Balance 10: Jimmy van M (CD1: Downtempo mix) (2006)

In 2006, when the borders of progressive house were starting to blur and music started melting into the digital sphere, Balance 010 arrived with almost monastic ambition.

A three-disc journey mixed by Jimmy Van M, the release cut against the pace of its moment: patient, structured, emotionally articulate, and stubbornly uninterested in chasing trends. It didn’t shout for attention.

It didn’t try to out-shine the giants of the series. Instead, it built something more durable, a slow-burn statement that critics recognised as one of the era’s most meticulous experiments in long-form storytelling.

CD1: Downtempo Mix

0:00:00 01. E. Shibabaw & Bill Laswell – Ethiopia
0:05:12 02. Bill Laswell – Babylon Ghost
0:10:48 03. Future Sound Of London – Study Of Six Guitars
0:13:29 04. Laika – Coming Down Glass
0:17:10 05. Coldcut – Autumn Leaves
0:25:10 06. Union Jack – Water Drums
0:28:27 07. Casino Versus Japan – Slo Bid Bellwave
0:28:50 08. Nathan Fake – Falmer
0:29:18 09. Boards Of Canada – Dayvan Cowboy
0:31:20 10. Anoushka Shankar – Beloved (Thievery Corporation Remix)
0:35:49 11. Wax Poetic Feat. Norah Jones – Angels (Thievery Corporation Remix)
0:39:28 12. Autechre – Nine
0:42:30 13. Boards Of Canada – Everything You Do Is A Balloon
0:49:10 14. Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm – Rising Dust
0:54:55 10 15. Depeche Mode – Halo (Goldfrapp Remix)
0:59:20 16. The Egg – Walking Away
01:05:20 17. Bonobo – Everything You Do