I often play records together with my good friend (and now flatmate) Robbie on his decks in his tiny little bedroom. The other day, after playing straight for three or four hours, Robbie had lay down on the bed, exhausted, while I continued playing.

Banging techno isn’t really the most favourite thing for someone trying to sleep, but for Robbie it’s actually not that bad. In fact he often falls asleep listening to the sounds of Richie Hawtin and Anja Schneider. Nonetheless, I felt compelled to play something with a bit of warmth.

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I like to think of this mix as an abstract representation of Robbie’s Sleep that day: it starts off low and warm as he’s drifting off, then gains pace while he’s fast asleep, and as he begins to wake up it ends with one of my favourite ‘morning tracks’.