Matthew Reate

FIELD NOTES / ISSUE

Wedding at Rule of Thirds

THIRDS_ISSUE_012 / Archive

Room log from the archive.

Set Context

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Live Set Recording

A straight room capture from first pour to close.

Highlights

Photo Evidence

Unique image files only.

Vendors

Who made the night work, and where to find them.

Every track I cued, in order. 93tracks

BPM and key for the crate-diggers. Soundcheck and test cues stripped — this is the room as it actually ran.

Cocktail Hour Their playlist as the spine, padded where the room needed a lift — opened on the bride’s name and ran indie until the family blessings brought the room to a standstill at 6:55.
  1. Cocktail opener Sarah Alex G 124 BPM · 9B

    The bride’s name, first track of the night, for whoever noticed.

  2. Colourful Environment Gboyega Adelaja 108 BPM · 4A
  3. Keep Moving Jungle 112 BPM · 4A
  4. Southern Sunset Brick 113 BPM · 3B
  5. American Girls Harry Styles 102 BPM · 3B
  6. Nantes Beirut 131 BPM · 2B
  7. Sue me Audrey Hobert 120 BPM · 5B
  8. Bout de toi Anemone 105 BPM · 6A
  9. you and forever Bleachers 123 BPM · 5B
  10. Hits Different Taylor Swift 106 BPM · 7B
  11. Dancing in the Club This is Lorelei 80 BPM · 7B
  12. Seasons (Waiting on You) Future Islands 140 BPM · 6B
  13. Lihue Nohelani Cypriano 94 BPM · 7A
  14. Space Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band 92 BPM · 8B
  15. Ordinary Pleasure Toro y Moi 115 BPM · 8B
  16. Everything Is Embarrassing Sky Ferreira 117 BPM · 8B
  17. Inside and Out Feist 100 BPM · 8B
  18. Lebanese Blonde Thievery Corporation 92 BPM · 8B
  19. Tripping Out Curtis Mayfield 91 BPM · 8B
  20. I Hope You Really Love Me The Family Circle 121 BPM · 8B
  21. This Modern Love Bloc Party 80 BPM · 8B
Dinner Sing-along soul in the Corner Bar — O’Jays, Spinners, Al Green, Khruangbin — through the toasts, with a New Order bridge to bring the room back after.
  1. Rhinestoned Kacey Musgraves 101 BPM · 12B
  2. Choosin’ Texas Ella Langley 112 BPM · 3B
  3. Now I’m in It HAIM 105 BPM · 12B
  4. Home Soon Dope Lemon 94 BPM · 11B
  5. Darlin Darlin Baby(Sweet Tender Love) The O’Jays 108 BPM · 11B
  6. Love You Inside Out Bee Gees 95 BPM · 10A
  7. If You Don’t Want My Love Jalen Ngonda 93 BPM · 11A
  8. Texas Sun Khruangbin/Leon Bridges 112 BPM · 10B
  9. Could It Be I’m Falling in Love The Spinners 105 BPM · 9B
  10. Ha Ha, Hee Hee Sly & the Family Stone 109 BPM · 8B
  11. Reliquia ROSALÍA 104 BPM · 8B
  12. Be Sweet Japanese Breakfast 110 BPM · 8B
  13. Something About Us Daft Punk 100 BPM · 7A
  14. Let’s Stay Together Al Green 102 BPM · 7A
  15. Master of None Beach House 87 BPM · 7A
  16. Thinking of You - 1995 Remaster Sister Sledge 100 BPM · 7A
  17. Looking Up to You Michael Wycoff 105 BPM · 6A
  18. Just the Two of Us (feat. Bill Withers) Grover Washington, Jr. 96 BPM · 4A
  19. Camino del Sol Antena 84 BPM · 2A
  20. Natural Blues Moby 108 BPM · 3A
  21. Running Away Roy Ayers 116 BPM · 1A
  22. Emotions 15 16 17 150 BPM · 9A
  23. Happiness (Dance Floor Edit) The 1975 118 BPM · 1B
  24. By Your Side Sade 73 BPM · 2B
  25. Over My Head Fleetwood Mac 99 BPM · 10B
  26. Age of Consent New Order 81 BPM · 10B
  27. Baby That’s Backatcha Smokey Robinson 120 BPM · 8B
  28. Baby I’m Yours Breakbot feat. Irfane 118 BPM · 7A
  29. Easier to Love - 1995 Remaster Sister Sledge 87 BPM · 6A
First Dance, the Hora & the Floor The locked chain ran exactly as drawn: acoustic Yeah Yeah Yeahs with the room circled in, klezmer hora, Earth, Wind & Fire to roll it onto the floor. Then disco, a Bad Bunny salsa, a 90s pocket, and The Cranberries to close.
  1. First Dance Hysteric (Acoustic Version) Yeah Yeah Yeahs 117 BPM · 4B

    First dance — the acoustic version, guests gathered in around them.

  2. Hora Hava Nagila The Klezmer Lounge Band 143 BPM · 8B

    The klezmer arrangement — their pick over the disco version. Chair lifts.

  3. Hora roll-out Let’s Groove (Album Version) Earth, Wind & Fire 125 BPM · 10A

    Hard cut off the hora peak, straight onto the floor.

  4. I Feel Love Donna Summer 126 BPM · 6A
  5. If You Could Read My Mind Ultra Naté/Amber/Jocelyn Enriquez 127 BPM · 7B
  6. Canned Heat Jamiroquai 128 BPM · 7A
  7. You’re The First, The Last, My Everything (Single Version) Barry White 131 BPM · 7B
  8. Lay All Your Love on Me ABBA 133 BPM · 7A
  9. A Little Respect Erasure 114 BPM · 8B
  10. Body Funk Purple Disco Machine 122 BPM · 8B
  11. Can’t Get You out of My Head Kylie Minogue 126 BPM · 8B
  12. BAILE INoLVIDABLE Bad Bunny 166 BPM · 8B
  13. Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You) (feat. Outkast) UGK/Outkast 78 BPM · 10A
  14. Blame It Jamie Foxx/T-Pain 88 BPM · 10A
  15. Love No Limit (Remix) Mary J. Blige 90 BPM · 10A
  16. Fantasy Mariah Carey 102 BPM · 9B
  17. Pon de Replay Rihanna 99 BPM · 11A
  18. The Way I Are Timbaland/Keri Hilson/D.O.E. 115 BPM · 1A
  19. Just Dance Lady Gaga, Colby O’Donis 119 BPM · 12B
  20. TTHHEE PPAARRTTYY Justice 120 BPM · 12B
  21. Love at First Sight Kylie Minogue 125 BPM · 2B
  22. Lady - Hear Me Tonight Modjo 126 BPM · 3B
  23. We Found Love Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris 128 BPM · 2B
  24. Calabria 2008 (feat. Natasja) Enur/Natasja 126 BPM · 3A
  25. Maneater Nelly Furtado 133 BPM · 3A
  26. 212 Azealia Banks/Lazy Jay 126 BPM · 12A
  27. Believe Cher 133 BPM · 3B
  28. party 4 u Charli xcx 80 BPM · 3B
  29. Get Busy Sean Paul 100 BPM · 4A
  30. Bartender (feat. Akon) T-Pain/Akon 105 BPM · 5B
  31. Time of Our Lives Pitbull 124 BPM · 4A
  32. The Rhythm of the Night Corona 128 BPM · 4A
  33. Crazy in Love Beyoncé feat. Jay‐Z 99 BPM · 7A
  34. Hot in Herre Nelly 107 BPM · 9A
  35. Misery Business Paramore 173 BPM · 4A
  36. Put It On Me (Album Version) Ja Rule 93 BPM · 3B
  37. Hollywood Baby 100 gecs 103 BPM · 6B
  38. Feel Like I Do Vin Diesel 106 BPM · 7B
  39. Pink Pony Club Chappell Roan 107 BPM · 2B
  40. Gimme More Britney Spears 113 BPM · 11A
  41. Dancing on My Own Robyn 117 BPM · 2B
  42. Last Song Dreams The Cranberries 131 BPM · 12B

    10:53 PM.

  43. Send-off Theme From New York, New York - 2008 Remastered Frank Sinatra 108 BPM · 6A

    Lights up, Sinatra, out by eleven.