August 8

James Zabiela - Renaissance: The Masters Series Part 12
CD 1 - Down
Intro - F Street
01 Michna - Believe in It
Hearing voices / Washington DC street sounds
02 Trentemøller - Always Something Better (Original Mix)
Air steward's command
03 Kuriaki - Express
Teleportation quote
04 Cyan341 - Pattern 4 (LJ Kruzer Mix)
4 AM rain / Humanity
05 Boards of Canada - Amo Bishop Roden
06 Ed Chamberlain - Zarathustra
07 Modeselektor - Vote Or Die
Lost in desire
08 Near the Parenthesis - A Brief Walk in the Sea
09 R3volve - All That You Lost
QE2 departs
10 Pedram - Meet Your Maker
11 Esky - Number Station
Revolve drums / What is beautiful is very bright
12 Plaid - Marry
Baggage belt / Vilnius security check
13 Quivver - Chasin a Feeling
14 Near the Parenthesis - Departing Gate
Thank you / Goodbye for now
I began with a dreamy, ambient, downtempo, deep, introspective set tonight. The first hour of Zabiela's journey consists of minimal beats, moving melodies and atmospheric sounds that puts me in his world of drifting progressive cruise control for self-reflection. The journey is enticing from the get-go because it is an original approach of capturing conversation and carefully placing excerpts within the music for transitional moments and echoing. Every track belongs in its sequential order to give me that assurance that Zabiela is an expert and trust him in his directing. Without warning - after an hour of complete aural bliss, some drum & bass rolls into the midst of paradise to put energy into a mix and to let me know that you cannot have a progressive DJ set without a climax. After listening to this mix dozens of times now, I honestly consider this mix to be one of the most timeless sets put together by any DJ. The only other DJs that have ever given me that sensation are Keoki: All Mixed Up; Taylor: Synesthesia; Danny Howells: 24:7 Day Disc; Singularity: Shadowplay; and, of course, Sasha & John Digweed: The Northern Exposure Series.

You can see a full review of The Masters Series Part 12 at:
A Closer Look

10:15
01 Mike Koglin - The Silence (Tekara Remix); For Growltiger
02 Fade - No Resolve F/Dauby (Sanctuary Main Vocal)

03 Apparat - Head Up
04 Ellen Allien & Apparat - Sleepless (XTC Remix); For Chris
05 The Space Spartan* - The Art Of Attention (X10ded Mix); For John
06 Mory Kante - Punjeke Yeke (Hardfloor Remix)

11PM
07 Matt Darey - The Sum Of All Fears F/Tiff Lacey (Allende Remix); For Shumyla
08 Stu Hirst - Lee
09 Starkid - Crayons (Leema & Moor Remix)

10 All Saints- Wind It Up F/Gwen Stefani (Kissy Sellout Remix); For AlliCat
11 The Crystal Method - Smile?
12 The Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow (Soulwax Remix); For Critikal
13 Kind Of Zero - Paradise Fruit; For Paul T
14 Pendulum - Remember Me
15 Apparat - Hailin From The Edge
*Memphis Artist