TuneLab
Tomorrowland Belgium 2017
Timmy Trumpet
Unraveling Timmy Trumpet's Tomorrowland Belgium 2017 live set is an exercise in cataloguing chaos—a glorious, trumpet-tooting, genre-smashing riot that defines big room house's most maximalist era. The stage is a riot of color and fire, matching the DJ's own frenetic energy behind the decks. Technically, it's a whirlwind at 131 BPM, heavily favoring the aggressive, minor-key stomp of 3B, with a surprisingly low-end heavy energy profile (0.61) that gives even the cheesiest synth lines a formidable, physical weight. The mixing is fast, fun, and filled with dramatic cuts and acapella drops, prioritizing surprise and spectacle over seamless flow.
The tracklist is a wild ride through 2017's festival bangers. Opening with Technoboy's 'Power Hour' immediately signals a hard-hitting, techno-tinged approach. The drop of Carnage's 'Toca' is the inevitable, crowd-splitting moment, while Dimatik's 'Giratina' offers a darker, psytrance-inflected detour. Throwing the 'Whoomp! There It Is' acapella over a pounding beat is peak main stage meme-energy, and Good Times Ahead & TJR's 'Mic Check' is a sleek, funky interlude.
His own track 'Bleed' provides the obligatory trumpet hero moment. The journey is a relentless party: it starts hard with 'Power Hour', peaks with the chaotic fun of the 'Whoomp!' mashup, and winds down (relatively speaking) with the nostalgic, melodic release of Alan Walker's 'Faded' in Tiesto's remix.