{"id":818,"date":"2011-12-25T17:23:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T08:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thankyouforthehorse.com\/?p=818"},"modified":"2011-12-25T17:25:08","modified_gmt":"2011-12-25T08:25:08","slug":"plasmadancer-munted-monthly-episode-1-17th-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thankyouforthehorse.net\/?p=818","title":{"rendered":"PlasmaDancer – Munted! Monthly! Episode 1, 17th December"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object> PlasmaDancer – Munted! Monthly! Episode 1, 17th December 2011<\/a> by FINRG Recordings<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

It seems as though a few people have been good enough to check out this set already, which went online a day or so ago. I genuinely couldn’t have wished for a better reaction from the Krafty chatroom crew on the night, and since then there’s been some really nice feedback from those who missed it first time around. I’ve actually had a couple of questions in the past from Horsers who wanted to know how I construct my sets, so permit me if I may to talk a little<\/strike> a lot about the thinking behind this one.<\/p>\n

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The general idea was to play exactly what I think freeform should\/can sound like these days, but also to show that there’s no reason why the special atmosphere of older Finnish and Japanese tracks should disappear. A quick look at the tracklist shows there’s some really, really old stuff in there, as well as some brand new material.<\/p>\n

01. Re-form – Decade
\n02. Re-form – Hold Your Ground
\n03. Betwixt & Between – Liberation
\n04. Dye In Sound – The Storyteller
\n05. Betwixt & Between – From the Abyss
\n06. Carbon Based – Psychotherapy
\n07. Vangelis – Rachel’s Song (Grimsoul bootleg remix)
\n08. Betwixt & Between – Self Extortion
\n09. Betwixt & Between – Point of No Return
\n10. Nomic & Pain on Creation – Chameleon
\n11. Grimsoul & Pain on Creation – Fury Theme
\n12. E-Noid – Order Chaos
\n13. Nomic – Unreal
\n14. Teranoid vs Betwixt & Between – Ayakashi<\/p>\n

Having been clanging mixes together for a few years now I’m lucky enough to receive a lot of promo tracks, but recently I’ve been making a big effort not to include tunes simply because they’re new. I was aiming for a very particular atmosphere in this one, and ended up having to leave out some really excellent new stuff from a few different artists. That’s also the reason for the lack of Alek Szahala this time around – especially after Alek’s excellent HBC set I didn’t think there was much point in a mini ‘Alek section’, while I couldn’t find a way for any individual tunes to fit without changing the direction of the set. Having said that, both Timiquizqueh <\/em>and Noitavasara <\/em>were close to going in at one point.<\/p>\n

The basic plan was to build the set around that melancholy\/beautiful From the Abyss – Psychotherapy – Rachel’s Song <\/em>section, with a fast\/aggressive opening and then build up to a hard\/melancholy final third. Overall I’m really happy with how it turned out – I might have liked a more gradual move from the early tunes into From the Abyss<\/em>, but three ‘sections’ in an hour-long set doesn’t give you too much room for maneuver and I didn’t want to cut anything that was already in there. Oh, there are also a lot more breakdowns that I’d usually play – as it was a radio set, I thought some deeper\/musical sounds might be appreciated by the home-listening crew, while still playing hard and nasty in between.<\/p>\n

Another highlight for me was managing to use Point of No Return <\/em>in a way that added to the flow of the set. It was a gamble deciding to include it, but I put a heck of a lot of effort into fitting it in as smoothly as possible. The rest of the Betwixt tunes are older, darker classics, as most of his current melodic\/mainfloor tunes wouldn’t have worked this time around.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Re-form on Decade<\/em>, it’s an amazing track and one that’s already building up quite a reputation since last weekend. It has just the right blend of pace, modern semi-dubstep, approachable melodies, and nasty synths, and it couldn’t have done a better job of starting off my set. As with most Re-form tunes it’s horrendously difficult to mix, but that slightly unexpected connection with Hold Your Ground<\/em> really saved the day.<\/p>\n

Isn’t Chameleon <\/em>an incredible tune? Each time I listen to it I’m more impressed – it has to be one of the most creative\/complex Finnish tracks so far in terms of melody and structure. I’m so glad it got a good response on the night, as did Unreal<\/em>. Nomic’s omission from the FINRG anniversary lineup is a massive disappointment, so I was determined to show how important his sound is towards the end of the set. Unreal <\/em>is another wonderful track, brilliantly described as ‘lullabycore’ by one of the chatroom crew.<\/p>\n

Well once again, heartfelt thanks to Chip for the opportunity to play to a new group of freeform listeners, the reaction from the UK scene since last weekend has been very encouraging (special thanks to Endemic for a really nice post<\/a> on the new Watchtower site). Track-related thanks to Re-form<\/strong>, Nomic<\/strong>, Betwixt & Between<\/strong>, Carbon Based <\/strong>and Dye In Sound<\/strong>, as well as to Alek Szahala <\/strong>and Substanced <\/strong>for their help. Final thanks to members of the TYFTH <\/em>crew who made it into the chatroom on the night – I really appreciated the support, and thanks too for helping out with the tracklist\/artist info during my set.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for a post on the other sets, including Chip’s excellent UK\/Finnish\/Japanese mix. Munted! Monthly! itself is a great concept, and from the sounds of things there’s plenty to look forward to over the coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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