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Dusky slow burn lane / bright pressurePlaylist noteAug 4, 20265:27 PMOpen set

Carnet D'esquisses Et De Croquis: Exercices is the thesis, and Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the sequence needs a record that can keep moving and still leave detail behind. It leaves Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") by Berlin off Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition) (1989) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Carnet D'esquisses Et De Croquis: Exercices
Satie
Complete Piano Works, Volume 5 · 1994 · Classical
Programming
Open set

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

Houses in Motion (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) · full
Lineup note
Carnet D'esquisses Et De Croquis: Exercices into Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun")

Reach for it when the sequence needs a record that can keep moving and still leave detail behind. It leaves Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") by Berlin off Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition) (1989) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Complete Piano Works, Volume 5 · 1994

Hearing it against Complete Piano Works, Volume 5 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Carnet D'esquisses Et De Croquis: Exercices by Satie off Complete Piano Works, Volume 5 (1994) earns its place when the turn needs shape, contrast, and enough detail to keep the next move honest. On Complete Piano Works, Volume 5 (1994), it reads as part of a larger album world instead of a stray file in the crate. Hearing it against Complete Piano Works, Volume 5 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for the point where the record suddenly feels larger than the speakers and starts changing the shape of the room. Notice how it hands the weight to Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") by Berlin off Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition) (1989) instead of crowding the next move.

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3 stored song notes
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Carnet D'esquisses Et De Croquis: Exercices
Satie
Why it fits

Reach for it when the sequence needs a record that can keep moving and still leave detail behind. It leaves Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") by Berlin off Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition) (1989) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Complete Piano Works, Volume 5 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Carnet D'esquisses Et De Croquis: Exercices by Satie off Complete Piano Works, Volume 5 (1994) earns its place when the turn needs shape, contrast, and enough detail to keep the next move honest. On Complete Piano Works, Volume 5 (1994), it reads as part of a larger album world instead of a stray file in the crate. Hearing it against Complete Piano Works, Volume 5 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single.

Listen for

Listen for the point where the record suddenly feels larger than the speakers and starts changing the shape of the room. Notice how it hands the weight to Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") by Berlin off Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition) (1989) instead of crowding the next move.

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Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun")
Berlin
Why it fits

Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") by Berlin off Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition) (1989) lifts the pressure after Carnet D'esquisses Et De Croquis: Exercices by Satie off Complete Piano Works, Volume 5 (1994) without snapping the thread. Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") by Berlin off Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition) (1989) earns its place when the turn needs shape, contrast, and enough detail to keep the next move honest. It leaves East River Drive by Grover Washington, Jr. off Dynamic Audiophile Jazz Vol.1 (2019) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") by Berlin off Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition) (1989) earns its place when the turn needs shape, contrast, and enough detail to keep the next move honest. On Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition) (1989), it reads as part of a larger album world instead of a stray file in the crate. Hearing it against Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single.

Listen for

Listen for the point where the record suddenly feels larger than the speakers and starts changing the shape of the room. Notice how it hands the weight to East River Drive by Grover Washington, Jr. off Dynamic Audiophile Jazz Vol.1 (2019) instead of crowding the next move.

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East River Drive
Grover Washington, Jr.
Why it fits

East River Drive by Grover Washington, Jr. off Dynamic Audiophile Jazz Vol.1 (2019) lifts the pressure after Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") by Berlin off Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition) (1989) without snapping the thread. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt.

Track context

Hearing it against Dynamic Audiophile Jazz Vol.1 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. off Dynamic Audiophile Jazz Vol.1 (2019) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. 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 Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") by Berlin off Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition) (1989). Hearing it against Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") by Berlin off Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition) (1989) lifts the pressure after Carnet D'esquisses Et De Croquis: Exercices by Satie off Complete Piano Works, Volume 5 (1994) 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.".