CHRIS LAKE bumping house DJ set in The Lab LA
The Lab in Los Angeles is basically ground zero for influencers who think throwing up peace signs to a four-to-the-floor beat counts as a personality. You've got half the crowd filming TikToks and the other half pretending they aren't desperately hoping to be caught in the background of said TikToks. Golden hour sunlight spills into the chic, office-like space of The Lab LA, giving the bouncing crowd a perfectly filtered, sun-kissed glow. Musically, this CHRIS LAKE live set is a proper education in peak-time groove.
Hovering around a bouncy 124 BPM average, Lake heavily utilizes 12A and 3B key progressions to keep the Rominimal energy effortlessly accessible but undeniably punchy. His mixing is razor-sharp, expertly working the EQs to create an infectious, undulating energy arc that keeps the posers moving. Dissecting the CHRIS LAKE The Lab LA tracklist reveals a DJ who knows exactly how to manipulate a room. He drops the filthy Jimmy Edgar - LET ME TELL U, an underground weapon that surprisingly gets the Hollywood crowd absolutely sorted.
Things kick off mysteriously with an unreleased Unknown - Unknown serving as the opening track. The indisputable highlight is his own edit of Prince - Funk N Roll (Chris Lake Edit), which incites absolute scenes, leading into a brilliantly cheeky finale with the closing track, Michael Jackson - Rock With You.