Twice in D Major, and it doesn't read like coincidence. 'Time To Burn', Storm's collaboration with Juliet Fox herself on Black Hole Recordings, plants the map's first flag: D Major at 155 BPM, light from the very first bar. Seven cuts later, Indira Paganotto's 'Black Magic' answers from the same tonal centre at a different altitude: 97 BPM on paper and just 3:44, the shortest cut of the selection. The same note told twice — wildfire up top, incantation down below.
Between those two flags the terrain is surprisingly bright: eight of the twelve cuts live in a major key, a rare ratio when half the ground belongs to hard techno and neo rave. The shadow zone exists, but it is short and well placed. Delano Legito's 'Frequence', in Eb Minor and the second-longest cut at 6:34, digs the darkest point of the map right before Molothav's 'Acid All Night Long' resolves it the most elegant way possible: a shift up to Eb Major without moving the root, from hypnotic gloom to main-floor trance in a single move.
The nine-minute valley
The other landmark is 'Guided Meditation' by Stryker and Mad Maxx: 9:01 in G Major, nearly double any neighbour, living up to its title between walls of 155 and 160 BPM. That both valleys of the journey happen to be the psy-trance cuts says plenty about the signature behind this: Paganotto not only contributes 'Black Magic', the closing track of her album 'Arte Como Amante'; she also shows up as a label boss, since 'Nommo' by Faders and Lee Ann Roberts comes out on ARTCORE, the imprint she founded in 2023.
The ending pulls the map back into shadow: Somewhen's 'Promise' accelerates to 160 BPM in E Minor, the outright speed peak, and O.B.I.'s 'Underground' seals the route in Gb Minor. After so much major-key light, Juliet Fox — Adelaide-born, Berlin-based, running her TREGAMBE label since late 2020 — chooses to sign off downhill. Honest maps also mark where the day ends.
Sources: Electronic Groove · DJ Mag · Hands Up Électro
