Phantom

(December 17th, 2012)

I wanted to challenge myself with this one.  I wanted to swing all over the place and take you on a journey.  You go from experimental modern classical to chamber pop to folk to pop to electronic to chill wave to trip-hop to lo-fi to contemporary singer-songwriter to alternative to psych-folk to minimalist pop to electronic folk to americana to electronic rock to indie to post-rock to chill wave again before trip-top again and finally some hard-to-define Clark with a layered ending that brings you back to the beginning.

With Patrick Watson, M83, Flying Lotus, Mum, Ensemble, Tropic, Clark, Prefuse 73, Yo La Tengo, The Helio Sequence, Ned Collette and Wirewalker, Groove Armada, El Perro Del Mar, Heather Woods Broderick, Jonny Greenwood, Thom Yorke, Moonswift and Sand Snowman, Elbow, The Gentleman Losers, Cass McCombs, and that's it.

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Drifters II

(November 22nd, 2012)

DWNLD!

There's only two songs with vocals (maybe three, but I'm pretty sure the third is just wordless vocals), there isn't a lot of upbeat, builds that find epic climaxes, nor are there any pop tunes to carry the mix along its three hour journey.  This mix is the rare opportunity I give myself to make an ambient and quiet mix that eases more than it pleases.  It is my C H I L L  O U T session and it is complete with,
Unlearn, Ass, Silver Pines, Aphex Twin, Aus, Lisa Gerard and Pieter Bourke, Funki Porcini, Lisa O Piu, Cock & Swan, Vieo Abiungo, Beggin Your Pardon Miss Joan, Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook, Cliff Martinez, Brian Eno & Harold Budd, Gustavo Santaolalla, A Winged Victory For the Sullen, Orcas, Patrick Watson, Morelenbaum & Sakamoto, Hans Zimmer, Clark, and Stars of the Lid.

RELAX.  Chill out.  And hopefully enjoy the next three hours.

Hell To Meet You

(September 18th, 2012)

...Hell To Meet You, it took us an earthly hell to meet, or the hell we put up with, or the hell to it.

After finishing Smokey Face I had a challenge to make a mixtape that still felt fresh, as diverse as that last one, and to also out do myself.  I owe a lot to a certain mix by Jazzanova and and another one by Bent that blew me away at mixtape perfection.  As per usual I take you on an acoustic journey from harsh harmonic electronic sounds and distortions to a beachy pop dream then washing that away with a darkly-lit scene deep in the woods and there comes the bridge.  We come out of that with a smooth-at-the-same-time crunchy sounds of electronic music then rock then jazz rock then new wave then alternative rock and then it ends on a good note before concluding....music by Thom Yorke, Jed and Lucia, Taken By Trees, Patrick Watson, Here We Go Magic, Sun Kil Moon, The Chemical Brothers, Tortoise, Dymaxion, Bibio, Tim Knol, My Autumn Empire, Clark, Beggin Your Pardon Miss Joan, Cathy Davey, Spectrals, Bob Marley, Future Islands, Roxy Music, Destroyer, Jens Lekman, Rachel Grimes, and The Walkmen.

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Smokey Face

(May 15, 2012)

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The latest mix, SMOKEY FACE, is a regular chilled out album with music spanning genres and even has a Deftones song thrown in there.  The direction of this mix is kinda wild and untamed, and harder to describe so you should probably just listen up and get your own idea from it.

Music by Clark, Cocteau Twins, Ensemble, Cock & Swan, Holy Sons, Jim O'Rourke, Au, Quasi, Here We Go Magic, The Nocturnes, M83, Deftones, Daniel Rossen, The Clientele, Beach House, Spiritualized, Lower Dens, Yellowbirds, Oneohtrix Point Never.

Mainly new music from artists that normally don't have any association with each other so it's interesting to hear them playing alongside each other.  Dig in.

Space-Time Continuum

(August 29, 2007)

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From the summer of 06' to the summer of 07' I had become the Polynesiac.  I stopped working on the sequel to my first solo album, The Killegal: Morbidal View, for trip-hop music.  I had this whole concept going with tropical electronic-hip-hop music and would sample or create all my loops.  In the end I finished half the album and made this mixtape, which I introduce and close personally as The Killegal.

With that said, enjoy the lovely Tom Tyler along with Skalpel, Alan Moorhouse, Fila Brazillia, Red Snapper, Les Gammas, DJ Krush, The Cinematic Orchestra, Boys Band Trio, The Seatbelts (of the Cowboy Bebop fame), David Holmes, and Yesterday's New Quintet.

Voices

(February 10, 2012)

I hope you're ready for it, because it is going to slip right underneath you and you will slip and just maybe fall if you aren't.  For those who are ready here's the last mix I finished, and it comes to you with warmth that could only be from the heart, that sweaty bloody organ that never stops from the moment you're born to the moment you die (or had too much fried chicken and you were scared by some hoodlums).

With voices from Cass McCombs, Wilco, Holy Sons, Future Islands, Anna Calvi, Beach House, The Dears, Asobi Seksu, Girls, Junip, Laura Gibson, Jim O'Rourke, an 1970's Italian prog rock band called Latte E Miele, M83, Grimes, DJ Cam, Tennis, Bill Bragg, and more (yes, there's more).

What a wicked line up, dig it.  Come'on.

D-O-W-N-L-O-A-D - H-E-R-E

CE/DC

(November 10th, 2011)

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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

(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)

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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.