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Dusky slow burn / crisp chargePlaylist noteJun 13, 20265:53 PMOpen set

Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) / Midnight Lightning is the thesis, and Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) 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 Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. 2 (Live) (2016) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) / Midnight Lightning
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Live In Maui (1) · 2020 · Psychedelic Rock
Programming
Open set

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

Penetration (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) · full
Lineup note
Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) / Midnight Lightning into Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium)

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 Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. 2 (Live) (2016) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Live In Maui (1) · 2020

Hearing it against Live In Maui (1) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) / Midnight Lightning by The Jimi Hendrix Experience off Live In Maui (1) (2020) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 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 Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. 2 (Live) (2016) instead of crowding the next move.

The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceTalking HeadsMiles DavisPsychedelic RockPopRockdusky slow burn / crisp chargemiddaycrisp chargePsychedelic Rock
Session map
3 stored song notes
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Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) / Midnight Lightning
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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 Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. 2 (Live) (2016) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Live In Maui (1) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) / Midnight Lightning by The Jimi Hendrix Experience off Live In Maui (1) (2020) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 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 Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. 2 (Live) (2016) instead of crowding the next move.

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Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium)
Talking Heads
Why it fits

Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. 2 (Live) (2016) cools the temperature after Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) / Midnight Lightning by The Jimi Hendrix Experience off Live In Maui (1) (2020) 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 Penetration (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) by Miles Davis off Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (2021) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. With Talking Heads, 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 Penetration (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) by Miles Davis off Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (2021) instead of crowding the next move.

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Penetration (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991)
Miles Davis
Full play
Why it fits

Penetration (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) by Miles Davis off Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (2021) stays related to Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. 2 (Live) (2016) 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.

Track context

Live at Vienne matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Live at Vienne (2021) 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.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. 2 (Live) (2016). Hearing it against Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. 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.".