In an announcement that gives context to that October tour reveal, Timo Maas has been chosen to helm the next edition in the famed Balance series. The German don follows Agoria to take the reins on Balance 017, with a track-list that suggests his usual blend of gradually building house and techno.

“To spread myself out over two CDs without essentially having to ‘rock’ a crowd from the beginning is a very good thing,” Maas remarks in the release’s press notes. “I was able to also include deeper, downbeat, ‘earlier set’ material, that I personally like to listen to, but am not essentially playing out on a normal club night.”

Alongside tracks from seasoned heavyweights like Danny Tenaglia, Carl Craig and Hardfloor and newer names like Nicolas Jaar, Maas also finds room for his own studio exploits. His production outfit with Santos, Mutant Clan, gets a look-in, as does Maas’s own ‘unreleased remix’ of Placebo single Ashtray Heart to close CD Two.

Tracklist

CD 1
01. Timo Maas – Morning Beauty
02. Timo Maas – A Day After George
03. Nicolas Jaar – Time For Us (Original Mix)
04. Dana Bergquist & Peder G – Acapulco (Sasse Remix)
05. Solvent – Loss For Words (Vector Lovers Remix)
06. Random House Project – The One For Ever (Toby Tobias Dub Mix)
07. Phattivan – Man From Ternopil
08. Deetron – Sing
09. Mathias Kaden – Kawaba (DJ Koze’s Kosi-San Remix) / DJ Koze – Blume Der Nacht
10. Henrik Schwarz & Kuniyuki – Once Again (Kuniyuki Version)
11. Giorgio Roma – Across The East Side / Timo Maas – Spacemooger Experience
12. Alex Flitsch meets Mutant Clan – Imanah (Patrick Chardronnet Deep Mix)
13. Mathias Schaffhauser – The 1st Thing
14. Danny Tenaglia – Elements (The Dtour)
15. Sante & Adam Port – Solano
16. The Crystal Ark – The City Never Sleeps (Instrumental)
17. Florian Hollerith – Fluxus
18. Carl Craig – At Les
19. William Orbit, Elgar – Nimrod (Timo Maas & Santos Remix)

CD2
01. Timo Maas – Latenza
02. Marc Romboy & Stephan Bodzin – Luna (Mutant Clan Laser Gun Remix)
03. Kenny Larkin – Glob (Kenny Larkin Mix)
04. Alex Niggemann – Take Control (Matthias Tanzmann Remix)
05. Alex Dolby & Santos – To Be Large
06. The Mole – Nervous Disid
07. Mutant Clan – Totally Wet (Sante & Adam Port Remix)
08. We Fell To Earth – Lights Out (Timo Maas Remix)
09. Timo Maas – Kick 1 Kick 3
10. Mutant Clan – Arcadia
11. Sante & Adam Port – Faire Des Siennes (Mutant Clan Caraibic Remix)
12. Santos – Matinee
13. Rockets & Ponies – Chinese Massage (Alex Dolby’s Porno Dolby Remix)
14. Timo Maas – Clouds
15. Lost Veteranos – It’s Wronger
16. Emmanuel Top – Somewhere
17. Hardfloor – Acperience 1
18. Placebo – Ashtray Heart (Timo Maas Unreleased Remix)