Episode 92 - Not Quite Tripping on the Hops

Not quite trip-hop, certainly not illbient, yet still not electronica or IDM.  There is so much wiggle room in electronic genres.  Nonetheless, a fun mix to make and enjoyable for whatever your day may bring.

00:00 Isan - Re-Spring my Sing Reverse

05:33 Octant - Mince Up

08:54 Butthole Surfers - Junky Jenny in Gaytown

12:15 Fun>Da>Mental - When I Want Your Opinion

17:02 Medeski Martin & Wood - Start-Stop (DJ Logic remix)

23:18 Isan - Singing Bowl

27:44 M People - Just For You (Rae & Christian remix)

33:28 Hive - All over the Prelude

34:10 Red Snapper - Wesley Don't Surf

38:57 Rapoon vs Kinder Atom - Cookies

45:24 Medeski Martin & Wood - Dracula (remix)

48:58 Red Snapper - One Legged Low Frequency Guy

53:56 Tricky vs the Gravediggaz - Hell is Round the Corner (original mix)

57:32 Land of the Loops - France

photo credit: another treated photo from Paul

Episode 91 - To See the Almond Tree is to See the Way

More songs to sing along and bob your head to.

00:00 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Opium Tea

03:39 The Gaslight Anthem - Blue Jean & White T-Shirts

07:01 Dear Reader - Earthworm (All Hail our Ailing Mother)

10:55 The Stone Roses - Going Down

13:39 The Tallest Man on Earth - Love is All

17:49 Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)

22:23 J Mascis - A Little Ethnic Song

25:10 Donovan - London Town

29:08 Gregory Alan Isakov - Liars

34:19 The Tallest Man on Earth - Into The Stream

37:01 The Pastels - The Viaduct (Ian Carmichael remix)

41:44 Piano Magic - Amongst the Books, An Angel

45:58 Marc Gentry - Mariposa

48:32 Of The Wand and The Moon - A Tomb of Seasoned Dye

53:56 Labradford - Accelerating on a Smoother Road

58:00 Novy Svet - Origen

60:02 Sonic Boom - Overture

61:45 Spacement 3 - So Hot (Wash Away All My Tears)

photo credit: stock image of almond tree

Episode 90 - Harder Alternatives

Edgier and noisier alternative rock.  Some great covers in this mix and classics I had almost forgotten about until I began compiling this outing.  

00:00 Snowpony - 3 Can Keep a Secret (If 2 are Dead)

03:32 Catherine Wheel - Crank

07:09 Fudge Tunnel - Don't Have Time For You

09:59 Vanishing Life - Forgiven Forgotten

12:12 Starry Smooth Hound - Dreamt U in a Dream

16:46 My Bloody Valentine - Honey Power

21:16 Pretty Girls Make Graves - Speakers Push the Air

24:04 Crocodiles - I Wanna Kill

28:32 The Wendys - Like Hearts (The Prids)

33:08 Sunshine and the Rain - Merchandise (Fugazi)

36:07 Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia

40:42 Mourn - Your Brain is Made of Candy

42:52 Bauhaus - Third Uncle (Single Edit) (Eno)

46:58 Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Happy

50:35 Fugazi - Provisional

52:52 Bruce Peninsula - Steamroller

57:27 Moonshake - Beautiful Pigeon (Peel Session)

60:39 Meeks - Across The Universe (Beatles)

photo credit: slow exposure Christmas lights when the camera wasn't steady.

Episode 89 - Martial

I thought how Derniere Volonte are coined as Martial Pop is very descriptive.  This focuses on that grey area of neofolk, martial, dark almost industrial music.  This can be a divisive genre, and I only enjoy bits and pieces.  Still, a fun mix to make with some of my favorites in the style.

00:00 Of the Wand and the Moon - Benediction Malediction (Current 93)

02:57 Der Blutharsch - Trk 2 (The Pleasures Received in Pain)

05:34 Derniere Volonte - Der Blutharsch cover

09:24 Derniere Volonte - La Foudre et le Tonnerre

14:12 Sol Invictus - On & On

17:46 Cult of Youth - New West

21:34 Der Blutharsch - Trk 2 (Everything is Alright)

24:41 Sol Invictus - An English Garden

28:49 Death in June - Despair

31:12 Rome - Clocks

33:38 The Protagonist - Strife

39:02 In Slaughter Natives - To Mega Therion

43:58 Triarii featuring Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - Roses 4 Rome 

47:45 Der Blutharsch - Trk 5 (Der Gott der Fisen machsen lieb)

51:42 Derniere Volonte - L'Appel

55:32 Rome - The Past is Another Country

57:49 Desaccord Majeur - Premire Reaction

61:05 Sol Invictus - Raven Chorus

61:41 Sol Invictus - In The Wake of the Wolf

photo credit: My wife's picture from Siena.

Episode 69 - Classic Rocks mix 1

In my opinion, a good classic rock mix is essential to any road trip.  Something everyone will know every song and can sing along.  It helps the time go by faster and more enjoyably.  I was partly inspired by all the great classics included in the Supernatural TV show soundtrack, but went well beyond that to include some personal favorites.  I am aware this is out of sequence with my numbering convention, I had delayed its publication because its so much more of a straightforward mix that is contrast to what I usually share, but I do listen to this a lot while driving so figured, what the heck!

00:00 The Velvet Underground - Rock and Roll

04:29 Joan Jett - Bad Reputation

07:15 Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin for You

11:41 Heart - Magic Man

17:07 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower (Dylan)

21:03 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

23:18 The Animals - House of the Rising Sun

27:44 The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man

30:43 Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love

33:32 Led Zeppelin - Traveling Riverside Blues

38:38 The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin

41:59 The Allman Brothers - Ramblin Man

46:37 Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son

51:53 Journey - Don't Stop Believing

56:44 Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

60:37 Styx - Renegade

64:40 Tom Petty - Refugee

67:55 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy

photo credit: stock image of rocks

Episode 88 - History Lesson Pt3

I found this mix on an old CDr in a CD wallet in our old car.  I'm pretty sure I made this for my wife when we were still dating, around 2003.  Fun to revisit this after almost two decades and it holds up pretty well for the variety it contains.

00:00 Ray Noble - Midnight, The Stars and You

03:20 Ella Fitzgerald - A Tisket, A Tasket

05:53 Totom - Wouldn't You Be My Baby

08:38 Stereolab - Cybele's Reverie Pt1 (demo)

10:42 His Name Is Alive - Land (Radio)

13:58 Venetian Snares - Ongyilkos Vasarnap

17:13 Enon - In this city (Deadverse Remix)

22:53 Cocteau Twins - Pitch the Baby (live)

26:52 Cocteau Twins - Violaine

31:52 Opus III - Its a Fine Day (edit)

35:18 The Orb - Perpetual Dawn (Solar Youth Mix)

39:05 Mos Dub - Johnny Too Beef

42:21 Digable Planets - It's Good to Be Here

45:10 Elliot Fisk - Carora (Antonio Lauro)

46:46 Julian Bream - Mazurka in G (Francisco Tarrega)

49:30 Joy Division - Chance (Atmosphere)

54:08 Piano Magic - (Music wont' save you from anything but) Silence

60:34 Dialogue - Carry on, my brother

photo credit:  Mr Bones BBQ (RIP)