Firstly, a very nice start to the morning, checking the forum & seeing the Midnight Maneuvers 7 title sitting on the main screen
Secondly, woke up this morning to have the vocals of Wait For Me in my head
Must have been some sort of premonition, as I didn't even give it a spin yesterday.
Knowing how I feel about the opening tune (it made my top 10 for this month) made it an all too pleasing way to start MM7 off. A slightly off-kilter steppy beat builds for the soft vocal of Alia Fresco to glide into the mix & Shiver to start working its mild magic with its not quite full-roll. Love the aerated atmospheric moody pulses every second lot of 4 bars in Shiver. Both Wait For Me & Shiver sitting very well together for the opening blend. Pretty sure I had not heard Why Does Anyone Ever Do Anything. The beat of such starts stepping on top of Shiver to continue the vibe of the first mix, bringing icing-on-the-cake vocals in for good measure. Some slightly more rolling, but still steppy beats in there. Some trademark deep Felix K notes enter the space with some unmistakable high end shuffles & mellow beats whilst I antisapate the arrival of Fractionate, then there it is with its effortless vocal and analogue hook, bouncing its way into the mix. Fractionate - Marvel worked nicely.... now I'm thinking, I'm sure I've heard that mix somewhere before..... possibly from B&B 2
Probably happened subconsciously. Not pointing fingers or anything
Nice to hear someone else pull it off though.
Pacey atmospheric wind notes move into the breakdown in Marvel announcing Shutter Angel's arrival. A little blip in there but nothing major & sorted by the next bar. Shutter Angel bringing the energy of the mix up considerably with some wicked rolling beats & filthy growls to boot. Looking forward to Three Shards' arrival, as it will be the first mix I have heard it in. Came in a tad abruptly, but a fair few Overlook tune do just that. Not a fan of Marxism, but did sit well with Three Shards. Wondering what Burn It Out was before it comes in, I had heard it before, the aggressive synthy stabs just sounding a bit too much in the mix & in the actual tune. The beat arrangement in Burn It Out is nice, just those synth bits don't sit right. I like the Minor Rain colab bit, Sklep on Code Of The Samurai 2 though. Signs rmx began rolling well into Burn It Out, with its Indian-esque flavours & memorable vocal to let us know it has bade its arrival. Rolling beats of Soul Patrol take hold, with the vocal taking its turn to talk & wait while the tail end of Signs rmx said its last vocal part. Afrikaa - Billion Dollar Gravy rolled together well, but wasn't my cup of tea for tune selection. The stabby Murderer into rolls well off the back of Billion Dollar Gravy, keeping flavours of the latter in to lay in the undercurrents of the mix.
Tracer does some damage when that kicks into Murderer, with its wicked drawn out bass note. Both tunes really rolling a treat together. I heard Flex building for the breakdown in Tracer for what I hope will be a quality double & it does just that. The beat structures in Tracer & Flex twisting both tunes up an extra notch in the mix, turning them into something extra special. Favourite mix so far & a wicked find
Flex has to be one of my fav Amoss tunes. Hearing the bleeps of Dreadnaught in the breakdown of Flex keep the hopes of another well thought out mix alive. When the mix first came in, I wasn't feeling it as much till the 32 bar section with the vocals, then the mix really came together, with Flex keeping the rolling filth in there. Some new ticking beat brings Music rmx in, with a piano note, delving more into the new tune. The way Dreadnaught winds down for Music rmx to come in for full effect was nice. Sometimes you need a switched mix in there. I should know what Memento sounds like, but it was newness to the ears. The bits where that was fading in & out didn't sound too out of place, bar the little blip. The Happy Ending kept the soulful rolling flavours going, for what looks like will be the standard for the tail end of the mix. Astral Travel brings the spaced out liquid vibes. Nina reminds me of the Lynx influences off the Allegiance EP. Little blip with Nina & Reading By The White Lake, but an easy listening end to the mix
I did enjoy this episode, from its minimal start, to its laid back rolling middle, deep & dirtier section straight after, with a more chilled end. Would have preferred a handful more minimal bits to keep the feel of Midnight Maneuvers that I know & love. Nice selection & look forward to any more episodes that hopefully arise!
