The Mixtapes

A rag bag of electronica, hip-hop, guitars and whiny mofos. Includes J Dilla, Positive K, Girl Ray, The La’s, Aphex Twin, De-Tu, Blur, Art School Girlfriend, Bush Tetras and more.

Track List

1. J Dilla – Geek Down
2. Positive K – Ain’t No Crime
3. Public Enemy – Caught, Can We Get A Witness
4. Aphex Twin – zin2 test5
5. Dustin Wong – Janus Juggles
6. De-Tu – Air Time
7. Noissier – Stalker
8. Avar Garden – Luminance
9. Art School Girlfriend – Laugh My Head Off
10. Girl Ray – Everybody’s Saying That
11. Rain Parade – Green
12. Bush Tetras – They Live in My Head
13. Margaret Glaspy – Act Natural
14. The La’s – Timeless Melody
15. Domenico Scarlatti – Sonate K. 455
16. Blur – The Ballad

“Hot July brings cooling showers,
Apricots and gillyflowers.” – Sara Coleridge

17 tracks to build up a sweat, with Róisín Murphy, Ben Saviour, Behind the Border, Paris Texas, Andrew Bird, Big Thief, Blur, Spencer, MJ Lenderman and more.

Track List

1. Bufi – El Jockey
2. Ben Haviour – All Things Aligned
3. Behind the Border – I Am No Baby
4. VAGABON – Do Your Worst
5. Mother Tongues – Only You
6. Róisín Murphy – You Knew
7. Spencer – Cool _ Cool
8. OK Go – This
9. MJ Lenderman – Rudolph
10. Blur – St. Charles Square
11. Paris Texas – tenTHIRTYseven
12. Greta Van Fleet – Fate Of The Faithful
13. Fatboi Sharif – Measuring Spoon Techniques
14. Dua Lipa – Dance The Night
15. Andrew Bird – Festivus
16. Big Thief – Vampire Empire
17. Nina Simone – Mississippi Goddam (Live)

“If all our national holidays were observed on Wednesdays, we could wind up with nine-day weekends.”  – George Carlin

Track List

1. Yard Act – The Trench Coat Museum
2. Bully – All This Noise
3. Lifeguard – Tell Me When
4. Sweeping Promises – Connoisseur of Salt
5. Keg – Farmhands
6. Witch – Avalanche Of Love
7. Michael Chapman – Polar Bear Fandango (2013 Remaster)
8. Olivia Dean – UFO
9. Wayne Phoenix – Nightswim
10. Brigitte Bardot – Bonnie And Clyde
11. JHNN – STOP
12. Nujumi – The Magnifying Transmitter
13. Manu Senent – Happy Holidays (Original Mix)
14. BT – The Turing Test
15. Ken Aoki – Qlat
16. Kiefer – Dreamer
17. Penguin Cafe – Welcome to London
18. Nujumi – Tears

A sonic collage that transcends genres and embraces Dream Wife, Do Nothing, Bdrmm, Grian Chatten, Olivia Dean, Brigid Mae Power, The Japanese House, David James Bianchi, John Thomas, Lipphead, Erdi Irmak, John Carroll Kirby, Dome and Dome, KLBSQ1N, Milow, and Akin.

Track List

1. Dream Wife – Social Lubrication
2. Do Nothing – Snake Sideways
3. Bdrmm – We Fall Apart
4. Grian Chatten – East Coast Bed
5. Olivia Dean – Everybody’s Crazy
6. Brigid Mae Power – I Must Have Been Blind
7. The Japanese House – Boyhood
8. David James Bianchi – Radioestesia
9. John Thomas – Be Good
10. Lipphead – Unisax Romper
11. Erdi Irmak – Passage of Time (Erdi Irmak Re-Interpretation)
12. John Carroll Kirby – So So So
13. Dome and Dome – Torrebert
14. KLBSQ1N – DETROIT’07
15. Milow – Transcending Reality
16. Akin – Playful Spirit
17. Olivia Dean – No Man

Superhumans walk among the flowers, appreciating the sun, out there all the waking hours, who’s to say we’re wrong? A mixed bag of tunes, including tracks by FIZZ, Bishop Briggs, Arthur Russell, Coi Leray, Ian Otta, M. Ward, Monoed, Tim French, Save The Robots and more.

Track List

1. M. Ward – Story of an Artist
2. Arthur Russell – The Boy With a Smile
3. Lloyd Cole – On Pain
4. Wye Oak – Evergreen
5. Whim Therapy – Dreams
6. Coi Leray – Bitch Girl
7. Portugal. The Man – Dummy
8. Bishop Briggs – Bad
9. FIZZ – High In Brighton
10. Ian Otta – Cocktail Shaker
11. Monoed – Breathe
12. Shadowverse – Reverse II
13. Tim French – Veritas (Truth)
14. Save The Robots – Love in Motion (Extended Mix)
15. Bishop Briggs – superhuman

“He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father.” Jonathan Safran Foer – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

A mixed bag of tunes that probably have very little to do with Father’s Day – but I’d like to see the old man sat in the garden, turning his nose up at all of these due to the lack of Glenn Miller and Acker Bilk, while having his annual bottle of Mackeson stout. Includes tracks by Django Django, Bruno Major, Coach Party, Goat, Gustavo Mota, Hand Habits, Marc Mosca, Meshell Ndegeocello, Minimal Schlager, Porij, Paul Baule, Sparklehorse and more (you might notice I’ve been watching The Gallows Pole).

Track List

1. Meshell Ndegeocello – Georgia Ave
2. Nick Mulvey – Fever To The Form
3. Sparklehorse – Evening Star Supercharger
4. Hand Habits – Something Wrong
5. Coach Party – All I Wanna Do Is Hate
6. Goat – Gathering of Ancient Tribes
7. Django Django – Gazelle
8. George FitzGerald – Venera
9. Overmono – So U Kno
10. Marc Mosca – Tanz
11. Gustavo Mota – House High
12. Visage – Music Toy
13. Porij – Can’t Stop
14. Minimal Schlager – Three
15. Grand Soleil – Terre
16. Bruno Major – Tell Her
17. Goat – Let it Burn
18. Paul Baule – Illusionist

It’s getting hot out there so here are some sweaty tunes to rub in your Factor 50 to, with tracks from Keg, This Is The Kit, Squid, Youth Lagoon, Ghost of Vroom, feeble little horse, BT, Paul Baule and more.

Track List

1. Sir Edward Elgar – Enigma Variations – Nimrod
2. Youth Lagoon – Rabbit
3. BT – k-means clustering (Producer’s Cut)
4. Paul Baule – Oortic Clouds
5. Anz – Clearly Rushing
6. Gemini – An Earthly Groove
7. Fila Brazillia – Throwing Down A Shape
8. Ghost of Vroom – Still Getting It Done
9. Squid – Undergrowth
10. Keg – Kids
11. feeble little horse – Freak
12. This Is The Kit – Goodbye Bite
13. Baby Rose – Go
14. Kilder – What I Won’t Do
15. Sir Edward Elgar – Enigma Variations – Nimrod

As Logan Roy said, “The future is real. The past is all made up. Meeting over. F**k off.” A mixed bag of tunes including Nicholas Britell’s strings and 808 version of the Succession theme, Neutral Milk Hotel, Loyle Carner, new tracks from Dominik Eulberg, Bully, McKinley Dixon, Aisha Badru, W.I.T.C.H., Jaun Wauters and more.

Track List

1. Nicholas Britell – Strings + 808 + Beat
2. Lazy Salon – Deutzia
3. W.I.T.C.H. – Waile
4. Kölsch – Goldfisch
5. Dominik Eulberg – Gelbspötter (Etapp Kyle Remix)
6. Michael Mayer – For You (Solomun Morning Version)
7. McKinley Dixon – Run, Run, Run
8. Loyle Carner – The Isle Of Arran
9. Juan Wauters – Milanesa al Pan
10. Bully – Hard to Love
11. Neutral Milk Hotel – Aunt Eggma Blow Torch
12. Aisha Badru – Inside
13. Neutral Milk Hotel – Marching Theme
14. Lazy Salon – Freesia
15. Aisha Badru – Move
16. Ben Folds – Kristine From The 7th Grade
17. Nicholas Britell – Andante in C Minor (Solo Piano Variation)

“The past is not for living in; it is a well of conclusions from which we draw in order to act.” – John Berger

A sack of tunes including GHEIST, Gia Margaret, Aikon, Audion, Leaving Laurel, Hudson Mohawke, Clark and more.

Track List

1. GHEIST – Impala (Original Mix)
2. Greg Spero – Rising
3. Gia Margaret – Ways of Seeing
4. Little Dragon – Gold
5. Aikon – Come Together
6. Trilucid – Cheyenne
7. Kastis Torrau – Menace
8. Leaving Laurel – better days will come
9. Audion – The Return of Losing It
10. Dominik Eulberg – Grauspecht (Acid Pauli Remix)
11. Hudson Mohawke – Demuro
12. Clark – Alyosha

A sack of tunes, mostly new releases, including Aja Monet, Big Hands, Alex Lahey, Leaving Laurel, Genesis Owusu, KAYTRAMINÉ, YBU and Morpheus.

Track List

1. Aja Monet – Why My Love
2. Thought Trails – With U
3. Big Hands – A square, a circle
4. dodie – Special Girl
5. Alex Lahey – Good Time
6. Tanlines – New Reality
7. Sir Chloe – Salivate
8. Kieran Hebden – Darkness, Darkness
9. Leaving Laurel – and those guardian angels carried you away
10. Clemente – Now I’m Fucked Up
11. Morpheus – No Hustle
12. James Harcourt – Refraction
13. Ke$ha – Only Love Can Save Us Now
14. Genesis Owusu – Leaving The Light
15. KAYTRAMINÉ – Who He Iz
16. Roisin Murphy – The Universe
17. YBU – Alma de Bruja