Spacious and minimal, Swiss DJ Night Talk's NORTHMIX is the perfect accompaniment for stargazing. It gives a sense of motion, but not like shaking your sweaty limbs out in a club. "I didn't want to make a mix I would usually do for the dancefloor," says Night Talk. "The mix is like a train ride where you travel through different landscapes."Like Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express" before it, the image of a train crossing international boundaries seems well suited to the futurist conceits of electronic music. Night Talk too has been doing his fair share of travel, with a series of gigs throughout Europe.His most recent release, the Dark Matter EP, released in July 2015, hints at the catatonic sonic qualities you'll hear today.The mix progresses from kick-drum driven tech-house to more ambient realms of electronic with very few organic elements. A human voice occasionally filters through, like a ghost in the machine, its presence a reminder of persistent loneliness.In Highlander, Sean Connery asks, "Why does the sun come up, or are the stars just pinholes in the curtain of night?"This is deep thought music.NORTHMIX: Night Talk by Thump on MixcloudNight Talk is on Facebook // SoundCloud // Twitter
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