Last December, I wanted to see if Bonobo could mix with hip-hop (turns out it does), and work outside my 125 BPM comfort zone. Thanks to the guys at Rap Genius for the inspiration (and the help). This is the result:
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Track List
- Atmosphere — The Woman With The Tattooed Hands
- KiD CuDi — Maui Wowie
- Ming + FS — Is There Honey?
- Rhymefest — Mike The Mentor (feat. Michael Jackson)
- Common — The People (feat. Dwele)
- Apollo Brown — Brag Language (feat. Buff 1 & Magestik Legend)
- DJ Danger Mouse — What More Can I Say
- Kanye West — Stronger
- The Hood Internet — Dr. Dre (feat. Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg) vs Fujiya & Miyagi - The Next Collarbone
- Kanye West — Flashing Lights (feat. Dwele)
- ydnar — Good Days Ahead (Bonobo vs Big K.R.I.T.)
- The Notorious B.I.G. — Ghetto (feat. Akon & 2pac)
- Bonobo — Light Pattern
- Dr. Dre — Housewife (feat. Hittman & Kurupt)
- Anni Rossi — Rude Boy (Rhianna cover)
- Ratatat — Party And Bullshit (feat. The Notorious B.I.G.)
- Bonobo — All In Forms
- Notorious B.I.G. — Big Poppa
- Lupe Fiasco — Hip-Hop Saved My Life (feat. Nikki Jean)
40 minutes, 125bpm, island hopping via flight 79 to Honolulu.
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Track Listing
- The Avalanches — Live at Dominoes
- 40 Winks — Welcome To Paradise Island (Interlude)
- Astrud Gilberto, Joao Gilberto & Stan Getz — The Girl from Ipanema
- Silicone Soul — The All Nite Dub
- Rodrigo y Gabriela — Buster Voodoo
- Shwayze — Buzzin (Villains Remix v.2)
- Michael Jackson — Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough
- Steed Lord — You,
- Sufjan Stevens — The Dress Looks Nice On You
- Yelle — La musique (Tepr Remix)
- Spoon — Don’t You Evah (DJ Amaze and Alan Astor Mix)
- Death From Above 1979 — Romantic Rights (Girls Are Short Mix)
- OH SNAP!! — I’m Too Fat To Be A Hipster
- Brad Sucks — Dropping out of School
- Mumford & Sons — Little Lion Man
- Kid Cudi & Cee-Lo — Scott Mescudi vs. the World
- The xx — You’ve Got the Love (Theophilus London Remix)
- Delphic — This Momentary
- The Presets — This Boy’s In Love
- I Am Finn — I Love You (Van She Tech Remix)
June’s mixtape is built for flights and bus rides, benefit parties and best friends. It’s kind of a 130 BPM multivitamin, or like mixing beer and Coke. Ingredients include both kinds of music: disco and electro, remixed Ibiza house standards, hip-hop and Swedish girl pop. Bobble-headed from SFO-CDG when I should have been sleeping, then spent a few hours over the past four days fine-tuning (mostly purging). My favorite part is probably in the middle, where I stuck Treasure Fingers’ nasty Fergie mix. That, or the Steve Aoki track, which is just plain awesome. I’ve wanted to mix Aoki out of Sexual Earthquake in Kobe for approx. forever. Backyard Astronomy clocks exactly 60 minutes and comes with a simple 3-step plan:
- Put on dancing shoes.
- Get a glass of champagne.
- DANCE
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Tracklist
- Avenue D — Slut
- Lime — You’re My Magician
- Boney M. — Dancing in the Streets
- Manu Dibango — Soul Makossa (Original Long Version)
- Röyksopp — 64 position
- Surkin — White Night Two
- The Streets — Get Out Of My House
- Mstrkrft — Easy Love
- Simian Mobile Disco — It’s the Beat (The Teenagers Remix)
- Avenue D — 2D2F
- Kolombo, Compuphonic — Passing Light (Original Mix)
- (Emo-Thug2) Spektrum/Tiefschwarz Vs. Unk — New 2 Step (DJ Morsy Remix)
- Feist & Boys Noize — My Moon My Man
- Crystal Castles — Crimewave (LAZRtag Remix)
- Inner City — Buena Vida (Carl Craig Mix)
- MSTRKRFT — Paris vs. Music Sounds Better With You
- Everything But The Girl — Tracey In My Room (Lazy Dog Bootleg Vocal mix with Soul Vision)
- Daft Punk — What More Time (Krames Remix)
- Juiceboxxx and Dre Skull — Center Stage
- Fergie — Glamorous (feat. Ludacris) (Treasure Fingers remix)
- Tegan and Sara — Back in Your Head (Tyler Fedchuk’s 1/2ALIVE disco remix)
- Dre Skull — I Want You Back
- Sexual Earthquake In Kobe — Dance Music (The Toxic Avenger Remix)
- Steve Aoki — Goose, Bring It On (with Todd Fink of The Faint guest drop)
- Maral Salmassi — Fire Gem
- Yelle — Je Veux Te Voir
- Lo-Fidelity Allstars & Space Raiders — (I Need The) D
- Todd Edwards — Far Away
- C-Ride — Pushin’ (Hensforth’s Skream at Me Remix)
- Surkin — Next of Kin (Todd Edwards’ Re-Kindled Mix)
- Lykke Li — Little Bit
My travel this summer revolves around a pair of weddings—one in Hawaii, one in Paris. May’s mix is for my friends Kendal, Steve, SaraJane and Jay. A bit indie rock, a bit electro, some remixes, covers and Sufjan.
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Tracklist
- Skinny — On A Beautiful Day
- The Bird And The Bee — Again & Again
- Bonobo — Flutter
- The Faint — Glass Danse World
- Russ Chimes — She's Got The Heat (Cryptonites Remix)
- Daft Punk — Voyager (Revolte Remix)
- Villains — Rock It
- I Am Finn — I Love You (Van She Tech Remix)
- Black Kids — I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You (The Twelves Remix)
- Lykke Li — Dance Dance Dance
- Juiceboxxx and Dre Skull — Sweat (XXXChange Remix)
- Mark Ronson & Klaxons, feat. Daniel Merriweather — Golden Skans
- Mystery Jets — The Boy Who Ran Away (Riton Rerub)
- Digitalism — Pogo
- Peter Bjorn & John — Let’s Call It Off (Single Mix)
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah — The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth
- Cloud Cult — Take Your Medicine
- GoodBooks — Passchendaele
- Sufjan Stevens — To Be Alone With You
- MGMT — Kids
- Justice — DVNO (T Mix)
- Dragonette — I Get Around (Midnight Juggernaut Mix)
- Metric vs Kolombo, Compuphonic — Recalculation Theme (ydnar Mix)
April’s mixtape is a big electro hug for my peeps in Haight/Alamo/Hayes Valley. ALL OF THEMS. Thanks Krissy for the push!
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Tracklist
- Ssion vs Heads We Dance - Clown in the Digital Age (Tactic Remix/ydnar Edit)
- Treasure Fingers - Cross The Dancefloor
- Ghosthustler - Only Me To Trust
- The Teenagers - Homecoming (Gentlemen Drivers Rave Remix)
- Chromeo - Call Me Up (KILL THE NOISE Remix)
- Feist - 1234 (My!Gay!Husband! Get Up Kid Edit)
- El Barto & Liam B - Hadalover
- The Bird And The Bee - Fucking Boyfriend
- The Secret Handshake - Too Young (The Toxic Avenger Remix)
- A-Trak - MIA-roder (Kavinsky vs MIA)
- El Ten Eleven - Jumping Frenchmen Of Maine
- Hellogoodbye - Here (In Your Arms) (CLASSIXX Remix)
- Goldfrapp - Happiness (Metronomy Remix Featuring The Teenagers)
- The Streets - Weak Become Heros
- Kill The Noise - Hey You (Le Castle Vania Remix)
- Kolombo, Compuphonic vs Gossip - Emotion Standing in the Way of Control (Tronik Youth Remix / ydnar Edit)
- Thom Yorke - The Eraser (XXXChange_mix)
- Cryptonites vs Rhett Miller - Can’t Give You a Question (ydnar Edit)
- Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating
- Capsule - I’m Feeling You
- Hot Chip - And I Was A Boy From School
- Cut Copy - Lights & Music (Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix)
- Mendetz - The Boola (Plus Move Remix)
- Nicky Vanshe & Dangerous Dan - Around The World Again
- Cloud Cult - Washed Your Car
67 minutes of dance time is the new prescription for seasonal allergies.
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Tracklist
- College - Teenage Color
- Buddy Akai - I’ll Know
- Holy Ghost! - Hold On
- The Whitest Boy Alive - Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)
- Mystery Jets - Young Love (The Shoes Mix)
- Autokratz - Last Show - Original Mix
- The Gossip - Yr Mangled Heart (Guns’N’Bombs Trashbags Remix)
- Belle & Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher
- Frank Turner - This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The One Of ME
- The Helio Sequence - Hallelujah
- Earlimart - Answers & Questions
- AmpLive - All I Need
- Breakbot - Happy Rabbit
- Purple Crush - Shopping on the Dancefloor
- Teenagersintokyo - Very Vampyr
- Steve Aoki - Justice, Waters of Nazereth (Erol Alkan’s Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr Re-Edit) (with Pase Rock guest drop)
- Justice - Phantom II (Boys Noize Unreleased Turbine)
- Sébastien Tellier - La Ritournelle (Mr. Dan’s Mix)
