Ferrocolor HD - InDeep Nov 2013 (InDa Sessions 1)
It's May 2015 and I'm currently in India, seven weeks into a six month sabbatical. After a month of traveling and site seeing we\u2019ve landed in Varkala, Kerala. It's low season at this cliff-top beach town and so the place is quiet, thanks to the forthcoming monsoon. We checked into InDa Hotel for three days and have been here for three weeks. Our first week was so rainy that locals were suggesting the monsoon had come early. What better opportunity to kick back and catch up on some mix playlists that have been sitting untouched for years.
Given the rain and grey skies, I homed-in on something reflective to begin: a selection of deep house grooves originally compiled in November 2013. But this isn't miserable, cold, London rain. It\u2019s hot, humid and thundering. In fact, the steamy weather you hear in the mix was recorded from the terrace of our bungalow here at InDa. These tunes may be two years old, but they blend perfectly today.
Tracks of note include\xa0Wicked Games. Complete with\xa0Jamie XX-style steel pan climax, it transcends the Chris Isaak-crooned 80s original, of which I was never a fan. The Bob Moses track, All I Want, also takes a\xa0brilliant diversion towards the end when the bassline kicks in. I first stumbled on All I Want via Ben Watt\u2019s BBC 6Music show. Mario Basanov works his magic on Crazy P\u2019s Changes before we get a dawn glimpse of\xa0Cocktail Skies. Must be a shepherd\u2019s warning. Enjoy!
Ferrocolor HD - InDeep Nov 2013 (InDa Sessions 1) | mixed & chaptered 17 May
1 Maya Jane Coles - Run With the Wild (Original Mix)
2 Bob Moses - All I Want (Original Mix)
3 ZZ, Dashdot, Re_nata - Holla After (Original Mix)
4 Tube & Berger - Imprint Of Pleasure (Original Mix)
5 Rachel Row - Follow The Step (FCL's Gentil Mix)
6 Bearight, Lookleft - Miss You (DOP Remix)
7 Umami - Sunny (Original Mix)
8 Parra for Cuva feat. Anna Naklab - Wicked Games (Original Mix)
9 Nora En Pure - Come With Me (Original Mix)
10 ThermalBear - Don't Bear Touch It (Original Mix)
11 Harrison Crump feat. Tierra Nevaeh - No More Lies (Sonny Fodera's Beatdown Mix)
12 Hot Natured feat. Kenny Glasgow - Operate (Original Mix)
13 Crazy P - Changes (Mario Basanov Remix)
14 Real Nice - Cocktail Skies (Original Mix)
184.6 MB | AAC File | 320 kbps | 01\u201918\u201d24
Use the iTunes \u2018Chapters\u2019 menu to jump between tracks in the mix.
Playlist originally compiled Nov 2013. Mixed, chaptered and mastered on a rainy Sunday, 17th May 2015 at InDa Hotel, Varkala, Kerala.\xa0
Originally titled 'Take Your Time\u2019 (a lyric hook from the first track) until the day after completing the mix, when I discovered a photo library of black tape inlay designs...
\u2018AGFA Ferrocolor HD\u2019 is a German-made blank cassette tape, first produced in 1982. As Type 1 \u2018Normal\u2019 bias tape from a budget brand it was quite popular through the decade as a cheaper alternative to the likes of TDK-D.