TuneLab
Kollision in The Lab Mumbai
Mixmag
Kollision in The Lab Mumbai opens with the aggressive synth stabs of Hocico's 'ruptura' remix, immediately declaring this won't be a polite evening of deep house. The vibe is peak-time, fists-in-the-air euphoria, a relentless energy surge powered by a high-octane 142.8 BPM average. This is a hard-hitting blend of hard house, trance, and techno, with a staggering 23 tracks in the 12A key creating a harmonically locked, turbo-charged journey.
The energy is overwhelmingly low-end dominant (0.66 avg), delivering a physical, pounding foundation over which epic melodies and vocal hooks from the mid-range (0.29 avg) can soar without becoming cheesy. Kollision's mixing is fast and muscular, using quick cuts and build-ups to maintain a festival-level intensity, perfect for the Mixmag Lab's condensed format. The track selection is a time capsule of peak-time weapons: 'Armin van Buuren & Perpetuous Dreamer - The Sound of Goodbye (Tribal Feel Mix)' is trance at its most effectively muscular, while 'Temper - Work That Body' is pure hard house nostalgia.
Dropping 'LINKIN PARK - Bleed It Out' into the mix is the kind of brilliantly absurd, cross-genre mashup that actually works on a packed floor, and 'Schacke - Like That' brings a modern, driving techno edge. They even find room for the classic vocal house of 'David Morales & The Face - Needin' U' before closing on the relentless piano drive of 'Prince Of Dance - Move & Dance'. The journey is a non-stop ascent from industrial-tinged opener through trancey peaks to that euphoric, hands-in-the-air closing track.