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DAVID MORALES class house set in The Lab LDN
There’s a special kind of panic that sets in when you hear a Kraftwerk sample in a club and you have approximately eight bars to Shazam it before the beat drops. David Morales in The Lab LDN is a clinic in that anxiety, a masterclass in classic and deep house that treats the genre’s history as a living, breathing crate to be plundered. The vibe is intimate, knowledgeable, and refreshingly devoid of mainstage pretense.
Morales weaves through a generous 107-128 BPM range, with an average of 122.1, using the foundational 12A key as his home base for a journey that’s as much about groove as it is about education. The energy profile is soulful and mid-forward, with swinging percussion and warm basslines holding court. His digging is impeccable: opening with the 2009 remaster of ‘Trans Europe Express’ isn’t just a cool move, it’s a thesis statement.
Pablo Bolivar’s ‘Three Ways To Move’ is a deep, minimalist gem, while Rmp_sa’s ‘Garden of Eden’ and the perennial ‘All I Got’ dub by Chris Fortier represent the sound’s timeless, hypnotic core. The inclusion of Julio Navas & David Amo’s ‘Thank U’ and SUBNR’s ‘Dystonic’ shows a keen ear for contemporary, driving progressive house. He starts on that Kraftwerk tip, builds through soulful moments like the Lana Del Rey remix, and lands us firmly on the dancefloor with Oliver Dollar’s ‘Doin’ Ya Thang’.