Peach
Mixmag Lab London
We all love an 'eclectic selector'—the kind of DJ who forces a room full of serious London hipsters to figure out how to dance to 90s Eurodance without losing their cool points. You can see the exact moment the crowd's pretentious facade breaks and they just start absolutely having it to a trance piano riff. The Mixmag Lab is completely packed, radiating that sweaty, joyful, anything-goes Friday night office-party energy. A glance at the Peach Mixmag Lab London tracklist confirms she is an absolute menace behind the decks.
Cruising at a bouncy 129.4 BPM, she heavily relies on the 12A and 7A Camelot keys to keep the set uplifting and euphoric. Her mixing is incredibly dynamic, snapping between classic Techno, house, and breaks with a punchy, mid-range-heavy energy that refuses to let the room settle. The crate digging in this Peach live set is pure, unadulterated fun. Dropping the Dennis Ferrer remix of Joey Negro's "Journey To The Sun" brings immaculate soulful vibes, but the real damage is done when she pulls out Todd Terry's "Devil's Dance".
The journey is a masterclass in party-starting. She sets out her stall immediately by dropping Sash!'s legendary "Ecuador" as the opening track. The room peaks during a massive nine-minute ride on Matt Shanahan's "Feel The Rhythm", before she brings everyone back down to earth with Moloko's beautiful "The Time Is Now" as the closing track. Sorted.