Welcome to Podrunner. I'm Steve Boyette, and coming up is a high-energy hour at 153 beats per minute,

with a strong international flavor and a slightly different approach, called, gradually and then all at

once. Usually, I try to make the transitions

to new tracks fairly seamless and undetectable, to give the sense of the hour being all of a

piece. This time I saw that a lot of the grooves of the incoming tracks worked well with the

outgoing ones, but they were also fairly different from them.

So I snuck in the new track and then dropped the new groove suddenly instead of easing it in.

The result I think is interesting.

There's still that sense of continuity, but there's a clearer distinction between the tracks.

I thought this might seem disjointed, but it worked pretty well.

It's sort of like the musical equivalent of turning a page to a new chapter.

The buildup is still pretty big, and the energy is great throughout.

The mixing style is one of the reasons that I called it gradually and then all at once.

I'll leave it to you to decide how else that might apply.

But I hope it helps you have a great

workout. Podrunner relies on listener contributions to stay available so that your workout will

never be interrupted by ads or pop-ups or anything else. It's you, the music, and your training.

And that's how we want it to stay. So if that's working for you

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going strong. And now get ready to hear 14 great tracks

coming at you gradually and then all at once

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