Tracklist
Liner Notes
Tinlicker's "Rebirth" opens at 0:30 — the title reading as both a musical and personal reset. Then The Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony" in an Amonita & Makebo remix at 6:15 and again at 14:45. The remix reveals what was always latent in the original: that famous string sample has been house music since before house music had a name. The double play gives it room to work from two angles — once as introduction, once as confirmation. Sultan + Shepard's "Naama" at 14:30 and Makebo & Amonita's "Back To The Roots" at 8:30 build the opening into something warm and melodic before the energy begins to climb.
The energy arc peaks in the third quarter — the most conventional DJ set shape in the archive. Gradual ascent, peak past midway, controlled descent. The Shapeshifters' "Lola's Theme" at 20:00, Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous" at 22:15, John Summit's "La Danza" at 29:15, Acraze's "Do It To It" at 43:45 — the middle section rides current trends with the same comfort the DJ brings to underground selections. Summit's second archive appearance confirms his status as a fixture. "Do It To It" was one of the biggest crossover house tracks of its moment, and its placement near the peak of the arc gives it the weight it earned.
Fade's "All I Got" in the Chris Fortier dub at 36:15 returns alongside Claptone & Mylo's "Drop the Pressure" at 36:30 — progressive house and melodic house maintaining their thread through a mix that could easily have committed entirely to tech-house. The DJ's instinct for balance persists: for every floor-filler, there's a track that asks you to listen closer rather than dance harder.
Demarkus Lewis' "Body Tonic" at 52:00 anchors a remarkable stretch of rapid-fire compression — seven tracks arrive in four minutes between 52:00 and 55:30. Oliver Dollar's "Pushing On" in Tchami's remix at 52:45, Bruno Furlan's "Born Slippy" at 53:15, David Glass' "In My Heart" at 53:30, Ralph Noah at 53:45. Each selection gets barely thirty seconds before the next arrives, the DJ stacking textures and rhythms like building blocks, creating density through accumulation rather than duration. It's a technique that recalls the breathless opening of Mix 10, applied here with more precision.
Billie Eilish & Khalid's "lovely" at 1:08:15 is the emotional fulcrum — a hushed, minimal pop ballad placed deep in the second half, functioning the same way Frank Ocean's "Thinkin Bout You" worked in Mix 18: as a moment of vulnerability within a functional set. The DJ consistently reaches for these pauses, creating breathing room for the listener in mixes that might otherwise be relentless. It's a sign of maturity — understanding that a set needs valleys as much as peaks.
Flight Facilities' "FOREVER" in Roosevelt's remix at 1:03:00 and Marshall Jefferson's "Yellow Meditation For The Dance Generation" at 1:04:15 bridge the closing passage with emotional warmth and historical depth. YOTTO's "Slowly" at 1:10:45 — the title itself a directive — begins the final descent through Afro-tech and ambient textures. Gaetano C & DePandis' "Saw" closes at 1:16:15, its hypnotic groove now a reliable sign-off. Mix 19 is workmanlike in the best possible sense — the craft is invisible, the selections serve the arc, and the whole is quietly greater than anything a tracklist alone would suggest.