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Dusky slow burn lane / midday glidePlaylist noteAug 2, 20262:56 PMOpen set

Dialogue: 'I don't like the word jazz...' is the thesis, and This Bright Flash is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves This Bright Flash by M83 off Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. (18) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. This Bright Flash is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Dialogue: 'I don't like the word jazz...'
Miles Davis
Miles Ahead: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack · 2016 · Jazz
Programming
Open set

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

So Very Hard To Go · fullKnow You Now · full
Lineup note
Dialogue: 'I don't like the word jazz...' into This Bright Flash

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves This Bright Flash by M83 off Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. (18) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Miles Ahead: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack · 2016

Hearing it against Miles Ahead: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Dialogue: 'I don't like the word jazz...' by Miles Davis off Miles Ahead: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to This Bright Flash by M83 off Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. (18) instead of crowding the next move.

Miles DavisM83Tower Of PowerJazzElectronicRockdusky slow burn lane / midday glidelate morningmidday glideJazz
Session map
3 stored song notes
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Dialogue: 'I don't like the word jazz...'
Miles Davis
Why it fits

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves This Bright Flash by M83 off Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. (18) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Miles Ahead: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Dialogue: 'I don't like the word jazz...' by Miles Davis off Miles Ahead: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to This Bright Flash by M83 off Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. (18) instead of crowding the next move.

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This Bright Flash
M83
Why it fits

This Bright Flash by M83 off Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. (18) stays related to Dialogue: 'I don't like the word jazz...' by Miles Davis off Miles Ahead: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016) through electronic / rock, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the hour wants momentum with architecture, not just a louder kick drum. It leaves So Very Hard To Go by Tower Of Power off Sounds Of The Seventies - Rock 'N' Soul Seventies (1991) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. The record sells itself through the engine underneath it: kick, bass pressure, and the little bits of motion that keep the loop from going flat. With M83, the useful clue is usually in the construction: low end, drum programming, and how the groove is released layer by layer.

Listen for

Listen for the engine underneath the track: kick, bass, and the tiny percussion or synth shifts that keep the motion alive. Notice how it hands the weight to So Very Hard To Go by Tower Of Power off Sounds Of The Seventies - Rock 'N' Soul Seventies (1991) instead of crowding the next move.

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So Very Hard To Go
Tower Of Power
Full play
Why it fits

So Very Hard To Go by Tower Of Power off Sounds Of The Seventies - Rock 'N' Soul Seventies (1991) stays related to This Bright Flash by M83 off Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. (18) 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 Sounds Of The Seventies - Rock 'N' Soul Seventies matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. So Very Hard To Go by Tower Of Power off Sounds Of The Seventies - Rock 'N' Soul Seventies (1991) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Tower Of Power, 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 This Bright Flash by M83 off Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. (18). matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. This Bright Flash by M83 off Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. 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.".

Dusky slow burn lane / slow burn achePlaylist noteAug 2, 20267:17 AMOpen set

Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby) is the thesis, and Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) 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 Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)
Eddie Money
Classic Rock Audiophile Collection · 2019 · Classic Rock
Programming
Open set

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

Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) · full
Lineup note
Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby) into Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight)

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 Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Classic Rock Audiophile Collection · 2019

Hearing it against Classic Rock Audiophile Collection matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby) by Eddie Money off Classic Rock Audiophile Collection (2019) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Eddie Money, 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 Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) instead of crowding the next move.

Eddie MoneyMiles DavisFoghatClassic RockJazzRockdusky slow burn lane / slow-burn achedeep nightslow-burn acheClassic Rock
Session map
3 stored song notes
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Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)
Eddie Money
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 Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Classic Rock Audiophile Collection matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby) by Eddie Money off Classic Rock Audiophile Collection (2019) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Eddie Money, 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 Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) instead of crowding the next move.

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Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight)
Miles Davis
Full play
Why it fits

Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) stays related to Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby) by Eddie Money off Classic Rock Audiophile Collection (2019) through jazz, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Slow Ride by Foghat off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1976: Take Two (1991) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to Slow Ride by Foghat off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1976: Take Two (1991) instead of crowding the next move.

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Slow Ride
Foghat
Why it fits

Slow Ride by Foghat off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1976: Take Two (1991) cools the temperature after Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) 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.

Track context

Hearing it against Sounds Of The Seventies - 1976: Take Two matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Slow Ride by Foghat off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1976: Take Two (1991) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Foghat, 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 Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024). Hearing it against INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) stays related to Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby) by Eddie Money off Classic Rock Audiophile Collection (2019) through jazz, but changes the pocket enough to matter. 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.".

Dusky slow burn lane / midnight patiencePlaylist noteAug 1, 20267:14 AMOpen set

Minipops 67 (source field mix) is the thesis, and Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) is the answer waiting on deck.

Minipops 67 (source field mix) by Aphex Twin off Syro (2014) opens space, decay, and atmosphere without letting the air go limp. It leaves Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Minipops 67 (source field mix)
Aphex Twin
Syro · 2014 · electronic, ambient, experimental
Programming
Open set

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

Soul Experience · full
Lineup note
Minipops 67 (source field mix) into Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight)

Minipops 67 (source field mix) by Aphex Twin off Syro (2014) opens space, decay, and atmosphere without letting the air go limp. It leaves Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Syro · 2014

Hearing it against Syro matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Minipops 67 (source field mix) by Aphex Twin off Syro (2014) opens space, decay, and atmosphere without letting the air go limp. On Syro (2014), it reads as part of a larger album world instead of a stray file in the crate. The detail is in the air around the sound as much as in the notes themselves: sustain, echo, and how long each element hangs before the next one arrives.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for the negative space: tails, echoes, and the way the sound keeps moving even when the surface feels still. Notice how it hands the weight to Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) instead of crowding the next move.

Aphex TwinMiles DavisDonna Summerelectronic, ambient, experimentalJazzR&Bdusky slow burn lane / midnight patiencedeep nightmidnight patienceelectronic, ambient, experimental
Session map
3 stored song notes
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Minipops 67 (source field mix)
Aphex Twin
Why it fits

Minipops 67 (source field mix) by Aphex Twin off Syro (2014) opens space, decay, and atmosphere without letting the air go limp. It leaves Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Syro matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Minipops 67 (source field mix) by Aphex Twin off Syro (2014) opens space, decay, and atmosphere without letting the air go limp. On Syro (2014), it reads as part of a larger album world instead of a stray file in the crate. The detail is in the air around the sound as much as in the notes themselves: sustain, echo, and how long each element hangs before the next one arrives.

Listen for

Listen for the negative space: tails, echoes, and the way the sound keeps moving even when the surface feels still. Notice how it hands the weight to Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) instead of crowding the next move.

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Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight)
Miles Davis
Why it fits

Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) stays related to Minipops 67 (source field mix) by Aphex Twin off Syro (2014) through jazz, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves I'm A Fire (Solitaire Club Mix) by Donna Summer off The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to I'm A Fire (Solitaire Club Mix) by Donna Summer off The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016) instead of crowding the next move.

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I'm A Fire (Solitaire Club Mix)
Donna Summer
Why it fits

I'm A Fire (Solitaire Club Mix) by Donna Summer off The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016) cools the temperature after Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) and lets the turn breathe. I'm A Fire (Solitaire Club Mix) by Donna Summer off The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016) earns its place when the turn needs shape, contrast, and enough detail to keep the next move honest.

Track context

Hearing it against The Ultimate Collection: To Dance matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. I'm A Fire (Solitaire Club Mix) by Donna Summer off The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016) earns its place when the turn needs shape, contrast, and enough detail to keep the next move honest. On The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016), it reads as part of a larger album world instead of a stray file in the crate. Hearing it against The Ultimate Collection: To Dance matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single.

Listen for

Listen for the point where the record suddenly feels larger than the speakers and starts changing the shape of the room.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024). Hearing it against INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) stays related to Minipops 67 (source field mix) by Aphex Twin off Syro (2014) through jazz, but changes the pocket enough to matter. 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.".