Final Casual Splash
This was the final Casual Splash event thrown by my friend Ray at the beloved Ithaca venue The Downstairs. The day before Thanksgiving always draws a huge crowd.
I custom made the shirt for this event, it says “Move Thru Loss”, and the set from that night was composed to begin with a more melancholic / darker beginning and progress towards a celebratory / bittersweet ending.
The closing track, “Children (Dreams version)” by Robert Miles was among some of the first records I acquired, many years ago. IYKYK. It was a 1995 release, and the bittersweet vulnerability of it seemed like the right note to close on.
Additionally, the cacaphonous transition from Conjure One’s “Redemption (Max Graham’s Dead Sea Remix)” to “Sunshine Underground” by the Chemical Brothers (occurring around 55:00 onwards) was a particularly challenging, but personally satisfying, mix.
(Hear the Recorded Set, also the Set from Casual Splash in 2024)
