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Mixtape #15.

December, 2009: So 00's.

The end of the crazy year was near and the winter was starting to get harsh, thus really wanting to create a warm and fuzzy mixtape to celebrate this end. The general theme for that month was all about, indeed: compiling a best of, wether it be a collection of songs from '09, from the entire past decade, or a neat combination of both!
And because of my love for all sorts of combinations (of pizza hut and taco bell) I came up with a definite order of tracks: 2009, 2000, 2009, 2001, 2009 and so on untill I end it 'till the 20th song for this mix. Looking at this mixtape afterwards, it's really quite long, but at the same time kind of appropriate because it's a best of a decade after all. Coherently filled with my absolute favorite artists, I'm glad it turned out the way it did and that it's not exactly the same as my december mix from back in 2008, where back then it was a different kind of combination of recent and old discoveries made in that year. :)

There's also a hidden track in the last song of this mixtape performed by two friends of mine, for secretly introducing them online or so lol.


(artwork by Anorakhighst)

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01. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Hey Paul
02. Explosions In The Sky - Time Stops
03. Monsters of Folk - The Sandman, The Brakeman and Me
04. Gorillaz - 5/4
05. Matisyahu - Darkness Into Light
06. Low - Shots and Ladders
07. The Field - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
08. M83 - 0078H
09. Light Under Water - Awake
10. Descendents - Dog and Pony Show
11. Bon Iver - Blood Bank

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01. Yann Tiersen - 7:PM
02. dredg - Cartoon Showroom
03. The Album Leaf - Into The Sea
04. Zero 7 - Everything Up (Zizou)
05. Ulver - Solitude
06. Sonic Youth - Massage The History
07. Ef - A Tailpiece
08. Dinosaur Jr. - Imagination Blind
09. Startle The Heavens - Pearl


Mixtape #16.

January, 2010.

With a weird yet groovy mood we start off this new year. But yet again, lots of things were going on and changing, both of the good, bad, and I suppose ugly kind too. Relationships were failing, yet careers were evolving. But only the dreamers dreaming win. But instead of getting too moody, here's my first mix of this year: Individu Animal.
Sure, a furry fuzzy mix, why not. It's really one of those themes with endless and even more endless options, but that's what really makes it incredibly fun to work with. And yes I simply felt like naming the mixtape after one of the tracks appearing on it! Because that is still an awesome thing to do.


(artwork by Buckobucko)

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01. The Doors - Lions In The Street
02. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
03. Birdy Nam Nam - Violons (Part 2)
04. Anamanaguchi - Fast Turtle
05. Bullion - Long Promised
06. Celebration - Foxes
07. Sabrepulse - White Tiger
08. Nullsleep - Playful Panda
09. No Age - You Is My Hot Rabbit
10. Zita Swoon - Individu Animal
11. Jeniferever - Sparrow Hills
12. El Tattoo Del Tigre - Mambo Del Polytecnico
13. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Rat Race
14. Mimas - Cats On Fire
15. Snailhouse - Witches and Snowmen
16. Frightened Rabbit - Keep Yourself Warm
17. The Ancient Tapes - Exoskeleton
18. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
19. Seabear - Arms


Chain Mixtape I.

So at that time a lot of things were progressing and changing, just like the way things were going at the monthly mixtape forum by the way, what rulechanges such as no more mixpartners and all. Opinions were and still are divided I guess, but I go along with the flow in the end. At the same time I could look at things positively in a natural way, such as practicing with mixing in many ways. Such as this example: multiple chain mixing!

A couple of posts ago I made quite the elaborative message about it, but in conclusion it came down to this: I was inspired by the artist-linkeage theme itself, thus afterwards making a vaguely continueing chain mix every two months where the last bonus track on each mix shows what the first artist on the next chain mix will be!

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01. Jackie-O Motherfucker - A Mania
02. Atlas Sound - Borrowed Nostalgia
03. Black Lips - The Drop I Hold
04. MouseRocket - Place In Your Heart
05. Lost Sounds - Soul For Sale
06. Oblivians - Sunday You Need Love
07. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Sweet N Sour
08. Cibo Matto - Sing This All Together
09. Sonic Youth - Dirty Boots
10. The Cribs - Our Bovine Republic