Etch Radio [031 : Surrender]

Techno, tech house, house music, house, indie house, deep house :
This is a unique mix for me. It's in a genre I've been really
digging for a while - Indie House. My intention for this mix is to
capture the vibe from one of those nights that wasn't supposed to
happen. Tonight you're not planning some night at an overly
popular, glitzy club with a VIP table for 10 of your friends. This
night is some unplanned, last minute gig at an unknown location
that a friend of a friend invited you to. It's a place that you're
not totally comfortable in as you descend a dark staircase to the
basement of an abandoned church. The muffled sound of the bass
slowly becomes more pronounced as the damp, warm air passes you up
the staircase. On this night, you'll soon find yourself on the
dancefloor with your eyes closed, the lights streaking across your
eyelids, and you'll swear you just heard a part from an old Blondie
song from 1980. You'll also sense hints of Erasure, Depeche Mode,
Pet Shop Boys, Donna Summer, and Dead or Alive. None of this mix is
80's music, but it subtley takes you back to that feeling you had
long ago. And it catches you many times in your comfortable spot
and lifts you up until you get that smile on your face, before it
drops you back down for a couple of proper heads down tunes. The
mix ebbs and flows like this, all with pervasive, driving basslines
that keep you in the groove. The world melts away. Surrender.