JARREAU VANDAL & SALUTE bring the party to The Lab LDN
There is a special circle of hell reserved for the crowd that complains about grassroots club closures but spends the entire set with their phones out, filming the decks for their TikTok drafts. They are all wearing bucket hats indoors, pointing aggressively at the ceiling whenever a bassline drops, completely missing the actual vibe. The room is a vibrant, chaotic mess of flashing LEDs and shoulder-to-shoulder bodies properly losing their minds to the groove. Diving into the JARREAU VANDAL & SALUTE The Lab LDN tracklist, this JARREAU VANDAL & SALUTE live set is an absolute riot of genre-hopping brilliance.
Bouncing around a 119.5 BPM average, the boys tear through an eclectic mix of 3B and 12A keys. The mixing style is fast, frantic, and loaded with quick cuts, building an energy arc that feels more like a house party than a clinical club set. The crate digging is top tier, mashing up Rominimal grooves with R&B classics and hip-hop edits. Dropping a sped-up version of 'Computer Love' is cheeky, but throwing Kendrick Lamar's 'ELEMENT.' into the blender is a certified stroke of genius.
The journey is relentless, kicking off with the opening track 'Computer Love Sped Up' by G-Money Benjamin to set a playful tone immediately. It spirals through soulful house and filthy basslines before finally tapping out with the closing track, DJ Zebo's 'Damn'. Proper sorted Friday night business.