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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 / sun on concrete glowPlaylist noteJul 28, 20261:07 PMOpen set

Rape Me (Album Version) is the thesis, and Around The Sun 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 Around The Sun by R.E.M. off Around The Sun (2004) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Around The Sun is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Rape Me (Album Version)
Nirvana
In Utero - 20th Anniversary Remaster · 2013 · Pop, Rock, Alternatif et Indé
Programming
Open set

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

The Prophet Returns · full
Lineup note
Rape Me (Album Version) into Around The Sun

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 Around The Sun by R.E.M. off Around The Sun (2004) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
In Utero - 20th Anniversary Remaster · 2013

Hearing it against In Utero - 20th Anniversary Remaster matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Rape Me (Album Version) by Nirvana off In Utero - 20th Anniversary Remaster (2013) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Nirvana, 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 Around The Sun by R.E.M. off Around The Sun (2004) instead of crowding the next move.

NirvanaR.E.M.Rage Against The MachinePop, Rock, Alternatif et IndéRockPop, Rockdusky slow burn lane / sun-on-concrete glowdaybreaksun-on-concrete glowPop, Rock, Alternatif et Indé
Session map
3 stored song notes
01now
Rape Me (Album Version)
Nirvana
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 Around The Sun by R.E.M. off Around The Sun (2004) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against In Utero - 20th Anniversary Remaster matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Rape Me (Album Version) by Nirvana off In Utero - 20th Anniversary Remaster (2013) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Nirvana, 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 Around The Sun by R.E.M. off Around The Sun (2004) instead of crowding the next move.

02next
Around The Sun
R.E.M.
Why it fits

Around The Sun by R.E.M. off Around The Sun (2004) lifts the pressure after Rape Me (Album Version) by Nirvana off In Utero - 20th Anniversary Remaster (2013) 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 People of the Sun (Live, Mexico City, Mexico, October 28, 1999) by Rage Against The Machine off The Battle Of Mexico City (2020) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Around The Sun matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. off Around The Sun (2004) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With R.E.M., 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 People of the Sun (Live, Mexico City, Mexico, October 28, 1999) by Rage Against The Machine off The Battle Of Mexico City (2020) instead of crowding the next move.

03later
People of the Sun (Live, Mexico City, Mexico, October 28, 1999)
Rage Against The Machine
Why it fits

People of the Sun (Live, Mexico City, Mexico, October 28, 1999) by Rage Against The Machine off The Battle Of Mexico City (2020) lifts the pressure after Around The Sun by R.E.M. off Around The Sun (2004) 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.

Track context

Hearing it against The Battle Of Mexico City matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. People of the Sun (Live, Mexico City, Mexico, October 28, 1999) by Rage Against The Machine off The Battle Of Mexico City (2020) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Rage Against The Machine, 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 Around The Sun by R.E.M. off Around The Sun (2004). Hearing it against Around The Sun matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Around The Sun by R.E.M. 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.".