I was messaging my brother last night when he said he was listening to an old mix of mine. He screenshotted it, I saw the little sad panda and realised that I'd completely forgotten about this session. Since it is rainy as ever in Manchester, I feel it is an appropriate archive mix to share with you.
Thematically, the mix is melancholic and touches on various sonic points through house music. The opening is slow, almost triumphantly sombre, before leading in to some eighties vibes - sometimes loose and fuzzy, sometimes laser focused, sometimes knowingly nostalgic. Towards the end of the mix the gears are shifted through into electro and techno with resolute determination. These closing segments give an impression of overcoming an obstacle, of sun breaking through the clouds.
As per usual, this comes with my stamp of approval that you're getting countless hours of work in sequencing and tune selecting. Enjoy the blends.
Tracklist:
Exercise One – Breeze
Pional – In Another Room
Trickski – The Warm Up (CB Funk Remix)
Basic Soul Unit – In The Trunk
Marco Passerani – Colliding Bonus Star
Midnight Savari – Rimshots
Ricardo Miranda – Have
Federico Molinari – Party Faktor (Robert Dietz Disco Desafinado Remix)
Rick Wilhite – Playcism (Mike Huckaby Reconstruction)
MANIK (NYC) – Nightfall
Matias Aguayo – Dance Machine
Jacob Korn – Supakrank (Basic Soul Unit Remix)
Redshape – Laser
Conforce – Grace
Brooks Mosher – 18th Floor
Submersible Machines – Braving The Benthic
Kenny Larkin – Glob (Ben Klock Remix 1)
Dapayk Solo – Skit (Sebastian Russell Remix)
Redshape – The Lesson
Langenberg – Past Present
Caribou – Hannibal
