Zero
3 November 2024
This is the most recent mix I have done, back in January 2023. I haven't even switched my equipment on since then and truth be told, I'm not sure if I will or if that's me done with it.
The backstory to this mix and title ties into the 'Year of Music' series of mixes / selections I recorded and posted each week during 2022. I've left it entirely as it was when I first posted it. The previous post (Not The End) was meant to be the final installment to the series, but after I posted it I kind of felt it didn't sit right that I didn't round off with a mix. Ironic that I then recorded this one, uploaded it before listening, then realised there are a couple of glitches in the recording. These glitches happen because I'm using an old Mac, 12 years old to be exact, and as amazing as it has been to get me through all these years (it's had a lot of use, daily) it struggled in recent years with running some apps and the glitches come (I think) when the memory get's a little bogged down. I thought about spending time fixing the glitches, but for all the folk that listen these days, there's very little point. Once upon a time it would have been in the recycle bin and redone.
I digress. The backstory, aside from it being the final mix from my year of raising funds for Sue Ryder, I also want to end that effort with a message of thanks to the handful of people that contributed and helped me raise just over £400 for Sue Ryder. My very first mix of that year opened with tracks by artists whose first letter of their name spelled out S.U.E R.Y.D.E.R, and this one carried a message to those who helped me see this project through, and much of it carries a message and meaning, as many of my mixes do, that conveys where I am and how I feel at any given moment. Something that never really seemed to register over the years. Anyway....
If you aren't up to speed with what that 'Year of Music' thing was about, there's a short post about it [HERE]. There's also a Soundcloud player [HERE] for those that prefer that platform.
Is this my final post, final mix, final blethers into the ether? Who knows?!? Apart from the fact we seem to be living in the TikTok era where everything has to clipped into a one minute video with a minute long clip of music, life has been a struggle in recent times and I no longer feel like I'm a part of something with music, which hasn't really helped. That's contributed to less engagement, which often over the years has lifted my spirits and kept me going and feeling connected to people. Without that, what's the point? I guess we'll see what happens.
My
Sincerest
Thanks
Tracklist
Man Watching The Stars - Avoir Une Belle Jounrée (CIÛIN)
Yumiko Morioka - Moon Ring (Métron Records)
Steve Kemner - You Awoke (Facture)
Ishmael Ensemble - Solace (Banoffee Pies)
Nala Sinephro - Space 4 (Warp Records)
Christina Vantzou, Michael Harrison & John Also Bennett - Tilang (Séance Centre)
Evadney - Ready (Self Release)
Rich Ruth - Doxology (Third Man Records)
East Forest & Ram Dass - Love Everybody (Aquilo Records)
Satoshi Ashikawa - Still Space (Light In The Attic)
Tiny Isles - Thoughts Borrowed From Books (Folk Reels)
Textural Being - Vantage Points (A Strangely Isolated Place)
Hamish Lang - Scarlett (Hush Hush Records)
Adriaan Swerts - Adieu (Piano & Coffee Records)
Nightports with Tom Herbert - Arcs (Leaf)
Kahil El' Zabar Quartet - Summertime (Spiritmuse Records)
Scrimshire ft. Nat Birchall & Faye Houston - I Hear You, I See You (Albert's Favourites)
