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THE SCUMFROG eclectic house set in The Lab NYC
When an artist calls their set 'eclectic house', as THE SCUMFROG does here, it's a warning that we're about to be taken on a genre-hopping tour where the only constant is our own confusion and delight. The Lab NYC becomes a psychedelic playhouse for this ride, with BPMs swinging from a slinky 94 to a peak-time 126. Technically, it's a fearless display of range, weaving through keys like 9A and 4A to connect disparate sounds, with the energy profile split between a funky, bass-heavy low-end and a rich, sample-laden mid-range that keeps the narrative constantly shifting.
The track picks are gloriously all over the map: Victor Garde's 'Feel Your Touch' is a smooth, vocal-led opener, Eduardo Alvarado's 'Cerveza Especial' brings a Latin tech-house flavor, the inclusion of Township Rebellion's 'Ramses' shows a taste for modern melodic techno, and dropping the full 14-minute version of Donna Summer's 'Love To Love You Baby' is a legendary, hedonistic flex. He starts with soulful touch, builds through house and techno mutations, peaks with disco divinity, and ends on the trippy, atmospheric 'Spiritual Heir'.