Three Birdsong (Live at Alexandra Palace London, 24th May 2023)

I would slip this in at a mere 97 bpm and an energy level of just 2, letting it function less as a groove than a slow exhale. The birdsong—organic and unhurried—threads through a gauzy ambient lattice in the bright, open key of 8B, and I find its texture feels more like dawn light filtering through glass than music demanding movement.

In my sets, this belongs to the cruellest, most beautiful hour: when the rig is still warm but the crowd has thinned to true believers. It does not build so much as expand, filling the room with a hush that turns a club into a conservatory, letting the after-hours atmosphere settle like frost.