january 2010 mix

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happy new year! best wishes for 2010, hope your all not still hanging from the nights festivities ;) the free transport in london made for an interesting night in the city, dodging all the piles of sick kept me on my toes (literally)... but fun was had by all and sticking to house parties was a good idea, slightly lighter on the wallet, more money for a cheeky mc attack in the morning :D

its already looking like a good year for music with new album releases coming up from Cold War Kids, Eels and Los Campesinos in january and the mighty yeasayer in february :) on the live front we have why?, grizzly bear, pheonix and yeasayer coming to london over the next three months!

so i have compiled only a few songs, its quality over quantity, to reflect on some of the great music that we had back in 2009 and to set the bar for 2010!

hope you enjoy x

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track listing:

skeletons (acoustic) - yeah yeah yeahs
the night the night - chet
hullaballabalu - múm
inní mér syngur vitleysingur - sigur rós
eskimo snow - why?
lovers carvings - bibio
two weeks - grizzly bear
lovers or something like it - the rosie taylor project
what would i want? sky - animal collective

winter 2009 mix

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wow, its been a while since i uploaded any mixes to this blog, its been a busy summer but that's no excuse, i started this blog in an effort to upload a new mix every month, but i obviously have a problem with commitment...

anyway, i thought it would be quite nice and a little different, looking back over my last few posts, to upload some good old indie alternative music, and give the idm, electro, minimal, house scene a little break. this mix, i say mix, its more of a play list than a mix, is dedicated to some of my favorite US bands, the national, yeasayer, tv on the radio, cat power and tonnes more, these are some of the best bands i have ever had the privilege of listening to whilst staring out of the windows of buses, walking the dark streets of london on the way home, or generally just drifting in and out of sleep on a sunday afternoon thinking too much about nothing...

i hope you like my selection, i carefully picked out some of the songs that have soundtracked my life over the last few years, music just too good to ignore.

anyway, without any further ado, i give you, american splendor, my autumn/winter mix.

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track listing:

easier - grizzly bear
a method - tv on the radio
the vowels pt. 2 - why?
my girls - animal collective
sleepy head - passion pit
cross bones style - cat power
meet me in the dollar bin - les savy fav
the galaxist - deerhoof
the hollows - why?
tightrope - yeasayer
say - cat power
lovers spit (redux) - broken social scene
fake empire - the national
white winter hymnal - fleet foxes
re: stacks - bon iver
the funeral (originally by band of horses) - serena ryder

you can also download this mixtape: here

june 2009 mix

over the past month i have been listening to a-LOT of minimal tech, this is partially inspired by a small group of individuals that i have met through similar taste in music and have had the pleasure of attending some excellent gigs with. its great when you discover great clubs on your door step that you didn't even know existed. for me highlights include corsica studios in south london and cable at london bridge, both of which boast sound systems that rival that of fabric.

since i am on a bit of a minimal mission, i have thrown in some progressive house beats to stir things up a bit.

looking back over the past few posts, i can see a pattern emerging. some regular appearances by james holden and nathan fake (can't get enough of these boys), newcomers to this blog take the form of dead mau5 (the canadian genius and beatport god) and perfect stringer (aka yuli fershtat), both of whom provide the progressive beats to this mix. towards the end i hit the kompakt discography for all its worth, a lable full of little delights :)

enjoy x

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track listing:

folie a deux - tipper
10101 - james holden
complicated - dead mau5
clear vision 07' - perfect stranger
outhouse - nathan fake
black river (maps remix) - bomb the bass
slip - dead mau5
arquipélago - gui boratto
sonntag - robert babicz
smile & receive (apparat remix) - swayzak

you can also download this mixtape: here