A dancing mix

My new music intake rate is still quite low. This year did involve some time digging through the crates for the most danceworthy music for the wedding, though. That process fed about 70% of the content in this mix, although very few of these tracks actually got played at the wedding.

We have gone to the Hillside festival the last two years, but I haven’t been quite as inspired by the acts as I was during my first visit to the festival. Patrick Watson and Holy Fuck are the two most notable exceptions, both delivering great sets.

There’s a heavy acid jazz / nu-jazz component to this mix. I have a particular soft spot for two of the final tracks here. The atmosphere of the Kruder & Dorfmeister Lamb remix is a little over-the-top, but remains my favourite acid jazz track of all time. The Herbaliser’s live rendition of “The Missing Suitcase” has been in my collection for a decade, but never really caught my full attention. The wedding hunt brought it to the foreground as a great, danceable, organic jazzy track – and dancing to it at the wedding with friends was a highlight for me.

So, download the mix here (for a few weeks only). The tracklist is below, also with the album/compilation where I first heard the tracks.

1. moondog. bird’s lament [henrik schwarz remix]. jazz + house, from dj-kicks – henrik schwarz compilation, 2006.
2. omar-s. flying gorgars. techno, from fabric 45, 2009.
3. the crystal method. blowout. big beat, from tweekend, 2001.
4. radioactive man. uranium. electro, from andrew weatherall – from the bunker (a rotter’s golf club mix) compilation, 2007.
5. the soft pink truth. promofunk. electro, from colette no. 5 compilation, 2003.
6. erlend øye. sheltered life / fine day. electro, from dj-kicks – erlend øye compilation, 2004.
7. daniel lanois. i love you. pop, from shine, 2003.
8. patrick watson. tracy’s waters. rock, from wooden arms, 2009.
9. radiohead. 15 steps. rock, from in rainbows, 2007.
10. skalpel. quiz. acid jazz, from skalpel, 2004.
11. thunderball. solar. downtempo, from modular systems compilation, 2001.
12. caribou. jamelia. electronic / rock, from swim, 2010.
13. holy fuck. stay lit. rock, from latin, 2010.
14. gorillaz. feel good inc. rock / hip hop, from demon days, 2005.
15. povo. uam uam [moonstarr remix]. acid jazz, from future sounds of jazz vol. 10 compilation, 2005.
16. the herbaliser band. the missing suitcase [session one]. acid jazz, from session one, 2000.
17. lamb. trans fatty acid [k&d session]. acid jazz, from kruder & dorfmeister – the k&d sessions compilation, 1998.
18. portishead. the rip. trip hop, from third, 2008.