It's been a hard year. We've had the pandemic, continued police violence, protests around the globe, the neverending election. I lost my father, found out my son has an incurable disorder, and had to watch my wife, a nurse, suffer through the toughest workload anyone could handle. But along with my family, music kept me centered. So I needed to make a more explicitly emotional mix this time. I wanted it to feel like a long slide from melancholy deep house through ambient jazz, minimal idm, new age, and into warm catharsis in the dark of night. This set ends in a place utterly different from where it starts, so there’s not really a single mood maintained – I just hope some of you enjoy the whole transformative ride. https://optimisticunderground.com/2020/11/23/love-will-se-us-through-mixtape/
