My musical listening time has diminished dramatically in the last year, since I finished my graduate degree and moved to full-time work in the transportation field. Unlike my past jobs, my work does not involve extended periods of concentration at a computer with the headphones on, and I don’t take in nearly as much music.
The main musical event of 2008 was a trip to Guelph Lake for the Hillside festival, with a great lineup—Broken Social Scene, Harry Manx and many many more over the course of a full weekend.
At any rate, I did put together a quick mix of some recent favourites for myself and anyone who’d care to hear it. Drop me a line to hear the mix.
- amon tobin. people like frank. jazzy drum & bass, from permutations, 1998.
- xploding plastix. more powah to yah. jazzy drum & bass, from amateur girlfriends go proskirt agents, 2001.
- v.l.a.d. transcom_t.v. techno, from D, 2002.
- mouse on mars. untitled states of. ambient / experimental, from agit itter it it, 2001.
- ml. sidedish. experimental, from everyone looks like somebody else, 2002.
- elliott smith. independence day. pop, from xo, 1998.
- harry manx. only then will your house be blessed. blues / world, from wise and otherwise, 2002.
- sufjan stevens. romulus. folk, from greetings from michigan! the great lakes state, 2003.
- yppah. again with the subtitles. downtempo, from ninja tune: you don’t know, 2008.
- radiohead. reckoner. rock / experimental, from in rainbows, 2007.
- kevin drew. fcked up kid. rock, from spirit if…, 2007.
- feist. past in present. pop, from the reminder, 2007.
- hot chip. playboy. soul / electro, from future sounds of jazz 10, 2005.
- caribou. melody day. experimental / rock, from andorra, 2007.
- milky globe. ode [scsi 9 moscow mix]. ambient, from susumu yokota: lo compilation, 2006.
- justice. newjack. electro, from t, 2007.
- gary davis. the professor’s here. disco, from four tet: dj kicks, 2006 (original release 1982).
- the herbaliser. gadget funk. funk, from ninja tune: you don’t know, 2008.