TuneLab
Nastia
Mixmag Lab Delhi
Nastia in the Mixmag Lab Delhi—the brief is clearly ‘no prisoners’, and she delivers a set that feels like being strapped to a rocket pointed directly at the sun. The vibe is a cavernous, blacked-out main stage, a single strobe synced to every punishing kick, a test of endurance and ecstasy. This is high-octane, trance-inflected hard techno, pinned at a relentless 146 BPM with a harmonic core frequently in the driving, potent key of 12A. The energy profile is more balanced than you’d expect (0.51 low, 0.40 mid), meaning the brutal low-end is complemented by soaring, melodic elements in the mid-range, creating that unique Nastia blend of fury and emotion.
Her mixing is athletic and relentless, using long blends of similar intensity to build a wall of sound, with occasional key changes to 3B for darker, more percussive passages. The tracklist is a brutalist’s dream. Regent’s ‘Nocta’ is a terrifyingly effective opener, all tension and no release. Paolo Ferrara et al.’s ‘Sweet Dreams’ offers a moment of eerie, vocal-led atmosphere before the storm.
Dropping Zombie Nation’s ‘Kernkraft 400’ remix is a hilarious, genius move that turns the rave into a stadium. The inclusion of Energy 52’s ‘Café Del Mar (Three ‘n One Remix)’ as the closer is a masterstroke, swapping brute force for trancey, sunrise euphoria. The journey is a sheer face of sound: it launches with the ominous ‘Nocta’, scales dizzying heights with peak-time weapons like the Zombie Nation anthem, and lands gently on the iconic chords of ‘Café Del Mar’.