january 2011 mix

OK, first things first, i have definitely been neglecting blog duties once again, but it seems to be around the time of summer that things start to trail off, i get busy, and the blog takes a back seat, lets see if i can find a balance in 2011, less nights out and more nights in, spending time on mixes. secondly, i need some feedback guys, i put these mixes together and no one says shit... like 'good mix', 'i like that tune' or 'this is rubbish', well if your gonna say that then maybe you should keep it to yourself ;) so if you dig the mix and download it then say a few words...

i hope everyone had a good new years, mine was very quite this year, just me and my girl :) the year before was crazy enough for 3-4 years i think.

right lets get down to the music, since that's what y'all are here for anyways. last year was MEGA for young producers, david kennedy aka ramadanman/pearson sound, my producer of the year, this boy was BUSY, 12's, ep's, his record label; Hessle Audio, collaborations and remixes with midland and appleblim, i have never seen so much productivity from one man... others include joy (bring back garage) orbison, space dimension controller (who i will drop into a mix next month), pariah (so fresh on the scene he counts burial as an inspiration to start producing), julio bashmore (also mighty fine rifleman), CFCF, james (lets hope stays relatively underground-ish) blake, jacques greene, braiden (rinse fm), XxXy and many, many, many more...

also last year dubstep seemed to drift off towards the end and make way for more house beats, RnB and future garage (as some have come to call it), the dubstep thing has seemed to get old quick, good timing too as it seems its going to go mainstream this year...

so this mix is really a reflection of that change as you will spot a few names in the tracklisting that i have included in previous mixes, this time round however you will notice little similarity in there sound. its not uncommon for an artist to change there sound, but to do it so rapidly, within the first year or so of producing, it seems as they are anti-genre, like they don't want to be pigeonholed or placed in a certain category, which i can totally relate to, especially in today's 'throw away' society, where we get bored of something before it has a chance to develop properly... a product of the download generation...

so this mix has alot of 90's influence, the house beats, the occasional 808 synth, the female vocals and some garage dirt :)

enjoy x

01 January Mix 2011 by oliversinfiniteplaylist

tracklisting

big ass biscuit - pteradactil disco
battle for middle you - julio bashmore
found a way - james fox
sorted - jacques greene
ask yourself - julio bashmore
ladywell - joy orbison
prism - pariah
work them - ramadanman
this_much - xxxy
carbonated - mount kimbie

may 2010 mix: part two

back to back mixes comin' at ya like a beam, like a ray, like a buzzard! this time round i have raided my hard drive for something different, some good old lo-fi, hi distortion, full on feel good indie rock. its been i while since i listened to some of this stuff and the other day i was thinking just how good all this music used to make me feel :)

the vancouver boys, japandroids kick this mix off with a belter from there first full LP, 'post nothing', i was lucky enough to catch these boys playing on my doorstep, up in highbury a couple of weeks ago and they tore the roof off, impressive for a band consisting of a just 2 people.

ash pick up the distortion from where the canadians left off in true 94 fashion, these dudes where only teens when they released there first LP 'trailer', for me its their most raw and awesome offering to date.

back over the pond again for some classic everclear, a band that brings back a lot of memories for me circa 1998-9, sadly they kinda turned cheesy in later years to come...

the pixies really need no introduction, they just own!

idlewild may not be a familiar name to those of you outside the UK, but these scottish boys where hot stuff back in the mid to late 90's and their first couple of albums where played to death by me in college and uni.

the same goes for weezer's first two albums 'blue' and 'pinkerton', sadly though, they too lost their edge over time, but this track is proof that they fucking ruled back in the day!

the smashing pumpkins where (or should i say are?) a classic grunge band from the early nineties, 'tomorrow' is taken from there second album 'siamise dream' which came out in 93 or something, but it wasn't until my mate lent me his copy (on a permanent basis) back in 98 that i realized what had been missing in my life, this album is solid gold!

the swedes take the reins next, i heard these guys for the first time on the soundtrack to a movie called 'spun' that, coincidentally, billy corgan (frontman of the smashing pumkins) wrote half of the songs for. i love this song, it makes me loose all hope but feel great at the same time...

wavvves are a crazy bunch of guys from san diego, i recently heard that they used to get really fucked up before going onstage, leading to a classic meltdown at the 2009 primavera sound festival in barcelona, when the bands singer broke down and had to stop playing... carrrazzzzy.

anyway that is my selection and here they all are in one nice little mix, enjoy:

June Mix 2010 by oliverft

track listing:

the boys are leaving town - japandroids
petrol - ash
strawberry - everclear
gigantic - pixies
when i argue i see shapes - idlewild
surf wax america - weezer
today - smashing pumpkins
instant repeater '99 - the soundtrack of our lives
mickey mouse - wavvves
wave of mutilation - pixies

may 2010 mix: part one

its been a while (again) since my last post, been busy and have neglected blog responsibilities, so i will be uploading two mixes this month, well we are now technically in june, but i made these mixes in may and just finished tweaking them so this is may mix part one.

since i touched on dubstep in february i thought i would do an entire dubstep mix, short and sweet with some of my favorites on the scene right now, obviously joy orbison is going to be in there, i should mention the ace label 'hot flush' which, according to various media is 'untouchable', i would have to agree. scuba (the boss of hotflush) has been producing amazing music for some time now, slightly underrated i think as he has no definitive track, no classic dance floor filler, but this can sometimes be a good thing, not a one hit wonder. ramadanman, who was in my last mix has been a very busy boy, releasing tracks on a multitude of record labels including the excellent 'hemlock records' on which he recently released the glut/tempest 12", a hot piece of vinyl. F is a dutch producer (need i say more...) a real gem, love his work, he has a great style, slightly leaning more towards techno with the great two step baselines. INSTRA:MENTAL throw down a sweet remix of mount kimbie's 'at least', i have been following both of these duo outfits for quite a while now, INSTRA:MENTAL do a lot of collaborations with dubstep and d&B producers and have always created a unique sound that merges the two genres seamlessly. i end the mix with a burial classic, if you have never heard of burial before and you like dubstep, you really should stop reading this and head straight over to your local record shop and pick up both of his albums, i couldn't recommend them enough.

anyway i think that gives you a brief introduction to the artists, so now the substance:

May Mix 2010 by oliverft

track listing:

track listing:
glut - ramadanman
three sided shape - scuba
energy distortion - F
tempest - ramadanman
BRKLN CLLN - joy orbison
perspectives - F
at least (INSTRA:MENTAL remix) - mount kimbie
justify - ramadanman & appleblim
uk - burial