WARM AS THE NIGHT

SEE THE FIRE BURNING WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT
FORGET ALL YOUR FEARS TONIGHT
YOU'RE MINE
AND YOU'RE 
WARM AS THE NIGHT

OUR LOVE IS SO RIGHT I WON'T PUT UP A FIGHT
WHEN WE CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THE STAIRS
TONIGHT 
IT'S OURS
AND IT'S 
WARM AS THE NIGHT
WARM AS THE NIGHT
        
          OUTSIDE BEGINS TO FLURRY
          BUT WE'RE SAFELY TUCKED AWAY
          BABY THERE'S NO WORRY
          WE'LL HIDE FROM THE GRAY

WARM AS THE NIGHT, SOFT AS THE LIGHT
AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS TONIGHT
WE'LL SHINE SO BRIGHT AND BE
WARM AS THE NIGHT

WARM AS THE  .   .   .

WORDS AND MUSIC BY BOBBY BLUME C 1980

Warm As The Night

Warm as the Night

Feral One Records is truly living up to its namesake in 2023.

Following the release of Creating Space, the epic, 17-track LP from FO boss Longstocking, the label is going even more feral with the 18-track compilation, Seattle Volume 2.

Simply put, with these two releases back-to-back, no one can possibly attempt to deny the value and vitality of Seattle’s dance music community.

The scene is strong. The scene is diverse, and Seattle Volume 2 demonstrates this truth with a connective tissue of serene melodies (and one foghorn tech house banger, but those are still welcome on the dancefloor).

Whether it be a melodic bassline like that found in Leon The Lover’s “Show Up,” the rhythmic melodies of Tony H’s “With The Guys” or the string serenades of Snapdragon’s “What Is Closure Anyway,” these artists are using sound to share their stories, and though each story is different, they all start in the same city.

Longstocking, of course, makes an entry into the compilation, this time with a classic soaring house tune entitled “Skip,” that slowly builds from tight-knit beginnings into a lush and infectious groove. The name of the song is apt given its placement as the second track on compilation—almost immediately communicating that none of the 18 pieces of music to come are skippable.

Breaks are essential to the Feral One catalog, and so there are more than a few offerings of the breakbeat variety including “Luna” by Miss Min.D which finds its sense of melody in the spaces between the drums. Blipping and bopping around different pieces of sound design like a spaceship flying through a musical asteroid field.

But Feral One, and the city of Seattle, are, at their core, unbound by genres and other such restrictions. That sense of freedom comes into form on “Call It By Name” by Hanssen. Whatever “rules” anyone attached to electronic music up until now do not matter. The unchained rhythms and drum patterns defy any sense of cohesion, and yet it’s that defiance that solidifies the track.

In truth, that defiance is what solidifies the entire compilation and the scene to which it is dedicated.


Cover Art: Elysian Vision
Mastering: Hume Audio (Seattle, US)

https://www.feralonerecords.com
https://linktr.ee/feralonerecords

Seattle Volume 2

Skip

Longstocking - Skip

Scar

KULA

KULA_Drum_N_Bass_2_

I Like Girls Who Can't Stand Me

MOVING ON

A delicate nylon-string guitar flirts with a velvety acoustic bass. A piano caresses and unsettles us. A longing angel’s voice lures us. “Last Luna” isn’t just the spellbinding debut song by Mythic Blue Junk. It’s a first taste of a vibrant new genre that will transmute jazz, pop, and blues with ancient myth and futuristic vision. This alchemical elixir reveals enchanting, intertwining realms of fantasy music, fiction, art, and poetry. Enter and never leave.

Mother Of The Worlds

Last Luna

smoking vains

SLEEK - Easter Rising Mix  -  a blast from the past but one of my personal favourite  mixes I never published

smoking vains

Nadav Ettlinger

Related tracks