TuneLab
TROYBOI in The Lab #SmirnoffHouse
at Nocturnal Wonderland
TroyBoi at a festival-side Lab session is the audio equivalent of a controlled detonation—you know things are going to get weird, bass-heavy, and deeply satisfying. This is for the crew who appreciate the space where trap, hip-hop, and left-field bass music violently and beautifully collide. The Smirnoff House at Nocturnal Wonderland provides the perfect, slightly unhinged carnival backdrop. He’s not playing by a standard BPM playbook; the average sits at 128.7, but he fearlessly rockets from hip-hop tempos into 176 BPM frenzies, often using the moody, minor key of 8B as a home base for his sinister sound design. The mixing is theatrical, full of dramatic cuts, acapella layering, and tempo shifts that keep the crowd perpetually off-balance in the best way.
The energy balance is heavily skewed towards massive, sub-bass pressure and intricate mid-range percussion, with very little high-end sheen—it’s a dark, physical, and cinematic experience. His own productions are, of course, the stars. 'Sensei' with its eastern-tinged melody and crushing drop is a signature weapon, while 'ili' offers a more minimalist, rhythmic groove. But the crate digging is equally impressive. Opening with Kendrick Lamar's 'm.A.A.d city' sets a gritty, West Coast tone.
Skrillex & Rick Ross' 'Purple Lamborghini' is a monstrous festival smash that fits perfectly. The inclusion of DeBarge's 'I Like It' is a genius, soulful flip, and Blandpoe's 'White Girl Twerkin' is the kind of internet-age meme track that sends a festival crowd into hysterics. Every selection feels like a calculated move in a game of dancefloor chess. The arc is a story of escalating chaos: from the lyrical menace of the Kendrick opening, building through the peak-time bombast of his own 'Sensei', and finally decompressing into the atmospheric, synthy haze of ForceTRVP & MEDITIST's 'Soul'. A full tracklist that proves TroyBoi is a curator of chaos as much as a producer.