TuneLab
Shanti Celeste
Mixmag Lab London
We’ve all been there: a set starts with deep house minimalism, then Darude’s ‘Sandstorm’ appears, and suddenly we’re in 1999. Shanti Celeste’s Mixmag Lab London live set is that beautiful, unpredictable ride. The vibe is the classic Lab setup—intimate, direct, and with the faint hope someone brought beers. Don’t be fooled by the ‘house’ tag; this is a trance and hard house odyssey, averaging a relentless 136.7 BPM.
The key profile is a battle between the driving energy of 12A and the darker tones of 3B, with 10B adding melodic tension. Celeste’s mixing is assertive and fast-paced, using the dominant low-end energy (0.64 avg) as a bedrock, with mids (0.28) for harmonic progression and clinical highs (0.08) for those iconic riffs. It’s a no-nonsense, peak-time charge. The crate digging here is legendary: she opens with the brooding ‘Inceptive’ by Nick Dunton & Richard Polson, then builds through Johannes Volk’s stormy ‘Resist The Storm’.
The drop of ‘Sandstorm’ is, of course, the communal scream moment, perfectly placed. Kaiserdisco’s ‘Cobra’ offers techno-tinged weight, while Cygnus X’s ‘Superstring (Rank 1 Remix)’ is pure trance euphoria. Burnski’s ‘Trigger’ and Elektrostyle’s ‘Replay Silence’ keep the pressure locked before the comedown. The journey begins with the atmospheric ‘Inceptive’, catapults to its peak with ‘Sandstorm’, and gently lands via Gabi Mujica’s tech-house session—a full spectrum rave condensed.