Friday, February 03, 2012

This is over a month coming but my favorite set of 2011 has to be N-Tchbl's July set for Frisky Radio. The music in this set is so driving and fresh and the overall mood of the set is established early on with back-to-back tracks from Stanisha preceded by an upbeat introduction. The first Stanish track, "It's ok" is a robotic, roller coaster ride of tribal and progressive house that leads into another of similar quality called "Hypnotize Me". The set then moves into some minimal/tribal beats and finally into the throws of a beautiful vocal that sounds eerily similar to Polaroid's "So Damn Beautiful" (think Dave Seaman). This final track track is smooth and lush and ends the set perfectly with some dissipating vocals.

I was introduced to N-tchbl via Frisky Radio early last year and ended up buying a monthly subscription to the station which enabled me to download each and every N-tchbl set. While the July 2011 set is my favorite, the December 2011 set by N-tchbl is a close second.

Have a listen yourself to the July 2011 Frisky Radio set yourself:

N-tchbl - Frisky Radio (July 2011)