Random Mix - 2010_2

Quite pleased with the number of different genres I squeezed in to this... Tracklisting... 1) DJ Koze - Don't Lose My Mind From the album, Amygdala. 2) Zo - Say How You Feel From the album, SunStorm. 3) Marc Mac - Reflection Time From the album, Message from Soulville. 4) Charles Bradley - Dusty Blue (feat. Menahan Street Band) From the album, Victim of Love. 5) Mavis Staples - Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) From the album, One True Vine. 6) !!! - One Girl / One Boy From the album, Thr!!!er. 7) Bilal - West Side Girl A Love Surreal. 8) Peach Kelli Pop - Tuscon Song From the album, Peach Kelli Pop. 9) Sweet Baboo - Twelve Carrots of Love From the album, Ships. 10) Disclosure - Latch feat. Sam Smith (T. Williams Club Edit) From the single, Latch feat. Sam Smith. 11) Annie - Invisible From the A&R EP. 12) Raashan Ahmad, Sarsha Simone, Ty - Music From the album, Ceremony. 13) Mount Kimbie - Made to Stray From the album, Cold Spring Fault Less Youth. 14) D Bridge - Death of a Drum Machine From the EP, Move Way. 15) No Age - Defector/ed From the album, An Object. 16) Little Boots - Crescendo From the album, Nocturnes. 17) Serafina Steer - The Moths Are Real From the album, The Moths Are Real. 18) Erling - unmagic From the album, Fraillaments. Thanks to Dave Simpson for the recommendation. 19) The Leisure Society - Fight For Everyone From the album, Alone Aboard the Ark. 20) Georgiana Starlington - Moonlight From the album, Paper Moon.

Here's a random mix of stuff I listened to in the 1st quarter of 2013. Tracklisting... 1) Nosaj Thing - Light III From the album, Home. I can't get enough of this track. 2) Gil Scott-Heron - Who'll Pay Repetations On My Soul? From album, The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Originals. Who indeed? 3) Daphni - Coz-Ber-Zam Ne Noya (Daphni Rmx) From the album, Jiaolong. 4) Oddisee - Let It Go From the album, People Hear What They See. 5) Marc Mac - New Awareness From the album, Extend The Knowledge. 6) Concrete Knives - Bornholmer From the album, Be Your Own King. 7) Darwin Deez - Redshift From the album, Songs For Imaginative People. 8) Lee Fields - Cutting Out (On Me) From the album, Let's Talk It Over. 9) Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark) From the album, II. 10) Ty Segall - Ramona From the album, Reverse Shark Attack. 11) Foxygen - San Francisco From the album, Foxygen. 12) Parquet Courts - Yonder Is Closer To The Heart From the album, Light Up Gold. 13) Theme Park - A Place They'll Never Know From the album, Theme Park. 14) FaltyDL - Uncea From the album, Hardcourage. 15) Ossie - Find It From the single, Ignore. 16) Kraak & Smaak - My Synths Are The Bomb From the album, Electric Hustle. 17) We Have Band - Visionary From the album, Ternion. 18) Bill Fay - Never Ending Happiness From the album, Life Is People.

Don't push me cos I'm close to the edge, I'm trying not to lose my head... It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under... Tracklisting... 1) Cris Prolific - Music Is (feat. Ursula Rucker) From the album, Art/money. 2) 14KT - Blindsided From album, A Friendly Game of KT. 3) Hawthorne Headhunters - Yellow Cougar From the album, Myriad of Now. 4) MF Doom - Peach Extract From the album, Special Herbs, Vols. 9 - 10. 5) Visioneers - Come Play in the Misty Night From the album, Hipology. Great cover of a Stereolab track. 6) DTMD - Sea Me Sun From the album, Makin' Dollars. 7) Freestyle Fellowship - We Are From the album, The Promise. 8) Fantastic Mr Fox - Speak Nuh From the San'en EP. 9) Kraak and Smaak - Forget About You (feat. Lee Fields) - Max Sedgley Rmx From the album, Mixed Feelings. 10) Tony Allen - Kilode - Carl Craig Rmx From the compilation, Tapes by Foals. 11) Charles Bradley - Trouble in the Land (feat. Menahan Street Band) From the album, No Time For Dreaming. 12) Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - I Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Is In From the compilation, Daptone 7 Inch Single Collection. 13) Hooded Fang - Vacationation From the album, Tosta Mista. 14) Allo Darlin' - Wonderland From the album, Europe. 15) Standard Fare - Dead Future From the album, Out of Sight, Out of Town. 16) Oberhofer - Away Frm U From the album, Time Capsules II. 17) Modeselektor - Blue Clouds From the album, Monkeytown.

I made this mix back in March, then my laptop broke down so I'm only getting around to uploading it now. This was cutting edge stuff 4 months ago honestly! Play it loud! Tracklisting... The 2 Bears - Church From the album, Be Strong. Side project of Hot Chip's Joe Goddard. Cracking album. Django Django - Waveforms From the eponymous album. Casiokids - Det Haster! From the album, Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen. Love this album. They are Norwegian in case you were wondering. Diagrams - Black Light From the album, Black Light. Boards of Canada - Telephasic Workshop From the album, Music Has the Right to Children. Cake - Teenage Pregnancy From the album, Showroom of Compasion. Plug - Back on Time From the album, Back on Time. I was listening to this album and thinking it sounded like it could have been made in 1996 (it turns out that it was of course). Funki Porcini - King Ashabanapal (Dillinja Mix) From the album, Hed Phone Sex. As featured in the ColdCut Journeys By DJs Mix. Burial - Kindred From the Kindred EP. I can't tell you how good this track sounds played loud over a good PA. Gonjasufi - Nickels and Dimes From the MU.ZZ.LE EP. First Aid Kit - King of the World From the album, The Lion's Roar. Swedish Folk. Theme Park - A Mountain We Love From the single, A Mountain We Love. Jazzanova - No Use feat. Clara Hill (Lensco Remix) From the album, Upside Down. Objekt - Porcupine From the single, Cactus. Radiohead - Staircase From the single, The Daily Mail. Post War Years - That's All From the album, The Greats and the Happenings. Tennis - Take Me To Heaven From the album, Young and Old.

Back with the first installment for 2011. Apologies for any missing a's in this blurb. My laptop has gone on the blink and all the a's were painstakingly added in using the Windows on screen keyboard. Anyway on with the music. Tracklisting... Eagle Nebula - Unbreakable Or Nebs as she is known to her friends. From the Love Bomb EP which is available as a free downlod from http://eaglenebula.bandcamp.com/album/lovebomb-ep. Produced by the mighty Daru Jones. "They try to break me down but I'm not an enzyme", I'm not convinced this makes much sense but it sounds cool! Photek - This City From the Avalanche EP. The return of Photek after a long hiatus. Moonstarr - Don't Sweat It This is old school Moonstarr. From the archive album which is a retrospective of previously unreleased material from the last decade. Tony Allen - One Tree From the album, Lagos No Shaking. Tony Allen was the drummer in the legendary Fela Kuti's band. Joan As Police Women - The Magic From the album, The Deep Field. Joan Wasser's 4th album and best so far IMO, highly recommended. Timber Timbre - Demon Host From the album, Timber Timbre. Recorded in a wooden shack in the wilds of Canada, probably. The Tallest Man on Earth - Tangle in This Trampled Wheat From the EP, Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird. Otherwise known as The Swedish Bob Dylan (By me at least). The Low Anthem - Matter of Time From the album, Smart Flesh. Beutiful album this. Not one to listen to if you are feeling in any way emotionally fragile though. Girls - Heartbreaker From the Broken Dreams Club EP. The Notwist - This Room (Rmx by Four Tet and Manitoba) From the album, Neon Golden (Deluxe Edition). This album was originally released in 2002. Not sure when this remix came out originally. Thanks to Dave Simpson for the recommendation. Model 500 - OFI (Mad Mike rmx) From the single OFI on R&S Records. Raffertie - Horse Flesh From the Rank Functions EP. I picked this one up from the Bleep.com top 100 tracks of the year which is always worth a listen. Fantastic Mr Fox - Sketches From the Sketches EP. Cracking EP this. The Mummers - Your Voice From the Mink Hollow Road EP. Pete and the Pirtes - Winter 1 This track is availble as a free download from Bandcamp: http://petethepirates.bandcamp.com/track/winter-1. Looking forward to the album. Smoke Fairies - Dragon From the album, Through Low Light And Trees.

Here is the 3rd quarterly mix for 2010. Dubstep went overground. Sufjan Stevens returned with first an EP and then a stunning album. Everything Everything released their debut. Aloe Blacc went soul. Dedicated to the new lady in my life Kimaya Ellen (aged 6 weeks). Tracklisting... Skream - Perforated From the album, Outside the Box. Dubstep goes overground. Pariah - Prism From the Safehouses EP. My new favourite electronic artist. Another cracking release on R&S records. Somehow manages to sound modern and retro at the same time. Darkstar - Aidy's Girl is a Computer From the album, North. Great title, great track. DMX Krew - Memory Theme From the album, The March to the Stars. Cracking album this. The XX - VCR (Four Tet Rmx) Nuff said. The Foreign Exchange - The Last Fall From the album, Authenticity. The Foreign Exchange are Phonte from Little Brother and Dutch producer Nicolay. Everything Everything - Two For Nero From the album, Man Alive. Cracking album although they never quite top the bonkers Suffragette Suffragette (see random mix 2009_2). David Karsten Daniels and Fight The Big Bull - Through All the Fates From the album, I Mean to Live Here Still. Highly recommend this album. Roots Manuva vs Wrongtom - Rebuff From the album, Duppy Writer. Roots Manuva - "It was as a kid. Before I even knew what a soundsystem was. I was walking past Stockwell skateboard park and there was this sound being set up. They were probably just trying out their speakers. I was with my mum, holding my mum's hand. And I remember my mum being quite intimidated by the whole affair. Such a barrage of bass coming from it! And these dodgy-looking blokes standing beside it just admiring the sound of their bass. It's just a bass thing. A volume thing. I don't know if I rose-tint the memories, but I remember it sounded so good, so rich. It's not like today when we go to clubs and it hurts. It was more of a life-giving bass." Aloe Blacc - Green Lights From the album, Good Things. Aloe Blacc goes all soul. Sky Larkin - ATM From the album, Kaleide. Health - Nice Girls (Little Loud rmx) From the album, Disco 2. Matthew Dear - Gem From the album, Black City. Deerhunter - Coronado From the album, Halcyon Digest. The sound of a band who are too clever for their own good sitting down and deciding to write some songs. Les Savy Fav - Poltergeist From the album, Root For Ruin. Les Savy Fav coming on all Velvet Underground. Arcade Fire - Month of May From the album, The Suburbs. Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill From the album, Treats. Skream ft. Freckles - How Real From the album, Outside the Box. Sufjan Stevens - Vesuvius From the album, The Age of Adz. You need this beautiful album in your life. The recent All Delighted People EP was cracking too.

Here is the 2nd quarterly mix for 2010. Some summer vibes and some post dubstep sounds... Tracklisting...Tuung - HustleFrom the album, ...And Then We Saw Land. Cracking album this. The Tallest Man on Earth - You're Going Back From the album, The Wild Hunt. Or the Swedish Bob Dylan as he has become known in our house. Love this album, highly recommended. Broken Bells - Vaporize Broken Bells are Dangermouse and the James Mercer from the Shins. Darwin Deez - Radar Detector From his eponymous debut album. Highly recommend this album - for the summer vibes. (Enjoy them while they last.) Race Horses - Pony From the album, Goodbye Falkenberg. The album is a really enjoyable listen even when they start singing in Welsh. Gold Panda - Before We Talked From the single, You. James Blake - Footnotes From the EP, CMYK. James Blake is a London producer. This EP is from the legendary R&S records. Ramadanman - Tempest From the single, Glut / Tempest. Can't decide which track I like the best - they are both great. Mount Kimbie - Carbonated From the album, Crooks and Lovers. Caribou - Sun From the album, Swim. Highly recommend this ablum also. Bonobo - We Could Forever From the album, Black Sands. Bonobo is a Brighton based producer. Gonja Sufi - Love of Reign From the album, A Sufi and a Killer. Produced by Gaslight Killer. Daedelus - Stampede Me From the album, Righteous Fists of Harmony. The Black Keys - The Only One From the album, Brothers. Ty - Emotions (feat Sarina Leah & Shaun Escoffery)(Waajeed Remix) From the single, Emotions. The Wave Pictures - I Shall Be a Ditchdigger From the Sweetheart EP. I have a real soft spot for this band. Great lyrics. The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio From the album, High Violet. Woodhands - Dissembler From the album, Remorsecapade. This is my favourite track of the year so far. It is pretty close to being perfect.

Here is the first of hopefully quarterly installments for 2010. Some of the stuff here I picked up on from all those best of 2009 lists. Some stuff from 2010 too of course. Shouts out to Sean as usual for all the recommendations. R.I.P. Mark Linkous Tracklisting... From the album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, one of the best albums of 2009 IMHO. They are French don't you know. Vampire Weekend - Diplomat's Son From the album, Contra. I was playing the album at home and Nish thought I was listening to Paul Simon. Martyn - Vancouver From the album, Great Lengths. Annie - Bad Times From the album, Don't Stop. Christian Prommer's Drumlesson - Planeteria From the album, 4 Hero Presents Extensions. Extensions is an album of re-interpretations of 4 Hero tracks. Planeteria originally appeared on the 1998 Mercury prize nominated album, Two Pages. Gil Scott-Heron - Your Soul and Mine From the album, I'm New Here. What a comeback record this was. The Antlers - Two From the album, Hospice. Hospice is a concept album about a man falling in love with a terminally ill bone cancer patient and then watching her die. Nice and cheerful then. Spoon - Out Go the Lights From the album, Transference. Other bands take note, Spoon just keep on churning out great albums. Preach Jacobs and Denz - Forest Whitaker From the Maple St. Sessions EP. Any rapper who name checks Stringer Bell and Avon Barksdale is OK by me. Mos Def - History feat. Talib Kweli From the album, The Ecstatic. Silhouette Brown - We Used to Run Steady From the album, Two. Silhouette Brown is Dego (4hero), Kaidi Tatham and Bembe Segue. Girls - Morning Light From the album, Album. Japandroids - Wet Hair From the album, Post-nothing Sparklehorse - Piano Fire From the album, It's a Wonderful Life. Mark Linkous very sadly shot himself a few weeks back. Georgia Anne Muldrow and Declaime - Mages Sages II From the album, SomeOthaShip. This track is produced by Flying Lotus. Chew Lips - Slick From the album, Unicorn. Really like this album, they are from Sauf London. Moderat - Rusty Nails From the eponymous album. Moderat are Modeselektor and Apparat. My Robot Friend - Failure From the album, Soft-core. Two Door Cinema Club - Eat That Up, It's Good For You From the album, Tourist History.

July was the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon mission and I watched this awesome documentary on the beeb, "For All Mankind". It has amazing footage of the Apollo missions and a Brian Eno soundtrack. Really inspiring stuff. So this mix has an Apollo moon missions theme. Don't worry though, it is still as random as always, so hopefully there will be a little bit of something for everyone. Just in case you are interested the moon rover pictured was part of the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. This mix is dedicated to all the brave men and women of NASA etc... Tracklisting... Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work Thanks to Sean's Glasto playlist for this one. This is the debut single from this Northern Irish indie band. Marc Mac feat. Preach - I'm Outta Here From the In Between The Lines EP Daru - Lean on Me From the album Spirit Drumz pt.2 Ms. Dezy - Dearest Daddy Produced by Ms One (Georgia Anne Muldrow), from the album Georgia Anne Muldrow Presents... Ms One Sa-Ra Creative Partners - Traffika From the album Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love. Sa-Ra are back and on point, "drug traffika, traffika..." Fol Chen - Winter, That's All From the album, Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made The Juan MacLean - No Time From the album, The Future Will Come. "I saw you dancing with the humans" Little Dragon - Blinking Pigs From the album, Machine Dreams, highly recommended. My Brightest Diamond - To Pluto's Moon (Son Lux Remix) From Shark Remixes Vol 2 Tom Trago - The New 3000 From the album, Voyage Direct on Rush Hour Records. Voyage Direct is an album of unreconstructed deep dance music, highly recommended. Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent) From the album, Apollo (Atmospheres & Soundtracks) Nosaj Thing - IOIO Nosaj Thing is an LA based producer. Funny name but good album. From the album, Drift Carlos Nino & Friends - 9 Moons Full From the album, High With a Little Help From on Kindred Spirits Dam Funk - Let's Take Off (Far Away) 12" on Stones Throw Records Mayer Hawthorne - The Ills From the album, A Strange Arrangement also on Stones Throw Records. Mortonette Stephens - Magic Walk Produced by Ms One (Georgia Anne Muldrow), from the album, Georgia Anne Muldrow Presents Ms One Theoretical Girl - Divided From the album, Divided Everything Everything - Suffragette Suffragette Is he really saying what I think he's saying? (Yes he is) Bombay Bicyle Club - The Hill From the album, I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose. They are from Crouch End and they appear to have been named after an indian restaurant chain..

This mix was supposed to be first of quarterly episodes for '09. I completed it some time back - then I after uploading it to Podomatic I realised that they were compressing my 192kbps MP3 files down to 96kpbs. So I decided to do move my podcast onto my own website where you can now enjoy the superior quality files. Then I got distracted, such is life... Tracklisting... Black Milk - Long Story Short feat. Dwele From the album Tronic, one of my favorite albums of '09 so far. Illa J - All Good Dilla's kid brother from the album Yancey Boys Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - White Jetta From the album Vs Children Black Milk - Give the Drummer Sum Black Milk on the helium, Quasimoto style, from the album Tronic Invisible - London Girl From the eponymous album, highly recommended Peter, Bjorn and John - Living Thing Peter, Bjorn and John pay homage to ELO, what's not to like? From the album Living Thing. Q-Tip - Manwomanboogie From the album Renaissance Cut Copy - So Haunted From the album In Ghost Colours VV Brown - Leave feat. Little Boots Little Boots - Love Kills From Little Boots EP The Wave Pictures - Leave the Scene Behind From the album Instant Coffee Baby Frida Hyvonen - London! From the album Silence is Wild David Sitek - With a Girl Like You Dave Sitek from TVOTR covering the Troggs, from the charity compilation album Dark Was the Night Asobi Seksu - Gliss From the album Hush Black Milk - Losing Out From the album Tronic Harmonic 313 - Quadrant 3 From the album When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence The National - Mr November From the album Alligator. My new favorite lyric is "I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders"