44BEATZCAST 20:20
Welcome to 44BEATCAST 25:20, a late-night portal to reprieve via 61 minutes of trip-hop, downtempo, electronica, acid jazz and breakbeat.
Personal legends Massive Attack, Leftfield, UNKLE and Tangerine Dream are revered alongside remixers including Kruder & Dorfmeister and David Holmes. This mix is mellow and atmospheric with pulsing rhythm and lush depth.
Escape the grind with a smile.
44BEATCAST 25:20 opens with the warm, lyric-driven soul of "Ottolenghi" followed by the balmy breakbeat of "Recovery", prior to the languid, sample-rich textures of "Tape Loop". Momentum builds as "Connected" struts in with a funkier swagger. "Sofa Rockers (Richard Dorfmeister Remix)" deepens the mood with dubby sheen paving the way for "Battle Without Honour" to throw in orchestral tension and widen the soundscape.
Midway the set lifts into lush electronic vistas with the buoyant synths of "Spacewalk", the textural bass of "Dusted" and the club-tinted crescendo of "Precious Heart (Lush Remix)". "Strange Quotations" and "Choronzon" expand the palette toward ambient techno and kosmische moods. "The Answer (feat. Big In Japan (Baltimore))" and "Girl I Love You" return us to late‑night trip-hop drama and soulful melancholia, keeping the journey both intimate and cinematic.
The close brings sharper edges as "Master Plan (Fusion Funk Mix)" injects retro-funk energy, "Once Upon A Time" offers shimmering instrumental storytelling, and "No Time To Play (feat. Ronny Jordan & D.C. Lee)" layers jazz-rap warmth. "I'm Not Giving Up Tonight (David Holmes Remix)" channels noirishing tension before the final surge of "Bug Powder Dust (Kruder & Dorfmeister Session)" provides a dub fuelled breakbeat finale tying the set’s decades and genres in a single, satisfying arc.
Tracklist:
Ottolenghi - Loyle Carner & Jordan Rakei
Recovery - Break
Tape Loop - Morcheeba
Connected - Stereo MCs
Sofa Rockers (Richard Dorfmeister Remix) - Sofa Surfers
Battle Without Honour - Lightning Strikes
Spacewalk - Jesper Sorensen
Dusted - Leftfield
Precious Heart (Lush Remix) - Tall Paul Vs. INXS
Strange Quotations - System 7
Choronzon - Tangerine Dream
The Answer (feat. Big In Japan (Baltimore)) - UNKLE
Girl I Love You - Massive Attack
Master Plan (Fusion Funk Mix) - Don & Gene
Once Upon A Time - Akshin Alizadeh
No Time To Play (feat. Ronny Jordan & D.C. Lee) - Guru
I'm Not Giving Up Tonight (David Holmes Remix) - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds & David Holmes
Bug Powder Dust (Kruder & Dorfmeister Session) - Bomb the Bass
Which track inspired the cover art for this mix?
Girl I Love You - Massive Attack