Step to the Music

Beats and Grooves and Random Left Turns

Episode 220: Spread Love

The bulk of this episode is house and disco, that’s the main thing to know. There’s some indie rock at the beginning and the end, a bit of jazzy techno, but for the most part it’s soul and vibes and luvv. Park Hye Jin goes out to all the singletons, followed by Akabu and Linda…
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Episode 219: One Breath at a Time

This episode marks SIX YEARS of Step to the Music, which is truly wild to consider… It took me by surprise, so I basically made the episode I would have made but without giving myself any time constraint. What I ended up with was 97 minutes of footwork and jungle and finest blend of MISC…
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Episode 218: Jump Dat

I put this episode together in September of 2021. It is currently May of 2022 and I wish I could interrogate myself of eight months ago to understand what he was thinking. Especially because the episode I just finished and aired, I suddenly realize, shares no fewer than THREE tracks. I managed to subconsciously plagiarize…
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Episode 217: Floor It

This episode begins with a misdirect: a peppy power pop tune from Texan rockers The Deathray Davies. As the tune moves into its final verse, the breakbeats kick in and we see the truth: it’s another D’n’B episode! It’s a spiritual sequel to Episode 211, a combination of Liquid funkiness, Autonomic experimentalism, and down and…
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Episode 216: Body of Light

Almost a year later I’m still at a loss trying to explain this episode. I set out to make something challenging and avant garde, and may have succeeded too well. I like it, personally, but I can understand why it’s one of my less popular episodes. Starting things off with Ziúr featuring the vocal stylings…
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Episode 215: Ruffage

Dubstep Originators This episode begins with a clubby confection from Shygirl, and includes a shoegazey interlude from Brit-Pop supergroup Piroshka, but the bulk of the mix is oldschool Dubstep. Classic Dubstep. Dubstep even from artists who defined the genre, who were making it before it even had a name. Oh, and some more club (Yazzus,…
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Episode 214: Get Into My Groove

Many episodes of this show end up serving as accidental (or semi-intentional) label showcases. This episode would not exist had I not stumbled across Z Records on Bandcamp. I don’t recall exactly who or what pointed me in the right direction, but I snatched up a few compilations (you can go through the playlist below…
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Episode 213: Move to Groove

This episode was me trying to bring more variety into my ~160 BPM mixes, but what surprises me almost a year later (how long I was stuck trying to find anything interesting to say about this mix) is how horny it is. I LIKE TRAINS start things off with their customary louche sinister vibe, Sully…
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Top Episodes of ’21

“Star Trek: Discovery” added a new term to the canon: the Vulcan Hello. Any time a Vulcan ship encountered a Klingon ship, they knew from long experience to fire first and do anything else later. I’m tempted to give the same greeting to 2022, given recent experience. No benefit of the doubt, just kick that…
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Episode 212: Brand New Drops

This episode starts out with an industrial/coldwave feel of dread and aggression, which hangs over most of the rest of the mix, though to varying degrees, until Daniel Avery breaks the spell. ending things on a peaceful note. In between we have appearances from show favorites, fast house, techno, noisy club jams and edits… it’s…
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