Lyo XS

Club Furia takeover at Keep Hush CDMX, and Lyo XS is here to remind us that hard techno can still be fun – if you know where to look. This set lives in the 150-167 BPM range, averaging 152, and the low end is cranked to 67% energy, meaning the room is all sub-bass and distorted kicks. The dominant key is 12A, a minor modal staple that keeps the tension high across most tracks. The mixing is aggressive and unforgiving, with transitions that often sound like hard cuts – because why would you blend when you can just drop the next bomb? The crate digger selection is a journey through peak-time madness: Rhyw’s ‘Engine Track’ opens with industrial clatter, setting the tone for a set that never relents. Kaleb Sampaio’s ‘Coke Studio’ cut is an oddball – Brazilian rock energy filtered through a techno lens, and it works.

Skrillex, Hamdi & Taichu’s ‘Push’ (feat. OFFAIAH) is the closing track, and it’s the most accessible moment – that half-time drop is a crowd killer. The real hidden gem is Rove Ranger & David Löhlein’s ‘La Playa’ (feat. Sofia), which brings a touch of melodic euphoria to the brutality. Klaudia Gawlas’ ‘Dark Space’ and Bonka, Acina & THNDERZ’s ‘Mambo No.

5’ round out the weirdness – yes, that’s a hard techno version of the Lou Bega classic, and it’s glorious. The journey goes from dystopian to euphoric and back, with the peak at Empire Of The Sun’s ‘We Are The People’ (southstar Remix) – a moment of pure hands-in-the-air anarchy before the final push. This is techno for people who like their kicks loud and their brains rattled.