mixtape #9

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Sweet – The Ballroom Blitz
Billy Preston – Will It Go Round In Circles
Redman – Tonight’s da Night
Beck – Corvette Bummer
David Bowie – Love You Till Tuesday
Candi Staton – Evidence
Mantronix – Needle to the Groove
ESG – Dance
Biz Markie – Let Me Turn You On
Brass Construction – The Message (Inspiration)
Blo – Chant To Mother Earth

I put this mix together pretty quickly and after the fact, I realized some of these songs either have been sampled or have sampled some pretty cool songs. I’ve actually been meaning to put together a mix of awesome songs that have been sampled by hip hop over the years. Unintentionally, I half way did that here.

Ok, so Beastie Boys sampled one of the lines in this Sweet track – see if you can spot it.
Billy Preston was the 5th Beatle so wtf. This is a great song.
This Redman track samples Isaac Hayes’ “A Few More Kisses To Go“.
Beck’s Corvette Bummer is a b-side from the Mellow Gold days. You can get it on the Loser single.
The Bowie track is from his first record I think. At the very least it’s from when he was very young. The whole record is amazing and not like any other Bowie record.
Candi Staton has been slept on as far as I know. I couldn’t find the album I have on iTunes or Amazon.
Mantronix is some serious old school. Beck sampled this track. Won’t be hard to spot it.
ESG has been sampled a lot but not this song that I’m aware of.
This Biz track is just a feel good hit from back in the day from All Samples Cleared. It blatantly samples “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now“.
N.W.A. sampled Brass Construction on “I Ain’t Tha 1“.
And finally this Blo track is apparently a popular one for the genre and it’s on an album that’s out of print and a bit pricey when found. You can get the track though on the Nigeria 70 compilation.

mixtape #8

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RUN DMT – Spruce Bringsteen
S.E. Rogie – Twist With The Morningstars
Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Aya Mood
Oh No – Oh Zone
Suicide – Ghost Rider
The Vaselines – Son Of A Gun
Funkadelic – Can You Get To That
Madvillain – Accordian
Can – Vitamin C
Handsome Boy Modeling School – Metaphysical
The Crimea – Lottery Winners On Acid
Animal Collective – Safer

mixtape #7

most of these bands are new to me.
and i know nothing about them.
they all have a similar vibe though.

liars is an exception – i have all their albums & eps.
i’m looking forward to their upcoming record Sisterworld.
i can’t say i love all their releases but i am always drawn back to them as a band and listen again and again.

i do know of Blank Dogs. and again, like liars, i can’t say i like everything but i recently took another listen and this track caught me enough to buy it.

Hollow Tongues is a different vibe from the other songs but i still like it in the mix.
i don’t know anything about this band. stereogum had two songs for download.
i opted to only keep this one. i couldn’t make it through the other.
check out both tracks HERE.

my favorite in this find of new music hands down is Vibes. this song is just rediculous enough for me to love it. not rediculous in a bad way. just the lo-fi production and the lyrics – at least what i could make out. just made me laugh. plus the cover for this 7″ is pretty epic.
i might have to order it HERE just to have it.

none of this is exactly xmas music but i can’t say i really like xmas music.
i do have one song that i will post separately that is xmas-y and it’s pretty radical.

Woods – Rain On
Small Black – Bad Lover
Smith Westerns – Girl In Love
Best Coast – When I’m With You
Fergus & Geronimo – Harder Than It’s Ever Been
Liars – Scissor
Blank Dogs – Around The Room
The Intelligence – Singles Barge
Cheap Time – Glitter And Gold
Reading Rainbow – Restless
Hollow Tongues – Unknown Jewel
Naomi Punk – Shouldna Started Trouble
Vibes – Night Court

mixtape #6

first up on this installment:
*a new song from Sigur Rós singer Jón Þór Birgisson who is releasing his upcoming album under the name Jónsi.
*a new track from Toro Y Moi. i’ve been looking forward to the full length since i heard the Human Nature cover.
*a track from Lil’ B in which he remembers his childhood and how he was “a freaky young boy”. fucking epic.
watch a video and download the mp3 for “BasedWorld 1989 BASED FREESTYLE” which he just uploaded.
*an all-time favorite from one of my all-time favorite artists, Chad Van Gaalen.
*too tired to talk about the rest… hahaha… just listen.

Jónsi – Boy Lilikoi
Toro Y Moi – Blessa
Lil’ B – Memories PT1 (Based Freestyle)
Chad Van Gaalen – Phantom Anthills
Wale – Strings
TOBACCO – Hairy Candy
Nodzzz – I Don’t Wanna (Smoke Marijuana)
Enon – Murder Sounds
Six Finger Satellite – Parlour Games
Blackalicious – Cliff Hanger
Baby Huey – Hard Times
Bill Quick – Take Me Away
Devendra Banhart – I Feel Just Like A Child
LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
Dudley Perkins – The Last Stand

mixtape #5

Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM
Animal Collective – Graze
Beach House – Norway
Orange Juice – Breakfast Time
The Casual Dots – E.S.P. For Now
The Slits – So Tough
Elvis Costello – Running Out Of Angels
Misophone – Grey Clouds
Combustible Edison – The Millionaire’s Holiday
That Ghost – Shouldn’t Leave The Estate
Le Loup – Sherpa
The Movies – Peck The Chick
The Buzzcocks – Why Can’t I Touch It?

mixtape #4

ok so here’s mixtape #4.
i’m steering away from the hip hop & beat oriented sound of the previous mixtapes. this installment has some pretty obscure indie gems on it i have to say.

the first track is by Avey Tare (of Animal Collective) taken from a comp called Living Bridge. then we have The Welcome Wagon’s epic hand clapping, foot stomping Jesus loving tune, followed by Bauhaus’ “Boys” which is the b-side on their famous goth genre creating single Bela Lugosi’s Dead. then Cheeseburger killing it with “Jellybean”. next is two of my favorite 90′s bands: Sebadoh with a cover of The Residents’ “Moisture” and Pavement with a Slanted and Enchanted era b-side. The next 3 bands i think i discovered via stereogum.com. A little shoegazer tune by Black Tambourine, Calico Horse covering Radiohead and covering them extremely well i might add, and then The Durutti Column who were one of the bands on Factory Records, who’s first release was Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures. Next are The Crimea and Kaito, bands which i discovered when i used to go to the record store and buy shit that just looked cool. Finishing it off is Plants and Animals, which my iTunes DJ reminded me of the other day.

Avey Tare – I’m Your Eagle Kisser
The Welcome Wagon – But For You Who Fear My Name
Bauhaus – Boys
Cheeseburger – Jellybean
Sebadoh – Moisture
Black Mountain – Druganaut
Pavement – So Stark (You’re a Skyscraper)
Black Tambourine – Black Car
Calico Horse – Idioteque (Radiohead cover)
The Durutti Column – Sketch for Summer
The Crimea – Opposite Ends
Kaito – ‘Fresno Song’
Plants and Animals – Good Friend

mixtape #3

Madlib – African Walk (Zamunda)
OMD – Enola Gay
Vivien Goldman – Launderette
Flying Lotus – Beginners Falafel
Wale – W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E.
The Black Keys – I’ll Be Your Man
Delta 5 – Mind Your Own Business
Boz Scaggs – Lowdown
Gil Scott-Heron – No Knock
Bonobo – Days To Come (feat. Bajka)
Dert – Aurora Jolie
Dudley Perkins – Come Here My Dear
Edwin Starr – Easin’ In
Suicide – Cheree
Cold Cave – Life Magazine

mixtape #2

the few people that heard the first mixtape apparently really liked it.
which i can’t put into words how awesome that is for me!
i listen to music all day & i love love love turning people on to new stuff.

so without further ado, i bring you, mixtape #2

Black Mold – Metal Spider Webs
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Twin Of Myself
Alphabeat – Digital Love (Daft Punk Cover)
Luckyiam.psc – The Best I Can (feat. the Owls)
Madvillain – Curls
Cut Copy     – Saturdays
The Virgins – Rich Girls
Black Lips – Veni Vedi Veci (Diplo Remix)
Bitter:Sweet – Overdue
Brother Ali – Forest Whitaker
Blackalicious – Ego Trip by Nikki Giovanni
Ghostface Killah – Underwater
Atmosphere – Sunshine
MF DOOM – Camphor

mixtape #1

this is the first installation of what i hope to be many.

enjoy that shit.

here’s the track list:

Atlas Sound – Walkabout (w/ Noah Lennox)
MOCKY – Birds Of A Feather (Feat. GZA)
Speech Debelle – Spinnin’
Flying Lotus – Massage Situation
Four Tet – As Serious As Your Life (feat. Guilty Simpson) [Jay Dee Remix]
Bush Tetras – You Can’t Be Funky
King Midas Sound – One Ting (Dabrye Remix)
PZ – Novacane Throwback
Mayer Hawthorne – Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out
Sleigh Bells – Ring Ring
Incredible Bongo Band – Apache
Reefer – Let It Go (Flying Lotus Remix)