MixTape5: Drift ...And Let The Light Back In [ambient, downtempo, dub, sprinkles]

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Posted by Sykonee on Jan-04-2010 22:03:

MixTape5: Drift ...And Let The Light Back In [ambient, downtempo, dub, sprinkles]

The morning after. Coming down. Retreating to your tent. Whatever you call it, every partier has to deal with the aftermath of the night before, and it can be a drag to do so. Thus, I give you a soundtrack to ease you out of your melancholy as you snuggle into a comfortable blanket, lean on a loved one, sip from a warm cup, and gaze thoughtlessly afar.

This mix-tape is more-or-less divided into three section. With scarce hints of rhythm, the first part gently invites you in with soothing tones and reflective moods. Then, we move onto various pieces of music and mini-sets to flow in and out of -though it may come across a little thematically disjointed and at points more uptempo than expected, the purpose here is to casually take in the different sights and sounds of electronic chill-out, to simply drift along as you see fit. Finally, we ground ourselves back to reality with the earthly vibes of dub.

At 130+ minutes, this is the longest mix-tape I've yet done. I'll honestly be surprised if anyone can diligently pay close attention to this for the duration, as I purposefully included bits to let your mind wander from time to time (as any good chill set should do), though you probably won't ever stray too far.

As always, comments are appreciated. Also, I'm quite interested to find out whether this mix-tape ending up properly serving its purpose for anyone.

DRIFT ...AND LET THE LIGHT BACK IN

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Track List:
1. Hybrid Leisureland - Strawberry Planetarium
2. The Future Sound Of London - Ill Flower
3. Divination - Errata
4. Aphex Twin - Blue Calx
5. Harold Budd & Brian Eno - Against The Sky
6. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 In G Minor, OP.103, "The Year 1905": The Palace Square/January 9th/In Memoriam/The Tocsin
7. Boards Of Canada - Heard From Telegraph Lines
8. Timeshard - Crystal Oscillations
9. Moby - Inside
10. Norman Feller - Frameless Structure
11. Peter Benisch - Precious
12. The Higher Intelligence Agency - Pink Green
13. Gas - Microscopic
14. Omnimotion - Falling
15. Michael Brook - Andean
16. Banco de Gaia - Gates Does Windows
17. Bandulu - Run, Run
18. Bob Marley - Exodus (Bill Laswell Ambient Dub Translation)
19. DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World
20. I:Cube - Le Dub
21. Thievery Corporation - 2001 Spliff Odyssey
22. Cottonbelly - Edge Test 1
23. Neil Young - You And Me

MixTape1: Testing The Waters
MixTape2: Things, They Be Unright
MixTape3: Electronic Purity (Music Research Tribute)
MixTape4: The Sun Amongst The Stars

Posted by wotyzoid on Jan-04-2010 22:56:

in!

Posted by denys envy on Jan-04-2010 23:01:

pee sprinkles?

Posted by Sykonee on Jan-05-2010 01:41:

quote:
Originally posted by denys envy
pee sprinkles?

Miscellaneous sprinkles.

You're thinking of tinkles.

Posted by KilldaDJ on Jan-05-2010 06:54:

nice post, having this one as i saw 'downtempo' in the title

Posted by KilldaDJ on Jan-06-2010 22:06:

i fucking love dj shadow in this mix.

midnight in a perfect world must be my all time recycled track in my mixes, it seems to always make my 'oh yeh this is a cracking track, must be in there' pile

simply brilliant.

getting nice vibes @ 69min...feels very orbish/eno so far...i was half expecting some brutal beats but its been quite tame so far...you on a comedown or something?

Posted by Sykonee on Jan-07-2010 01:00:

quote:
Originally posted by KilldaDJ
getting nice vibes @ 69min...feels very orbish/eno so far...i was half expecting some brutal beats but its been quite tame so far...you on a comedown or something?

Well, events over New Year's did inspire me to do this one.

'Brutal beats'? Heh, does the reputation of my paranoid-downbeat-to-twisted-psy mixtape linger still?

And yeah, Midnight In A Perfect World has been a chill tape staple of mine for years. Seemed appropriate that I'd include here.

Posted by Ted Promo on Jan-07-2010 02:49:

dirty butter

Posted by KilldaDJ on Jan-07-2010 06:34:

oh i meant brutal beats as in big dirty downtempo beats

i heart dj shadows meeeeeeeowch

Posted by Sykonee on Jan-08-2010 01:05:

quote:
Originally posted by KilldaDJ
oh i meant brutal beats as in big dirty downtempo beats

i heart dj shadows meeeeeeeowch

Ah, so really dig the chunky funky beats (oh hell yeah!). Maybe I'll do something like that next.

Posted by denys envy on Jan-08-2010 02:02:

chunky funky is my shit dawg!

Posted by montana on Jan-10-2010 11:40:

right, this was nice, you have a good sense of programming these things and i was pleasantly suprised with the choices you made. i think there was two transitions that bothered me and that was a point in the middle where it got messy and the end with bringing in neil young which just broke the flow of the ending.

otherwise, i liked this alot. well done

Posted by Sykonee on Jan-10-2010 15:46:

Yeah, the Neil Young thing was a personal choice. Not really a part of the set itself. Think of it as a bonus track. Or maybe a secret song that didn't want to wait for 3 minutes of silence to play out.

Let me guess: the 'middle-messy' transition is the Moby one? Lord knows that one irks me some, but I couldn't find a way to ease that one in no matter where I put it, and it serves as a lead-in to the Feller/Benisch segment, so I just ham-fisted it ...er, as 'gently' as I could.

All in all though, thanks for the kudos!

Posted by Armitage on May-29-2010 05:12:

Missed this when it was posted, grabbing it now.