As you may know, I still occasionally put together little mix CDs. The purpose is usually just to squish a bunch of my favourite tunes into one album, to keep a sort of record of my tastes at a given moment, and to foist the music I like upon unsuspecting friends. After I listen to them dozens of times, the mixes tend to gather lots of sentimental associations. Whenever I hear the tracks on their original albums, they feel somehow wrong – I always anticipate the next track from the mix afterwards, and the real album feels surprising.
Anyways, a new mix. The themes this time? Well, a bit more cinematic than usual; the Amon Tobin and Joe Henry tracks belong in a movie, and Angelo Badalamenti scores all of David Lynch’s films. Plus, my appreciation of the Beastie Boys and Beck has grown since I started watching the fantastic Director’s Label DVDs from Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry.
My tastes do seem to be stuck in a rut that doesn’t extend far beyond 2002, but that may just be a result of spending too much time in library of older mp3s. Or it may just be a consequence of the precipitous decline in electronic music since around that date.
E-mail me if you want to listen to the mix. Assuming you’re someone I know, that is.
- tracy chapman. fast car. folk, from tracy chapman, 1988.
- sufjan stevens. the upper peninsula. folk, from greetings from michigan! the great lakes state, 2003.
- buck 65. wicked and weird. hip hop, from talkin’ honky blues, 2003.
- beastie boys. sure shot. hip hop, from ill communication, 1994.
- amon tobin. four ton mantis [radio edit]. drum & bass / breaks, from supermodified, 2000.
- blaze. lovelee dae [isolée mix]. electro / house, 1997, from miss kittin: radio caroline volume 1 (2002).
- redagain p & smash j. propella man. electro, 1999, from miss kittin: radio caroline volume 1 (2002).
- dj teebee. quiet moment [instrumental mix]. drum & bass, from the legacy, 2004.
- angelo badalamenti. the bookhouse boys. soundtrack / jazz, from twin peaks, 1990.
- joe henry. stop. pop / jazz, from scar, 2001.
- mocean worker feat. mahalia jackson. summertime / sometimes i feel like a motherless child. acid jazz, from home movies from the brainforest, 1998.
- the little rabbits. des hommes, des femmes, des enfants et le sexe. pop, from la grande musique, 2001.
- mouse on mars. schnick schnack meltmade. ambient / experimental, from autoditacker, 1997.
- plaid. porn coconut co. ambient / experimental, from double figure, 2000.
- beck. tropicalia. rock, from mutations, 1998.
- man or astro-man? tetsuwan atomu. rock / surf, from intravenous television continuum, 1995.
- broken social scene. superconnected. rock, from broken social scene, 2005.
- the most serene republic. epilogue. rock, from underwater cinematographer, 2006.