Spectral Sound Pool Party

There's nothing like an intimate, friends 'n families gathering to recharge the batteries, and that's just what Ann Arbor's Spectral Sound provided at their Spectral Social, a mellow gathering held in the soothing confines of the Clinton Hotel courtyard. Thanks to banging releases from the likes of Audion and James Cotton, Spectral boasts a rep for tough techno. But this three-part recording of the evening proves that the Spectral soldiers can smooth it out and house it up on demand.

Part one features Detroit's Seth Troxler on the decks and the first snatches of Pär Grindvik's grooving live set. Part two finishes up with Troxler and Grindvik, before Spectral's longtime go-to DJ Ryan Elliott takes over the turntables. In part three, Elliott, Audion (aka Matthew Dear), and Troxler whip up a dizzy game of tag-team. Listen carefully for multiple plays of Audion's remix of Black Strobe's "I'm a Man," sure to be one of the hits of the summer.

Special thanks to: Sam Valenti IV, Missy Livingston, Jeff Owens, Matthew Dear, Ryan Elliott, Seth Troxler, Pär Grindvik, and the rest of the Ghostly/Spectral crew.

For more live sets recorded during WMC, check the Flavorpill streams page.