This month we have the second part in our series of acoustic mixes. Regular listeners might remember our first acoustic mix from September 2011. The mix is made up of solely acoustic instruments (you can let us off for the odd electric bass or effect here and there).
The mix features a song from Rossco Galloway. Rossco is one of our favourite artists on the Edinburgh music scene. He is also responsible for hosting a live music night on the first Thursday of every month at our night Melange Thursdays at Carters Bar, Edinburgh. Check out Rossco's Facebook page to listen to more of his music. He also features twice on a mix from a live recording we did way back in April 2010
The Rolling Stones - No Expectations Mississippi John Hurt - Waiting for the Train Rossco Galloway - Spare No Thought for the 'morrow Prince - Love (Acoustic) Gruff Rhys - Cycle of Violence Dennis Wilson - Rainbows The La's – Son of a Gun Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Ain't No Easy Way Bowerbirds - In Our Talons Oasis - Talk Tonight The Verve - So Sister The Jam - English Rose Nick Drake - Black Eyed Dog Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer The Charlatans - You're a Big Girl Now The Kinks - Picture Book John Lennon - Oh Yoko!
Here's a mix to take you into 2012. It's a mix of some of our top 12" records from the year. By no means a best of as there's too many to choose from. It's just a handful of some of the best that go well together in a mix. Hope you enjoy it. All the best for 2012!
Burial - Street Halo (Hyperdub) Mark Ernestus - Mark Ernestus Meets BBC (Honest Jons) Kassem Mosse - Untitled 2 (Original Mix) (Workshop) Paul Bennett - Peculiar Movement (Modernista) Fudge Fingas - What Works (Firecracker) Paul Woolford & Psycatron - Stolen (Hot Flus h) Dexter - Great Northern Diver (Clone) Bok Bok - Hyperpass (Night Slugs) Addison Groove - Make Um Bounce (Tectonic) Ossie - Tarantula (Lightworks) Julio Bashmore - Battle for Middle You (PMR Records) Floating Points - Sais (Eglo) Jamie XX - Far Nearer (Numbers)
This month's mix is our choice of the top albums of 2011. After Christmas we'll be putting up our top 12" singles. If you're short of ideas what to spend your gift vouchers on, then have a listen to the mixes.
The mix is in no particular order, other than what flows the best. Cheers to all our listeners and we hope you have a top Christmas!
The Horrors – I Can See Through You (from the album - Skying) James Pants – Beta (from the album - James Pants) Cave – W U J (from the album - Neverendless) The Fall – Nate Will Not Return (from the album - Ersatz G.B.) The Black Keys – Lonely Boy (from the album - El Camino) Wooden Shjips – Black Smoke Rise (from the album - West) Psychic Ills – Mind Daze (from the album - Hazed Dream) Tom Waits – Talking At The Same Time (from the album - Bad as Me) Wilco – Whole Love (from the album - The Whole Love) Gruff Rhys – If We Were Words We Would Rhyme (from the album - Hotel Shampoo) The War on Drugs – Best Night (from the album - Slave Ambient) Atlas Sound – Mona Lisa (from the album - Parallax) Real Estate – Easy (from the album - Days) Washed Out – Amor Fati (from the album - Within & Without) Still Corners – Cuckoo (from the album - Creature of an Hour) David Lynch – Strange And Unproductive Thinking (from the album - Crazy Clown Time) Death In Vegas – Your Loft My Acid (from the album - Trans-Love Energies) Tom Trago – Corrupt (from the album - Iris) Toro Y Moi – New Beat (from the album - Underneath the Pine) Mayer Hawthorne – A Long Time (from the album - How Do You Do)
This month's guest mix comes from Pete Dancer. We welcome him back after his first guest mix from January 2010.
The mix is a mix of deep house and nu disco, the tunes are mostly from the 2nd half of 2011 featuring some of Pete's favourite producers at the moment - Deep House Orchestra , Tiger & Woods & The Magician.
Tin Green - Flote Small Pyramids - The Music (For Brighter Days) John Daly - Aurora Tensnake - Need Your Lovin (Tiger & Woods Remix) Moullinex - Chocolat Andromeda Orchestra - Sensitive (Pete Herbert Remix) Fred Falke - Last Wave Volta Bureau - Alley Cat Deep Space Orchestra - On The Inside (The Revenge Memory Warehouse Mix) Andy Ash - Hip Joint (Deep Space Orchestra Mix) Scenic - Another Sky (The Magician Remix) Junkie XL - Molly's E
This month's mix celebrates the musical magpies. All the songs featured have either been sampled or re-worked in other songs. The tracklist below has the songs that have used the original in brackets.
Five Or Six - Another Reason (Death In Vegas - Dirge) Giorgio Moroder - Tears (DJ Shadow - Organ Donor) George Clinton - Atomic Dog (Snoop Doggy Dogg - Who Am I (What's My Name)?) Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby (Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger) Hydraulic Pump - P-Funk All Stars (Fix - Flash) Billy Cobham - Stratus (Massive Attack - Safe From Harm) Orchester Werner Müller - Bodybuilding (Bentley Rhythm Ace - Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out) The Andrew Oldham Orchestra - The Last Time (The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony) Them - It's All Over Now Baby Blue (Beck - Jack-Ass) Isaac Hayes - Ike's Rap II (Portishead - Glory Box)
Jellphonic - Smack James Pants - I Told You DJ Day - Beta (Recloose's Hit It & Quit It edit) Reggie Blount - Why Do You Call Me Baby Grooveman Spot - Do The Dance The Francis Inferno Orchestra - I Need It (Nicholas Remix) Mark de Clive-Lowe - The Calling (Feat. Olatunde) Dirty Culture and Lucky Lucian - Tucu Mine (Original Mix) The Mole - JonnyMchockey Sea Legs - Cabin Fever Azuni - Feel It (instrumental mix) Basement LOVE (DJ-Kicks) Motor City Drum Ensemble - Feels Good (Original Mix) Chico Mann - Pajarito The Mole - QueQue MFSB - Mysteries Of The World The Salsoul Orchestra - It's Good For The Soul
Here are a couple of tracks from a some of the upcoming gigs in the month of November.
Azari & III - Manic
Wire - Outdoor Miner
Mr Scruff - Feel It
Nathan Fake - The Sky Was Pink
Here's a list of our picks for club nights and gigs over the next few weeks in Edinburgh and Glasgow. If we're missing anything, let us know in the comments.
1. A mixture. (From Fr. mélange, from mêler "to mix, mingle")
2. Melange (alternately, "the spice") is the name of a drug that gives the user a longer lifespan, greater vitality, and heightened awareness; it can also unlock prescience in some subjects.
