the mid-range, giving those synth stabs and rhythmic clicks their necessary bite. Archie’s mixing is direct and functional, prioritizing groove continuity over flashy tricks, with harmonic modulations into 3B providing subtle tonal shifts. The tracklist is a roll call of modern club tools: Oh Mr James’s ‘Sometimes’ is a moody, effective opener, and David Gtronic & Reboot’s ‘Loose’ injects a shot of raw, percussive energy.
Andy Compton’s ‘That Acid Track’ does exactly what it says on the tin, and the inclusion of the Seb Zito Remix of ‘Foreal’ is a heads-down, bass-heavy bomb. The journey is linear and effective: it kicks off with ‘Sometimes’, finds its hypnotic peak in the long, rolling groove of Kidoo’s ‘C'mon’, and slams shut with the relentless drive of ‘Foreal (Seb Zito Remix)’. Functional, fierce, and exactly what you need at 2 AM.