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Jan 15

mix iv: Summer Dalliance
(cover art courtesy of Max Wittert)

a mix i’ve had for a while now, it can really be for the extreme states of leisure in summer or winter, summer just looked better on the cover. limerence, caprice, aloofness, flirtation, high life. crystal. oysters. ambien. mirrored surfaces. sun glow. unspecific regret.

intended tracklist:
01. air france - windmill wedding
02. elite gymnastics - h e r e, i n h e a v e n 4 & 5 (remix by CFCF) (false ending edit)
03. dj shadow - six days (perfect party guest edit)
04. prince & the revolution - take me with u
05. field music - from hide and seek to heartache
06. prefab sprout - jesse james bolero
07. cocteau twins - cherry-coloured funk
08. air - playground love
09. chromatics - tears of pain
10. chromatics - birds of paradise
11. xavier cugat - perfidia
12. ceo - oh god oh dear
13. black - wonderful life (all good things edit)
14. destroyer - kaputt
15. hiroshi sato - you’re my baby
16. paul bley - ida lupino
17. washed out - a dedication
18. jens lekman - every little hair knows your name

Jan 31

mix iii: CHALK GLYPHS

http://uploaded.net/file/culszljn

lost in the woods after a night hike, following strange chalk symbols. dark folk, modern jazz, clatter.

tracklist:

01. colin stetson - awake on foreign shores (banshee edit)
02. castanets - you are the blood
03. sonic youth - secret girls
04. squarepusher - ill descent
05. broadcast - until then
06. the kallikak family - march 6th 2003
07. nicolas jaar - etre (unannounced edit)
08. liars - the wrong coat for you mt. heart attack (breathless edit)
09. microphones - v. universe
10. grouper - come softly
11. slowdive - cello
12. six organs of admittance - eight cognition / all you’ve left
13. the microphones - antlers
14. art ensemble of chicago - proverbes (ii)
15. colin stetson - lord i just can’t keep from crying sometimes
16. wild beasts - burning
17. mira calix and oliver coates - in a beautiful place out in the country
18. kidkanevil - tintinnabuli
19. scott walker - a lover loves

Jan 29

antonio carlos jobim & luiz bonfa - black orpheus ost (1959)

http://www.mediafire.com/?t22acg8gfz71uk1

the original “since i left you”—a continuous party mixtape. like following a parade during a festival, weaving between raucous samba and degage balcony bossonova.

Jan 27

mix ii: cnvrrtbl 2 横浜へ (aces pt. 1)

http://www.mediafire.com/?ubm7b6xcg7yjs7x

my personal highlights from several anthologies curated and ideated by hipinion. driving a convertible on the japanese coast. 8o’s japan, suits, prep, affluence, lifestyle.

tracklist:

01. tatsuro yamashita - sparkle
02. william pitt - city lights
03. élite - senza tregua
04. susan - my love
05. wink - heart of glass (slow edit)
06. fox the fox - precious little diamond
07. black - wonderful life
08. prefab sprout - wild horses
09. yukihiro takahashi - drip dry eyes
10. prince - 17 days (screw)
11. databook - zighidizazazero
12. tatsuro yamashita - love talkin’
13. haruomi hosono - sports men
14. yellow magic orchestra - cue (slow edit)

Feb 2

kingdom shore - …and all the dogs to shark (2008)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I0EQ2ZUP

the ethos of punk distilled into four terrifying violins. would be good for shining-esque horror movie trailers. intense might be the little sister of the word that can properly describe this. recommended if you like squeegeeing blood off car windows and running down empty hotel hallways.

Mar 31

the tough alliance - a new chance (2007)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1MMU34SE

to these ears this is best pop album from last decade and a personal favorite. straddling the line between sincerity and a wink, laughing at and laughing with; music at once buoyant, sunny, clubby, gay, beautiful, and oft inspiring; frank in its purpose yet complexly layered in its execution and deceptively resilient over time, this album is a boon to the genre and evidence to the transcendent power of motherfucking pop.

Mar 20

mix i: it’s only springtime

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XGCF4I5L

spring-y guitar mix, nothing too obscure, very pleasant. sure to brighten up your day.

intended tracklisting:

1. blueboy - so catch him
2. the smiths - william, it was really nothing
3. the go-betweens - the ghost and the black hat
4. the feelies - on the roof
5. flying color - dear friend
6. the flamin’ groovies - yes it’s true
7. bubble puppy - a gathering of promises
8. tim buckley - happy time
9. love - old man
10. billy nicholls - feeling easy
11. the zombies - hung up on a dream
12. nick garrie - little bird
13. big star - stroke it noel
14. felt - hours of darkness have changed my mind
15. the durutti column - collette
16. disco inferno - second language
17. orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - of all the things we’ve made

Mar 17

constantines - constantines (2001)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5NQ04DU5

one of the best rock albums of last decade that’s a self-aware call to arms to the genre not only in attitude but intellect. vacuum-sealed tight, nation of ulysses insurgent skronk meets bruce springsteen’s anthemic blues. while they went on to be a great band from this debut, like a lot of debuts, this was their most fully realized statement. this is rock with urgency, conviction. maybe the last.

Mar 14

the wind-up bird - whips (2003)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9IOKCJ5L

you’ve probably never heard a post-rock/glitch album this intensely personal and rewarding. recommended for late hour contemplation and staring at the ceiling.

Feb 1

i mean, i guess it’s funny but it’s such a perfect storm of a successful meme and its production values are so suspect i really wonder about it’s authenticity. yeah, i know i’m not bringing anything new to the discussion re: sincerity in the youtube format, but the calculation in this seems so next-level that it’s kind of interesting. i mean, you have in here just enough reference points: early aught ironic ninja’s, which was compounded with a resurgence of juggalo culture, which leads us to the actual genre of the music which is some sort of white rap rave that would fit in nicely at the gathering of the juggalos. for good measure the rapper takes a SNL worthy incompetent and parody-esque speaking break midway thru song, and there’s a guy with progeria, making the percentage of people with progeria on youtube from the total population of people with progeria 5%. i could talk about the implications of the jailbaiting songstress but it doesn’t pertain. a good mixture of elements, not too many as to be obvious, but enough to guarantee some comforting laughs.

people will probably digest this as quickly as any other flavor of the minute videos, but i think it shows the line between trying-too-hard and not-trying-at-all becoming less of a rubric for comedic worth in the medium and the whole idea of just anyone making it on youtube will become like just anyone making it in the entertainment industry. Time to step up your game.

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