Welcome to Playlist-23 Mixed by Damion. It is has been a while since The Collective Loop has mixed a playlist and thought it was about time. In this playlist I wanted to try and mixed together some interesting indie tracks and see what happens. So have a listen and let me know what you think. All great artist. So go ahead and have listen or if you want share this mix.
Cover Art by: Damion Schweizer
Tracklist
1. Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix) by The Whitest Boy Alive
2. Grande Comore by Southern Shores
3. Memories by Hard Mix
4. Neon Signs
5. Heart by Blood Diamonds
6. Ensoniq-Funk by Chad Valley
7. If You Want It by TV Girl
8. Brothers by Mux Mool
9. Apollo Throwdown Star Slinger by The Go! Team
10.Kisses by Kisses
11.Ungirthed by Purity Ring
12.A Gentleman's Harvest (Teen Daze Space Disco Love Remix) by The Magician & The Gates of Love
The Collective Loop is proud to start The Collective Loop Mixed Series. So welcome to Volume I of this series. I asked my good friend Skillz to start off this mixed series with a mix of some good old 2-Step. If you remember, I did a post about Skillz last year almost to this date about him taking all of his vinyl and turning it into a collection of mixed speed garage sets called the "Speed Garage Chronicles". Well he is up to Chapter 14 so if you're a Speed Garage junkie like we are then I suggest you start filling those ears with dirty basslines. In the mean time have a listen to the new mixed series below.
Back in September of 2010 I talked about the Atlanta band Kinisi who had a track "beach frogs" featured on Playlist-18. Kinisi is the creative project of Speros Constantine Kokenes and he was nice enough to notify me via email that he has completed a New Album called "Sun Battle Soul".
He states that it's a fully instrumental composition meant to be listened to as one complete work. The concept of the album revolves around a theme of the organic vs. the inorganic, exploring the harmony and disharmony that results from the interaction of the physical world and the mental consciousness we experience and questioning where/how time exists in this relationship. The track titles serve as a (admittedly ambiguous) program guide for the story of two characters who's crossing of paths results in tension, hostility, and ultimately resolution.
Did I mention that it's available to download for FREE. Also don't forget to check out his other two EP on his bandcamp site.
Released 31 January 2011
Artwork by Daniel Hendrik van Luijk
It's amazing what an iPad can really do if you know how to use it. I guess you can do anything. Take Damon Albarn for example he created a whole NEW 15 track Gorillaz's album with nothing more than an iPad and additional instruments. It was all recorded while the Gorilla's were on a 32 day North American Tour this year.
The album entitled The Fall is nothing less than talent. This album has nothing but great songs that bring different eclectic mixes of synths into great sounding tracks. This is not just a diary of the bands 32 day tour it's also a feat to show what can be accomplished in a short period of time. It's only 47 minutes long but I can guarantee that it will flow nicely on repeat. Oh! I forgot to mention the best part about this album. Damon Albarn has been generous enough to share the whole album over on their website for FREE. Head over to Gorillaz.com to check out the album, where it’s available to stream or can be downloaded for members of the fan club.
On my random image search I came across a Mixtape Series album cover I thought was cool. So I started to dig for the original source and I stumbled upon The Comprehensive Mixtape Series. This Mixtape Series looks like it started about 9 months ago and every 3 months a new one becomes available. I have to give props to the creator of this site due to the great collection of tracks within the mixtapes and the mixtape covers are very eye-catching as well. Oh, did I mention that these mixtapes are Free to Download.
Greg Gillis, the man behind Girl Talk, has released his new album All Day. Which has been the buzz on Twitter. The reason for that is because Girl Talk is known for his success of mashing up independently successful artists into a solid track and on top of that he is giving away his album for FREE.
This is his fifth album, featuring 12 tracks with 372 overlapping samples of hit songs. If you want to check out the tracks that have been sample than click here. Girl Talk was even kind enough to give the list of the sampled tracks. He does ask though that we listen to this album as a whole, rather than bit by bit. For sake of making things easier, however, he has been kind enough to break it down into more manageable pieces. This is a must have album. It will have you rocking all the way through.
