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Ballroom Stories
Electronic · 2007 · 11 tracks · 44m

Ballroom Stories

Waldeck

A smoky reimagining of 1920s cabaret through the lens of 21st-century trip-hop. Elegant, nostalgic, and perfectly suited for the hours after midnight.

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It's like a 1920s speakeasy moved into a modern penthouse and brought a drum machine.

A sophisticated and sultry blend of vintage glamour and modern late-night melancholy.

Ballroom Stories · vs · Waldeck
Nostalgia+1.1σ

The writing leans notably further into nostalgia than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 44m
01
Make My Day
2:48
02
Jerry Weintraub
3:08
03
Memories
3:53
04
Addicted
3:57
05
So Black & Blue
3:28
06
Midsummer Night Blues
4:37
07
Why Did We Fire the Gun?
5:35
08
Dope Noir
4:14
09
Get Up Carmen
4:01
10
Bei mir bist du schön (dub)
4:10
11
Our Day Will Come
4:46
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the clarinet melody on 'Memories' feels like it's drifting in from a radio in the 1940s.
The heavy, dub-inflected bassline on 'Bei mir bist du schön' that anchors the vintage vocal sample.
The sudden transition from the upbeat swing of 'Make My Day' into the more melancholic, cinematic depths of the middle tracks.
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