The Feel Sessions: Episode 064 - Flashback: Moments In Time (1997)

Blade Runner - Movie Sample Intro
Remake - BladeRunner [Loaded UK]
Trickle - Incarnate [POS US]
Sungods - Feel Me [MCO US]
Raya Shaku - The Rising Sun [Hello! UK]
Qkumba Zoo - The Child (Inside) [Arista US]
Coyote - Spirits Dancing [Stress UK]
Qattara - Come With Me [Steel Fish UK]
Ritmo de Vida - The Spirit Is Justified [Limbo UK]
BT - Embracing The Future [Perfecto UK]
Noise Maker - Moments [Strictly Rhythm US]
Sasha - Ohmna [Deconstruction UK]
Alex Whitcombe - Ice Rain [Skinny Malinky UK]
Salt Tank - Swell [Internal UK]
Libra presents Taylor - Anomaly (Calling Your Name) [Platipus UK]

So, I know it's a little off topic for this show, but bear with me. Have you seen Blade Runner 2049 yet? Man, I gotta tell ya, I thought it was amazing, and I don't say that lightly. Between the story, cinematography, acting, and special effects, it's a masterpiece in my book, and rivals the original, which is one of my favorite films of all time. Hollywood could have easily screwed the pooch on this one, and I was cringing at the idea, but thankfully it didn't disappoint, and in my opinion, it's one of the best sequels ever made. Give credit to director Denis Villeneuve and the rest of the team.

One of the reasons the original from 1982 resounded so strongly with me was the soundtrack by Vangelis. To quote Wikipedia, "… it's a dark, melodic combination of classic composition and futuristic synthesizers, which mirrors the film-noir retro-future envisioned by Ridley Scott." Now, not to downplay the brilliance of the entire composition, but the most well known track is the theme that played during the end credits, simply called "Blade Runner (End Titles)."

This brings me to today's flashback episode. In 1997, I recorded a mix, on cassette tape, called "Moments In Time." It was inspired by a new record that I had gotten then, which re-created the Blade Runner theme into a Progressive Trance monster. This reminded me of one of the most gripping monologues in the film, the scene where Rutger Hauer's character, Roy Batty, realizes the value of all life, just before his own inevitable demise. So, I sampled it for the intro. According to legend, Rutger Hauer altered the original script, and wrote the final lines. Pretty amazing.

Comprised of Progressive Trance and Progressive House from that era, this mix originally clocked in at a blistering 137 BPM, which was pretty standard for the time, but I find it hard to enjoy at that pace nowadays, so I took the liberty and slowed it down to around 132. For all you tech heads out there, I used the Elastic Audio feature in Pro Tools on the Varispeed setting. I didn't want any artifacts that tend to creep in when time stretching this much with pitch compensation.

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So, here it is, from 1997, "Moments In Time," featuring some legendary tracks by Sasha, BT, Salt Tank, and Taylor, on classic labels like Loaded, Stress, Steel Fish, and one of my favorites, Skinny Malinky.
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