Holy crap, a mix!? Yes indeed. Been quite a while, and trying something different on this one — hip hop! Well, OoC’s take on hip hop. Old and new, beats and samples. Even some wika wika.
The vibe trends downward to somewhere admittedly a bit misty, as I haven’t been a fan of hip hop’s tumble to the mainstream garbage of today. Such a fall from grace from the “disco rap music” beginnings.
Stay tuned, mo hot shit coming down the pipe soon!
Track Listing:
Aim - Northwest
David McCallum - The Edge
The Herbaliser - Twice Around
Pretty Lights - Pretty Lights vs. Summertime
Chris Joss - Shellah V
Checkmate - R.A.W. (OoC Wiki acapella)
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Hip Hop Heaven (Gramatik remix)
CunninLynguists - Seasons (RJD2 remix)
Diamond D - Check One, Two
J Dilla - Runnin’
Q-Tip - What the Fuss? (Shook edit)
Kansas - Dust in the Wind (Z-Trip edit)
Dr. Dre - Still D.R.E.
Noodles, this one’s for you. Three months late, but it’s been a busy quarter.
Been cold and wet in Seattle lately (shocker), so my thoughts drifted to something warm and smooth. This vibe is a spaced out, yacht rock type’a deal. Fun to mix in some ironic original versions, and the entire 12:00 opus of a re-edit of New Edition’s Once in a Lifetime Groove.
Thanks for the kick in the pants, Busy G — lots more potential playlists cued up, so expect more choons while I’m soaking up what may be my last christmas break ever.
Enjoy!
Track Listing:
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side (Holtoug bootleg)
The KDMS - Highwire (D-Pulse instrumental mix)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (remix)
Foreigner - Waiting for a Girl Like You
MGMT - Electric Feel (Aeroplane remix)
Cabral, Marcos & Shux - Lifetime Groove
Small Pyramids - Another Way to Feel
Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgetting (AC re-edit)
Lionel Richie - All Night Long
Michael Jackson - I Can’t Help It (Todd Terje remix)
Psychemagik - Wake Up Everybody
Had a re-commitment to house music recently; time to narrow the EDM scope and dig a little deeper into one sound for a while. And the new podcast does just that — some deep house for my homey Nick down in Portland this summer. Holler at your boy.
Track Listing:
Lusty Legs - Travel Down the Grid
Stardust - Music Sounds Better with You (Archie Hamilton remix)
Howard Sessions - Leeds Infection
Mikkael - Black Swann
D’Experiment - History
The Neighbours Project - Disco
Dan Drastic - Behind a Green Door (Chris Lattner remix)
Dirk Dreyer & Pierre Deutschmann - House of Pain (Sami Wentz remix)
Marco Resmann - Sao Paulo Lights (Ramon Tapia remix)
Romano Alfieri - Moved Muff
Out of reverence for those who have been serious about the scene long before it blew up, I don’t plan on dabbling in the dubstep now that it has. UK Funky and all the splintering subgenres are more than I can even keep up with now…
But my passion for bangers runs strong and always fun to explore new sounds, so here is a little mix that dances around that half-time / double-time tempo. More electro, less wobble.
Out of Controller - Slow Bangers Mini-Mix, 7/10/10
Track Listing:
Blackalicious - Deception (intro acapella)
R/D - Space Radio (Deru remix)
Rustie - Keesha Resmak
The Glitch Mob - Drive it Like You Stole it
Jazzsteppa - Sweet Tooth
Harmonic 313 - Battlestar feat. Phat Kat & eLZhi
Matty G - West Coast Rocks (The Glitch Mob remix)
Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Alex Metric remix)
Metallica - Seek & Destroy (Bassnectar remix)
Jayou - Don’t Cheat, Don’t Steal feat. Laney
Drake - Forever (Nosaj Thing remix)
A couple head-bobbing minimixes that seemed to seemed to pair well enough. One slower, one faster, both groovy.
Had been tooling with the down tempo playlist for a minute, and the release of Juan Maclean’s new DJ-Kicks album got me in the mood for a house-tastic mix as well. Pick your poison…
(It’s ok to pick both. Encouraged, in fact.)
Track Listing:
Super Value - Untitled
Rayko - Brownie
Grover Washington, Jr. - Mister Magic
Keenhouse - Ari-es (Hemingway remix)
Chromeo - I Can’t Tell You Why (Eagles cover)
Beautiful Swimmers - Swimmers Groove
Mai Tai - History
The Cardigans - Erase Rewind
The Avalanches - Electricity (DJ Harvey edit)
Track Listing:
Jamtech Foundation - Too Fast (Zombie Disco Squad remix)
David Keno - Wait for More
Telonius - Hit Me (Ian Pooley dub)
Hot Natured - Electric Jones
Pase Rock - Nights (DJ Spider remix)
Alex Metric - Holding
Joe & Will Ask? - Merry Go
Darker and dirtier on this one, a different direction than the disco’fied mixes of late. Wicked beats, complete with P-Diddy himself muttering obscenities and sentence fragments. A little electro mixed in toward the end, and rounded out with a more uplifting vibe from everyone’s favorite french house wunderkind, Louis La Roche.
Track Listing:
Julio Bashmore - World Peace
Mosca - Square One (Greena remix)
Danny Tenaglia - Dibiza (Solee remix)
DJ Hell - The DJ feat. P-Diddy (Paul Woolford remix)
Andy Caldwell - Warrior (Claude VonStroke remix)
Hess is More - Ssshhhh (Zombie Disco Squad remix)
Myd - Train to Bamako (Canblaster remix)
Edu K - Ja, Mann! (Mom & Dad remix)
Erlkonig - Falcon Crest
Gooseflesh - Insanely (Dilemn remix)
Jackpot - Ragazza (In Flagranti remix)
Del Marquis - Runaround (Louis La Roche remix)
Some house jams with epic tales to tell this time. Longer than usual, their stories will unfold slowly. I thumb my nose at you, three-minute pop track.
Still on a bit more on the mellow tip, but don’t worry, G-Unit — the pendulum will swing back to bangers in no time once I’m sitting around on xmas break spitting out mixtapes all day!
Track Listing:
LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 (Prince Language remix)
Camboche - Ipso Facto (Pete Herbert remix)
Still Going - Still Going Theme
Studio - Life’s a Beach (Todd Terje remix)
Soft Rocks - Leave Your World Behind
Lindstrom & Christabelle - Baby Can’t Stop (Aeroplane remix)
Headman - Dirt (C90s remix)
Music Go Music - Warm in the Shadow (Villa remix)
40 Thieves -Don’t Turn It Off feat. Qzen (Brennan Green remix)
OMC - How Bizarre (CFCF remix)
This mix takes the tempo down a few notches, so sit back and enjoy from your turkey and shopping comas. No dance floor required.
Track Listing:
DJ Krush - Jugoya
Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (Rapson edit)
The Roots - What They Do
Peace Orchestra - Double Drums (DJ DSL remix)
dZihan & Kamien - Streets of Istanbul
Thievery Corporation - The Mirror Conspiracy
Bonobo - Flutter
Mr. Scruff - So Long
La Funk Mob - 357 Magnum Force
RJD2 - Incorporate Anthem
Boards of Canada - Happy Cycling
I swear I was formulating this playlist before I checked it out, but Chromeo recently released the latest DJ-Kicks album after a couple year hiatus in the series; and this mix is along the same lines. Light-hearted disco synths, and even a little Beyonce for good measure.
Track Listing:
Paul M - No More Lonely Nights (U-Tern Disco edit)
Feist - Sea Lion (Chromeo remix)
Jimmy Ross - First True Love Affair (Larry Levan mix)
Clubhouse - Billie Jean / Do It Again (mashup)
Jupiter - Mama Used to Say
Chromeo - Night by Night (Siriusmo remix)
Private - My Secret Lover (Lifelike remix)
Plej - You
Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars (Shazam Dub mix)
Beyonce - Broken-Hearted Girl (Alan Braxe remix)
Ali Love - Diminishing Returns (Eli Escobar remix)
The XX - Crystalized (Rory Phillips mix)
Amnesia - Turas
courtesy of underwoodpix.com
A little playlist that’s been bouncing around in my head this week on the bus…
Out of Controller Mini-mix, 10/23/09
Track Listing:
Sharooz - Adrenalize (Phonat Deconstruction)
Miike Snow - Black & Blue (Tiga remix)
Boy 8-Bit - Baltic Pine (GreenMoney Bootleg)
The Funktuary - Wip Electric (Hot City remix)
Armand Van Helden - Funk Phenomena 2010 (Starkillers remix)
Calvin Harris - Ready for the Floor (Fake Blood remix)
Fever Ray - Triangle Walks (Rex the Dog edit)