04/21/2026
I spent so many hours working on the first transition for this set and so many more looking for a song that fit. Only to use a song that I’ve had on my usb since 2022. The first two songs were the only part of this set that was rehearsed.
Sardis and I talked about letting the producers handle the fx, trusting your song choice to be interesting enough to not have to compensate with lots of delays and reverbs. My goal was to let the songs speak for themselves. It allowed me to enjoy myself more and gave me more capacity to dig for the next song. No fader cuts, backspins (🙅♂️), cue points etc.
The mantra I had when selecting these songs was “is this weird enough for Podlasie and does this sound good enough for Smartbar”. I can say a lot more about this as it’s my proudest work yet but I hope you listen to it and thanks for reading :)
SoundCloud description: A little bit of everything in this one, went for interesting sounds and dynamics over cohesion and homogeny. Lots of atmospheric breaks and stuff like that, lots of genres and fluidity between them. More drama than I’d like to admit fr. Full of personality and messy charisma.