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Juliet Sikora in The Lab Mumbai
Mixmag
Of course we're here, frantically typing into our phones as Juliet Sikora drops another unreleased edit in The Lab Mumbai, because nothing says 'underground' like a Mixmag session that somehow makes tech-house feel both inevitable and slightly ridiculous. The vibe is all sweat and strobes, a classic warehouse simulation where the air is thick with the promise of a drop we all saw coming but still cheer for. Technically, this is a masterclass in crowd-pleasing precision: locked into a steady 124.4 BPM with a harmonic home base of 12A, Sikora builds a relentless, mid-energy arc where the low-end throb and percussive layers do all the heavy lifting, leaving the highs for occasional sparkle—a formula so effective it feels like cheating.
For crate diggers, the highlights are in the curveballs: the tribal pulse of Bangana's 'Dead End', the sleek, driving funk of Tom Trago's 'The Elite', the hypnotic swirl of Matchy's 'Castor', and the sheer, unapologetic festival bombast of Space Motion's 'Baiana'. We must also tip our hats to the Hunzed vs Staves collaboration 'Synesthesia' for its melodic depth and Pleasurekraft's 'Tarantula' remix for reminding us why we tolerate tech-house bros in the first place. The journey is textbook but no less satisfying: it opens with the pop-infused familiarity of that Gotye, FISHER & Chris Lake bootleg 'Somebody', peaks with the wiry tension of 'Tarantula', and closes on the cheeky, bass-heavy swing of yeanix's 'My Humps' remix, leaving us all wondering if we just had fun or were expertly manipulated.