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My Friend
Live from the Anjunakitchen (Melodic and Progressive House Mix)
We’ve all been there: a lazy Sunday, the ‘Anjunakitchen’ stream on in the background, that peculiar state of trying to ID a groove while simultaneously contemplating a second coffee. My Friend’s Live from the Anjunakitchen mix is a masterclass in that specific, sofa-bound deep dive. The vibe is intimate and warm, a digital living room session far from the strobe-lit sweatbox.
Technically, this is a lesson in locked-groove consistency, holding a firm 125 BPM and largely orbiting the comforting, open harmonics of the 12A Camelot wheel. The energy profile—dominated by that thick, 0.76 low-end—creates a subterranean pulse, with mid and high frequencies used sparingly as textural highlights, allowing every melodic flourish and vocal snippet to breathe. The crate digging here is sublime.
Supadelics’ ‘Freak Out (Original Club Mix)’ is a timeless acid-tinged weapon, while Andy Compton’s ‘That Acid Track’ does exactly what it says on the tin with devastating efficiency. The inclusion of Nick Curly’s ‘Underground (Dennis Ferrer Remix)’ is a deep house historian’s dream, and Sweely’s ‘Around’ provides a moment of hypnotic, looping perfection. It’s a journey that begins with the serene pads of MyFriend’s own ‘The Calm’, builds through the funky swing of Chymamusique’s ‘We Are To Be’, and lands, rather gloriously, in the utterly unexpected Latin swing of Bad Bunny & Los Pleneros de la Cresta’s ‘CAFÉ CON RON’—a closing track that proves no genre is an island.