TuneLab
Romain Garcia at Splendor
Anjunadeep Explorations 2023
Anjunadeep Explorations sets in intimate venues like Amsterdam's Splendor are where we go to geek out on harmonic mixing and deep cuts, and Romain Garcia's 2023 session is a clinic. The vibe is warm, cerebral, and immersive—red lighting, a packed but respectful crowd, and music that feels both intricate and comforting. This is melodic and deep house at its finest, with a fluid average BPM of 123.6 and a harmonic focus on the moody, introspective 4B and 3B Camelot keys.
The energy is low-end dominant (70%), creating a deep, pulsing groove that allows the rich mid-range melodies (27%) to breathe, with barely any high-end (2%) to keep things smooth. Garcia's mixing is patient and deeply musical, weaving his own productions with savvy selections. He opens with his own 'White Flag', a beautiful, sprawling progressive house track, and later drops the hypnotic 'Lophorina'.
The inclusion of Jiggx's 'Some Sophisticated Name' is a clever, understated groove, while Milani's 'Don't Take (Club Mix)' adds a touch of driving energy. The true 'wait, what?' moment is a deft, warm-hearted edit of Alice Deejay's 'Better Off Alone', a pop-trance classic recontextualized into deep house bliss. The journey flows from the opening beauty of 'White Flag', through a peak of nostalgic joy with that iconic vocal, and concludes with the sun-drenched melodies of his own 'Sevilla', leaving us perfectly suspended in a state of deep contentment.