Jay Pei
Mixmag Lab Bangalore
Of course we're here, frantically typing 'Airscape remix Bangalore' into every search bar after a friend's blurry Insta story sent us down the rabbit hole. Jay Pei's Mixmag Lab set in Bangalore is a masterclass in trance nostalgia, served with enough modern drive to avoid pure heritage act territory. The Lab's sterile brightness is the perfect ironic backdrop for these soaring, emotional constructs, a clinical environment for our collective heart-rate to spike. Technically, this is a lesson in propulsion, locking into a steady 136.5 BPM lane and largely staying in the euphoric, major-leaning territory of Camelot 12A.
The energy profile is telling—a dominant low-end at 0.76 keeps the floor moving, while restrained highs (0.02) mean the melodies, not the hi-hats, do the emotional heavy lifting. Pei builds tension through long, patient blends, letting pads swell and dissolve before the next harmonic lift. The crate-digging here is impeccable: he weaponizes the Delerium - Silence (Airscape Remix) opener not as a cheap trick, but as a statement of intent. The Future Breeze edit of Sash! - Encore Une Fois is a genius, slightly toughened callback, while Tiësto - RVN (Raven) represents a darker, more contemporary trance pivot.
Throwing in Solid Groove - This Is Sick adds a welcome, percussive tech-house texture to break the formula. The journey is a classic arc: from the iconic vocal sweep of 'Silence,' through the relentless, 16-minute peak of X CLUB. - Scum 3 -03, and down into the moody, atmospheric close of René et Gaston - Vallée De L'armes. A full tracklist that proves trance, in the right hands, is never just a memory.