Wild City #221: Curtain Blue
6 February 2023
With selections from James Blake, Jamie xx, Four Tet, Thom Yorke, some lesser-known cuts by the likes of Loma and sir Was, and his original works, Curtain Blue leverages how his Wild City mix will likely be enjoyed. The mix weaves its journey around emotions instead of energy for a narrative seeped in sombreness and sensuality.
A particular defining moment comes with New Delhi producer's own track 'Sunkissed' leading one into the introspection of 'Her Revolution' by Burial, Four Tet and Thom Yorke echoing distantly alongside sitar loops before the follow-up jolts you awake. Sandwiching between such famously effective numbers, Curtain Blue aka Abhishek Bhatia places the collaborative track 'Birds and Bees' with Komorebi, which recently received an extended music video in collaboration with Indian fashion powerhouse Satya Paul, and also of his contemporaries like Frame/Frame to pivot towards a triumphant uptempo finish.
"I have often repeatedly gone back to these songs while staring into space and thinking deeply at length. The mix has a deliberate flow that I resonate with while knitting my own story in my head." – Curtain Blue
Tracklisting
Life Is Not The Same - James Blake
Go - Flume
Dawn Chorus - Thom Yorke
Spend A Lifetime - sir Was
Sunkissed - Curtain Blue
Her Revolution - Burial, Four Tet, Thom Yorke
Something in My Heart - Röyksopp, Jamie Irrepressible
Spectre - Radiohead
Ocotillo - Loma
3 Am At Magfields - Frame/Frame
Birds and Bees - Komorebi, Curtain Blue
Idontknow (7" Version) - Jamie xx
Smalltalk (Matthew Dear Remix)- Ultraísta, Matthew Dear)