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Session notes from the booth.

The lineup logic, the song notes, and the things I want you to hear, saved one session at a time.

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Dusky slow burn lane / restless glowPlaylist noteAug 3, 20263:46 AMOpen set

Shine a Light is the thesis, and New York Kiss (Home Demo) is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves New York Kiss (Home Demo) by Spoon off They Want My Soul (2024) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. New York Kiss (Home Demo) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Shine a Light
The Rolling Stones
Exile On Main Street · 2009 · Pop, Rock
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

Loaded CD2 · clipTadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) · full
Lineup note
Shine a Light into New York Kiss (Home Demo)

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves New York Kiss (Home Demo) by Spoon off They Want My Soul (2024) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Exile On Main Street · 2009

Hearing it against Exile On Main Street matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Shine a Light by The Rolling Stones off Exile On Main Street (2009) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Rolling Stones, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to New York Kiss (Home Demo) by Spoon off They Want My Soul (2024) instead of crowding the next move.

The Rolling StonesSpoonThe Velvet Underground & NicoPop, RockPop, Rock, Alternatif et IndéRockdusky slow burn lane / restless glowafter-hoursrestless glowPop, Rock
Session map
3 stored song notes
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Shine a Light
The Rolling Stones
Why it fits

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves New York Kiss (Home Demo) by Spoon off They Want My Soul (2024) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Exile On Main Street matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Shine a Light by The Rolling Stones off Exile On Main Street (2009) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Rolling Stones, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to New York Kiss (Home Demo) by Spoon off They Want My Soul (2024) instead of crowding the next move.

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New York Kiss (Home Demo)
Spoon
Why it fits

New York Kiss (Home Demo) by Spoon off They Want My Soul (2024) cools the temperature after Shine a Light by The Rolling Stones off Exile On Main Street (2009) and lets the turn breathe. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against They Want My Soul matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. New York Kiss (Home Demo) by Spoon off They Want My Soul (2024) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Spoon, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) instead of crowding the next move.

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Venus in Furs
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Why it fits

Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) stays related to New York Kiss (Home Demo) by Spoon off They Want My Soul (2024) through rock / psychedelic rock, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars.

Track context

Hearing it against The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground & Nico off The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 (1990) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Velvet Underground & Nico, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up New York Kiss (Home Demo) by Spoon off They Want My Soul (2024). Hearing it against They Want My Soul matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. New York Kiss (Home Demo) by Spoon off They Want My Soul (2024) cools the temperature after Shine a Light by The Rolling Stones off Exile On Main Street (2009) and lets the turn breathe. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "I need a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end tonight.".

Dusky slow burn lane / loose joyPlaylist noteAug 2, 20263:59 AMOpen set

Endless Sea (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023) is the thesis, and Hannibal (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Hannibal (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) by Miles Davis off Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (2021) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Hannibal (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Endless Sea (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023)
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 · 2025 · Pop, Rock
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

Hannibal (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) · clipMagnet And Steel · full
Lineup note
Endless Sea (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023) into Hannibal (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991)

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Hannibal (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) by Miles Davis off Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (2021) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Iggy Pop Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 · 2025

Hearing it against Iggy Pop Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Endless Sea (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023) by Iggy Pop off Iggy Pop Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 (2025) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Iggy Pop, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Hannibal (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) by Miles Davis off Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (2021) instead of crowding the next move.

Iggy PopMiles DavisThe BeatlesPop, RockjazzRockdusky slow burn lane / loose joyafter-hoursloose joyPop, Rock
Session map
3 stored song notes
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Endless Sea (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023)
Iggy Pop
Why it fits

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Hannibal (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) by Miles Davis off Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (2021) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Iggy Pop Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Endless Sea (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023) by Iggy Pop off Iggy Pop Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 (2025) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Iggy Pop, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Hannibal (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) by Miles Davis off Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (2021) instead of crowding the next move.

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Hannibal (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991)
Miles Davis
Excerpted play
Why it fits

Hannibal (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) by Miles Davis off Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (2021) cools the temperature after Endless Sea (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023) by Iggy Pop off Iggy Pop Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 (2025) and lets the turn breathe. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) by The Beatles off Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Live at Vienne matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Live at Vienne (2021) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

This one is airing as a clipped passage, so listen for the section Mr Rassy chose to stand in for the whole piece. The choice was deliberate: Mr Rassy kept the strongest passage of the long-form piece in the set instead of taking the full side.. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) is waiting on the far side of that seam.

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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
The Beatles
Why it fits

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) by The Beatles off Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) stays related to Hannibal (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) by Miles Davis off Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (2021) through rock, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars.

Track context

Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Beatles, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Hannibal (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) by Miles Davis off Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (2021). Live at Vienne matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Hannibal (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) by Miles Davis off Merci Miles! The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "I need a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end tonight.".

Dusky slow burn lane / late night grinPlaylist noteAug 2, 20261:28 AMOpen set

She*s Lost Control is the thesis, and Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
She*s Lost Control
Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures · 1979 · Post-punk / New Wave
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) · fullSnowball · full
Lineup note
She*s Lost Control into Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight)

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Unknown Pleasures · 1979

Hearing it against Unknown Pleasures matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. She*s Lost Control by Joy Division off Unknown Pleasures (1979) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Joy Division, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) instead of crowding the next move.

Joy DivisionMiles DavisLudwig Van BeethovenPost-punkNew WaveJazzdusky slow burn lane / late-night grinafter-hourslate-night grinPost-punk / New Wave
Session map
3 stored song notes
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She*s Lost Control
Joy Division
Why it fits

Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Unknown Pleasures matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. She*s Lost Control by Joy Division off Unknown Pleasures (1979) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Joy Division, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) instead of crowding the next move.

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Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight)
Miles Davis
Full play
Why it fits

Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) stays related to She*s Lost Control by Joy Division off Unknown Pleasures (1979) through jazz, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Symphonie Nr. 7 a‐Dur, Op. 92: Iv. Allegro Con Brio by Ludwig Van Beethoven off Symphonien Nos. 5 & 7 (1995) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to Symphonie Nr. 7 a‐Dur, Op. 92: Iv. Allegro Con Brio by Ludwig Van Beethoven off Symphonien Nos. 5 & 7 (1995) instead of crowding the next move.

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Symphonie Nr. 7 a‐Dur, Op. 92: Iv. Allegro Con Brio
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Why it fits

Symphonie Nr. 7 a‐Dur, Op. 92: Iv. Allegro Con Brio by Ludwig Van Beethoven off Symphonien Nos. 5 & 7 (1995) stays related to Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) through classical, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the sequence needs a record that can keep moving and still leave detail behind.

Track context

5 & 7 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. 5 & 7 (1995) earns its place when the turn needs shape, contrast, and enough detail to keep the next move honest. 5 & 7 (1995), it reads as part of a larger album world instead of a stray file in the crate. Its strongest public-facing clue is Classical, but that label only gets you part of the way there.

Listen for

Listen for the point where the record suddenly feels larger than the speakers and starts changing the shape of the room.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024). Hearing it against INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Tadd's Delight (From The Album 'Round About Midnight) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) stays related to She*s Lost Control by Joy Division off Unknown Pleasures (1979) through jazz, but changes the pocket enough to matter. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "I need a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end tonight.".