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Genix at Yacht Club
Anjunadeep Explorations 2024 (Anjunabeats House & Techno Set)
Genix on a boat in Albania for Anjunadeep Explorations? The cognitive dissonance is real, but then the first synth stab hits and we remember: this man is here to deliver a unabashed, mainstage-adjacent trance set. Forget the 'deep' branding for an hour; the Yacht Club is now a sweatbox of pure, unadulterated energy. The vibe is all sun-bleached decks at 4pm, converted into a pulsing, hands-in-the-air frenzy as the Ionian Sea glitters mockingly in the distance.
This is a precision-engineered trance attack, maintaining a relentless 133 BPM pace and using the uplifting 12A key as its north star. The energy balance shifts higher here, with a notable 0.33 in the mids allowing those iconic, sawtooth melodies to cut through the mix with clinical efficiency. Genix's mixing is fast and functional, servicing the anthem-heavy tracklist with big, euphoric drops and few frills.
The crate-digging highlights are gloriously unsubtle: he opens with the big room call-to-arms of 'Steve Angello - ME', then later drops the mid-2000s hard trance bomb 'Ramirez - La Musika Tremenda (Yves Deruyter Remix)' for a blast of pure nostalgia. The curveball is the inclusion of 'Effy & Mall Grab - iluv', a gritty, modern techno tool that somehow bridges into the soaring, collaborative highlight 'grum & Genix - The Light'. And who could resist the sheer, silly joy of 'Gigi D'Agostino - Bla Bla Bla' being repurposed as a peak-time weapon? The journey kicks off with 'Steve Angello - ME', builds to a furious peak with the driving 'Steppin' Wolf - gonna make it rain', and closes on the timeless vocal euphoria of 'Rank 1 - Airwave (Radio Vocal Edit)'.