music mix

August

Tuesday 2 August, 2011 / Music / Comments { 27 }

is it just me or is 2011 turning out to be the fastest moving year in living memory? AUGUST already!

… here’s a new music mix to calm you down.

August. download it here. playlist:

  1. Air Review – Waiting Lessons
  2. Typhoon – Summer Home
  3. Gotye ft. Kimbra – Somebody that I used to Know
  4. Bombay Bicycle Club – Shuffle
  5. Model Worker – Automatic Love
  6. Real Estate – It’s Real
  7. Cee-Ro – A Day in the Life (ft. John Lennon)
  8. Little Dragon – Shuffle A Dream
  9. Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry on Their Own (Organized Noize x Dungeon Family Remix)
  10. Washed Out - Wicked Game (Chris Isaak Cover)
  11. California Waves – Tokyo
  12. Okkervil River – Mermaid

ps: the cover art is a mish mash of these prints

all music is for sampling purposes only – please go out and buy the artists’ records & support them at their shows!

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Wild Horses

Friday 1 July, 2011 / Music / Comments { 50 }

i have to thank everyone for all your wonderful emails, comments and tweets in the past month regarding the music mixes. i didn’t realise how much they meant to so many of you (a fact that makes my heart explode in double rainbows) and i’m really happy to know that the playlists encouraged you to go out and buy albums, see concerts and support the artists who you came to love just from hearing a couple of their songs.

so – here it is. a new music mix that’s been one month in the making. thanks for waiting! there are some treats in here for you, including new songs from beirut, best coast, dent may, clap your hands say yeah and the middle east, as well as my favourite track from the new bon iver album. caveman is also an exciting new band who i’m keen to hear more from.

i hope this sets off your weekend on a good note. have a great one.

Wild Horses. playlist:

  1. Atlas Genius – Trojans
  2. Beirut – East Harlem
  3. Best Coast – Gone Again
  4. Dent May – Fun
  5. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Same Mistake
  6. Caveman – December 25th
  7. Bon Iver – Towers
  8. The Middle East – Hunger Song
  9. Mister Heavenly – Pineapple Girl
  10. Holiday Shores – Spells
  11. Light Vibes – Wish We Had
  12. High Highs – Open Season
  13. Wintercoats – Windmill

all music is for sampling purposes only – please go out and buy the artists’ records & support them at their shows!

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In the aeroplane over the sea

Friday 20 May, 2011 / Music / Comments { 24 }

i once had an awful time on a flight from bloemfontein to cape town (which is, luckily, a pretty short route) and the only thing that got me through it was listening to sufjan stevens with my head resting on the window, staring out at the clouds. that’s not to say i don’t love flying – i have the opposite sentiment actually. traveling is one of my favourite things in the entire world and the thought of getting on a plane to go somewhere anywhere always excites me… but i’m thankful for the soothing tunes that rescued me during that almost unbearable hour and a half.

this mix has a pretty electronic leaning with some mellow tunes thrown in here and there. the kind of stuff i’d listen to in the airport before a flight or when i’m already settled on the plane, flipping through a magazine or trying to have a nap. sometimes it’s more like a pretend nap since i try to avoid talking to people on a  flight… just let me sit in my little chair with whatever it is i’m occupying my time with and leave me be. i don’t want to know where you’re going! we’re flying to the same place, aren’t we? yet another reason why the headphones + music buffer is essential.

In the aeroplane over the sea. playlist:

  1. Pogo - Alice in Wonderland / Very Good Advice (Remix)*
  2. Geographer - Rushing In, Rushing Out
  3. Memory Tapes - Wait In The Dark
  4. The Postal Service – Recycled Air
  5. Junior Boys – EP
  6. The Whitest Boy Alive – Courage
  7. Radiohead - Everything in its Right Place (Gigamesh / DiscoTech Remix)
  8. Air France - Collapsing At Your Doorstep
  9. Hot Chip - Alley Cats
  10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - God Only Knows (The Beach Boys Cover)
  11. Chromatic Flights - Home Is More
  12. Acrylics - Sparrow Song

* i’m a big fan of the original alice in wonderland and spoke about this remix here.

all music is for sampling purposes only – please go out and buy the artists’ records & support them at their shows!

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Like A Dream

Wednesday 11 May, 2011 / Music / Comments { 23 }

hey, what’s this? a mid-week mini music mix – that’s what!

i don’t know what it is with this time of year, but these weird autumnal months before true winter arrives always fly past my eyes and feel… well… kind of dreamy. as if my brain has gone into a state of limbo thus causing me to hibernate in all areas of my life (including the blog, i do apologise for the state of things around here lately). consequently the daily soundtrack has been one of fuzzy contemplation. nothing too loud, nothing too upbeat. i kind of just want to switch off my computer, drink something warm and curl up on the couch.  maybe have a cuddle. read a book. sleep.

Like A Dream. playlist:

  1. Millionyoung - Gymnopedie No. 1 (Erik Satie cover)
  2. Evenings – Babe
  3. Air – Universal Traveler
  4. Toro Y Moi - Blessa (Daytrotter Session)
  5. Cults - Go Outside (Daytrotter Session)
  6. Computer Magic - About You
  7. Ra Ra Riot – Keep It Quiet
  8. The Morning Benders - Crying (Roy Orbison cover)
  9. Blackbird Blackbird – Overboard
  10. Futurebirds - Wicked Game (Chris Isaak cover)
  11. Sufjan Stevens – I Walked
  12. Fleet Foxes – The Cascades
  13. Candy Claws – Sunbeam Show *

* bonus track – click to download.

all music is for sampling purposes only – please go out and buy the artists’ records & support them at their shows!

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Through the Jungle

Tuesday 3 May, 2011 / Music / Comments { 21 }

it’s a new month – music mix time. i know things have been kind of slow on the blog lately, but i’m totally blaming it on the mass of public holidays we’ve had around here. been having too much fun offline during the holiday time – as i’m sure is the case with many of you south africans. that’s actually why this mix is 2 days late. how embarrassing.

i have been wanting to make a compilation that included a creedence clearwater revival edit / remix for ages now. there was a nice response to R/MX … so i guess this is like a R/MX Vol. 02.

must thank greta who sent me the nico remix. i try not to have too many repeats around here but it’s a pretty cool take on these days. it’s ever so slightly hit and miss in places, but i still couldn’t resist putting it in. the owner of a lonely heart edit is admittedly just sort of… a better version of the original. oh i love it. it stays.

also need to take this opportunity to make a shout out to a reader who emailed asking if i could perhaps create a mix that would help mend her recently broken heart. i hope you are feeling better and that this mix will help cheer you up a bit (even though adele features…) well, perhaps it will make you dance long enough to forget your troubles!

Through the Jungle. playlist:

  1. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On the Corner (Emynd Drum Edit)
  2. Feist - I Feel It All (Escort Remix)
  3. Fever Ray - Seven (The Twelves Remix)
  4. Leann Grimes - Old Bodies Slip When They Make Love (remix of The Morning Benders)*
  5. Missy Elliott - Hot (Ratatat Remix)
  6. Charlotte Gainsbourg - The Operation (25 Hours A Day Remix)
  7. Adele - Rolling in the deep  (Villa Remix)
  8. Yes - Owner of Lonely Heart (Disco Syndicate’s no owner edit)
  9. Peter Bjorn & John - Second Chance (RAC Mix)
  10. Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 (Butch Le Butch Remix)
  11. Nico - These Days (Shinichi Osawa Edit)
  12. Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere (Psychemagik Edit)

ps: i cut that dolly parton remix down, here’s the original which is 8 minutes long – if you can handle it (i know i can)

* i originally stated that this remix was of two door cinema club, which is totally wrong. my bad.

cover image courtesy of sighs and whispers

all music is for sampling purposes only – please go out and buy the artists’ records & support them at their shows!

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