Episode 228: Body and Mind

(ODYODYODY)

This episode starts… I’m not gonna lie to you, the beginning of this episode is a bit challenging. Possibly even described as a “harsh toke.” 3XPERIENCE is not interested in making friends, and segueing from there into the aggressive pop-industrial of The Mall continues in a prickly vein. Some UK Garage and slow juke soften things a bit, but hold the line of a mix that wants to keep you at arm’s length… at arm’s length and dancing?

Yes, because this is a 135 BPM mix. 130-ish is one of my favorite tempi, because, while it doesn’t signify any particular genre, it is a tempo that encourages rhythmic experimentation. Kick drum patterns unfold in unpredictable ways. Syncopation and even polyrhythm take center stage. Cultural flavors mix and match and recombine

But even when the final third of the mix kicks in, eager to please with club edits of familiar tunes, the sonics surrounding the pandering turn it into the joyous attacks of an overexcited, too-friendly-by-half saint bernard. This mix is off kilter and hard to love, but that’s kinda what I like about it

• 3XPERIENCE – SPOTLESS MIND [ISKRA]
• The Mall – A Cross [Every Particle]
• Reynes – Spike’s First Fight [Breaks ‘N’ Pieces Vol.2]
• Lazhward – The Alchemist of Twilight [Not My Fault]
• TAMBER – Dahlin Please [JBDUBZ Vol. 8]
• DJ Plead – Espresso [Going For It EP]
• Nic As Weil – Morcego [Hard Hat Area]
• DJ Sunroof – Boxed In [Breaks ‘N’ Pieces Vol.5]
• Daniel Avery – Dusting For Smoke [Love + Light]
• Nicolas Bougaïeff – Flying High (Introversion Recomposition) [Higher Up the Spiral]
• Abyss X – Thru Lids ⚫ Matono Stagona Stagona [Mouthed]
• Stacie-Anne Chruchman – Ascension Machine [It Was Always There Vol 2]
• Bicep – Atlas [Isles]
• Loefah – Ginnocchio
• Syn – Temper [Temper]
• NKC – Posh Buzz [Posh Buzz]
• Ozwald – Front Facing [Talamh Records VA 01]
• Shygirl – TASTY [ALIAS EP]
• Dr. Dre – Forgot About Dre (Artfully Dodged Mix) [Artfully Dodged Edits]
• Yunomi – ロボティックガール (feat. nicamoq) [ゆのもきゅ]
• Lujiachi – 廣澤尊王 Edit (Justice VS 法仔鼓) [Club Shanzai Bootleg Compilation]
• Yazzus – BODYODYODY [Class of 2020]

BPM: 135