It’s taken me a minute…but hopefully it’s something that you can booze to, cruise to, and keep you warm at night. These are just some of my most beloved jammers, painstakingly collaged/arranged, and imbued/mixed with a lot of love and magic, for your enjoyment! <3

EX ANIMO/AD ASTRA

It’s essentially a live mix (hence the f&*k ups…eeeep! —- channeling the philosophy of wabi-sabi), but was minimally and masterfully edited by musical maestro himself, DJ Maestro P aka Matt Pace, a fellow Shrugger. (Alliteration much?!) He basically salvaged what could be salvaged…BIG UPS!!!! So many thanks to you again Matt

I hope you enjoy these songs as much as I have, and I hope it makes you feel like you’re flying, or maybe even disco dancin’ amongst the stars. I’ll meet you on the astral plane babies

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Tracklisting.

These New Puritans / Navigate-Colours
Woolfy vs Projections / Neeve (Permanent Vacation Tropical Heat Mix)
Freddie Mercury / Message of Love (Leo Zero Re-edit)
Yacht / Psychic City (Classixx Remix)
Sammy Barbot / Mexico (Lovefinger’s Barrio Edit)
Hot Chocolate / Heaven’s In The Backseat Of My Cadillac (Revenge Rework)
The Revenge / Hotz 4 U
The Lovin’ Spoonful / Summer In The City (Peter Visti Edit)
LCD Soundsystem / Sound of Silver (Tim Fuchs Rework)
Lifelike / L.O.V.E. Is What You Need
Alexander Robotnick / Problèmes D’Amour
Connie Case / Get Down
Jacques Renault / Sweet Rollin’ On
War / Galaxy
In Flagranti / Louvre For Yo
La Bionda / I Got Your Number
Still Going / Spaghetti Circus
DJ Kaos / Love The Night Away (Tiedye Mix)
Electric Light Orchestra / All Over The World

DJ Kaos, Love The Night Away (Tiedye Remix), 2009

A writer from Pitchfork (I know, I know) actually encapsulated an impressive and accurate description of this song: “‘Love the Nite Away (Tiedye Remix)’ is a perfect embodiment of that instant blend of lust and hope and potential, the timeless, youthful search for sensation, visceral feeling and social unity and love, even if it’s only real for that one night, or even that one moment; it’s about losing yourself to another person, when joyful emotion overpowers everything else, neuroses ignored in the wake of unconcerned bliss. How pure and simple life can be.”

Yes, yes indeed.

your slightest look easily will unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose

or if your wish be to close me,i and
my life will shut very beautifully,suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;

nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility: whose texture
compels me with the colour of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing

(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain, has such small hands

e.e.cummings

On my brain, all day

D R E A M

This song is so beautiful, and I just can’t stop listening to it. It’s so dreamy, and I feel encapsulates so many feelings. Nostalgia, heartache, and probably a lot of emotions that don’t even have names yet. I felt so obsessed by it, and I just wanted to know what he was saying. It was like watching a movie on mute or something. So I had one of my dearest friends Sara translate it, bless her! And the lyrics are just as ethereal as the melody of the song. Enjoy.

When we awake, they sleep
When we sleep, they awake.
On the other side of this world are friends.

The night sky illuminated by stars disappears
and they awake when the sun climbs the horizon
On the other side of this world, are friends we have not met

You search thru the nights and excitement is rare..
only when you’ve given up on everything do you faintly hear the noise;
beats knocking on your window

Well
g’morning
Let’s keep on doin’ it
g’morning
Let’s keep on doin’ it

Someone laughs, someone is sad
Somewhere laughter, somewhere sadness
On the other side of this world..friends

Don’t seek anymore, don’t expect anymore
Even when you’ve given up on everything, it still continues;
beats knocking on your window

Well
g’morning
Let’s keep on doin’ it
g’morning
Let’s keep on doin’ it

Bibio, Lover’s Carvings, 2009

And days and days and days go by

Jeff Koons, Michael Jackson and Bubbles, 1998

Today was a sad day. Not only did one of Charlie’s Angels, Farrah Fawcett die, but so did Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. I don’t know why, but I’ve always sympathized with MJ. I guess because his life was so tragic, all whilst being so completely legendary. He changed the face of music, and has and will continue to influence music, for generations to come. Even though he definitely had his dark days, I always felt like he was such a tender and fragile soul.

I also finally finished a relatively decent first live mixtape today. This was all unrelated to the events that happened today, but right as I finished, I got a text from my friend saying MJ had died. Though this wasn’t recorded with this intention, I sort of hope it can be an ode to MJ in some way. Strangely enough, I have a Jackson 5/Mike Simonetti edit on it. Rest in peace, Michael, you are cherished and missed!

A k!O MONEY SHOT (Live) MIXX

Tracklisting (I have ADD):

Please Don’t Touch (The Golden Filter Dub) - Polly Scattergood
Miss Broadway - Glass Candy
Jackson 5 Express Yourself (Mike Simonetti edit) - Mike Simonetti
Starlight - Escort
Merrymaking At My Place - Calvin Harris
The Rose - The Laughing Light of Plenty
Whispers (Hercules + Love Affair mix) - Aeroplane
High Pressure Days (Headman Rework) - The Units
Drop The Tough (The Twelves Remix) - Groove Armada
Give Me Every Little Thing - The Juan Maclean
The Disco Itch (Shir Khan Remix) - Audioporno vs. Purple Crush
NYSound - Streetlab
Gasolina (Radioclit Remix, Neon Coyote Edit) - Bonde Do Role
La Musique (Adam Sky Remix) - Riot in Belgium
Fucking Boyfriend (Peaches Remix) - The Bird + The Bee
Money, Success, Fame, Glamour - Felix Da Housecat vs. Pop Tarts
Hey Boy, Hey Girl (Soulwax Remix) - The Chemical Brothers
Beeper (Fake Blood Remix) - The Count and Sinden featuring Kid Sister
Hanukkah - Etienne De Crecy et Monsieur Jo
Stuck on Repeat (Fake Blood Remix) - Little Boots
Rio (Boy 8-Bit Remix) - The Bumblebeez
House of Jealous Lovers - The Rapture
Fancy Footwork (Crookers Remix) - Chromeo
Yeah (Crass Version) - LCD Soundsystem
Riddle of Steel (Classixx Version) - Guns N Bombs
Music Sounds Better With You (Alax Braxe + Friends Mix) - Stardust
I’ll Get You feat. Jeppe (Royal Rumble Edit) - Classixx
Far Away (The Golden Filter Remix) - Cut Copy
I Will Come Back - Holy Ghost!
Spark (Dub Mix) - Faze Action
Disco Project - Pink Project

Suspiria, Goblin, 1997

Just finished watching this Argento masterpiece. I have to say, he never fails to impress. I downloaded the entire soundtrack, all of which was done by Goblin[s], and it’s truly a masterpiece in and of itself. I apologize for the pretty lame visuals, but this particular video stayed the truest to the film + audio’s sound. Hot damn!

Little Joy, Evaporar, 2008