Balance 010: Jimmy van M (Disc 2)

In 2006, when the borders of progressive house were starting to blur and music started melting into the digital sphere, Balance 010 arrived with almost monastic ambition. Disc 2 is the heart of Balance 010, the warm midtempo arc that gives the entire three-disc structure its emotional weight. It rises slowly from ambient drift into soft breakbeats, glides through Cocteau Twins shimmer and Speedy J tension, and lands in that hypnotic space where Boards of Canada, Ellen Allien, Aphex Twin and Underworld all feel like parts of the same world. Critics consistently pointed to this disc as the most replayable, the most cinematic, the place where Jimmy’s instinct for mood and narrative became unmistakable. It moves without forcing momentum, deepens without darkening, and closes on a fourteen-minute Underworld remix that turns the whole project into a pilgrimage. If Balance 10 has a centre of gravity, Disc 2 is it. CD2: Downtempo Mix 1. Miles Tilmann – Floating Windows 2. Miles Tilmann – Minutes 3. Steve T. – How Are You 4. Cocteau Twins – Blue Bell Knoll 5. Speedy J – Oil Zone 6. Adam Johnson – Kriegspiel 7. Adam Johnson – Version 2 8. Ellen Allien & Apparat – Bubbles 9. Boards of Canada – Skyliner 10. Peter Benisch – Desert White (Joel Mull Mix) 11. Babel – X-Equals 12. Aphex Twin – Delphium 13. Brandi Ifgray – Mono 14. I:Cube – Cash Conv. 15. LCD Soundsystem – Too Much Love (Rub-N-Tug Mix) 16. Saint Etienne – Cool Kids of Death (Underworld Remix)