# DJ Lag — Ice Drop DJ Lag’s Ice Drop (2016) appears on 2 of our lists — Gqom and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred, highest at No. 1 in Gqom. Every verdict, in full. - **Released:** 2016 - **Label:** Goon Club Allstars - **On:** Gqom and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred - **Updated:** 2026-08-29 - **Artist:** [DJ Lag](https://waxonia.com/artist/dj-lag/) - **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/dj-lag--ice-drop/ ## What 2 lists say ### No. 1 in [Gqom](https://waxonia.com/genre/gqom/) Written at seventeen and the first gqom track to get a video. Three elements, no resolution, and a low end that makes the case for the whole genre in ninety seconds. ### Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/) Written at seventeen. Three elements, no resolution, and a low end that argues for a whole genre in ninety seconds. ## Analysis 12 sections, the first drop of 5 at 0:03, 1% of the way in. - **Tempo:** 129.2 BPM — holds throughout - **Dynamic range:** 3.2 dB — compressed hard — very little between the quiet and the loud - **Length:** 6:24 - `0:00` A · **intro**, instrumental — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: drums - `0:21` A · **peak** (bar 11), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass - `0:35` B · **peak** (bar 19), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass - `1:04` C · **peak** (bar 35), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass - `1:50` A · **breakdown** (bar 59), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: drums - `2:05` A · **steady** (bar 67), sung — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: drums, vocals - `2:16` C · **peak** (bar 73), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass - `2:56` D · **steady** (bar 95), instrumental — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: drums - `3:20` A · **breakdown** (bar 108), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: drums - `3:47` C · **peak** (bar 122), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass - `5:18` C · **breakdown** (bar 171), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: drums - `6:01` A · **outro** (bar 194), instrumental — the closing fall — playing: drums **Drops** at 0:03 (bar 2), 1:56 (bar 63), 2:57 (bar 95), 3:46 (bar 121), 5:24 (bar 174). A drop is a moment, not a stretch. **What is playing.** Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names. - **drums:** the drum kit, separated from the mix - **bass:** the bass part, separated from the mix - **vocals:** the voice, separated from the mix - **other:** everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings Measured from the YouTube master on 2026-08-29. Section labels describe how the energy moves, not musical form. Anything we were not confident enough to state is omitted rather than hedged. ## Listen [Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/DJ%20Lag%20Ice%20Drop) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=9ycr4BI8I94) --- Hand-curated by Waxonia. We host no audio; all links point to streaming platforms.