Fall

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0:00, Bleeker Street, Chill Factor 5, Radio edit, N/A, 6:36, Apres Midi, Emou, Radio edit, N/A, 12:28, I Feel Lucky (Mellow Edit), Timewarp Inc, Radio edit, N/A, 16:27, La Mar, Federico Aubele, Radio edit, N/A, 19:15, La Femme Parallel, Thievery Corporation, Radio edit, N/A, 23:38, Like You Do, Gramatik, Radio edit, N/A, 27:43, Close My Head, Pont Neuf, Radio edit, N/A, 31:55, At Home, Lemongrass, Radio edit, N/A, 35:43, Joe Si Ha, Tosca, Radio edit, N/A, 39:20, Mad Blunted Jazz, DJ Cam, Radio edit, N/A, 43:45, Mu-Getsu, DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo, Radio edit, N/A, 49:52, Ce Que Tu Veu
Christophe Goze, Radio edit, N/A, 53:54, Thrill, Elements of Life, Radio edit, N/A, 60:06, Song for Olabi, Bliss, Radio edit, N/A, 63:50, Life in Balance, Lounge of Spirits, Radio edit, N/A, 68:18, The Last of the Mohicans (Main Title Theme), David Forest, Radio edit, N/A,

Fall: Whether it’s the anticipation of crisp weather and the beautiful colors of that season, or the physical act of falling, or the fall of governments or falling in love … Fall carries a world of resonance for such a brief word.

By extension, there's also that sense of starting your life over by returning to school each fall … and so we grow up with the notion of being able to endlessly start over; some grew up believing there was no end to that option to start over again and again, as your circumstances demanded. And the darker side of that fact -- the 'running from reality' aspect -- connects with the darker tone of the musical selections in this set: this is apparently all about that bottom end … the bass heavy arrangements, the touch of lyrical gloom, the suggestion of menace … it's where we find ourselves today.

This set starts out in lazy lounge mode and only really ignites for the first time at the Gramatik track in sixth position, and again later with the deep emotion of Mu-Getsu … and then swells up and out with the closer, a danceable version of the main title theme from Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans. Taken altogether, there's something elegiac there, something American in its scope and sense of loss, like a fall from heedless grace.

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