TuneLab
HANA at The Cove
Anjunadeep Explorations 2023
HANA’s set at The Cove for Anjunadeep Explorations 2023 is a deliciously guilty pleasure—a reminder that sometimes, you just want to hear the hits, especially when they’re this well-deployed. This is for the reformed trance kid in all of us, the one who still gets a thrill from a pitched-up acapella over a four-to-the-floor kick. The vibe is pure festival afterhours, where the sun is coming up and inhibitions are long gone. With an average BPM of 126.4 but stretching all the way to 164 for the peak moments, and a harmonic focus on the driving, energetic 7A Camelot key, this mix is unapologetically peak-time.
The energy arc is a masterful rollercoaster, leveraging the high-mid range of those iconic synth leads and vocal hooks to keep hands in the air, while the low-end is solid, functional, and relentless. It’s a mainstage toolkit executed with finesse in an intimate cove setting. The tracklist is a treasure trove of early-2000s flashbacks and modern reworks: Booka Shade’s “Circulate (Together)” is a smart, groovy opener that sets a sophisticated tone. But the real magic happens with Claptone & Mylo’s “Drop the Pressure,” a modern classic that never fails, and the outright chaos of Sash!’s “Ecuador (Klubbheads Mix),” a trance anthem dropped with gleeful abandon.
Robbie Rivera’s “It’s Midnight” brings the sexy, filter-house vibe of the '00s, while Fiorious’s “I’m Not Defeated” in the Catz 'n Dogz Pride Mix offers a powerful, modern peak. Don’t sleep on the deeper cut “mostafa ryad - The Industry” for some techy grit. The journey starts with tech-house sophistication, rockets to the euphoric, hands-in-the-air peak of “Ecuador,” and ends in a sweaty, piano-house throwdown with AMÉMÉ’s “Kaleta” and the timeless sting of “Horny ’98.”.