Juliet Fox - Underground Queen Chart: a journey through the darkest techno and next-gen trance
Juliet Fox once again proves why her name is synonymous with underground credibility with this personal selection that bears her unmistakable curatorial stamp: the Underground Queen Chart. A fourteen-track journey that surgically maps the most compelling tensions in contemporary techno, the boiling hard techno scene, and the unapologetic return of trance.
The chart opens with her own Underground Queen (Original Mix), released via TREGAMBE: 150 BPM in Db Major, peak time and driving in its purest form. A track that works both as a presentation card and a statement of intent. The contrast that follows is masterful: the Amotik Remix of «Ultimately» featuring Ben Klock, Coby Sey and Fadi Mohem on LAYER Records drops to 137 BPM, diving deep into raw, hypnotic techno territory. Amotik's fingerprints over Klock's material are a guaranteed exercise in abyssal depth.
Hard techno dominates the central block with tracks of serious weight. Blind Signal by Klaudia Gawlas and Cristian Glitch (ILLUSION Recordings, 148 BPM, Ab Minor) establishes an unrelenting industrial tension. The pairing of NXC (es) - Unreal Emotions in SveTec's remix (Mad Made) and Fiore di Loto (Hazzhard Remix) by Raftek and Røøbyn on Kazima Records push the BPM to 155 with surgical aggression. Special mention goes to Stoltenhoff - That Message Was For My Therapist (Audiocode, 160 BPM): the chart's most ironic title conceals perhaps its most brutally effective piece.
- Underground Queen – Juliet Fox (TREGAMBE): the artist's sonic manifesto
- Ultimately (Amotik Remix) – Ben Klock, Coby Sey, Fadi Mohem (LAYER Records): hypnosis in full Klock mode
- Come Alive – Diøn (Armada Music, 155 BPM): main floor trance with renewed energy
- Time To Burn – Storm & Juliet Fox (Black Hole Recordings): hard dance and neo rave closing the energy arc
- That Message Was For My Therapist – Stoltenhoff (Audiocode, 160 BPM): cathartic hard techno with zero concessions
The chart also makes room for nuance: Free Your Soul by ONYVAA (ARTCORE RECORDS, 115 BPM) introduces an atmospheric pause with more ethereal trance textures, while Pitchin' (Shugz & Trance Wax Remix) by Hi-Gate closes with a knowing nod to classic trance reinterpreted with modern taste. A chart that portrays a Juliet Fox in full curatorial maturity.
