There is no new Xmas mix this year.
But here are the old ones again in a playlist on MixCloud, here they are on YouTube, and here are the old blogposts:
And here are three tracks that would make the cut of the next mix, if that ever happens again...
20 Dec 2024
10 Dec 2024
Doof doof and Bluesky
If this festive season is starting to get a little too sweet and cloying, then cleanse your palette with this.
A solid hour of doof doof courtesy of yer man Teki Latex and his Hard House Special for Call Me Radio out of Nantes.
Also, I've pretty much ditched Twitter for Bluesky - @ceefaxoflife.bsky.social. It's not as fun, but it's a lot less vile. Plus no Temu ads and AI blue-tick replies.
Related post: Game On with Teki & Nick's Mixtape Quest Adventure
3 Dec 2024
Futureheads Buzz
Not one, but two Buzz Mag reviews in 2024. Heady stuff.
Anyway, this one was for The Futureheads - Decent Days & Nights: The Singles on Cherry Red.
Pretty sure I gave it five stars, but what can you do?
Decent Days & Nights: The Singles is out now.
Related post: Black Devil Disco Buzz (February 2024)
27 Nov 2024
9 in 1 (43)
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DJ Subaru - I ᐸ3 You
As mentioned in the last list, I was looking to add this track when I instead added the Prins Thomas remix of My Love. Turns out I <3 You is on the same EP. I blame YouTube search, the emoji in the title, the good lord, and everything apart from myself.
Aphex Twin - Carn Marth
Three 9-in-1s in a row with an Aphex track? I always thought this was called Corn Mouth. Not sure I can show my face in Cornwall again. (Carn Marth is a hill near Redruth, which I would've known if I'd finished reading Walking the Music of Aphex Twin).
Bill Nelson - Tender Is The Night
A second appearance for Bill Nelson in one of these lists, after When The Birds Return popped up in 9 in 1 (30). I need to delve into his back catalogue for more skewiff synth-pop gems from the 1980s like this.
I Start Counting - Talk About The Weather
Talking of skewiff synth-pop gems from the 1980s, how about this banger that came out on Mute?
The Whitest Boy Alive - Burning
Fun fact - this is the first-ever mp3 I bought off iTunes. Deeply Mid-00s coded. Love Erlend Øye's voice.
Electrelane - Saturday
I also really love Verity Susman's voice. And once again I commit on this blog to getting some Electrelane albums in my life.
Picross DS OST - Ambient
I'm now into Picross. And I'm gonna crack open Fruity Loops and Audacity to make a chopped and screwed remix of this gem by Nobuhiro Ōuchi, Masashi Sugiyama, and/or Ayako Yamaguchi for the Nintendo DS. At some point in 2025. Maybe.
Adam F - Circles
I could've picked a higher res/bit-rate video, but as I've said before, I like the grainy look and crunchy audio of stuff uploaded to YouTube over 18 years ago.
Q Project - Champion Sound (Total Science Remix)
Yep, as I approach peak mid-life crisis mode, I'm fully getting back into the drum and bass I listened to as a teen. God the sound that crashes in at 2:48. Off to Discogs I go!
Original image: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Related post: 9 in 1 (42)
25 Nov 2024
Kernowbeat!
Good post today, lads, and not just talking about my COVID booster appointment...
"Recorded in any feasible circumstance around Penryn & Falmouth", KERNOWBEAT! Vol. 1 is "a compilation featuring songs from various artists comprising the Cornish psych, punk & beat scene."
You can add krautrock to that list, lots of motorik drumming and scuzzy propulsive vibes.
And while there's nothing particularly groundbreaking here, it's still a really solid comp from a beautiful part of the world, with the top picks being The Heavenly Bodes - Captain Bligh and The Tantric Tantrums - Penryn Surgery 2...
Hopefully, I can catch some of the bands featured here when next down.
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