MF33 Volume 1 is out now on Mighty Force and I have a track on it: Just For Me.
MF33 is Mighty Force’s 3 part compilation series, celebrating 33 years of the label, and Volume 1 is a statement of intent. Eleven tracks from artists across the label’s current roster, presenting in one place the range and the coherence of what Mark Darby has been building since the relaunch in 2019. The calibre of the other artists on this release is genuinely impressive and I feel the better for being among them.
Just For Me sits in the techy electronica space that has been close to the centre of my production work for years. Rolling groove, space in the arrangement, the kind of track that asks a patient dancefloor for a specific kind of attention and rewards that attention generously. The title refers to a particular quality I was trying to capture: music that feels made for the listener rather than for the room, intimate even at volume.
Being part of a compilation that Mighty Force put together as a statement of where the label is in its thirty-third year of existence is meaningful to me in ways that go beyond the individual release. The label’s history and the values that run through its catalogue are things I’ve written about at length on this blog. Contributing to that catalogue, and to this specific document of where it is right now, feels right.
Bandcamp is the place to hear and buy the whole compilation. Highly recommended.
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