Thursday, October 21, 2010

Seasonal Tunes Mix Series Vol. 7 "crush"


This is most likely my favorite podcast to date.  Things came together so naturally, I had a lot of fun mixing this.  What an exciting time of year:  GRAPES! HARVEST! CRUSH!  I was in Austria last year at this time touring the Wachau and Kamptal/Kremstal and the smell of must and fermentation was EVERYWHERE.  I'll never forget those smells biking from one sleepy wine town to the next.  I think the key, for me at least, to remembering this trip so well was that all of my senses were constantly stimulated.  I'll never forget riding into Krems with all my shit packed on my bike and back, stomach full of beer & wurst, the smell of fresh grapes being pressed all around me, fireworks display in the distance, and my trusty headphones sealing the deal... making it one of the better moments in my life.

So I wasn't shooting for a particular theme with this mix but it came together in a similar organic way making it fit right into the harvest season.  There are lots of peaceful, ethereal moments on the mix that stand out, "Children Of The Times" by Irish Band & Planet Mu recent signing Solar Bears followed by "Waterparker" by Botany.  James Blake is killing it right now with some of the most original music I've ever heard.  "Don't You Think I Do" off the Klavierwerke EP is punchy yet extremely quiet.  The light knocks beside these wishy washy splashes shuffle me into a weird and happy mental space.  The only place I can think to travel after that is the Spanish islands where Young Turk's El Guincho  makes insanely cool modern tropicália.  "Bombay" totally snuck up on me a few months ago and I've been playing the hell out of it since.  The video...  well, I'm just gonna post it and let you decide for yourself (it's fucking great).  Gonjasufi's "A Sufi & a Killer," also a favorite album for the year, sees a remix album release that includes Bibio's take on "Candyland".  Debut album "Forget" from Twin Shadow is AMAZING.  Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys released "Shark Ridden Waters" as a promo for his 3rd solo album coming out soon (you can d/l the song on his site here).  and FlyLo kills his coworkers with this video.  Shouts to MWNL & Pitchfork.

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tracklist:

Darkstar - Gold
Deerhunter - Helicopter (Star Slinger Remix)
1000 Names - Pocket Calculators
Gonjasufi - Candyland (Bibio Remix)
Stereolab - Aelita
Diamond Rings - All Yr Songs
Twin Shadow - At My Heels
Siriusmo - The Plasterer of Love
Pariah - The Slump
Commix - How You Gonna Feel (Pedestrian Remix)
James Blake - Don't You Think I Do
El Guincho - Bombay
James Pants - 1988
Cassius - Brotherhood
Balam Acab - See Birds (Sun)
Solar Bears - Children Of The Times
Botany - Waterparker
Gruff Rhys - Shark Ridden Waters
Bjørn Torske - Versjon Wolfenstein
Flying Lotus - Kill Your Co-Workers

cheers, y'all
matty | ish!
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EL GUINCHO | Bombay from MGdM | Marc Gómez del Moral on Vimeo.