Only two minor keys in twenty tracks: 'Tiera' by Dial and Avan7 in B-flat minor, and the 'Midnight Sun' by Astrix and Alien Project that closes the list in E minor via Ajja's remix. Everything else in this Starlab (IN) selection breathes in major mode, and that single fact frames the whole session: sunlight and open-floor material, not late-night darkness.
There is plenty to open with. The metadata places several cuts below 110 BPM —'Golden Hour', 'Oceans from Silence', 'Tribaluna'— that work as a ramp before lift-off. 'Maana', the Ace Ventura collaboration with Starlab himself that tops the list, is another route: exactly ten minutes at 144, the longest cut of the lot, with room to spare for mixing in and out unhurried.
The 142-146 block
The peak-time core is twelve tracks between 142 and 146 BPM, and the keys draw clear routes through it:
- 'In the Jungle' into 'Freaky Family': both in G major, 145 to 146; the latter stacks Tristan, Avalon, Killerwatts and Alienatic, artillery for the highest point of the night.
- 'Core' into 'Machines': shared B major, with GMS and Avalon pushing the second leg to 145.
- 'Sonic Masala', in Asgard's remix, into 'Not Even Close': G-flat major on both ends, 142 to 146.
A separate word for Man With No Name: Martin Freeland, the Briton who has signed under that alias since 1990 and whose 'Teleport' reached the UK singles chart, shows up twice here, with that same 'Teleport' reworked by Antinomy and 'Possessed' in the hands of Acid Punks. Goa trance history refitted for the booth.
Digital Om being the most repeated label, with six cuts, is no accident: Bharat Bindal, the New Delhi producer behind Starlab, has been part of the Indian imprint since 2013, with Indian classical training behind him and stops at Boom and Ozora. The selection reads like his own record bag: mostly luminous, sorted along harmonic routes, with 'Midnight Sun' held back for the end, when minor mode finally gets its turn.
Sources: StarLab Music · Wikipedia
