(sorry, just came back from the mountains a few days ago)
So I went a little nuts reorganizing my webspace and reuploaded a bunch of mixes I’ve recorded over the last few years. I thought I’d make a post with all of em in one place, so here goes. Some absurd moments but what the hell (best believe I won’t be uploading the 1997-2005 archives). Just a note that these are live or with minimal editing so they aren’t gonna be bonkers multitracked joints or whatever, but straight ahead (at times messy) bedroom type mixes compiling music I like. Links and quick descriptions below. Please check em out and I hope you enjoy:
February 2006 (R.I.P. Dilla)-I used to record monthly mixes for friends and this is the one I put out shortly after Dilla passed. Like everyone I wanted to just throw together a few tracks that really symbolized his sound for me. The mix starts with this little tribute and then transitions into random weirdness (like just about each of these posted). 32 minutes.
March 2006-Another monthly mix. I posted this one cause it starts with probably my favorite blend I’ve ever done (“Kryptonite” and “Green Eyed Lady”). The of course there some Kylie, Shonen Knife, Tom Vek, Plant Life, Janet Jackson, Sean Paul into Gil Scott Heron, video game music…pretty typical for 06 but I had fun with it. 32 minutes.
Hollerboard (fathertronix iteration) Monthly Mix Competition Entry-As a former hollerboard junkie, this was my entry into the monthly mix jump. Curtis Vodka and I won in May 2006 and I was pretty stoked. (May 2006 was a rad month. turned 21, graduated berkeley, moved to Hawai’i to be a teacher among other things). It’s pretty much a jumble of uptempo stuff that I would often play at parties. Jesus I did that “stick dat thang out”/”around the world” blend wayyyyy too much. 37 minutes.
Soul Clap Premix – The homie Eskae was the first person to let me do a set in Hawai’i and this is a mix I recorded before playing at his party Soul Clap. (I don’t think I missed any of them while I lived in Hawai’i…so many good times. All respect to the whole Nocturnal Sound Krew for letting me get down on the reg.) It’s a lot of Bay stuff (i moved from there like 2 months prior). Mad Mistah FAB and then a little uptempo freakout. 32 minutes.
The Whipped Mix 2006 – So there was this girl, and I recorded a mix for her. Long distance relationships make you stupid. Too bad her mix in response totally blew mine out of the water. It’s quick and mostly just some random disco-y slow burner type vibe. I mean, it does start with the Micronauts “the jag” joint into “make it last forever,” so it can’t be that bad right? (or can it, I AM single, but there are some funny inside joke jams). 20 minutes. Recorded after DJing a middle school dance.
Dancehall Mix 2007 – After I moved to Hawai’i I was asked to record a dancehall mix for my brother’s friend. Here is what happened. Kinda runs the gamut in terms of styles. 43 minutes.
Nevermind- I started this mix with a lack of vision and it kinda shows, but it has some moments I love like the Sa-Ra/General Degree blend and the Plant Life/Frank Lee White blend. Starts with hip-hop (with lots of bay stuff again) into uptempo. 42 minutes.
Goodbye, Summer 07 – Straight up ADD style mix. Lots of quick blends of the stuff I was feeling at the moment, heavy on the mismatched hip-hop with occasional surprises (Public Enemy! Lil Bow Wow! Jungle Deee-Lite remix! Bjork!) proud of this one cause it really makes a lot less sense that even my typical pointlessness. was playing around with more attmpted precise drops and excessive, mismatched airhorns. 1 hour 4 minutes.
Bored.5 – Many of the songs I was playing in live sets at the time (mid-2008ish i think?) thrown together. Disco/house-y. 27 minutes.
Thanx – Basically a continuation of the “Bored” mix, this one has two sections: midtempo stuff (I was so reobsessed with Swing Out Sister when I recorded this) and house. I enjoyed doing the Beyonce “welcome to hollywood” and “work me goddamnit” blend here toward the end and i loved doing the claude von stroke/twista and pharrell blend that starts the second half live. Super fun to record this one and you can tell..cause it’s pretty sloppy at times. 70 minutes.
House Live at a House Party-I really can’t remember when this party was or what the hell the deal was, but I recorded this. They wanted electro-y stuff and were up for lots of a bit stranger types of dance musics, so I went pretty goofy with it. The end takes the cake for cheese house with calabria/azzido da bass/call on me/everybody’s free moments, not to mention nelly furtado and lloyd “dance remixes.” Good lord. First half was corrupted and this is what I recovered. Don’t judge me…It’s fun! 42 minutes.
February 09 Uptempo and Messin Around June 09 – Both from earlier 09, I was definitely in the same kind of mood recording both (hence songs appearing more than once. Both on the disco/house/boogie vibe. The June mix is a bit more even keeled and thought out (but yo, the february joint has the final edition joint that everybody is playing again cause of duck sauce). More info on the June mix here. 30 and 59 minutes respectively.
Podcast Dec 08 Pt 1 & Podcast Dec 08 Pt 2 – I recorded these with the hope that the LU/BGC co-conspirator would also record sections and we’d put out another podcast. New Year’s shenanigans got in the way and it never happened. I havent put these up before, but I think they’re pretty fun. Part 1 is pretty straightforward house/bmore-ish fare, Part 2 gets a little wacky with hip-hop, jungle, rock, whatevvvvvvs. 27 and 25 minutes.
The most recent mixes (links to posts with more info):
Return to Junior High (jungle)
Goodwill/No Frills (all goodwill vinyl mix)
September Messing Around
(holy hell, looking through iTunes there are about 6 mixes I didn’t upload cause they even sloppier! lord have mercy!)