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Dusky slow burn / honeyed drivePlaylist noteJun 14, 20269:52 PMOpen set

War is the thesis, and Shake Your Groove Thing 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 Shake Your Groove Thing by Peaches And Herb off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1979: Take Two (1991) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Shake Your Groove Thing is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
War
Edwin Starr
Sounds Of The Seventies - 1970 · 1989 · Rock
Programming
Open set

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

But Not for Me (Take 1) · fullAfter The Gold Rush (Live) · full
Lineup note
War into Shake Your Groove Thing

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 Shake Your Groove Thing by Peaches And Herb off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1979: Take Two (1991) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Sounds Of The Seventies - 1970 · 1989

Hearing it against Sounds Of The Seventies - 1970 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. War by Edwin Starr off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1970 (1989) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Edwin Starr, 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 Shake Your Groove Thing by Peaches And Herb off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1979: Take Two (1991) instead of crowding the next move.

Edwin StarrPeaches And HerbMiles DavisRockJazzAlternative & Indiedusky slow burn / honeyed drivegolden afternoonhoneyed driveRock
Session map
3 stored song notes
01now
War
Edwin Starr
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 Shake Your Groove Thing by Peaches And Herb off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1979: Take Two (1991) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Sounds Of The Seventies - 1970 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. War by Edwin Starr off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1970 (1989) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Edwin Starr, 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 Shake Your Groove Thing by Peaches And Herb off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1979: Take Two (1991) instead of crowding the next move.

02next
Shake Your Groove Thing
Peaches And Herb
Why it fits

Shake Your Groove Thing by Peaches And Herb off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1979: Take Two (1991) lifts the pressure after War by Edwin Starr off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1970 (1989) without snapping the thread. 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 But Not for Me (Take 1) by Miles Davis off Bags' Groove (1957) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Sounds Of The Seventies - 1979: Take Two matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Shake Your Groove Thing by Peaches And Herb off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1979: Take Two (1991) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Peaches And Herb, 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 But Not for Me (Take 1) by Miles Davis off Bags' Groove (1957) instead of crowding the next move.

03later
But Not for Me (Take 1)
Miles Davis
Full play
Why it fits

But Not for Me (Take 1) by Miles Davis off Bags' Groove (1957) stays related to Shake Your Groove Thing by Peaches And Herb off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1979: Take Two (1991) 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.

Track context

Hearing it against Bags' Groove matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. But Not for Me (Take 1) by Miles Davis off Bags' Groove (1957) 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.

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Mr Rassy is lining up Shake Your Groove Thing by Peaches And Herb off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1979: Take Two (1991). Hearing it against Sounds Of The Seventies - 1979: Take Two matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Shake Your Groove Thing by Peaches And Herb off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1979: Take Two (1991) lifts the pressure after War by Edwin Starr off Sounds Of The Seventies - 1970 (1989) without snapping the thread. 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.".