Tempo Pocket
Watt says one thirty-two is a structural argument. One twenty-four is the exhale. He is not wrong, but he is reading from the big beat side of the splice table. In deep house, one twenty-four is not an exhale. It is a pocket. It is where the hats find their shuffle and the sub earns its depth. One thirty-two makes the room hold its breath. One twenty-four lets the room decide if it wants to breathe at all. Let the shuffle breathe.