When I make a mix I try to imagine a time and a place. It helps me to set the tone and put together the playlist. That's why there's some waffle around each track.
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I started this mix as a father of none. I wasn’t intending to dedicate it to my new daughters. They weren’t supposed to be here until the end of October. But it now feels like I should. Especially as it was put together as Sophie, unbeknown to either of us, went into the early stages of labour.
Eleanor and Josie were born 12 weeks premature and are naturally very tiny. They’re still in hospital as I write this but they’re getting stronger every day. The mix was finished off two weeks later. And I am now the father of two amazing little girls.
Girls, this is for you x
Note: It’s a bit less 4/4 than normal…
Tracklist:
Maybes - Mount Kimble
Moth - Burial and Four Tet
Klinik - Scuba
Isolate - Phaeleh
Acid Bells (Martyn’s Bittersweet Mix) - Efdemin
Diamond in the Dark - Damian Lazarus
Doors of Perception - Data ft Cell
Oceanography - ASC
Song About My Dog - Bop
Wonder Where - D Bridge
Muted (Original Mix) - DatA
Empty Streets - Cyantific
In For the Kill (Skream’s Let’s Get Ravey Mix) - La Roux
Sir Gordon Jumpmeister III - Martsman
Theme From Harajuku Station - Naibu
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Anyway I went up to the loft, opened the skylights, and this popped out. It’s perhaps got a bit more of a old fashioned house feeling in places than normal. But I think in general the sound works OK. And the Apparat remix at the end is stunning (as usual).
Pray (Mike Dunn’s Blackbal Instrumental Mix) - Mina Jackson
Modernism Begins at Home - Burger Voigt
Pale Horses (Apperat Remix) - Moby
Pulsewidth - Aphex Twin
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This was done at the weekend when it was nice and sunny outside. I popped open the skylights and the first fresh air of the year entered the loft…
I’m not sure exactly where this mix fits in the world. I’d like to think I could pull off a morning slot on a sunny terrace somewhere, but I think they’re becoming increasingly the kind of mixes that only elderly folk will like ;-)
Tracklist:
Midtown 120 Intro - DJ Sprinkes
Mystery of Nazereth - Marco Bernardi
Twighlight (Layo and Bushwacka mix) - Unkle
Light Through The Veins (Ewan Pearsons Downtown Lights Mix) - Jon Hopkins
Poisson Pilote - Rone
Amish Kid (Sasse Remix) - Phonogenic
Lovelee Dae (Tanner Ross & KiloWatts Remix) - Blaze
Inner 8 (Dexters DXR Mix) - Alton Miller
Roman - Trickski
Ellelli (Kalabrese Remix) - Madioko N Rafika
Guinea Pig (DJ Kozes Vocal Variation Remix) - Ben Watt
Song for Marie and Elise (Aeroplane Remix) - Lullabies in the Dark
Well this mix was recorded when it was so cold in the loft that my fingers were numb. Hopefully it hasn’t led to it being a crock of crap.
Actually I think I’m pretty chuffed with how it turned out. It’s quite chugging and if I had to pick another word, perhaps brooding. Deep and dark brain music…
I’ve never been one for giving pretentious names to mixes. Until now.
Apricity is such a great word, it means: the warmth of the sun in winter. And that’s the sound I was trying to create in this mix. Something that’ll make a chilly walk to work just a little bit warmer.
Tracklist:
The Model - Overproof Sound System
Flashback (Jazzanova’s Breathe Easy Mix) - Fat Freddy’s Drop
Absynth (Marcus Worgull Remix) - Projections vs Woolfy
Keep Believin’ - Tensnake
White Diamond - Hatchback
Zillion Lights - Raz Ohara And Djuma Soundsystem
Paris (Aeroplane Mix) - Friendly Fires
Little Bit (Loving Hand Mix) - Lykke Li
Donut - M.A.N.D.Y. and Booka Shade
Guinea Pig (Vocal Variation Mix feat Julia Biel) - Ben Watt
Winter - Aril Brikha
I’m In Love With A German Film Star (Gui Boratto Mix) - Pet Shop Boys and Sam Taylor Wood
Iridium (Superpitcher Remix) - Lullabies In The Dark
I was walking round the city thinking about the gloomy outlook. When. Bosh. Straight in my earhole. A shaft of feel-good music entered. And you know what, for a moment, I felt good.
So I figured I’d try daubing a 30 minute wad of feel-goodness onto the internet to see what sticks.
Smornin - DJ Koze
Little bit of feel good - Jamie Lidell
Can’t Stop Moving - Sonny J
Electric Feel (Aeroplane Rmix) - MGMT
Lights and Music (Boys Noize Mix) - Cut Copy
I Found U (High Contrast Old Skool Revenge Mix) - Axwell
A small outdoor stage at a nice laid-back festival. The sun is going down. People are varying from rosy-cheeked to costa-del-sol-holidaymaker-red. There’s been a few flagons of cider tucked away. But people are about ready for some action…
In reality I was in Brighton, it was raining, again.
Tracklist:
Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap
Roter Platz (Original Mix) - Burger, Voigt
(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan (Superpitcher Kompakt Remix) - Dntel
August 2008 - Trapped in the loft with no sign of summer.
In my head I was mixing for here:
Space, Ibiza. 6pm Sunday evening. I’m happy to clear the dancefloor with a slow opener. I need to draw a line between me and the guy beforehand (he wasn’t all that).
In reality I was in Brighton, it was raining.
More banging than I’d normally go. Not too much. Just a bit of up-for-it-ness in the middle. It was a bank holiday and I was trapped indoors by the rain… I can’t get enough of track 2 - it just works…
Tracklist:
Raz Ohara The Odd Orchestra - Kisses (Pantha Du Prince Remix) [Get Physical Music]
The Shortwave Set - Now Til ‘69 (Aeroplane Remix) [Wall of Sound]
