TuneLab
MARTIN SOLVEIG (HOUSE SET) in The Lab #SmirnoffHouse
at EDC Las Vegas
Of course we’re here, frantically typing ‘Martin Solveig EDC Las Vegas tracklist’ into a search bar at 4am, chasing the ghost of that one piano loop. This is the kind of mainstage tech house that makes perfect sense under the electric sky of a festival, where the only minimal thing is the space left in your brain after hours of synthetic serotonin. The Smirnoff House lab setup feels almost quaint for a set this unabashedly big-room, all flashing lights and grin-inducing drops.
Technically, Solveig operates in a tight 125-128 BPM corridor, with a heavy reliance on the crowd-pleasing 12A key to keep the harmonic tension low and the hands high. The energy arc is a steady climb, with the mid-range frequencies doing most of the work—this isn’t about subtlety, it’s about the payoff. For crate diggers, the inclusion of Frits Wentink’s ‘Child of the Universe’ is a delightful left-turn into deeper territory, while Halogen’s ‘U Got That’ and Pex L’s ‘Payphone’ provide the kind of jacking, sample-heavy fuel that defines this sound.
The Chris Fortier dub of Fade’s ‘All I Got’ is a timeless deep house anchor, and OFFAIAH’s ‘Trouble’ is a six-minute masterclass in tension-building percussion. He opens with his own ‘Do It Right’ Club Mix, a statement of intent, builds through the euphoric swell of Jodie Abacus’s ‘Good Feeling’ (KDA Remix), and sends us out, suitably ‘Intoxicated’, on his collaboration with Good Times Ahead.