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Slowing up a little in posting as it's the cricket season (#UpTheCavs) but we continue...

Sunshine Jones - Fall in Love, Not in Line (Love Version)

I've had this list running for a while, so not 100% where I came across this, but I'm pretty sure it was Macca on his One Glove show on NTS in April, maybe even March.

Uplifting house with a right on message, you've got to love it.

Night Works - I Tried So Hard (Gold Panda Remix)

One of the delights of upgrading the Micro SD and resetting the play count on Musicolet (though thankfully keeping the carefully crafted playlists) is that older tracks crop up in the unplayed list. And this glitchy twisty gem was one of them.

Turns out I mentioned this remix 13 years ago on this blog, and the original made my Top 10 list of 2012.

Paul McCartney - Secret Friend (Full Length Version)

Really need to pull my finger out and buy McCartney II.

Danny Brown - 30

Another Musicolet pull-up. How have I had this on my phone for like a decade and not clocked the early Metronomy sample?

Zager & Evans - In the Year 2525

This came on 6Music when I was driving over to St Athan up the access road, and it just hit the spot.

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Dark Star

Slapped in a few tapes as the heat got up recently. I don't know why, but hot weather and cassettes just go together for me.CSN, the third studio album by Crosby, Stills & Nash, was one of them, a tape I inherited rather than lost during a house move years ago.

Is this yacht rock? Whatever, it works in the sun.

Mos Def - Beauty in the Dark (Groove with You)

Another one made for the sun, built as it is around an Isley Brothers sample. Or made with them. I'm not clear. It's smooth AF either way.

Casey Veggies - Back For Another One feat. Tyler, The Creator

Gotta say, Odd Future also sounds good in the heat too.

Missy Elliott - WTF (Where They From) feat. Pharrell Williams

A lot of hip hop in this list, huh. Always have time for Missy though. And that long bass sound. Yes, mate.

Image: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Barker Wander

There's a walking challenge at work, so I've been trying to get out and about.

I even risked a stream and lost signal around Llantwit, listening to Barker's Bleep Mix 300 as I went. 

And what a lovely mix it is too; spacey and ambient and perfect for getting lost to. Whether that's a wandering to get your 10,000 steps in or grinding through a job application (truly one of the worst experiences on Earth, second only to the actual job interview).

Anyway, I'm an old, old wooden man... can you still download Bleep Mixes? Or is it streaming-only now? Because I'd love to stick Barker's mix on a USB and find it again in 10 or so years.