Mix CD: Summer 2010
May 19, 2010 at 9:00 am 1 comment
We're all going on a summer holiday
This here blog has been a bit rubbish recently, hasn’t it? Too many dammed YouTube videos, not enough reviews of exciting new electronica LPs. Mostly, it’s been down to connect_icut/CSAF-related busyness, which is a pretty good reason, wouldn’t you say? Sadly, it’s going to get worse before it gets better. But this time it’s all down to a family vacation, which is an even better reason, wouldn’t you agree?
Will this make it any better: an obscure indie pop gem by an undeservedly overlooked Australian band from the ’90s? Dig that crazy sea shanty!
Even As We Speak – “Beautiful Day”
Not good enough, you say? Well then, how about some links to notable recent posts that you may have missed?
The Miracles Club – an appreciation
CRES Media Arts Committee Audio Art CD Series
What do you mean “pathetic”? Okay, okay, how about this here blog’s mix CD for summer 2010? Sure, it’s not really summer yet but some of us are taking our summer vacations now and you do seem to be getting rather impatient. So, you can download the whole thing by clicking on this link right here or simply listen to individual songs by clicking on the track-listing below (except for the mysterious first track – you’ll have to grab the whole mix to find out what that is!)
1. Mystery track
3. High Places – “On a Hill in a Bed on a Road in a House”
5. Serena-Maneesh – “I Just Want to See Your Face”
7. Oneohtrix Point Never – “Returnal”
8. The Miracles Club – “A New Love”
10. Dirty Projectors – “Stillness is the Move”
11. Joanna Newson – “Does Not Suffice”
12. Klimek – “Into Zero (with Hugo Race)”
13. Alva Noto – “Xerrox Monophaser Two”
14. Loscil – “Dub for Cascadia”
15. Johann Johannsson – “Part Five/The Sun’s Gone Dim and the Sky’s Turned Black”
16. Fennesz – “Szampler [extract]”
Satisfied now? Too much indie rock??? Tough!
Back in three weeks.
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