Luminous Moods

I've been sitting on an archive of mixes in the past year, mostly because I could feel my creative flow changing and I wasn't sure my output was aligned with my input. One of the biggest changes for me is that I've crossed over into using Traktor for playing out live most of the time and then mostly use Ableton Live for studio-prepared mixes. I had found my creativity stagnating when using Ableton for DJing, as there's less room for spontaneous inspiration when perusing one's music library on the fly. As the activity level of our downtempo crew Floasis has increased in the recent year, I found a camaraderie with my crewmates who almost all use Traktor primarily. It felt like a good time to make the switch and after some deep learning, I began playing out with it this past summer. Things were a little rough at first, but I feel like I'm finding my groove now and have even surpassed my previous records for the longest sets ever. (Latest record: somewhere around 8 hours) As my confidence stepped up with my tools for playing out, I was finally able to have another listen to these mixes that had been languishing during my growing pains, and this is one of the mixes that came to light and wanted to be published. I've stayed away from a lot of bass music in my sets, as I find a lot of it to sound very similar; however, there is a growing amount of this style of music that hits the right notes for me melodically, energetically and tonally. The recorded set this came from was almost twice as long, but as I sat with it I found I much preferred the first half/two-thirds, so that is what is represented here. I took my live recording (via Ableton) and enhanced it further in the studio, including adding a different ending track that was more in line with the flow. Tracklist: 1. Utero - Entrance 2. Omnimotion - Inner Dub 3. Deep Forest Warrior - To Be With You (ft. Marilyn Fox) 4. Expedizion - Listen to the Deepness 5. Eukarya - Reaching for Light 6. Frederic Robinson - So Close To Being Human 7. Tipper - Life Raft For a Death Trip 8. AtYya - Altar Form 9. Sixis & Shwex - Continuity Field 10. Aligning Minds - In the Wake of Forever 11. Kiyoto - Shinagawa 12. Aes Dana - Jetlag Corporation