TuneLab
Anjunadeep The Remixes 2021
Compilation mixes often feel like label propaganda, but when it's Anjunadeep's remix package, we're all willing conscripts to its cause of pristine, emotional deep house. The imagined setting is some impossibly chic open-air terrace, where the sunset is permanent and the drinks are forever chilled. Without a strict BPM anchor, this continuous mix flows on vibe alone, stitching together disparate artists through a shared devotion to warm, detailed sound design. The energy skews heavily low-end (0.72 average), crafting a deep, cushiony bed for the melodic elements to shine, with the mid-range used for rhythmic punctuation and those signature, ethereal pads.
It's a mixing style that prioritizes mood over momentum, allowing each reinterpretation to breathe and bloom. Our crate-digging instincts are immediately rewarded with the sublime, slow-burn opener 'A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Angels... (Jody Wisternoff & James Grant Remix),' a track that redefines atmospheric tension.
'Nox Vahn - Brainwasher (Enamour's Modular Lobotomy Mix)' is a heads-down, hypnotic weapon for the afterhours crew, while 'Franky Wah - Should Have Seen It Coming (Yotto Remix)' is peak-time melodic house with stadium-sized emotions. 'Durante & HANA - Away Home (Cassian Remix)' is a shimmering, driving gem that exemplifies the Anjunadeep sound, and 'Bantwanas - Dingane (Powel Remix)' offers a deliciously percussive, African-inflected detour. The journey here is less about peaks and more about a sustained, gorgeous haze, beginning with that celestial remix, floating through the deep pulse of the DJ Koze rework, and gently landing with the ambient swell of 'Tom Day & Monsoonsiren - From Afar (Makebo Remix).'.