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CE/DC

2012-02-09T17:38:00.001-08:00

(November 10th, 2011)

I literally made this for my trip to NYC the next day and it didn't download to my ipod properly. Anyhoot, this is probably one of the best mixtapes I've made in a long long time and I still struggle to meet its perfect balance. I'm not even sure if I can be calling these things mixtapes anymore, mixes, and they're no longer under 80mins either too so that aren't even mix cd-r's.

To talk about the mixtape, it covers a span of music from 50 years back to today. I often find it easier to make mixes with music that is closer in year because of the vibe they portray as well as the sound aesthetic.

From the likes of The Herd, Cat Power, Jon Brion, Spiritualized, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Emiliana Torrini, Brian Eno, Kings of Convenience, David Gilmour, Bill Wells, Wilco, Bridget St. John, Donovan, Hope Sandoval, AA Bondy, Ohbijou, and Bryan Ferry to name them all. If you haven't liked any of the other mixes here but you're still willing to give this all a try, check this one, buddy.

PEACE.

Time We Disappear

2012-02-09T17:33:00.001-08:00

(September 25, 2011)

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This is one of those mixes that go in all sorts of directions and I'm not sure it works but it serves a testament to what I was listening to back then. You got a little bit of folk, chillwave, pop, electronic from AA Bondy, Ensemble, Atlas Sound, Bonobo, TV on the Radio, Twin Sister, Radiohead, Luke Temple, Elbow just to name a few. It's a big bad boy (BBB) so watch out.

Through The Night (Softly)

2011-12-14T09:58:00.000-08:00

(October 28th, 2011)

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Here's a mixtape for anyone that likes jazz or wants to get into it more. Ranging from 60s Blue Jazz to Nu Jazz of the late 90s and early 00s. From the likes of George Benson, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, The Cinematic Orchestra, David Axelrod, Lonnie Liston Smith, Ray Barbee and Mattson 2, Gammas, Deodato, Charlie Parker, Bob James, The Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Herbie Hancock, Orchestre National De Jazz, Skalpel, Pharaoh Sanders, and Dave Brubeck Quartet.

This is a massive mixtape, especially since I'm not longer thinking these will ever be put on to a cd-r I've been making them longer than 80mins. Enjoy.

Drop Trou

2011-11-30T17:30:00.000-08:00

(September 4th, 2011)

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A mix that implies exactly that, drop it, rip them draws off now, oh, wait, before you do that, stumble with your pants half off over to your computer, your mp3 player, your phone, whatever you got plugged into a set of speakers, and press play (after locating this mix). Let the moment take you, let these sounds be the soundtrack to whatever you're doing with whoever you're doing.

Music by Atlas Sound, Daft Punk, Bill Wells, Bibio, Talk Talk, Jazzanova, Doves, DJ Shadow, Bent, DJ Krush, Cinematic Orchestra, Royksopp, and much mo' mo' moan.

Say, why don't you, "Drop Trou", to this.

Drifters

2011-09-05T03:10:00.000-07:00

(August 11th, 2011)

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Yes, drift is right, drift is the way. Expect nothing alarming, nothing to make you run faster, but expect something to help you sleep, relax, chill, whether on an airplane flying to some island in the middle of the pacific or a subway train going to work, this mix will help you settle down and take a breather. I haven't made a mix like this, usually weeding in ambient tracks here and there, using them as hidden well before bringing things back up to the lively surface. No, this puppy is a solid ambient vacation, taking some of my favorite in the genre and throwing a time-less vessel of over eighty minutes into the mix. Dig in.

Dark Dark Crazy

2011-09-04T21:33:00.001-07:00

(July 26, 2011)

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No problem right now with making mixtapes, in fact, check back soon to check out some more. This is full of good stuff, I think you'll it, and the next couple.

From what I remember it starts off with a bang, it holds this pace for a while, then climaxes, and the mix goes into a mellow slow-going pace for the second half. This mix is longer than a cd-r, if you have been burning them for a roadtrip, better bring the ipod on this one. And the next for that matter.

Soundtrack To Summer v4

2011-06-26T19:55:00.001-07:00

(June 26th, 2011)

REJOICE! REJOICE! REJOICE!

For it is the summer, for we have a soundtrack!

EMBRACE! EMBRACE! EMBRACE!

Each other, for we have a soundtrack (to embrace each other to or with)!

YELL! SCREAM! KICK! BARK!

Take this feed, eat it with your ears, get down with the boogie, boogie this soundtrack!

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Music For Warmer Weather V2

2011-04-16T07:19:00.001-07:00

(April 15th, 2011)

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Yet another. But not just another. Here's the second installment of an on-going series of mixtapes that come out for the Spring season of mixtape goers.

As same as last year (well, not entirely the same), this mix will take you on a journey that doesn't just occupy one genre or theme, but travels to a series of islands of sound, and like the title entices, this is music for warmer weather. So hopefully this keeps you warm (or warmer) on those cool spring nights with the sounds of Bonobo, Toro Y Moi, Junip, Pandit, Yellowbirds, The High Llamas, Laura Veirs, Taken by Trees, Department of Eagles, Memoryhouse, Mr. Scruff, Akron/Family, Secret Cities, The Bees, Bill Callahan, Quantic & His Combo, and more! Yes, more!

Enjoy the warmer weather.

Ellipsis

2011-02-22T08:05:00.000-08:00

(February 17th, 2011)

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I want you to close your eyes, forget about the snow outside, forget how miserable or delightful it is outside, imagine through your windows is not a city, a town, and people walking around with too many clothes on, but that there is somewhere warm, perhaps blazing, with wavy air from the heat-heat-heat. This isn't music for warmer weather part two, this is for the last stretch of winter, when we are mad as hell and we are not going to take it anymore. Filled with sounds that can only exist on those moon-filled summer evenings, songs of summertime traveling, and places that do not exist in the real world. Let your mind trip, trip, trip.

Lost On Our Merry Way

2010-12-13T00:30:00.000-08:00

(December 12th, 2010)

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It's been a long time (long time). And after months of gathering songs, many attempts at mixing them together, and one pre-mix, I present you with the newest mix for this season (fall/winter). Go have an adventure, live something, and maybe this will be the soundtrack to that stuff that you're up to.

With The Bees, DM Stith remixed by Clark, Deerhunter, Arcade Fire, Tame Impala (again), Land of Talk, Animal Collective, Beachwood Sparks, Plants and Animals, Department of Eagles, A.A. Bondy, Laetitia Sadier, Breathe Owl Breathe, Get Well Soon, Gayngs, Populous, and Ernest Ellis.

Island of Rejects

2010-07-25T09:05:00.001-07:00

(July 25th, 2010)

/////////////D/O/W/N/L/O/A/D//////?//N/O/W///////////////////////////////////

If you're still here, if you're still with us, if you're ready and able, and you know what you want and what you want is more, then well, friend, you're in for a treat. Don't worry baby (dontworrrryyyyybaaaaby)

It's hot out, and it's far enough into summer we can feel bruised, beaten, but still feeling that freeing feeling of summer, so you can deal with whatever is going on. I want this to make you feel like running away, if only for the duration of a cd-r. I want you to explore your favorite parts of where you live with someone special, and if there's no special, then take the most specialist person you know, yourself.

Find that summer, and grab it real hard, and pull it down into the depths and watch the last of it bubble up. Yes, I'm talking all the way in the only way I know how to say going all the way, ballsdeep.

Enjoy the sounds of Beach House, Atlas Sound, Brightblack Morning Light, Alasdair Roberts, Crayon Fields, Washed Out, Sandro Perri, Pram, Josephine Foster, Picastro, Greg Weeks, Twin Sister, Tame Impala, Jose Gonzales, Ragnarok, and not to mention, The Beach Boys (and the song that IS the song of summer).

Soundtrack to Summer v3

2010-06-06T22:09:00.000-07:00

(June 7th, 2010)

DDDooowwwnnllloooaaaDDDDDD (or download)

With furious legs, I've been a part of some vicious dance-offs, where bystanders lose a drink or two, where slow-pokes get slammed aside, and where the song never seems to end as two wilder than wicky-wicky-wild-wild-ers decide to fight with their legs, their arms, their own dance, their dance.

To a bear who sings like grace, and fools a crowd of rowdies into harmony and play. Singing nah-nah-naaah-nah-na-naah. All the ladies, All the men, NOW ALL'N TOGETHER NOW.

For a bird in my hand, fallen from her tree. I wished I could teach you how to fly again. I wish I could take your sadness away.

THIS, this summer, this warm weather, this smile on your face, this grim on mine, you know I know what's up, and I know you know what's going on. It. is. all. around. us. now. This feeling we call summer. Now here's a soundtrack.

(w/Clientele, Morning Benders, Tame Impala, Phosphorescent (keep in mind I can't spell, so you'll have to change your track from phospherous to phosphorescent), Broken Social Scene, Twin Sister, Ed Sharpe, Adele Diane, Avi Buffalo, Vetiver, A.A. Bondy, The National, Midlake)

A Fourth of Faye

2010-06-05T23:02:00.001-07:00

(December 7th, 2008)

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(first of all, i would like to apologize for being absent for those still frequenting these grounds)

I remember a cold, a brisky cold, and bone-chilling day, and I remember feeling absolutely happy, crazy, and profoundly free. I was floating in the world I had forgotten. I was in a place that was something pure, angelic, and full of bliss. Maybe that won't come across in this mix, maybe it is a cold cut with moments of soft and warm feelings. And maybe this mix is too cold for such hot weather we've been having. But this mix is dear, it is special, and it needs to be out here for all of you to hear. Please, part-take.

Soundtrack To Summer V2

2010-05-25T05:31:00.001-07:00

(June 28th, 2008)

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Damn it feels good to get back in the city and to be sweating in my bed this morning, with the sun kicking my eyes balls and the sounds of summer feeding into my window. Let this next mixtape kick ya into a nice summery mood that gets you saying ITS ALL GOOD, BAB-BABEEEY. I hope this kicks your ass into summer gear if you're not already there.

With Doves, Feist, Jon Brion, Fleet Foxes, Stereolab, Wilco, Broken Social Scene, Sia, The Cinematic Orchestra, Josh Rouse, Mazzy Star, She & Him, Psapp, Jim O'Rourke, Radiohead, Elbow, Cibelle, and Doves.

Get ready for this bumrush!

The Soundtrack to Summer

2010-05-09T09:17:00.000-07:00

(August 2007)

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While I work on the newest mixtape (there's now four in the works) I wanted to throw this one into the mix. The Soundtrack to Summer is a collection of the summer of 07' for me, from a month in Hawai'i, running/biking in the rain, rooftop bbq's, fake prom, breakdancing, and everything else in-between. I can assure you this mix is for you, with Doves, Radio Dept., Stereolab, Broken Social Scene, Aimee Mann, Bill Callahan, Josh Rouse, Weezer, Beth Orton, Azure Ray, Radiohead, Sun Kil Moon, Ambulance LTD., Red Hot Chili Peppers, National, and more.

Don't let the soft intro get you thinking you're in for a mellow drive here.

Upon Dreaming

2010-04-26T04:01:00.001-07:00

(November 30th, 2008)

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I know it's been a while, and I don't know how much you missed this, but I can tell you how much I missed the feeling I get when I listen to this mix.

Where is that dreamy state that just feels so good it can't be true. Let's not wake up on this one. Be taken away to soft focused moments, of stars, and of romance underwater, featuring Iron And Wine, Jose Gonzalez, Reefer, Papercuts, Husky Rescue, Radiohead, Fleet Foxes, Peter Bjorn & John, Ane Brun, Tobias Froberg, Shelley Duvall (of all things) Sea and Cake, Ron Sexsmith, Seabear, The Beatles, and Anathallo.

Music For Warmer Weather

2010-04-07T11:17:00.001-07:00

(April 4th, 2010)

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ROCKINGYOULIKEAHURRICANE

Are you ready to get your groove on? Are you ready to be transported, teleported, reported to another world (in a non world-music way)? Are you ready (c.angel.m.f. whisper)?

Well here's a mix for you. It's loud, downbeat, upbeat, and all over the place in a good way. It's rock and it's roll, but it's also lo-fi, and pop. You got Air, you got Bjork, you got Thom Yorke, you got Daft Punk, you also have Boards of Canada, 4Hero, Zero 7, Orchestre National de Jazz, Blank Blue, Toro y Bio, Washed Out, Bonobo, Lykke Li, Morning Benders, Yppah, Clientele, Mos Def, and Sebastien Tellier!

Does that sound good? Does that sound great?

I think you'll like this, even if you didn't like the other mixes, this one is one for just about anyone (without saying you are just like anyone), it's just a really easy and easy-listening mix.

Fade Away

2010-04-04T10:17:00.000-07:00

(October 19, 2008)

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Oldiebutgoldie.

There's a warm place on the forest floor where leaves fade away into the soil and become one with the earth again. This is the same place where we find ourselves young again with those early discoveries. In a world still left up to our imagination, let us do exactly that, imagine. Of possibilities and of infinite moments, let this be the beginning of something great (because there is still so much more to be had, there is still so much to have lost only to be gained). And once we lost it all, we only have each other.

Get lost with Nick Drake, Peter Gabriel, The Acorn, Donovan, Department of Eagles, Elliott Smith, Iron & Wine, Seabear, Beth Orton, Jim O'Rourke, King Crimson, Fleet Foxes, Patrick Watson, Ane Brun, Jon Brion, and Bon Iver.

Does Destroy Us

2010-03-28T22:44:00.001-07:00

(March 29th, 2010)

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I remember how easy it was to make these mixes. The process hasn't changed much, it still takes a while, but when you're making your mixes for someone real special, they just come so easily. Perhaps I'm not making any sense, and I'm losing your attention before I even get down to my description of this mixtape on hand.

I wanted to make something fresh, something full of fullness, fruitful, and bursting with juice of all sorts. I want you to feel relaxed without being too relax. I want to take you away with a sound, an atmosphere, a chorus, and words. I want this to be a coming-back-home, and something new but familiar. Most of all, I want you to smile.

I really like your smile.

"Waiting, waiting for you, does this destroy us both, to fail with you, to drop out with you..." -This Guy

I am really rude, for a long time I've been meaning on getting someone I know, and in this case, love so much, yes, I'll tell you who this person eventually, but let me continue to flower her with how much she is just so grand, great, and wonder...my dear friend, Brooke Manning (Loom, or otherwise), when you see her live, you just want to go up to her and say thank you.

And the rest!

The Antlers, Mark David Ashworth, Josh Rouse, The Acorn, Death In Vegas, jj, Coeur de Pirate, Morning Benders, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Ed Sharpe, Digger Darnes, Josephine Foster, Heather Woods Broderick...

How We Say Goodbye

2010-03-19T07:29:00.001-07:00

(April 28th, 2009)

For Your Health! (download)

There's always something sad about saying goodbye to someone you really care for. But what about saying goodbye to someone you once was? What are the feelings mixed with that type of departure? To strip away, to put all the fragmented moments into a cigar box until the memory sweetens. I remember this was the easier way to say something that has always been hard to do. This sort of untilwemeetagain as you ride into the sunset and I ride into the darkness of the night.

Featuring High Llamas, St. Vincent, Joe Purdy, Elysian Fields, Elbow, Ruarri Joseph, Loose Fur, Broken Social Scene, Felice Brothers, Tara Jane O'Neil, Arborea, Magnet, and more if you can believe that.

repeat.

A Valley In The Heart

2010-03-13T09:54:00.000-08:00

(October 18th, 2007)

For Relaxing Times (download)

With a crease and with a fold; a shift, and descent to a place we are traveling to. There is something exciting in the not-knowing factor to what lies ahead of us. For this mixtape, I remind a time of a lot of new things, and I also remember driving through Alberta to reach British Columbia, where there are grand golden fields broken by a strong wind. Just beyond are the Canadian Rockies, and the whole place turns into a timeless valley. This mix is great for a lot of things, and I want you to find a new experience with it.

With M. Ward, Do Make Say Think, Emiliana Torrini, Kings of Convenience, Beth Orton, Valley of the Giants, Sun Kil Moon, Smog, Jim O'Rourke, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, and More.

Dealing with Dead Flowers

2010-03-03T22:27:00.000-08:00

(January 3rd, 2009: I remember feeling really lonely)

For your consumption (download)

And what happens when they aren't around, and all you have is what reminds? The things that drew you back to a time, and make you long for, are waiting, gone, or missing for an x-amount of time.

For a take-a-long, a journey seldomly taken, and taken alone. Of times of lonesomeness or for a mellow drive into the evening. For a day too bright for your tired eyes, and a smokey atmosphere you call your place of hiding. Let the tide roll back on this one. Let your body float, and as you wait for something to come washing back to shore.

Filled with Smog (Bill Callahan), Thief, my favorite Bon Iver song, Wilco, Doves, The Sea and The Cake, Kathryn Williams, Feist, Micah P. Hinson, Helio Sequence, Ned Collette (I tend to put them in every other mix, and only because I can't get enough of him, and I hope you can't either), Beth Orton, Jon Brion, and the rest I'll leave to your listening pleasure.

Grace Under Pressure

2010-02-27T07:31:00.000-08:00

(Grace Under Pressure, October 12, 2007)

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There's a definitive place for each of these mixes. With each one, a mark of movement through music and through time, and along the way there are certain people, key figures, who resonate with melody and rhythm.

Infinite Moments

2010-02-19T12:09:00.000-08:00

d o w n l o a d: For relaxing times, make it*

There are moments that seem to last forever, whether it is being lost with good company, or time spent in a particular space. Your mind seems to escape from a familiar notion of time for a moment that feels, at the time, endless, or rather, infinite. I've had a few of these, and the word infinite moment is now just a memory, but the feeling still resonates today, as time carries on how it always does; the clicking of the seconds, the hour knowingly passing, and the day ending very much the same as yesterday. Bring me back to yesterday for a moment, bring me back with the sounds, and images of those moments that still last, in mind, in crater of the past, to fill me with wonder and hope. Infinite moments not because they have passed, but infinite moments because they will happen again, and again. (repeat)

*with DM Stith, Little Wings, Bon Iver, Odawas, Beach House, Sara Lov, King Crimson, Grizzly Bear, Josh Rouse, John Lennon, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Marissa Nadler, Do Make Say Think, and Sigur Rós.

(Since You)

2010-02-14T08:10:00.000-08:00

(July 3rd, 2009)

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This is part two of my "going to Hawai'i" mixtapes. This one is a real special one for me, it was the only album we ever had in the jeep for my two-day stay on the island of Moloka'i. It filled my head with what my eyes were thinking of the landscape, an adventurous and an ever-changing landscape. This is also the last (and tenth in a line) of a collection of mixtape I made for a dear friend.

Escape Artists

2010-02-03T22:37:00.001-08:00

(March 10th, 2009)

Oh, you know you really wanna (download me)

I got into a conversation recently with a friend about Hawai'i, and it got me missing it real hard. So for this week and the next I'm posting mixtapes that I made while waiting to leave this slice of earth for another slice of earth I call h.o.m.e. Hopefully, these Hawai'ian getaway mixtapes give you something warm to put the mind while it sucks outside (and potentially, and unfortunately, in your place of residence). Hawai'i is waiting for you...

Away With Meredith

2010-01-28T07:29:00.000-08:00

(Away With Meredith, July 2008)

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A couple of years ago I ran into a troublesome girl with no direction. She asked me for help, and so I helped, and after that she still needed help so I gave some more. Eventfully she was leaving this place, and asked once more for some more help, and well, this is exactly what that help sounds like.

For an adventure in a new place, full of new things and whatnots, fancies and failures, and otherwise, this is your mixtape.

There's Sea and Cake, Donna Regina, Ambulance Ltd., Devendra Banhart, Husky Rescue, Jon Brion, Beth Orton, Bon Iver, Andrew Bird, and a few more.

Autoplayer

2010-01-19T03:00:00.000-08:00

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You want it. I got it. You say you want something that will get your body going. You say what has been done is too mellow, you think I'm too mellow. Well, here's something that will get you on your feet, with stirring butts and shaking heads. Something fully loaded, 80+ minute mix filled with the likes of m83, Fila Brazillia, TV on the Radio, The Chemical Brothers, Aphex, and a bunch of others.

The essential concept of this album is to put this sucker in, and just let it autoplay as your dj for birthday parties, barmitzahs, weddings, and sporting events.

Nothing Is

2010-01-12T03:09:00.001-08:00

(January 10th, 2009)

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Dear visitor, passerby, stumble-a-crosser, these mixtapes are dear to me, and hold a certain time together. Each mix ties me to a time in my life, and the people and sounds resurface upon each listening, for I have attached someone to each mix in dedication to them. This one, however is attached to no one in particular, and remains one of the hardest mixes to make for me, not in terms of skills or finding music, but just getting the right songs to create a certain atmosphere, and to give you a feeling like you're on some journey for the next 80 minutes.

Nothing Is features Beth Orton, Blue States, Boards of Canada, Get Well Soon, Goldfrapp, Ned Collette, Ohbijou, Red House Painters, Ruby Throat, Stereolab, Taken by Trees, just to name a few.

There isn't anything intense going on in life, so there are no intense emotions stirring around, all I have is my inspiration from distant memories, and a pocket full of new encounters.

Slow & Steady, Freddy

2010-01-07T13:03:00.000-08:00

(September 6th, 2009)

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You'll get Patrick Watson, Fruit Bats, Micah P. Hinson, Grizzly Bear, Felice Bros, and much more with this mixtape.

Perhaps I should use this opportunity to give you insight to each mixtape, this one marks a return; a return to place I left for six weeks, a place that was refreshed and busy with activity, a place far different from where I had been (my little escape I call maui). This mixtape marks a renewal and refreshment of spirits and of adventure into what felt like a new life.

I hope you enjoy it.

And in other news, the newest mixtape is 1/3 mixed, and I almost have the entire track list considered so just be patient with me, it will be well worth the wait.

A Winter's Heart

2009-12-28T00:00:00.001-08:00

(November 2007)

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Another for this cold and miserable season, another from a time passed. With plenty of Elliott Smith, Radiohead, Patrick Watson, Micah P. Hinson, and more, and did I mention covers too, yes, there's covers of some dear and beautiful songs that also exist alongside with their originators.

For an easy-going time, whether you feel like being lonely or in the company of someone special this winter.

For The Dead Days of Winter

2009-12-20T22:37:00.000-08:00

(December 2006)

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This time around I'm going even further back to year 2006. This mix is part of a series of trip-hop and the like, tapes (cds) I made while working on my own music for the genre.

For a relaxing time, whether that is riding on a train, or walking on a snowy day, or even for going to sleep, I recommend this pup for all of the above, and for you to create new scenarios with.

Enjoy.

When You're Here

2009-12-14T23:01:00.000-08:00

(Nov. 12th, 2008)

Download: When You're Here

Something more mellower, something more fuller in atmosphere, it's a real good one to dim the lights, light some candles, have a p.y.t.* over, and just look in each other's eyes for a long time. This puppy goes from electro-rock to dream pop to folk, all sorts of reverb, and echoes. ...this baby is one of my favorites, and it takes me to a good place every time, and now it's time to take you away on somewhere nice (just make sure to bring a p.y.t.).

*pretty young thing

OVER THE HILL (under the bridge)

2009-12-11T05:59:00.000-08:00

(Nov. 21st, 2009)

Download: OVER THE HILL (under the bridge)

Let's Get This Party Started.

Hello. This is new, this place, that is, and it is the home of my many mixtapes I've made for others, sometimes for individuals and sometimes for a bunch of others, but now in this context, for anyone, friends or strangers. I will avoid going on how much I put into each mix, but will explain, there are many influences for my mixtapes, and they're usually the people I encounter.

This week I wanted to start with latest.