Merry Mixmas 4

Merry Mixmas 4

21 December 2023

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Merry Mixmas 4 isn't a new mix; consider it a rebranding. I posted it under a different name a few years back and it had barely any plays. The previous Mixmas mixes had quite a few thousand plays over various platforms over the years. Me being me, I've deleted and reposted them so many times now, I've lost track of the true numbers. Anyway, I'm on a mission to repost all my mixes over time, so figured the best place for this was in with my Merry Mixmas series so I could keep them all together.

This one is less of a mix, more of a selection and is mostly Christmas music that going by what I hear played, are tracks that are generally lesser known, though not all in that bracket. There's shades of Jazz, Funk, Soul, Country, Blues and Reggae in there. So, if you want something festive, without the Wham!, Mariah, and all the other tunes that get rinsed year after year, this might be for you.

The cover is another where I've made use of AI... it's not perfect but it is good fun!

 

mixamorphosis · Merry Mixmas 4

 

Tracklist

 01. A Charlie Brown Christmas - Intro
02. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental)
03. Sally Fletcher - White Christmas
04. Dina Washington - Ole Santa
05. James Brown - Santa Claus, Santa Claus
06. Brook Benton - Soul Santa
07. Charles Brown - Christmas Blues
08. Binky Griptite & The Dee Kays - Stoned Soul Christmas
09. Lowell Fulsom - I Wanna Spend Christmas With You
10. Glenna Bell - Be My Valentine On Christmas
11. Marvin Gaye - Christmas In The City
12. Amos Milburn with Charles Brown - Christmas Comes But Once A Year
13. Herb Alpert - Let It Snow
14. Winston Groovy - Merry Christmas
15. The Granville Williams Orchestra - Santa Claus Is Ska-ing To Town
16. Billy May - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Mambo
17. Pearl Bailey - Jingle Bells Cha, Cha, Cha
18. Four Imperials - Santa's Got A Coup de Ville
19. Beginning Of The End - Gee Whiz, It's Christmas
20. Milly & Silly - Getting Down For Christmas
21. Jimmy Reed - Christmas Present Blues
22. Vernon Garrett with Sir Stan & The Counts - Christmas Groove
23. Funk Machine - Soul Santa
24. Harvey Avenue Band - Let's Get Together For Christmas
25. Black On White Affair - Auld Lang Syne
26. Jimmy Jules & Nuclear Soul System - Christmas Done Got Funky
27. The Staples Singers - Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas?
28. James Brown - Merry Christmas Baby
29. Freddy King - Christmas Tears
30. William Clarke - Please Let Me Be Your Santa Claus
31. Lightning Hopkins - Santa Baby
32. Carey Bell - Christmas Train

 

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Merry Mixmas 1, 2 & 3

Merry Mixmas 1, 2 & 3

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This post will share the first 3 Merry Mixmas mixes as they were put together in consecutive years back in 2008, 2009 and 2010. I've given the cover images a refresh because the previous ones were not the best and it's nice to freshen them up.... making use of A.I believe it or not!

The back story to these 3 mixes is that I used to love a mash-up, I still do love some of them to be honest. Some have stood the test of time really well, others less so, but it was all about a fun way to re imagine some well known music. At the forefront of that used to be a website called GYBO, or Get Your Bootleg On, and that was the site where I discovered a lot of the mash-up creators. Aside from that, if memory serves me right, there was a creator called DJ BC who put an annual compilation out at Christmas time called Santastic, and so I put these mixes together from these places, along with some other tracks that I scoured the internet for.

I'm not sure I'll get very far with the tracklists on these, but I'll do my best..... and if this isn't your cup of tea, I'll join you with a Bah! Humbug! (But I'm reposting all my mixes and these are topical). 

 

mixamorphosis · Merry Mixmas 1

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Tracklist

01. Steve Martin - Christmas Wishes
02. Nancy Wilson - The Christmas Waltz (Awayteam Remix)
03. Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime (Rhythm Scholar Kringle Kut Remix)
04. Divide & Kreate - Jingle Jane
05. Mariah Carey vs Dillinja & Unknown Error - Scarey Christmas (DJ NoNo Mash-up)
06. Paddy Roberts - Merry Christmas You Suckers
07. Solcofn - Nude Christmas
08. Exert - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
09. Divid & Kreate - Blitzkreig Santa
10. Carey Bell - Christmas Train
11. Go Home Productions - Carpenter's Christmas (Karen Meets Roots Radics Uptown)
12. Faroff - A Message To Santa Claus
13. Alton Ellis & The Lipsticks - Merry Merry Christmas
14. Brat - Funky Christmas
15. Unknown
16. Voicedude - It's The Little Things

 

 

 

mixamorphosis · Merry Mixmas 2

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Tracklist

01. William Shatner - Stalking Santa Monologue
02. Louis Armstrong - Zat You Santa Claus?
03. Eddie C. Campbell - Santa's Messin' With The Kid
04. Unknown
05. Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)
06. No Doubt- Oi To The World
07. Interlude - 1-900-Santa
08.Loo & Placido - Horny Christmas
09. Bad Tattoo - Are You Gonna Stop The White Christmas
10. Unknown
11. Merv Griffin - Christmas City
12. Big John Greer - We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo
13. Bing Crosby - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (John Beltran Remix)
14. Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride (The Latin Project Remix)
15. Herb Alpert - Let It Snow
16. The Christmas Jug Band - Plant A Santa
17. Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (Unknown Drum n Bass Remix)
18. Lady Gaga - Christmas Tree
19. Frank Sinatra vs Black Eyed Peas - Tonights Gonna Be Good Night In New York

 

 

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Tracklist

 01. Bert & Ernie - The Christmas Pageant
02. DJ McFly - If You Jinglin'
03. Run DMC - Christmas In Hollis
04. Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (The Revenge Re-rub)
05. Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas Time (Unknown Remix)
06. Cliff Richard - Mistletow & Wine (Unknown Remix)
07. Unknown - Dance Of The Sugarplum Fairy (Dubstep Remix)
08. Mojochronic - Rudolph (You Don't Have To Put On The Red Light)
09. James Brown - Merry Christmas Baby
10. Binky Griptite & The Dee-Kays - Stoned Soul Christmas
11. Blondie - Yuletide Throwdown
12. Jarod Ripley - Just The Way You Are
13. Unknown Mashup
14. Unknown - Jingle Bells
15. Stompin' Tom - Down On Christmas
16. Keb' Mo' - Jingle Bell Jamboree (Album Version)
17. Amy Winehouse vs John Lennon - Imagine Rehab
18. Keb' Mo' - Jingle Bell Jamboree (Album Version)

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Sit Down, Listen Up

Sit Down, Listen Up

17 December 2023

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This is a mix from around 2010. I've given the cover a refresh, I think this looks a lot better than the original version. Although the title has not sat very well with me, really since I originally posted it. I think the title came about due to the fact that around that time I was also playing around with a lot of tech house, electro and much more uptempo house in general, so the vibe on this felt more chilled. Clearly it's not, it's quite dancefloor friendly, but just a different kind of dancefloor.

I still think back to Kirsty Pemberton, who's gone on to do a lot in terms of playing out and invovlement with labels etc, leaving a comment on my original upload, along the lines of 'I sat down to listen up, but had to get up to dance'. I don't think I've ever come across someone with such a depth and breadth of music knowledge, so that was most definitely a highlight in terms of comments received.

So, sit down, stand up, jog, dance, whatever takes your fancy. The name's just a name.

mixamorphosis · Sit Down, Listen Up

Tracklist 

Cecile - Sweetness 86 (Gomma)
Space System - Master Of The Sky (Heels Of Love Mix) (Pizzico Records)
Trickski - Pill Collins (Suol)
LF/LB - Faded Lady (Liiny's Moussaka Mix) (Freshit Recordings)
Spandau Ballet - True (No Request's Re-work) (Not On Label)
Havana Candy - Lost In Space (HCR)
Joey Negro pres. Kola Kube - Why? (Joey Negro Block Party Edit) (Z Records)
Tal M. Klein pres. The Disco Builders - Alone (Aniligital)
Apiento & Co. - She Walks (Leng)
Boogymann - Ride On (Superhuit)
Craig Bratley - Birdshell (6th Borough Project 'Shell Toe' Remix) (Instruments Of Rapture)
The Chi-Lites - We Need Order (No Request's Re-work) (Not On Label)
Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You (Beatconductor Re-work) (Spicy)
George Benson - Give Me The Night (A.C. Edit) (Not On Label)

 

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Whatever Comes To Hand

Whatever Comes To Hand

13 December 2023

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This was an off-the-cuff mix, and it shows at times. A couple of mixes and tracks don't flow as well as I'd like, but there are some great tracks in here. Sometimes mixes go that way, but there's still enough here to enjoy, or to my ears there is.

The cover is actually just a photo of a lego character that an old neighbours eldest kid gave me. They knew records and dj-ing was my hobby and they picked it up for me when they saw it. Anyway, it's from around 2013 I think. Unfortunately there's a few tracks I can't find now when linking up the tracklist so you'll need to do some digging for those if you want them.

 

mixamorphosis · Whatever Comes To Hand

 

Tracklist

01. Jeremy Glenn - New Life (Perseus Summer of Eighty Three Remix) (Future Disco)
02. Nick Turner - Love Is Reel (Trendy Mullet Recordings)
03. Drou Fiorotto - Flying Tribute To The Music (Unknown Label)
04. Marcello Giordani - Chubby Rain (Slow Motion Records)
05. Marvin Gaye - Heavy Love Affair (The Revenge Rework) (Unknown Label)
06. Deadly Sins - My Love Is (Hot Tonight) (Giant Cuts)
07. Kongas - Why Can't We Live Together? (Alkalino Edit) (Not On Label)
08. Cottam - Badustylee 2 (Self Released)
09. dbo - M.U.S.I.C (Audio Parallax Records)
10. Joseph Terruel - Untitled A1 (Unknown Label)
11. Pional - In Another Room (Hivern Discs)
12. John Clements - Cosmic Love (Nobuddy Remix) (Ken Records)
13. JockTalk - I Still Love You (Tusk Wax)

 

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Liquidised Beats

Liquidised Beats

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Another mix from around 2010, and another mix with no real back story. I think at the time I was still getting to grips with CDJ's, the blog was still a fairly new and exciting thing and I was trying to build some content. From the outside looking in it's probably looked / looks like a waste of time, but it's something that's helped me over the years even if it didn't go the direction I'd hoped at the time. 

I still like the fact that this is my own space, not beholden to the social media sites and I'm no longer worrying about chasing the algorithms, though I do still share the posts I'm putting up here, I think it's a force of habit. Anyway, I'm still here, talking into the void as ever, and listening to some of my own older mixes (with an occasional cringe) as I go but enjoying listening to some tunes I'd parked and forgotten about. 

As for traffic and other people finding their way here; if they do, then fine, if not then I'm okay with it being that way too. I think that's one of the things this space, and others that still operate off the big platforms, has over social media - so much is posted on Facebook, Twitter (I'm not changing), TikTok and the rest, that things posted there are lost forever almost as soon as they are posted and people are so used to simply flicking through now the stats are almost meaningless. This place moves in the direction I choose and at the pace that fits me.

A ever, I'll link the tracklist as well as I can, those links might not work forever and you might need to do some digging yourself if you want anything for your own collection.

mixamorphosis · Liquidised Beats

 

Tracklist

Felix Da Housecat / P. Diddy - Fuk Dat (Accapella)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Astral Project T.I.N.A (Lo Recordings)
Ray Mang - Look Into My Eyes (Mangled)
Pistolpuma - Feathers (Houselective)
Crazy P - Never Gonna Reach Me (Hot Toddy Remix) (20:20 Vision)
Skatebård - Starwatcher II (Balsa Wood)
Craig Smith & The Revenge - The Soul Pt. II (6th Borough Project Remix) (Delusions Of Grandeur)
Todd Terje - Eurodans (Future Disco)
Bonar Bradberry - Carlos The Jackal (Future Disco)
M - Pop Muzik (Todd Terje Remix) (Permanent Vacation)
Tiago - Motorcycles (Neville Watson Remix) (Hands Of Time)
Ajello - Come Back (The Heels Of Love Mix) (Mad On The Moon)
John Talabot - Matilda's Dream (Permanent Vacation)
The Revenge - Just Be Good (Ron Basejam Remix) (Needwant)

 

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Deep Disco Inferno

Deep Disco Inferno

11 December 2023

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No real back story to this. It's a mix from around 2010, give or take. It's not really disco either, but leans into that sound, whether you'd call it nu-disco is up to your own ears to decide. 

As always, I'll link up the tracklist as best I can so you can pick the tracks up for yourself if you should want them. Though there are a couple I haven't been able to track down links for, so you will need to dig a bit yourself for those.

mixamorphosis · Deep Disco Inferno

 

Tracklist 

DJ Peabird - Monsterfunk (Peabird Recordings)
Eddie C - The Show Is Over (Endless Flight)
The Sunburst Band - U Make Me So Hot (Z Records)
Busta - Jump That Way (Booty Pirates)
Hot Toddy - Down To Love (Smoke 'n' Mirrors)
6th Borough Project - Stratus Quo (Instruments Of Rapture)
Space Ranger - Herbal Cake (Lovemonk)
Onur Engin - We Be Groovin' (Tal M. Klein Mix) (Timewarp Music)
Morten Sorensen - Start Something (Tirk)
Touch Sensitive - Body Stop (Tinted Records)
John Arnold & Jeremy Ellis - Magic (Future Soul Records)
BeatFanatic - Let It Happen (G.A.M.M)
The Beatdown Soundmachine - More Love (LTJ Experience Mix) (Sleazy Beats)
The Johnwaynes - Falling Leaves (Social Disco Club Mix) (Groovement)
Hannulelauri - Super Monkey (Relish)
Gazeebo - Cokehead (Gazeebo International)
Mix Chopin - Ecliptic (Self Released)

 

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My Favorite Things Radio Show (March 2013)

My Favorite Things Radio Show (March 2013)

3 December 2023

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Being asked to do a guest mix is an occasion that is few and far between for me, certainly these days (and I doubt it'll come my way again), but once upon a time, I was doing things like this on a semi-regular basis and it was great!

 

Johnny Burns was probably the main driving force behind the online radio station Box Frequency, he spent hours putting shows together, forming relationships with people, chasing folk up who'd committed to providing shows and probably a lot more besides.

 

When I was asked to put a mix forward I was so pleased, like genuinely over the moon. I don't think it's a stretch to say that I've never been a confident chap, in many aspects, but certainly with "DJ-ing". Before I got my first set of turntables I loved the world of dance music, the DJ culture, and I really wanted to find a way to be a part of that... the buzz of finding amazing new tunes and when I got my first set of decks I loved just playing around and trying to find good tunes to put together; but I never felt confident in it, and still don't. Putting myself out there is not a comfortable place, even posting my mixes online feels an uneasy thing to do. When Johnny got in touch with me it was such a confidence boost and I'll be forever grateful for it. On the nights where I had shows and mixes being aired, and when it was the turns of others, the chat box was a really great place for me personally. There was so much positivity and boy did I need that, and feel very thankful for it. I miss it, but I guess it was of it's time.

 

Johnny... if you happen upon this post, thank you! Can we do it all again?

 

Anyway, there will be a few more Box Frequency related mixes posted. The latter ones on my part weren't my best, it was a time of upheaval with house moves and the weight of dealing with the care system started to take a toll on me, but I'll post them anyway. I plan on putting all my mixes up and will be trying to make sure I leave them on, once and for all. The good, the bad and the ugly mediocre. As I say, this was my first guest mix, it was from March 2013 for the now (sadly) defunct BoxFrequency.FM. 

 

I'll link the tracklist up as best as I can, but given it's heavy on the edits, some won't be easy to find and you might need to dig around online yourself.

 

mixamorphosis · My Favorite Things Radio Show Guest Mix - March 2013

 

Tracklist 

The Dead Rose Music Company - Chaka Can't (Unknown Label)
Kon & The Gang - Strong Love (Everlasting) (Basic Fingers)
Lay-far - Gimme (Amplified)
Angelillo Et Hamel– Je Veux Te Dire Une Chanson (DJ Steef Edit) (Biomix)
78 Edits - One Way (Editorial)
Letta Mbulu - Normalizo (Onur Engin Edit) (OE Edits)
Heion - Let It Shine (Editorial)
Low Slung - Mama Day Ooh (Midnight Riot)
Curtis Mayfield - Gimme Your Love (78 Edits Gimme Some Dub Edit) (Unknown Label)
Mannmademusic - Private World (Unknown Label)
Toomy Disco - Outstanding (House Of Disco)
Mondo Edits - Golden Shower (Aural Graffiti)
The Beatles - Come Together (Lazy Kiss Edit) (Self Released)
Minimatic - Hello, I Love You (Self Released)

 

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You Came To Dance

You Came To Dance

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Another day, another mix / post as I work on repopulating the blog with mostly older mixes for now (but perhaps a new one to come before too long).

There's no back story to this mix. This one was a case of hit record and see what happens. For years I've had this posted on Soundcloud with only a very partial tracklsit, but I've sat down today and got that tracklist sorted out.

So, as ever, I'll link the tracklist as best I can below the player.

mixamorphosis · You Came To Dance

 

Tracklist

Admin - Eskimo (Mia Dora Remix) (Glasgow Underground)
Flashmob - Need In Me (Defected)
HNNY - For The Very First Time (Local Talk)
Mowgli - Back In The Day (Defected)
Detroit Swindle - Guess What? (Dirt Crew Recordings)
Nathan Barato - Back Up Queen (Rekids)
Darling Farah - Body (Jimmy Edgar Remix) (Civil Music)
Kyodai - Breaking (Local Talk)
Tony Lionni - Found A Place (Freerange)
Manuel Moreno - Switchback (Katchuli)
Scuba - Talk Torque (Hotflush)
Homework - Confessing (20:20 Vision)
Mic Newman - Fidelity (Freerange)
Bazar  - Hard To Find (Maceo Plex Funk Drop) (Ellum Audio)
Ben La Desh - Rendez-vous (Dirt Crew Recordings)
Skwerl - You Need To Dance (International Deejay Gigolo Records)

 

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What Now? (Part 1)

What Now? (Part 1)

1 December 2023

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Today marks the third anniversary of my Mum's passing, so for that reason it seemed fitting to jump forward in the timeline of repopulating my blog with mixes I have put together.

This three part series of mixes were put together a few months after; the dust was settling and I was feeling quite lost, unsure what to focus on, given the fact my Mum and her care had been the centre of that focus for such a long time. At the same time, although she never complained, I also had a sense of relief that she was not living with the illness that deprived her of so much, and perhaps selfishly, that I didn't carry that weight of responsibility. I was looking for my path forward. I still feel surrounded by fog, I'm still looking for the path, it's a work in progress.

I tried to put together these mixes with a sense of what I was feeling, and when I listen back to them, I feel that I captured it reasonably well. To me there's a sense of loss, melancholy, connection to nature and also elements of light and hope within the music and mixes. As my friend Matthew put it in a comment - "There is a sense of calm reverie. There is hope".

You will find part two [HERE] & part three [HERE]

The tracklist is linked up for you to be able to pick up any of the music you might want for yourself.

Part 1

mixamorphosis · What Now? (Part 1)

 

Tracklist 

Kinder Scout - Interlude (Home Normal)
Charles Bukowski - Go All The Way (Read by Tom O' Bedlam)
David Cordero & Miguel Otero - Dolores (Archives)
Slow Meadow - We Can Only Love Through Suffering (Hammock Music)
Agnes Obel - Stretch Your Eyes (Ambient Acapella) (Late Night Tales)
Endless Melancholy - Lost (Hidden Vibes)
William Ryan Fitch - VII: In A Sense Of Ether (Lost Tribe Sound)
Sven Laux & Daniela Orvin - A Moment Of Silence (Dronarivm)
Luke Howard Trio - I Think It's Sinking In (Lukktone)
Yumiko Morioka - Moon Road (Métron Records)
Owl - Glimpse Of Decline (Silent Season)
Steven Kemner - Sleep Well (Facture)
Olga Wojciechowska - To Feel Much More Than Now (Self Released)
Daniela Orvin - Sudden Farewell (Dronarivm)
SiJ - Memories Lost In Time (Hidden Vibes)
A Veil Of Water - Frailty (Hidden Vibes)
Brambles - To Speak Of Solitude (Serein)
Warmth - You're Not Here (Archives)
Hania Rani - Today It Came (Gondwana Records)
A Winged Victory For The Sullen - All Farewells Are Sudden (Erased Tapes)
Walter D Wintle - State Of Mind (Read by Tom O' Bedlam)
Adrian Lane - An Occasional Hushed Word (Preserved Sound)

 

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What Now? (Part 2)

What Now? (Part 2)

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I am re-sharing the series of three 'What Now?' mixes today, 1st December, 2023, which is the third anniversary of my Mum's passing. I think that it's best to listen to these mixes in the order they were created and to read the previous post too.

You can find Part 1 [HERE] and you can find Part 3 [HERE].

As usual, I have linked up the tracklist as best as I can so that you can pick up any of the music you might want for your own collection.

mixamorphosis · What Now? (Part 2)

 

Tracklist 

Polaroid Notes - Close To Heaven (Whitelabrecs)
Mathieu Karsenti - Time To Go (Slowcraft Records)
Hector Plimmer - Joyfulness (Alexa Harley's Acapella Rework) (Albert's Favourites)
Abstract Aprils - Falling Falling Falling (Self Released)
One Million Eyes - Eustress (A Strangely Isolated Place)
Peter Broderick - A Year Without Summer (Erased Tapes)
Greg Foat - After The Storm (Strut Records)
Ben Lukas Boysen - Kenotaph (Erased Tapes)
Hania Rani - Leaving (Gondwana Records)
Andrew Wasylyk - A Further Look At Loss (Athens Of The North)
Julianna Barwick - Healing Is A Miracle (Ninja Tune)
Thinnen ft. Olga Wojciechowska - Memories (Self Released)
Nat Birchall - A Prayer For (Gondwana (CD) / Jazzman (LP))
Alice Coltrane - Prema (Antartica Starts Here)
Mammal Hands - Solitary Bee (Gondwana)
Katya Yonder - Mood (Méteron Records)
Hampshire & Foat - End Song (Athens Of The North) 

 

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What Now? (Part 3)

What Now? (Part 3)

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I am re-sharing the series of three 'What Now?' mixes today, the 1st of December, 2023, which is the third anniversary of my Mum's passing. It seemed fitting to reshare these mixes today and I think that it's best to listen to these mixes in the order they were created and to read the initial post too. This mix was recorded live and unplanned on 29th December, 2021.

You can find Part 1 [HERE] and you can find Part 2 [HERE].

As usual, I have linked up the tracklist as best as I can so that you can pick up any of the music you might want for your own collection.

 

mixamorphosis · What Now? (Part 3)

 

Tracklist

D. Rothon - The Ghost We Bring (Clay Pipe Music)
Glacis - You Are Born (Preserved Sound)
Hania Rani - Ghosts - from Pradziady (Gondwana Records)
Cass. - Let's Keep Us Close Until We Die (ft. Altars Altars) (Home Normal)
Amanda Whiting - Gone (Jazzman)
Laraaji - Illusion Of Time (Ahead Of Our Time)
Greg Foat - Motherly Love (Strut)
Trigg & Gusset - Blue Shades (Preserved Sound)
Andrew Wasylyk - Avril Hydrangeas (Clay Pipe Music)
ambientsketchbook - Life's Greatest Questions (Self Released)
Good Weather For An Airstrike - All Is Lost (ft. Jamie Brett) (Hawkmoon Records)
Ezra Feinberg - Letter To My Mind (Related States)
Kryshe - Fragile (Serein)
José González - Head On (Imperial)
Leifur James - Time (Night Time Stories)
Phi-Psonics - Mama (Nightnote Records)
Slow Meadow - Tethered To The Earth (Self Released)
Luke Howard Trio - A Plane Of Becoming (Hobbledehoy)
Matthew Halsall - Reflections (Gondwana Records)
Penguin Cafe - Protection (Erased Tapes)
Portico Quartet - Gateway (Gondwana Records)
The Cinematic Orchestra - Wait For Now / Leave The World (Ninja Tune)
Thomas Méreur - Left Behind and Irretrievably Lost (Preserved Sound)
The Search Party - So Many Things Have Got Me Down (Ole Smokey Instrumental Edit)

 

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Off The Cuff

Off The Cuff

30 November 2023

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This mix from around 2012 was the first of a series of mixes I opted to call 'Off The Cuff'. They were exactly that, unplanned and spontaneous mixes that I recorded on the spur of the moment. Unfortunately I forgot to take note of the tracks I used, and although I've filled in the blanks fairly well, there are still a few missing... if anyone listens and recognises the missing tracks, please drop me a line and let me know! 

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mixamorphosis · Off The Cuff

 

Tracklist

Mosca - Murderous (Hypercolour Records)
Borrowed Identity - Stimulation (Foul & Sunk)
KiNK - Express (Rush Hour)
Sons Between Guns - 9 Miles Down a Black Line (Silent Dust Remix) (R-Lo)
Unknown - Unknown
Nacho Marco - Game On (Ooft! Remix) (Lovemonk)
Unknown - Unknown
Last Mood - Warehouse (Elef Remix) (Dirt Crew Recordings)
PBR Streetgang - At Dez (20:20 Vision)
Unknown - Unknown
Motor City Drum Ensemble - Prayer (Faces Records)
Unknown - Unknown
Maricopa - Interstate (Tusk Wax)
Depth Charge - Sex, Sluts & Heaven (D.C. Recordings)

 

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Back To The Beats

Back To The Beats

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This mix is from 2012/13 or thereabouts. There's no back story to this, the title simply came from the fact that I hadn't been on my decks for a couple of months, I got the urge one evening, so I hit record and this was what came out the other end. The cover was pretty rushed and I've often thought about changing it, but I really love the text and the colour, so I've opted to leave it as it is.

As usual, I'll try and link the tracklist as best I can, but as with a lot of edit based/heavy mixes, a lot will have vanished over the years and might need a lot of digging to find, if they can be found at all.

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mixamorphosis · Back To The Beats

 

Tracklist

Teslaboy – In Your Eyes (Volta Cab Mix) (Self Released)
Deadly Sins - I Can Feel It (Original Cuts)
Betty Wright - Slip & Do It (V Feels So Good Edit) (Vehicle)
Janefondas – Forbidden Love (Janefondas Edit)
Rocco Raimundo - Give Me Your Love (House Of Disco)
LTJ - Turn Me On (Hot Groovy)
KC & The Sunshine Band – I Get Lifted (Cilly Pilly Edit)
Craig Hamilton - Lay It Down (Flatpack Traxx)
Dynamicron - Never Ever (Dynamicron Romanticron Edit)
Session Victim - Time To Let You Down (Delusions Of Grandeur)
Leon - Nice To Meet You (Dave Allison Remix) (Timewarp)
Nicholas - Can You Understand? (No More Hits)
The Noodleman - Goin’ Down (Goin’ Down) (Editorial)
Frank Booker - Boss (Sleazy Beats)
Sirarcusa - Streap-Tease in The Stars (The Way I Do) (Leng Records)

 

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Built In Slow Motion

Built In Slow Motion

28 November 2023

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This mix is one of the earlier mixes I posted online, from around 2010  going by some release dates of the tracks, but I honestly thought it was earlier than that. Anyway, before the likes of Soundcloud and Mixcloud became big things and cornering the mix hosting market, it was posted on a website called Postbocks, which has long since disappeared.

I've never been very confident with my mixes, I feel uneasy posting them online really, I always have. I generally think they don't stand up well against ones others post, so I don't push them too much in case it attracts the wrong kind of attention, which has happened every now and then. Strangely, this one attracted a weird form of attention. Someone on the Postbocks website, downloaded my mix, chopped the first track off, then uploaded it to their own profile and claimed it as their own... on the same website I was hosting my mix on. I only stumbled across this by chance after searching for a link to one of the tracks to pass on to someone else. The track wasn't on very many websites or mixes so when I searched my mix and the copied mix came up next to each other in the search results. A strange turn of events, and oddly both annoying and flattering, though I don't think worthy of such attention.

This mix also opened the door to getting to know a few good people in music, including Appo who is behind the Kate Bush edit.

I have recently updated the mix cover for this mix. The original was a bit rubbish; it was of it's time and of my skillset at the time, so I felt it could do with a fresh one, though slightly linked via the red brick wall. As for the name, I really can't remember what that was about... perhaps alluding to the blog which I was trying to put together in 2009.

As usual, I'll link the tracklist as well as possible, some might need you to do some digging yourself... it's been a while.

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mixamorphosis · Built In Slow Motion

 

Tracklist 

01. Kate Bush - Red Shoes (Appo Re-edit) (Self Released)
02. Gazeebo - Boob Holder (Gazeebo International)
03. DJ Agent 86 - Magic (Lightspeed Recordings)
04. Gary Tom's Empire - Sexy Lady (Lou's Handin' Out Bruises Beatdown) (Tigers On A Leash)
05. Loin Brothers - Garden Of Vargolf (Tornado Wallace Remix) (Future Classic)
06. Drop Out City Rockers - International Track (Drop Out)
07. Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That ( Unknown Remake)
08. Art Of Tones - The World As I Live It (Room With A View)
09. Bonar Bradberry - Turning Loose (Ron Basejam Remix) (Under The Shade)
10. Honesty - Bleep Me (Room With A View)
11. Tape To Tape - Pure + Easy (Future Disco)
12. Sean Brosnan - Sat Jam (Eddie C Remix) (NeedWant)
13. Matthew Dear - Little People (Black City) (Mark E Remix) (Ghostly International)
14. FETE - The Islands (Maelstrom's Solar Disco Mix) (NeedWant)
15. Massimiliano Pagliara - Keep On Dreaming (Mark E Remix) (NeedWant)

 

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In To The Deep

In To The Deep

27 November 2023

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No back story to this mix. It was just a mix I put together for fun, around about 2011 / 2012 in the realms of deep house.

You'll find the tracklist below the Soundloud player, linked up as best as I can for various sources where you can pick up the tracks for yourself.

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mixamorphosis · In To The Deep

 

Tracklist

1. Nils Penner - You Need To Know (Wazi Wazi)
2. Blondes - Water (Bicep Remix) (RVNG INTL)
3. Mic Newman - Knickerbocker (Tsuba)
4. Nicholas - All Night Long [Gerds Old School Remix] (4 Lux Recordings)
5. Chaos In the CBD - I’m Losing You (YounGunZ)
6. Claro Intelecto - Voyeurism (Delsin)
7. TJ Kong & Nuno dos Santos - Emerald Bay (Compost)
8. Vanessa Daou - Once In A While (Roberto Rodriguez aka Manolo Every Now And Then Mix) (KID Recordings)
9. Kyodai - Mi Rumba (Genius Of Time Remix) (Freerange)
10. Tiger Stripes - Crossroads (My Favourite Robot)
11. Finn Bell - Liike (Assembly)
12. Hard Ton - Not Again (Toy Tonics)
13. Bicep - Darwin (Retro & Grade Remix) (Throne Of Blood)
14. Flying White Dots - Little Fluffy Clouds
15. Bruce Springsteen - Missing (The Starkiller Remix) (Self Released)

 

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Smoking (No Smoking)

Smoking (No Smoking)

26 November 2023

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During this process of re-populating the blog with music and mixes I expect I'll want to provide a little back story to some of the mixes. Not all of them have a story, some of them do, this one kind of follows on from the previous post.

I started smoking at around 14 years old. One of the worst decisions I ever made, and made even more ridiculous by the fact that growing up I really hated smoking. My entire family were smokers, being stuck in smoke filled spaces growing up was not a pleasant place, and sadly not that uncommon for people in the 70's & 80's, and before of course. 

I was always on the periphery of things as a kid, certainly never in amongst the cool kids, and the cool kids all smoked. My cousin was more intent on trying to fit in to that crowd, I was more intent on just fitting in with my cousin, we were like brothers growing up. He started smoking, and one day encouraged me to, I did and that was that. 

When I stopped smoking pot, my cigarette intake increased, it was probably one of the things that helped me, bizarrely, but I knew stopping smoking was in my plans. Between the pot, and cigarettes, I hadn't ever played decks without one or the other, and much like the previous post where that was my first mix without pot in the background, this was my first mix after stopping smoking... hence the title. Smoking (No Smoking).

If anyone should stumble across this post be thinking about stopping smoking themselves, I say do it, 100%. Stopping is without the best thing you can do. My method of  stopping was around Christmas of 2010 I set myself a date of March 1st, that was my stop date. I thought about it often in between times, and I think that was an important part because it reinforced the idea over a period of time. Come the morning of March 1st, I was worried about trying to stop, it had been almost 20 years, and I was almost talking myself out of even trying, but I felt that if I didn't at least try, it'd be a regret I'd carry and a situation I'd ultimately find myself in again. So, try I did. I threw out all cigarettes and smoking paraphernalia like lighters and ashtrays that morning, and that was it. The first few days were very difficult, but over time it became easier, I thought about it less and I've not touched them since. So, if I can do it, anyone can do it. Just don't let your brain trick you into thinking otherwise. 

Onto the music. I'll link the tracklist up below as well as I can, but a lot of these edits will be hard to find now, so expect to dig around for things yourself if you are after something...

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mixamorphosis · Smoking No Smoking Mix

 

Tracklist

01. Joseph Terruel – Hot Pants! (Self Released)
02. Matthew Kyle – Vaguely Vogue (Self Released)
03. Duff Disco – Just In (Duff Disco)
04. Erdbeerschnitzel – To An End (Mirau Music)
05. Mark E – White Skyway (Under The Shade)
06. Shit Robot – Take Em Up (Mark E Black Country Dub) (DFA)
07. Ooft! – Mazin (House Of Disco)
08. The Owl – Street Man (Self Released)
09. James Brown – The Boss (The Owl Edit) (Self Released)
10. 78 Edits – Easy To Love
11. Eric Clapton & Sting – It’s Probably Me (Rayko Edit)
12. Unknown - Unknown
13. The Features – Lions (bydesign Rework)
14. Tim Zawada – Summertime Strut (Self Released)

 

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Is Anybody Listening?

Is Anybody Listening?

23 November 2023

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I have looked back at the posts I recently deleted, and can't quite believe I had not shared this mix on the blog!

 

In my previous 'reset' post, I made a point of saying I wasn't going to share personal info going forward, but this one has a back story that is perhaps worthy of sharing, and might help someone with a similar issue that I found myself in many years ago.

 

I'm not going to go into the details too deeply here. My teenage years and early 20's were challenging. Family breakdown, lack of support, lack of direction, difficulty finding a path in life and employment. I smoked pot, recreationally to begin with, but it ended up becoming a bit of a mental health crutch and from around '99 to '09, smoked quite heavily. At the time, I thought it was helping me by slowing down my thoughts and helping me keep them in check. Looking back I know it was doing me more harm than good and I wish I realised sooner. In 2009 I realised that it was actually triggering panic attacks, so I stopped. It wasn't easy, but it was the right thing to do and I'm glad that I did.

 

You might wonder why I'm sharing this. Well, until this mix, I had only every played my decks whilst I was smoking pot. Until this moment, I don't think I could imagine myself mixing without having that as a part of the process. Yet, to this day, I think this is one of my best mixes. That might be down to the story behind it as much as the mix itself, but I remember feeling really proud with it and to this day I still feel that way.

 

The second part of the back story is that in 2010 I came across a mix from James Lavelle (Mo Wax founder / Unkle member) on the Dazed Digital website and completely fell in love with it. I felt inspired to create a mix myself that had a similar vibe to it. I spent a couple of months finding tracks I felt I could use and this was the outcome, at the time using 2 x CDJ 1000 turntables and a DJM 600 mixer.

As I have always done, the tracklist is below which will link to various places you should find the music available to purchase. There are a few that are really hard to track down now, so you might need to do a bit more digging.

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mixamorphosis · Is Anybody Listening?

 

Tracklist 

01. The Black Dog - M1 (Soma)
02. We Fell To Earth - The Double (Instereo)
03. Clint Mansell - Two Weeks & Counting... (Black Records)
04. Trentemoller - Sycamore Feeling (Trentemoller Remix) (In My Room)
05. Max Cooper - Enveloped (Traum)
06. Kevin Swain - A Dark Mood (Global Underground)
07. Tiefschwarz - Legends (Souvenir)
08. Nathan Fake - You Are Here (Four Tet Remix) (Border Community)
09. Future Beat Alliance - Dark Passenger (Rush Hour)
10. Luis Junior - Colache (Bedrock Digital)
11. Liars - The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack (Mute)
12. Agoria ft. Neneh Cherry - Million Miles (Different)
13. UNKLE - Twilight (Layo & Bushwacka! Mix) (Surrender All)
14. DJ Koze - Mariposa (Kompakt)
15. Radiohead - Everything In It's Right Place (Andi Muller's Loooong Mix) (Unofficial D/L)
16. James Teej - B4 Spring (Rekids)
17. OK Corral - Pink Shue (Shades Of Grey Remix) (Beef Records)
18. Royksopp - The Drug (Wall Of Sound)
19. Efdemin - Acid Bells (Martyn's Bittersweet Mix) (Curle Recordings)
20. Massive Attack - Protection (The Eno Mix) (Feat. Tracey Thorn) (Wild Bunch)
21. UNKLE - Heaven (Redux) (Surrender All)
22. David Lynch - I Know (Skream's Not So Ravey Remix) (Sunday Best Recordings)
23. Biosphere - Phantasm (Biophon)
24. Sasha - Park In The Shade (Audion Deep Steeple Remix) (emFire)
25. Agoria - Libellules (Infine)
26. Gus Gus - Add This Song (Patrick Chardronnet Remix) (Kompakt)
27. Bomb The Bass - Black River (Gui Boratto Remix) (!K7)
28. Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill (Eleventhirtyeight Edit) (Unofficial D/L)
29. DJ Shadow vs Carly Simon - Vanity (Flying White Dots Mash Up)
30. Alexander Daf - Lost In Flames (Bloodsugar)
31. Gold Panda - Snow & Taxis (Glitterbug's Pink Snow) (Notown / Ghostly)
32. Lost Idol - In Time & Space (Cookshop)
33. Top Drawer - Song Of A Sinner (Now Again)

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