Growing Cold Together (Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Electronica)
Spike Witney - Growing Cold Together
"Because our lips won't last forever
And that's exactly why
I'd rather live in dreams and I'd rather die"
A labour of love fusing wistful dream pop, introspective shoegaze and melody-laden electronica. Dream away...
Twin Shadow - Forget Saharan Gazelle Boy - Strange Teen Way Tears Run Rings - Happiness 3 Games - Strawberry Skies Tears Run Rings - Divided MillionYoung - Cosmonaut Winterlight - Awake and Sleeping Malory - Floating Jillian Ann - King Of Solitude (artette back in 1984 remix) My Favourite Robot - The Future Will Judge Us Emily James Band - Moments Like These Moscow Olympics - Still Jon Hopkins - Campfire Memoryhouse - Bonfire Summer Camp - Round The Moon The Wake - Gruesome Castle (wild nothing cover) Malory - Cache Washed Out - Feel It Around Serafim Tsotsonis - The Hunter Wild Nothing - Live In Dreams Deastro - The Shaded Forests Beach Fossils - What A Pleasure Dream Cop - Marooned Moscow Olympics - What Is Left Unsaid
Registered: Aug 2010
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
I appreciate the direction here so i gave it a good listen.
I'm left satisfied if anything, plenty of blissy moments and general intrigue. Last twenty minutes didn't quite do it for me. Quaint, however it started to feel less like an electronica mix and more like an 80's radio station, but i suppose i just wasn't really in for that.
Good stuff though and thanks for sharing and what not.
Originally posted by Bierheld
I appreciate the direction here so i gave it a good listen.
I'm left satisfied if anything, plenty of blissy moments and general intrigue. Last twenty minutes didn't quite do it for me. Quaint, however it started to feel less like an electronica mix and more like an 80's radio station, but i suppose i just wasn't really in for that.
Good stuff though and thanks for sharing and what not.
Ha! Wasn't even expecting one response for this set. I've done a series called the Windmill Sessions on here for ages which gets a lot of interest but occasionally drop a random set or two in here which displays some of my other tastes. Almost to a tee they go by unnoticed, so I'm glad someone actually listened to one.
The concept around the mix was to include a number of folky/dream pop songs that I have been turned on to recently (Wild Nothing - Live In Dreams, Beach Fossils - What a Pleasure etc) in the context of a mix as a whole. Initially I wanted to include music solely of this genre (or thereabouts) and mixed altogether. That was never going to work without it being a bit jarring in between tunes so I started to use some ambient and electronica to meld the seams. Hopefully something interesting has come of it.
Thanks again for the feedback and listen. Followed the link on your sig to your mix, looks incredibly experimental and will definitely be something new to my ears. Downloading and will listen over the next few days.
Registered: Aug 2010
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
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Originally posted by sunsurge
Ha! Wasn't even expecting one response for this set. I've done a series called the Windmill Sessions on here for ages which gets a lot of interest but occasionally drop a random set or two in here which displays some of my other tastes. Almost to a tee they go by unnoticed, so I'm glad someone actually listened to one.
The concept around the mix was to include a number of folky/dream pop songs that I have been turned on to recently (Wild Nothing - Live In Dreams, Beach Fossils - What a Pleasure etc) in the context of a mix as a whole. Initially I wanted to include music solely of this genre (or thereabouts) and mixed altogether. That was never going to work without it being a bit jarring in between tunes so I started to use some ambient and electronica to meld the seams. Hopefully something interesting has come of it.
Thanks again for the feedback and listen. Followed the link on your sig to your mix, looks incredibly experimental and will definitely be something new to my ears. Downloading and will listen over the next few days.
I'm also finding dreamy pop an intriguing sound lately, but recognize it doesn't lend itself well to mixing. What i was hoping for is just that, mixing them in with related but more traditional electronic genres to make it more of a flowing narrative is what i was expecting and also hoping to create myself sometime in the future. You did well in doing so for the most part so i'm glad i gave this one a listen.
As for why it doesn't attract much attention i'm not quite sure, but if a mix offers something different from the usual and i happen to spot it in the endless list of topics here i'm always sure to give it a try.
Also thanks for tackling my mix, it's a roller coaster ride between dizzying abstractness and more organic melodic bliss. I hope you find what you're looking for.
Downloaded, looks cool! Really love the genres mentioned in the subject.. I've been enjoying this one finnish shoegaze/dream pop-band lately, they are called the Delay Trees - highly recommended! http://www.myspace.com/delaytrees
Originally posted by Aki A.
Downloaded, looks cool! Really love the genres mentioned in the subject.. I've been enjoying this one finnish shoegaze/dream pop-band lately, they are called the Delay Trees - highly recommended! http://www.myspace.com/delaytrees
I'm listening now.
Really like their stuff. Definitely has that Scandinavian sound to it.
Got so much material for the next mix already! Keep any suggestions coming.
Originally posted by TranceArmstrong
i don't know many of these artists but it sounds like an interesting concept.. and I really like memoryhouse. DLin'
They are special. Everything they produce is just beautiful and has that drowned, slow-motion vibe which I adore.
Originally posted by Bierheld
I'm also finding dreamy pop an intriguing sound lately, but recognize it doesn't lend itself well to mixing. What i was hoping for is just that, mixing them in with related but more traditional electronic genres to make it more of a flowing narrative is what i was expecting and also hoping to create myself sometime in the future. You did well in doing so for the most part so i'm glad i gave this one a listen.
As for why it doesn't attract much attention i'm not quite sure, but if a mix offers something different from the usual and i happen to spot it in the endless list of topics here i'm always sure to give it a try.
Also thanks for tackling my mix, it's a roller coaster ride between dizzying abstractness and more organic melodic bliss. I hope you find what you're looking for.
It is certainly difficult to incorporate in that organic way you describe, especially after getting so used to being fixated on 4/4 perfect beat-matching all my dj'ing life. It requires a slightly different approach which I'm still learning and hoping to improve with each mix. The two styles certainly have the potential to meld beautifully.
I'll listen to your mix over the weekend and next week I think, on the headphones for the work commute. Should be a good way of taking it in both subconsciously and when I am more actively listening (depending on how busy it is!).
Growing Cold Together (Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Electronica)
