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The Mixtapes

If we still lived in the age of the cassette I’d lovingly put this together for you on a TDK and pop it through your letter box (if, that is, letter boxes are still a thing). Anyway, instead, mixtapes from my ears to yours are available on mixcloud, where there is no need to craft hand-written labels that demonstrate my love and affection. Mostly, these mixtapes are what I’ve been listening to during the week; new releases, tunes I’ve encountered for the first time, old favourites and stuff I’ve dredged up – you know the score, you’ve got your own music collection. Hope you enjoy. x

United by music…

United by music, a shared experience and a selection of tunes that includes Michna, Beta Librae, Ghost of Vroom, Guy J, Innellea, Overmono, Plaid, Alison Goldfrapp, Sofia Kourtesis, Amtrac, Bdrmm and more.

Track List

  1. Gabríel Ólafs – Bambaló
  2. BVG – Sunday Morning
  3. Alex Kassian – Strings of Eden
  4. Guy J – 94 Blossom
  5. Midwife – Hounds of Heaven
  6. Ane Brun – Hand In The Fire
  7. Rahill – I Smile for E
  8. Michna – Lunchbox
  9. Ghost of Vroom – Pay the Man
  10. Plaid – Shackbu
  11. Alison Goldfrapp – Digging Deeper Now
  12. Karl Biscuit – Hierophone (Avalon Remix)
  13. Snowedin – Rabbit Valley (Chris IDH & Söhns Remix)
  14. Innellea – Red Thread 
  15. Hector Zazou – The Light Gave Us Away (Deep Mix by Herbert)
  16. Cptn Jay – Almost Home
  17. Sofia Kourtesis – Madres
  18. Amtrac – Little Tokyo
  19. Beta Librae – Penny Universities
  20. Auto Repeat – Mad Cow (Carl Craig Remix)
  21. salute – Peach
  22. Overmono – Calling Out
  23. Bdrmm – (The Silence)
  24. Snowedin – Rabbit Valley (Reprise)
  25. Tim Green – Time Doesn’t Have to Heal

The place that you are now…

A selection of tunes to see in a bounteous, flowery May including Avalon Emerson, Innellea, Talaboman, Jessie Ware, Baby Rose, Skinny Pelembe, Joy Oladokun, Indigo de Souza, Wallice, Dove City, Klur and more.

Track List

  1. Elle King – Little Bit Of Lovin’
  2. Avalon Emerson – Dreamliner
  3. Innellea – The Conclusion – Five Phases Project
  4. Talaboman – Discodrums
  5. Jessie Ware – Beautiful People
  6. New Breed Brass Band – Drop It How You Feel It (feat. Trombone Shorty, 5th Ward Weebie & Wild Wayne)
  7. Baby Rose – I Won’t Tell
  8. Skinny Pelembe – Hardly the Same Snake
  9. Joy Oladokun – We’re All Gonna Die
  10. JFDR – Life Man
  11. Labrinth – Everything
  12. Indigo De Souza – Always
  13. Wallice – Rich Wallice
  14. Dove City – Coal In My Chest (Frankey & Sandrino Remix)
  15. Klur – Heart To Heart (Polar Inc. Extended Remix)

Magnolia Trees and Flexi Sex…

A selection of tunes including Alfa Mist, Charles Oliver, Overmono, Lindstrøm, Easy Star All-Stars, Lael Neale, Esther Rose, Zombie Juice, St. Paul & The Broken Bones and more, along with some salacious excerpts from Jonny Trunk’s Flexi Sex compilation.

Track List

  1. Folky Fenella & Jonny Trunk – Folky Fenella From Dorset
  2. Alfa Mist – Variables
  3. Charles Oliver – A Glimpse From The Other Side
  4. Overmono – Is U
  5. Worldtown Soundsystem – Another One (feat. Zeek Burse)
  6. Alphawezen – Into The Stars (Firebirds Remix)
  7. Vitalic – My Friend Dario
  8. Rodrigo y Gabriela – True Nature
  9. The Fall – Theme From Sparta F.C.
  10. Pearl & The Oysters – Fireflies
  11. Lindstrøm – Lovesick
  12. Easy Star All-Stars – Hang on to Yourself (feat. Fishbone and JonnyGO Figure)
  13. George Kranz – Din daa daa (Original Version 1983)
  14. Lael Neale – I Am The River
  15. Esther Rose – Spider
  16. Jonny Trunk & Rosie & Nobbie – Rosie & Nobbie
  17. Zombie Juice – Mindful
  18. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Magnolia Trees

Connecting Points…

“The zero-degree parallel of latitude is fixed by the laws of nature, while the zero-degree meridian of longitude shifts like the sands of time…since time sets its own tempo, like a heartbeat or an ebb tide, time pieces don’t really keep time. They just keep up with it, if they’re able.” – Dava Sobel, Longitude.

A selection of tunes to navigate our way through time, including Fruit Bats, El Michels Affair, Abraham Alexander, Dave Okumu, Temples, The Tallest Man on Earth, Fenne Lily, Bonobo, Kyson, Thylacine, Shlohmo, Hypnagog, Rich Aucoin, Rone and more.

Track List

  1. Boogie Belgique – Fabrica
  2. El Michels Affair – Protocol
  3. Abraham Alexander – Déjà Vu (ft. Mavis Staples)
  4. dj poolboi – don’t be so hard on yourself
  5. Fruit Bats – Meridian
  6. Thylacine – Duduk
  7. Shlohmo – Rained the Whole Time (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
  8. Kyson – No Such Thing As Me
  9. Weval – Day After Day
  10. Dave Okumu – Streets
  11. The Tallest Man on Earth – Bless You
  12. Fenne Lily – Pick
  13. Temples – Liquid Air
  14. Hypnagog – Just Breathe
  15. Grennels – Reverberate
  16. Fila Brazillia – Room ’96
  17. Genius of Time – Tuffa Trummor Med Synt
  18. Grand Soleil – Horizon
  19. Rich Aucoin – Space
  20. Bonobo – Fold
  21. Max Cooper – Solace In Structure
  22. Rone – Flamenco Vibes
  23. Boogie Belgique – Mercury
  24. L.B. One – Origin, Pt. 1
  25. Temples – Movements of Time

The uncertain glory of an April day…

“O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day” – Shakespeare.

Track List

  1. The Watersons – Three Day Millionaire
  2. Martin HERRS – Do We Love Each Other
  3. Everything But The Girl – Nothing Left To Lose (Four Tet Remix)
  4. TIBASKO – Isolate
  5. Young Fathers – Shame
  6. Pottery – Smooth Operator
  7. Steve Mason – Brothers & Sisters
  8. Steve Cobby – The World and Your Place In It
  9. KUF – Patterns
  10. KAYTRANADA – Bus Ride
  11. Leif Vollebekk – Transatlantic Flight
  12. Half Moon Run – Then Again
  13. Phoebe Bridgers – Motion Sickness
  14. Leaving Laurel – you need to be there for them
  15. The Range – Bicameral (Tourist Remix)

Play, play and play…

Something to eat your eggs to at Easter. With tracks from Lou Rawls, Yaeji, Daughter, Yaya Bey, Quantic, Ben Lamar Gay, Blondshell, ĠENN, Wednesday and more.

Track List

  1. Lou Rawls – Lifetime Monologue
  2. Cannonball Adderley – Fun In The Church
  3. Bobbi Humphrey – Jasper Country Man
  4. Metrophonics – Latin Racer
  5. The Three Sounds – Repeat After Me
  6. Quantic – Time Is the Enemy
  7. Ben Lamar Gay – Bang Melodically Bang
  8. Yaeji – Fever
  9. Blondshell – Joiner
  10. Daughter – Party
  11. Wednesday – TV in the Gas Pump
  12. ĠENN – Duda Dance
  13. El Michels Affair – Reasons
  14. Yaya Bey – blessings

Thinking about what music is…

“I have been thinking about what music is for a long time. Maybe half a century. And I’m still thinking and asking myself what music is. Of course, nobody has an answer.” – Ryuichi Sakamoto, 1952-2023.

Track List

  1. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
  2. Ryuichi Sakamoto – A Pile Of Time
  3. Alva Noto – Trioon I
  4. Yellow Magic Orchestra – Firecracker
  5. Steven Perri – Street Scene
  6. Soulful Torino Orchestra – Soul Burger
  7. Milano Jazz Dance Combo – Turn Up The Heat
  8. 6ix Toys – Do Your Thing
  9. B. Cool-Aid – ChalkRoundIt
  10. Pursuit Grooves – Brave Soul: Precious Observation
  11. Rebelski – Unlikely Tale
  12. Coi Leray – Players
  13. Catey Shaw – Revolution
  14. Camille – Ta Douleur
  15. morgxn – home
  16. boygenius – Satanist
  17. The Wave Pictures – I Love You Like A Madman
  18. Joy Division – Atmosphere
  19. Marianne Faithfull – Dear God Please Help Me
  20. Leonard Cohen – Closing Time
  21. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Thousand Knives

Drawing on a long tradition…

The world continues to go mad. But the Anti-social Behaviour Action Plan should sort everything out, eh? Nah, of course not. At least we’ve still got music. Tracks from The Fall, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Oscar Brown Jr, Billy Valentine, Depeche Mode, Ólafur Arnalds, Lauren Early, Arooj Aftab, The Antlers, M83 and more.

Track List

  1. Ólafur Arnalds – and we’ll leave it there…
  2. Chaim Topol – Tradition
  3. Ólafur Arnalds – and we’ll leave it there…
  4. Arooj Aftab – Sajni
  5. The Antlers – I Was Not There
  6. Billy Valentine – We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue
  7. Oscar Brown Jr. – Brother Where Are You
  8. M83 – Kool Nuit
  9. Depeche Mode – People Are Good
  10. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – I Still Owe You Everything
  11. The Grits – Black Sambuca
  12. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Cities In Dust (Extended Version)
  13. The Fall – Fibre Book Troll
  14. Yello – Bostich (N’Est-Ce Pas)
  15. The Tesco Bombers – Break The Ice At Parties
  16. Girls At Our Best! – Politics!
  17. Lauren Early – Good Girl Bad Boy
  18. Billy Valentine – The World Is A Ghetto
  19. The Jesus and Mary Chain – April Skies

Behold, my friends, the spring is come…

“Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the Earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!” – Sitting Bull.

A selection of tunes to see in the warmer times, featuring Jodie Langford, Joe Chambers, Young Fathers, Sleaford Mods, Ill Considered, GROVE, James Brandon Lewis, Emerson Kitamura and more.

Track List

  1. Emerson Kitamura – 帰り道の本
  2. Joe Chambers – Caravanserai
  3. Ill Considered – Dawn Lit Metropolis
  4. James Brandon Lewis – Someday We’ll All Be Free
  5. Passiflora – SOMS
  6. Galt MacDermot – Coffee Cold
  7. Emiliana Torrini – Hilton
  8. Yazmin Lacey – Bad Company
  9. Hot Mustard – The End of Time
  10. Edie Brickell – Go Where The Love Is
  11. Samm Henshaw – How Does It Feel
  12. Jodie Langford – Catching X’s
  13. GROVE – Feed My Desire
  14. Dame Area – Esto me pertenece
  15. Sleaford Mods – Smash Each Other Up
  16. Young Fathers – I Saw
  17. Alabama Shakes – Always Alright

Never knowingly or recklessly misleading…

From my ears to yours – 20 tunes and the added bonus of some Boris Johnson fantasy privileges committee findings. Includes tracks by DJ Koze, Sabo, Martin HERRS, Speaking In Tongues, Lucky Daye, Yasmin Lacey, Ezra Williams, Jen Cloher, Kate NV, Steve Mason, Yves Tumor and the lovely Gabriel Moreno. Consumers of TV will also recognise a couple of nods to HBO’s The Last of Us.

Track List

  1. Max Richter Orchestra – Richter: On the Nature of Daylight (Orchestral Version)
  2. DJ Koze – Blissda
  3. Sabo – Bomeno
  4. Martin HERRS – Night Call
  5. Yves Tumor – Echolalia
  6. Steve Mason – Upon My Soul
  7. Chiiild – (Running Out Of) Hallelujahs
  8. Lucky Daye – Feels Like
  9. Yazmin Lacey – Legacy
  10. Ezra Williams – Deep Routed
  11. The Lazy Eyes – Fuzz Jam
  12. Kate NV – d d don’t
  13. Jen Cloher – My Witch
  14. Cmat – I Don’t Really Care for You
  15. Faux Real – Kindred Spirit
  16. Speaking In Tongues – Ultralights
  17. The Rutles – Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik
  18. The Heavy – How You Like Me Now
  19. Linda Ronstadt – Long Long Time
  20. Gabriel Moreno – We Can Write England All Over Again