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inClose live
Into the Wild for Cercle
There are few things more exhilarating than a DJ who refuses to be boxed in by genre, and inClose's live set for Cercle's 'Into the Wild' is a glorious, unapologetic mess of influences. The BPM swings from 100 to 176, with an average of 126.7, but that number is meaningless when you're being thrown from ambient soundscapes into full-tilt psytrance within the same hour. The key centre is 12A, but the set also dips into 7A and 5B, giving it a restless, shape-shifting quality.
The energy curve is a rollercoaster: the low and mid frequencies dominate (0.5897 and 0.3616), but the highs are used sparingly for punctuation. This is not a set for purists; it's for those of us who want to hear Vini Vici's 'The Tribe' sitting next to Kollektiv Turmstrasse's 'Jupiter Sunrise' and somehow have it make sense. The opening track, Brand X Music's 'Into the Light', is pure cinematic orchestration, a sweeping overture that promises adventure. Then the drop into Fhin's 'But Now a Warm Feel Is Running' is a gentle comedown, but inClose's own remix of the same track adds a driving beat that starts the journey proper.
The real surprise is KR Devta's 'Naya Sal Pe Chori Milbe Aa Jajyo', a Bollywood-infused vocal that sounds completely out of place until you realise it's the most joyful moment of the set. Crate diggers will also appreciate the Michael Cassette remix of Paul Keeley's 'A Sort of Homecoming', a progressive house gem that's been a secret weapon for years, and Gareth Wyn's 'Justice', a tech-house track that provides the necessary grit. The opening is that cinematic flourish, the peak arrives somewhere around 'The Tribe', where the tempo spikes and the crowd must have been reduced to a pulsing mass, and the closing 'Even If' by inClose himself is a warm, melodic comedown that brings the BPM back to earth. It's a chaotic, brilliant, and utterly singular vision — the kind of set that reminds us why we love the wild, untamed edges of electronic music.