Fears All

At 125 BPM in E minor this doesn't push so much as glide. The kick is even, the bassline sits low and patient, and the chords carry the drama — bright enough to read as hopeful, minor enough to keep a shadow underneath. Energy reads as a ten, but it's a steady, unbroken sort of energy: nothing spikes, nothing drops out, the groove just folds over itself while the pads shift colour above.

The mood tags say happy and sad, aggressive and relaxed, and somehow all four are present — the sort of record that can lift a room or quietly darken it depending on what sits either side. I'd place it in the long middle stretch of a set, where you want movement without a statement. It does its work and hands over cleanly.