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Dusky slow burn lane / living room glowPlaylist noteAug 1, 20266:54 AMOpen set

Midnight Rider is the thesis, and Venus in Furs is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Venus in Furs is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Midnight Rider
Gregg Allman
Sounds of the Seventies - '70s Gold · 1998 · Classic Rock
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

Minipops 67 (source field mix) · full
Lineup note
Midnight Rider into Venus in Furs

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Sounds of the Seventies - '70s Gold · 1998

Hearing it against Sounds of the Seventies - '70s Gold matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Midnight Rider by Gregg Allman off Sounds of the Seventies - '70s Gold (1998) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Gregg Allman, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) instead of crowding the next move.

Gregg AllmanThe Velvet Underground & NicoThe KinksClassic RockRockPsychedelic Rockdusky slow burn lane / living-room glowdeep nightliving-room glowClassic Rock
Session map
3 stored song notes
01now
Midnight Rider
Gregg Allman
Why it fits

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Sounds of the Seventies - '70s Gold matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Midnight Rider by Gregg Allman off Sounds of the Seventies - '70s Gold (1998) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Gregg Allman, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) instead of crowding the next move.

02next
Venus in Furs
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Why it fits

Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) cools the temperature after Midnight Rider by Gregg Allman off Sounds of the Seventies - '70s Gold (1998) and lets the turn breathe. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Living On A Thin Line by The Kinks off The Ultimate Collection (2) (2002) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Velvet Underground & Nico, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Living On A Thin Line by The Kinks off The Ultimate Collection (2) (2002) instead of crowding the next move.

03later
Living On A Thin Line
The Kinks
Why it fits

Living On A Thin Line by The Kinks off The Ultimate Collection (2) (2002) stays related to Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) through rock, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars.

Track context

Hearing it against The Ultimate Collection (2) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Living On A Thin Line by The Kinks off The Ultimate Collection (2) (2002) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Kinks, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990). Hearing it against The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) cools the temperature after Midnight Rider by Gregg Allman off Sounds of the Seventies - '70s Gold (1998) and lets the turn breathe. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "I need a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end tonight.".