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JOYCE MUNIZ in The Lab LA
When the brief is 'drive the tempo and don't let up,' you call JOYCE MUNIZ. Her set in The Lab LA is a masterclass in sustained, bass-heavy pressure—the kind that forges a unified, sweating mass from a room of individuals. The vibe is dark, focused, and physically insistent, all strobe-lit determination and sub-bass that you feel in your teeth. Technically, it's a relentless onslaught locked at a firm 125 BPM, with the harmonic engine room set firmly to 12A.
The energy balance is fascinating: an overwhelmingly dominant low-end (0.7024) provides a monolithic foundation, over which sparse but effective mids (0.2515) and highs (0.0455) carve out rhythmic and melodic motifs. This creates a hypnotic, rolling effect where the groove is king and every hi-hat or synth stab feels monumental. Her crate digging blends big-room weapons with savvy deep cuts. She opens with the afrobeat-infused groove of Dele Sosimi's 'Too Much Information (Laolu Remix)', immediately establishing a global, percussive vibe.
CamelPhat & Elderbrook's 'Cola' is the undeniable, sing-along peak moment. The Charlotte de Witte & Enrico Sangiuliano remix of 'The Age Of Love' is a brutal, modern techno translation of a trance classic. X-Press 2's 'Say What!' brings a shot of classic, filtered house funk, and Samuel L Session's 'Can You Relate' is a timeless loop-based tool. The journey kicks off with that afrobeat swing, builds tension through driving tech house and iconic vocal moments, detours into harder techno territories, and finally descends into the deep, pulsating close of Giangi Cappai's 'I need u now (Eight-seven mix)'.