Snax

The Gold Coast’s Taste Club Takeover soundtracked by Snax is the kind of set that reminds us that joy in a club is not a crime. This is unabashed, hands-in-the-air business, where the line between nostalgia and forward-thinking groove is beautifully blurred. The vibe is a sun-bleached, late-afternoon party transitioning into a neon-lit night, all sweat and smiles. On a technical level, Snax operates in a sweet spot of 136.8 BPM, using the open, energetic key of 12A as his primary harmonic playground. The energy balance cleverly leverages a strong low-end (0.62) for dancefloor propulsion, while the generous mid-range (0.30) is reserved for those iconic melodic hooks and vocal snippets we all secretly know the words to.

His mixing is upbeat and fluid, creating a continuous stream of recognisable moments without feeling like a cheap hits parade. The progression is emotionally intelligent, building through layers of familiarity before dropping into more contemporary, driving cuts. The track selection is a curator’s dream. Opening with ‘Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone’ is a power move that immediately wins over the room, while the ‘Sugababes - Overload (Majestic Remix)’ is the kind of clever, left-field edit we spend hours trying to find. ‘Benyayer - Domiray’ offers a deeper, percussive interlude, and ‘Objekt - Chicken Garaage’ injects a welcome dose of weird, glitchy texture.

‘O'Flynn - Srekye’ as the closer is a masterstroke, a modern progressive house anthem with enough emotional heft to send everyone home satisfied. The journey is a perfectly calibrated arc: it starts with the timeless trance of ‘Better Off Alone’, peaks with the communal rush of the Sugababes edit, and gently descends via the epic, 20-minute journey of ‘Alexey Seleznev - Deverse’ into the closing warmth of ‘Srekye’. A set that proves fun is a serious genre.