Thursday, 9 July 2009
Summer Mix 2009 Part 1
The faster dancier Part 2 to follow when I'm 100% happy with it!
Summer Mix 2009 Part 1 - Right Click & Save As.
Tracklist -
Goblin - Opening To The Sighs
Human League - being boiled
Kelpe - Quick Broken Harp
Raymond Scott - The Rhythm Modulator
Jurassic 5 - High Fidelity
A Made Up Sound - Piste 15
Brother Bones & His Shadows - Sweet Georgia Brown
Black Sabbath - Behind The Walls Of Sleep
Frank Zappa - Willie The Pimp
DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat (Accapella)
Edan - Run That Shit!
Butthole Surfers - Hurdy Gurdy Man
Cyne - Automaton (Four Tet Instrumental Remix)
Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery Of Chessboxin (Accapella)
RJD2 - Let The Good Times Roll
Ween - Voodoo Lady
DJ Shadow - Organ Donor
MF Doom - Gazillion Ear
Roxy Music - Amazona
Jaylib - Starz
Dykehouse - The Unbearable Phatness Of Being
Kid Acne - 2 3 Break It...
Deerhunter - Strange Lights
City Center - Open/House
Grouper - Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
Can - Vitamin C
Kelis - Milkshake
Prince - Head
Soft Pink Truth - Everybody's Soft
Flying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish
Rustie - Clipper
DJ Grand Wizard Theodore - Fantastic Freaks At The Dixie
Para One - Clubhoppn
Mr Oizo - Positif
Herve - Who Da Champ
Crookers - Love To Edit
P.S. the idea for the mix from Can to Kelis was my good lady Kaz's idea and a damn good one at that!
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
5 Tons Of Flax

Hiya, new mix time. This is 1 hour 20 minutes of lovely tunes. All beatless ambience, plucked acoustic guitars, synths & field recordings. Best listened to on headphones in a horizontal position! Enjoy.
Monday, 2 February 2009
Dance Off 2008

I realise this is coming a little late as it is already the 2nd month of 2009 but... the attached mix is some my own favourite dance tracks of 2008 mixed into a nice CD length whole with a bonus track at the end from 2009! Its dance stuff all the way but theres a healthy mix of styles there to keep you interested.
Dance Off 2008
Here is a list of some quality CDs/records released in the year of our lord 2008:
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Deerhunter - Micro castle/Weird Era Cont.
Rustie - Zig Zag
Hud Mo - Ooops
Shed - Shedding the Past
Zomby - Liquid Dancehall, Where Were U In 92, Zomby EP
Skull Disco - Soundboys Grave Gets Desecrated By Vandals
The Count & Sinden - Hardcore Girls, Beeper
Helios - Caesura
Goldmund - The Malady Of Elegance
Xela - In Bocca Al Lupo
The Alps - III
Fennesz - Black Sea
Geeneus - Volumes 1
Appleblim - Dubstep Allstars Vol. 6
The John Baker Tapes Vol 1 & 2
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull
Carlton Killawatt Valley - Mi Cavalier
Claro Intellecto - Metanarrative
The Remote Viewer - I Can't Believe Its Not Better
Remerge - XXX
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Wednesday, 24 December 2008
Death of The Mixtape Xmas special 2008
I’m not gonna claim to have made the ultimate Xmas mix but I’m damn sure it’s the most demented you’re gonna hear this festive yuletide. Just as a few notes to give a little background to the choices- The 3 tracks by one artist are by Sufjan Stevens and are spread throughout the mix. All are from his Christmas songs 5CD box set that comes highly recommended (& is less than a tenner in some shops). As noted below all the interludes (& the Tony D’Money track) are from my favourite Xmas record ever, Cassette Boy’s Festive Christmas. Hell Interface are usually known as Boards Of Canada, this track was released along with the V/Vm & Gorse tracks on the infamous V/Vm Test Records label. The Fall track was a difficult choice, I nearly picked ‘No Xmas For John Quays’ but swayed towards ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ from a Christmas themed session they did for John Peel in 1994.
Anyways onto the tracklist –
Sufjan Stevens – Come On Lets Boogey To The Elf Dance
The Fall – Jingle Bell Rock
Tony D’Money – Gangsta Wrapping
Bodenstandig 2000 – Weihnachten Auf Hawaii
James Brown – Soulful Christmas
Gorse – Christmas Time 99
Beck – The Little Drum Machine Boy
Sufjan Stevens – The Little Drummer Boy
Ween - Silent Night
Andy Williams – Sleigh Ride
V/Vm – Erald Hark Angel
Sufjan Stevens – That Was The Worst Christmas Ever
Hell Interface – Soylent Night
All track interludes are from Cassette Boy’s Festive Christmas.
Death of The Mixtape Xmas special 2008
Thursday, 18 December 2008
Death Of The Mixtape Vol 4.0 Dec 2008

Sponsored by Richard Digance
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
Death Of The Mixtape Vol 3.0 Nov 2008
Monday, 17 November 2008
Death Of The Mixtape Vol 2.0 Nov 2008
Give it a go & check out the document for a tracklist & more info.
Document of Death Vol 2.0Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Death Of The Mixtape Vol 1.0 Nov 2008
Sponsored by Mandrill
Monday, 6 October 2008
Songs For Swigging Drinkers
Songs For Swigging Drinkers
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Squarepusher Mixes
These 2 mixes are a celebration of that feeling of being smashed repeatedly around the head with a 2lb lump hammer. In a good way.
Squarepusher Mix 1.0
Squarepusher Mix 2.0
If you like the mixes why not go spend some cash.
Tom deserves it!
Boomkat
Bleep
Warpmart
Also, why not check out some of Toms brother Andy 'Ceephax Acid Crew' Jenkinsons stuff while your there, especially the Exidy Tours CD or the Acid Quakers EP if you can get hold of em.
Sunday, 15 June 2008
Dubstep Mix
Dubstep 2008 Redux
Some further Reading/listening -
Dubstep Wiki
Skull Disco
Bass Clef
Burial
Pinch
2562
Soul Jazz
Hyperdub
Dubstep Allstars 6 Mixed by Appleblim
Classic Tectonic compilation
See the 2007 album reviews as well.
Friday, 23 May 2008
Ween Live @ The Village Dublin Pictures
If you squint hard enough on one picture you might make me and my better half out!
WEEN IN ACTION
Massive props to Beana Bern for taking these pictures.
[Edit]
The Full Set list all 3 glorious hours of it...
The one I have here may not be that accurate. Memories are hazy.
Fiesta
Take me Away
Transdermal Celebration
Nan
Common Bitch
Bananas
Spinal Meningitis
Learnin to Love
Piss up a Rope
Voodoo lady
Your Party
AIDS
Light me Up
Buckingham Green
Johnny on the Spot
Object
Zoloft
Even if you Don't
Touch my tooter
Fat Lenny!
Goin gets tough from the getgo
Ocean man
Gabrielle
Pandy
My own bare hands
Final Alarm
Booze me up & Get Me High
Blarney Stone
Encores:
Stallion Pt3
Tick
You Fucked Up
Mister Richard Smoker
LMLYP (About 20 minutes long)
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Discotech 103-130
Discotech 130#
Super mega party dance mix time!! As promised (months ago) this is primed for the dancefloor & sounds quite nice blasting out of a good car stereo. Hip hop, disco, funk, breaks, house and a splash of indie.
Thursday, 10 April 2008
The Horror
Major pace change here. Instead of the usual beats & stuff this mix is a sedate and at times quite moody piece. It utilizes a combination of Soundtrack music (Some of which was downloaded from the excellent Manchester Morgue blog) and original material from a few different sources (Including the Type & Digitalis samplers from Boomkat)
There are some lovely piano pieces on there as well as some drone & some electronics & orchestral stuff.
May post something a bit more upbeat next (or maybe not). I've been going through the hard drive and will pop up something good ASAP.
The Horror 01
The Horror 02
The Horror 01
Donald Rubinstein - Halloween (Martin OST)
Ennio Morricone - Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura (Cold Eyes Of Fear OST)
Peter Broderick - Another Glacier (Type Records)
Sylvain Chauveau - Composition 8 (Type Records)
Unknown - Figments Park (Dawn Of The Dead OST)
Ennio Morricone - Humanity Part 1 (The Thing OST)
Xela - Drunk On Salt Water (Type Records)
Howard Shore - TV Or Not TV (Videodrome OST)
Gianluca Becuzzi & Fabio Orsi - The History Knocks My Bedroom Door (Digitalis Records)
Earth - Lens Of Unrectified Night (Southern Lord Records)
The Horror 02
Thendof - --- (Mobeer Records)
Ennio Morricone - Fondate Paure (Ipecac Records)
Marc Wilkinson - Angel Naked (Blood On Satans Claw OST)
Stars of the Lid - Hiberner Toujours (Kranky Records)
Donald Rubinstein - Modern Vamp (Martin OST)
John Carpenter - Mirror Image (Prince Of Darkness OST)
Claro Intellecto - Beautiful Death (Modern Love Records)
The Lost Domain - Breaking The Days Comes To Me (Digitalis Records)
Ennio Morricone - Un Uomo Da Rispettarre (Titoli) (Ipecac Records)
Stars of the Lid - The Daughters Of Quiet Minds (Kranky Records)
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
Spartak Mixtapes On The Wheels Of Steel Vol. 1
I will apologize for the (lack of) mixing but "it's all about the tunes man", and there are some top songs on here, some old, some new all quality. It has a mostly Hip Hop feel but stretches out to fit some Dubstep, Techno and even a nice surprise at the end.
Hope you like it.
Tracklist -
Harmonic 313 - Problem 1
Hud Mo - Oops
Rustie - Jagz The Smack
Anonymous - Special Blends Track 03
Bass Clef - Zamayatin Tapes Vol 1 Track 01
John Carpenter - Assault on Precinct 13 (Main Theme)
Unkle - Drums of Death (Feat Kool G Rap)
Kid Acne - Eddy Fresh (Gescom Dub)
Hud Mo - Jelly & Jam
Brothomatates - Arcola 001 Side A
Shackleton - Death Is Not Final
Pole - Winklestreiben (Peverelist Remix)
Appleblim - Vansan
Panda Bear - Take Pills
The Happy Hammond - Can't Buy Me Love
Wednesday, 6 February 2008
Friday, 4 January 2008
Happy Birthday To Me! + Cheeky Minimal Techno Mix
Went to see I Am Legend on the IMAX screen at the printworks which was a lot better than I thought it would be, and although not a patch on the peerless original novel or NOTLD which took influence from the novel, was an enjoyable waste of 2 hours.
Anyway onto the mix. To provide contrast with the slightly populist nature of my previous mix this is a full on minimal techno workout that starts off nice and easy before becoming more complex in the middle, adds a touch of dubstep/techno then goes totally mental at the end.
Cheeky Techno - Right Click & Saveas
This mix is required listening aboard the Satellite of Love.

& because its my birthday here's a picture of Ween for no other reason than I like Ween.
A lot.
Thursday, 3 January 2008
Verfremsdungseffekt The Mixes
Struggling as I am to get my box net to post to my blog I've decided to go old skool on your ass and added direct links to the files.
Part 001
Part 002
Part 003
The meaning of Verfremsdungseffekt
The crew of Outpost 31 have had this mix on while playing computer chess and arguing.
Monday, 24 December 2007
Best Of 2007 (Not necessarily in the correct order)
Digital laptop reggae made in the former East Germany! Top beats & bass action with all manner of binary code dub slop thrown on top. This is exactly what King Tubby would sound like if he was raised in the film Tron. Can you really get any better than a computerised cover version of Lee Scratch Perry's Doctor On The Go with the Bomb #20 scene from Darkstar sampled on top? The Jahtari website (Disrupts home turf) has a free download of a dub version of the International Karate + theme! Geek Dub heaven!
2 Burial - Untrue (Hyperdub)
Mysterious Dubstep/2-step producer Burials 2nd album follows on from where the 1st left off but with a little more light & shade. The vocal samples that adorn the majority of the record give it a poppier feel that never lapses into cheesey, and it still carries the Bladerunner sheen that made the first record so good. Deserves to be talked of in the same hushed reverence as 'Selected Ambient Works 85-92', 'Timeless' & 'Leftism'. Class.
3 Porn Sword Tobacco - New Exclusive Olympic Heights (City Centre Offices)
Static drenched ambience, narcotic lullabies, 70's wildlife film soundtracks. This is the sort of music that Boards of Canada used to promise in the late 90's but dont really deliver anymore. PTS's 3rd album brings equal amounts of atmosphere, melody and mischief to the table. The only problem is the very silly band name which always gets laughed at when people ask me what i'm listening to. Other than that there is plenty to recommend here (however difficult that is).
4 Ween - La Cucaracha (Rounder)
Classic Ween! All the stuff that makes Ween so great is right here. Whatever they turn their hands to comes up purest brown in the very best way. Particularly surprising is Geners cheeky English sneer on the new wave rocker Shamemaker and his Anthony & the Johnsons type croon on Lullaby. Deaner comes correct too with the balls out offensive rocker My Own Bare Hands and the sweet philly soul of Sweetheart In The Summer. (I am biased though because Ween are my favourite band in the world ever. Hail the Boognish!).
5 Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric 36 (Fabric)
Minimal Techno / Ketamine House! Not Rickys best (That honour IMO goes to 2005's Achso EP) but still offers the highest quality minimalism you can lay your hands on in 2007. Ostensibly a mix CD for the Fabric series, it actually holds all brand new Villalobos material and should be considered as his latest album. 4/4 beats with rattling, at times ethnic percussion builds to euphoric proportions without ever submitting to the bloated excesses of most modern dancefloor house.
6 Skull Disco - Soundboy Punishments Vol. 1 (Skull Disco)
The ascent of Dubstep in 2007 has thrown up some weird and wonderful styles, none more so than Shackleton & Appleblim on their own Skull Disco label. Eschewing the UK garage & D&B breakbeats of most Dubstep in favour of African styled drums & elements of dub techno, the soundboys also knock out bass drops that could fell elephants from 50 metres. This is the compilation of the 1st 4 Skull disco 12"s along with tracks for other labels and (IMO) it's a truly original psychedelic dance record that sounds like nothing else in 2007 (or any other time).
7 Stars Of The Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline (Kranky)
I heard one track on this album from a Kranky sampler last year and fell for Brian McBride and Adam Wiltzie straight away. This double album has a majestic quality without being overbearing, too tuneful to be considered ambient but too spacious to be modern classical. Songs start and seem to hover around melodies before woodwind and brass cut through the electronic fuzz. Every melody is beautiful and never outstays its welcome & theres a deadpan sense of humour at work, exemplified by the Fulhum FC sample and title reference on Dopamine Clouds Over Craven Cottage.
8 Various - Now We Are Ten - A Trunk Records Sampler (Trunk)
Not really much you can say about Jonny Trunks label other than its one of the the most consistent and challenging labels on earth. His amazing ability to uncover buried treasure has seen him accused of being a witch or a timetraveller! Although a bit too heavy on the flute at times, Trunk 1st cut price sampler shows the spread of music they have gifted us from weird jazz to horror soundtracks, primitive electronica to 70's kids tv folk music and a cheeky (at times filthy) sense of humour. (includes the number 27 smash hit The Ladies Bras, at 36 seconds the shortest song ever to chart!).
9 Panda Bear - Person Pitch
With a printed influence list longer than most peoples record collections, Panda Bear (Noah Lennox to his mates) could be accused of stretching himself too thin. On repeated listening however, all the distinct strands of music from 60's pop through to Berlin dub techno mesh together to make a record that is as lovely as it is (at times) disorientating. The stock comparison of "Brian Wilson with a sampler" isn't too wide of the mark especially considering how ace that would be.
10 Xela - For Frosty Mornings & Summer Nights (2007 Edition) (Type)
Recorded between 2000 & 2002 while Xela was working at Halfords then released in 2003, then re-released in 2007 with new artwork and a couple of extra tracks. Despite the years involved it still sounds remarkably fresh. Glitchy electronics and hip hop beats frame the sublime melodies but the joy here is how understated the whole lp is. The best track Bobble Hats In Summer moves at a snails pace with a drum loop that sounds like it was built from heavy machinery before a classical piano interlude sparks the song into life about 5 minutes in. Pure class from one of the best electronic artist in music today.
Honourable Mentions
11 Deepchord Presents Echospace - The Coldest Season (Modern Love)
Deep wintery dub techno.
12 Kid Acne - Romance Ain't Dead (Lex)
South Yorkshire Hip Hop!
Wednesday, 5 December 2007
We Got It Covered
The cover version is much maligned artform mainly thanks to total tosspots like Mark Ronson. Its not all bad though as the attached mix demonstrates. Lots of cool tunes you'll know and some you won't. On some you might know the tune but not who's doing it or recognise the song and not know it was a cover. You can have some fun by trying to identify the song, who's covering it and who recorded the original (If thats what gets you off!) Guaranteed Ronson free!
Tracklist - 1. The Slits - heard it thru the grapevine (Marvin Gaye)2. Devo - (I can't get no) satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
3. The Clash - police and thieves (junior Murvin)
4. Squarepusher - love will tear us apart (Joy Division)
5. The Beach Boys - walk on by (Dionne Warwick)
6. Massive Attack - be thankful (for what you've got) (William DeVaughn)
7. Erma Franklin - light my fire (the Doors)
8. Stevie Wonder - we can work it out (The Beatles)
9. Dexys Midnight Runners - breaking down the walls of heartache (The Bandwagon)
10. Morrissey - thats entertainment (The Jam)
11. Dinosaur jr - just like heaven (The Cure)
12. Dean Carter - jailhouse rock (Elvis Presley)
13. Dead Kennedys - viva las vegas (Elvis Presley)
14. The Dickies - paranoid (Black Sabbath)
15. Ananda Shankar - jumping jack flash (Rolling Stones)
16. The Fall - mr pharmacist (The Other Half)
17. Ella Fitzgerald - sunshine of your love (Cream)
18. The Housemartins - he ain't heavy (he's my brother) (The Hollies)
19. George Faith - I forgot to be your lover (William Bell)
20. The Beat - tears of a clown (Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)
21. A Certain Ratio - shack up (Banbarra)
22. Cake - I will survive (Gloria Gaynor)
23. Scott Walker - Jackie (Jacques Brel)
24. The Jam - batman theme (Neal Hefti)
We Got It Covered - Right click & saveas
Saturday, 1 December 2007
Day Of The Derp Part 1
Bub says "uuuurrgh uuuuuurgh" which can be loosely translated as "Bub like music, Bub like brains" We salute you Bub!
Day Of The Derp 001.mp3Wednesday, 28 November 2007
The Funky Redux
This mix combines the best bits and pieces of mixes I did this year combined with lots of new stuff I like to form probably the best mix I have ever, ever done.
Punky funk, funky punk, hip hop, house, minimal techno, pop, northern soul, dubstep, indie, garage rock and I think thats it. If you have a passing interest in dancey sorts of music there should be something there for you. If you would like a tracklisting drop me a line and we'll get it done.
My main man Dolemite says "Check out the mix, you no-business, born insecure, jock-jawed, mutha f**kas!"
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
First Tings First
Here is the first bit of a mix I knocked together earlier this year. It uses A number of Beastie Boys Accapellas they gave away on their website a while ago and I've spliced them with some cheeky dance tracks and some of their own stuff to passable effect. In time I hope to post the other 2 mixes that complete the set but I wanted to post a favorite of mine as the first addition.



