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Eight of this compilation's twelve keys are major, and for a record that opens on techno turf, that alone sets the mood: the darkness here is brighter than the genre usually allows itself. STJ's 'Blop' opens in Db major, and the...
'The Monad (Atlantis Mix)' opens the signal at 154 BPM in A minor, a psychedelic pulse that seems to promise a high-tempo record. It's a decoy: two tracks later, 'Soul Quest' has dropped to 105 and 'Sacred Flow'...
'My Mood' by Robin Masters Orchestra stretches out to 12:52; the Disco Dub Stephane Deschezeaux signs on 'Just for Tonight' gets the job done in 4:01. The whole of House of Disco Vol. 9 arranges itself between those poles: on one...
Some compilations rest on two or three tracks, and 'Kindisch Radio' makes no secret of which ones. The first is the opener: 'Pachamama' by YokoO and Retza, eight and a half minutes of deep house in D-flat minor that takes its...
Sixteen cuts and very few hard calls: almost all of this eleventh volume sits between 124 and 127 BPM, a pocket that lets you mix straight through without touching the pitch fader. The exceptions are exactly the useful intel for the booth: Joyce...