march 2009 mix

this month i have been listening to a mix of the oldies & newbies of ambient techno. i have selected a few of these geniuses and slung em together in a small mix, newer artists take the form of nathan fake & james holden, who runs the awesome boarder community label. the older and more established artists include orbital, aphex twin and a guy called gerald (not so ambient, but great old song from the nineties). if you have the time you should check out these other fine labels to discover similar artists: warp, bpitch control and kompakt (direct liks to these can be found on the right hand side of this blog under 'Independent labels')

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track listing:

ageispolis - aphex twin
smile around the face - four tet
erotic discourse - bobby peru
the sky was pink (james holden remix) - nathan fake
the white flash (feat thom yorke) - modeselektor
chime - orbital
voodoo ray - a guy called gerald
i - aphex twin
the fear - µ-ziq
teared loss - kettel

you can download this mixtape: here

skins series 3 mix

i have been following the new series of skins on E4 like a crazy thing, the whole series is well polished, the actors are great and the music is fantastic. i was not so into the first and second series but for some reason this time round i got well into it.

anyway as an ode to the amazing selection of music that has been used in this series i have put together a little mixtape of tracks that have either been inspired by or used in the episodes. i hope you enjoy my selection and search out some of the great artists for more of there work x

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track listing:

dog days are over - florence and the machine
halfway home - tv on the radio
beat control - tilly and the wall
machine gun - portishead
jump in - high places
white film - noriko tujiko
postcards from italy - beirut
heavy water/i'd rather be sleeping - grouper
amo bishop roden - boards of canada
love reign over me - david holmes

you can download this mixtape: here

nice