Labyrinth Presents Dom Dolla on the Thames – Old Royal Naval College: DJ Set Review
Independent music promoter Labyrinth Events curate electronic dance music and live music experiences with a unique selling point of snapping-up exceptional venues, merging sound, light, and art together to create a an unreal experience for attendees. They pride themselves on booking emerging talents and world-renown headliners, and for the second year running they have secured another massive summer residency at the historic Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich with a 9,999 daily capacity.
Featuring as part of the Labyrinth Presents – Old Royal Naval College summer residency was Dom Dolla, a Grammy-nominated Australian electronic music producer and DJ who has become one of the defining faces of dance music. His career achievements already include first DJ to headline an Australian Stadium @ Sydney’s Allianz Stadium, a 2024 Grammy Award for his highly acclaimed remix of Gorillaz’s ‘New Gold and a BBC Radio 1’s ‘Hottest Record in the World’ via ‘Miracle Maker’ with Clementine Douglas, and this is only the tip of the iceberg. Dom Dolla’s set on the Thames also featured 40+ tracks, and it was an extended set of 3 hours, and here are my highlights:
Dom opened his set with Dale Howard’s ‘House Mentality’, a groovy, high-energy Tech-House tune fuelled by rolling basslines and crisp garage-fused vibes, which then lead into more rolling dancefloor rhythms with nostalgia-soaked rap vocals to create a certified summer festival weapon through ‘Enzo Is Burning – All The Ladies’, into Marco Strous’ ‘Tootsie Pop’, feat. a catchy topline of ‘Long and strong, nice and hot, let me see that tootsie pop’ into his MK collab ‘Rhyme Dust’ which oozes aggressive, subterranean bassline and shuffling tech-house hi-hats, and before you know it, Dom jumps on the mic to tease new music which is potentially a collab with Solomun [unconfirmed] feat. a topline of ‘I’m on the mic to make you all dance’, over crisp, driving tech-house percussion.
Dom then gave his unreleased remix of Da Hool’s ‘Meet Her At Love Parade’ with Torren Foot a runout, an Aussie anthem in a high-energy tech-house reimagining, fusing nostalgic rave synth stabs with modern basslines and festival-ready drops, Dom then supported a fellow Aussie by dropping Dean Turley’s ‘Actin’ Tough’, one of the hottest releases of 2026, an ID remix of ‘Ninetoes – Finder’ which went down a treat, those Caribbean-style steel drum melodies with a rolling Tech House club groove, catchy, CamelPhat & Volkorder’s ‘Unique Moment’ also caused suspense in the build, before the wonky and aggressive low-end groove kicks in, and then again, Dom teases the crowd with another ID, his unreleased collab with Skepta & Solomun which is a Tech House x Grime crossover, and remember ‘Skeppy on the mic, it’s danger, danger’. This will be a hit when released, 100%!
L.P Rhythm’s ‘Versatile’, a highly popular 90s-inspired House track which has been supported by Ben Hemsley, Chris Stussy, Eliza Rose pierced through, into a rousing fan favourite, the James Hype edit of ‘Daft Punk – One More Time’ feat. a driving baseline and crisp Tech percussion tailored for the mainstages. Dom Dolla’s ‘San Frandisco’ then entered, the track which won ‘Best Dance Release’ at the 2020 ARIA Music Awards, and then ‘Riodran – Feel The Funk’, which blends Tech House, classic rave energy, and UK Garage/Bassline into one, before Dom unleashed his most-recent tune, his remix of KETTAMA’s ‘Comes And Goes’ which layers in a heavier, modern Tech House kick, crisp hi-hat arrangements, and a driving sub-bass designed for maximum impact on massive festival sound systems.
Set intensity increased with ‘TH;EN & Carlo Whale – Echoes Of You’, which blends deep progression with moody synth patterns, swelling basslines, and tense builds to pack a mainstage punch, whilst Puretone – Addicted To Bass (Dom Dolla Relapse) updated the Aussie classic with a high-octane Tech House reimagining, the Dom Dolla – girl$ (Layton Giordani Remix) had the crowd singing ‘Girls, don’t need nobody’ and current hit ‘Cloonee & Prospa – Free Your Mind’ was dropped, via the James Poole remix which is built on an energetic, bass-heavy UK Garage and House vibe which the crowd sang along to too. The Chris Lake remix of ‘The Chemical Brothers – Galvanize’ also added more nostalgia, the remix removes the traditional breakbeats and rebuilds the track around a driving, club-ready House groove, whilst Duss & Linksa’s ‘Criminal’ added a dark, heavy-hitting vibe, pairing driving drums and heavy low-end pressure with a commanding Patois vocal hook.
The next part of Dom’s set was a blend of throwback, current popular, his own hits and some classic ID remixes via an ID remix of Darude’s classic ‘Sandstorm’ with the crowd singing the famous du-du-du-du-du’, into the viral, bass-heavy House edit ‘Woops’ by BRANDON which has taken major festival stages by storm. Dom then dropped a double dose of Dom Dolla productions via ‘Dom Dolla, Daya – Dreamin feat. Daya (Anyma Remix)’ and ‘Tiga, Dom Dolla – Don’t Worry Baby’ which the crowd lapped up with excitement, and then came another flurry of classic remixes or toplines via an ID remix of ‘Faithless – Insomnia’, famous for its soaring, pizzicato synth drop, whilst the vocal from Adrian Lux’s ‘Teenage Crime’ was layered over an ID [maybe even a remix] before Kings Of Leon’s ‘Use Somebody’ [ID Remix] had the crowd again signing along in harmony to the beat.
More Aussie action trough Airwolf Paradise’s ‘Only Man (feat. Paul Johnson’ providing a bass-heavy, groove before VA MO LA’s remix of Nadia Ali’s classic ‘Rapture’ provided emotion, but reimagined as a dark, hypnotic, and euphoric Melodic Techno anthem whilst HUMAN404 edit of Tiga’s ‘Mind Dimension’ upped the intensity with a powerful Techno flip of the 2008 anthem too. Dom then slowed his set to a halt for an intro edit of his BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record in the World awarded ‘Miracle Maker’ with Clementine Douglas, oozing 90s-rave-inspired dance vibes and high energy, before the upbeat, retro-flavoured House rework of Dom Dolla’s disco-infused ‘Saving Up’ from fellow Aussie Loods took centre stage with a firework display over the Thames, picturesque.
For the tail end of Dom’s set, he let rip a barrage of bangers including Eric Pryd’z ‘Opus’ featuring a looping, hypnotic synth line that slowly layers with driving percussion before erupting into massive, soaring crescendos, mesmerizing, paid homage to spinning in London via ‘Public Domain – Operation Blade’ which was linked to an array of lasers into the crowd, ‘Bass in the place, London! Everybody in the house tonight, make some noise’, a proper rave weapon, this wasn’t Blade’s blood rave, this is Dom’s dance! Then a trip back in time for ‘Storm – Time To Burn’ but the David Forbes remix which modernises the legendary 2000 anthem with aggressive acid basslines and driving tech-trance percussion before ending on Wuki’s remix of Michael Sembello’s ‘Maniac’ aggressively re-engineers it into an explosive, modern dancefloor weapon which the crowd all sun along to.
Overall, I would rate Dom Dolla’s performance at Old Royal Naval College via Labyrinth Events as a 10/10, Dom’s set showcased ample amounts of own catalogue of hits, current fan favourites from other artists either in it’s original form, or a remix and edit, whilst he also linked in a plethora of classic tracks for an element of nostalgia, i.e. the Public Domain tune, the Blade blood rave soundtrack, ‘Bass in the place London’, if you know, you know, whilst aesthetically, Labyrinth and Dom done a really good job with the laser display, linked to the beat of tunes etc, and also the fireworks at the end of the night to celebrate a top set, all whilst parting in one of London’s best locations, kudos Labyrinth Events, kudos Dom Dolla, thank you!
