»A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do. You’ve got to kick off with a corker, to hold the attention and then you’ve got to up it a notch, or cool it a notch, and you can’t have white music and black music together, unless the white music sounds like black music, and you can’t have two tracks by the same artist side by side, unless you’ve done the whole thing in pairs and… oh, there are loads of rules.«

Wir sollten auch einen gründen. Wirkt so graziös.

I got the opportunity to remix my favourite song from Au Revoir Simone’s beautiful album Still Night, Still Light. While listening to the song I realised how nice it’d be to transform their straight 4/4 time synthpop into a whirlwind waltz or maybe a barcarole if you will. It took a long time to chop up all the syllables and the tiny tiny samples, but I think the result got the song into a whole swirling new direction.

While making the remix, my mind started working in 3/4 and 6/8 time. I started looking around for tracks in that time signature to make a mix, I wasn’t intending to but I couldn’t help it. It was all a big swirl. After a while I heard it everywhere. In soul ballads, in polyrhythmical african pop, in old movies. In the ocean waves tumbling in against the shore, in the beat of a lovers heart. One two three, one two three…

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For the cover I used a photo by James Marvin Phelps (mandj98)

We took (again!) a little hiatus of some weeks. But now we’re back with a lot of lovely tracks, namely in the first half with a lot of female voices and catchy tunes. Thanks for your patience…

1. Spinach Prince – Ghanina [Dusted Wax Kingdom 50]
2. Rare & Cheese – Jazzpolice [Dusted Wax Kingdom 51]
3. Winterphonic – Feedback [laridae 053]
4. Power und Beauty – Beggars and Felons [Peppermillrecords 017]
5. Frau – I’m a Sir [Yeah No Wave Music 042]
6. Etza Meisyara – Sound-Sleep [StoneAge Records 012]
7. A Weather – Giant Stairs [Bad Panda Records 013]
8. Adam & Alma – Back To The Sea [23seconds 043]
9. Poodleplay Arkestra – A God Stepped Down From the Mountain [BFW Recordings 044]
10. naono – healing process [Archaic Horizon 038]
11. Macka – Tube [SchwaRecords 01]
12. max cavalerra – resize your mind [broque 61]
13. room101 – Slimfal Triangle [tachyon 003]
14. Le Jockey – Day Of The Black Dog [Horseplay Records]
15. Oscar Scala – La Flauta Dulce (Pierre Santino Remix) [schwarzweissmusik 006]
16. Maryos – African Era [Bad Panda Records 015]
17. metome – Before I leave [MiMi 134]
18. y0c1e – Lost (your) pieces [Altema Records 002]
19. wAgAwAgA – Spaz Azid [acroplane 070]
20. Monk Turner – MJ’s Grave

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For the cover I used a photo by photographer padawan *(xava du)

Another fine selection for this month I think. We have Jimi Hendrix meets Drum and Bass, the return of some well-known artists like Henrik José, Ghost of 3.13 and Entertainment for the Brainded, at the end the solid Samplemania-stuff of Maltine Records and an excellent Hip-Hop-Track. Enjoy and give us some applaus or boos – just as you like!

1. Hands – Hold (Remix by Bear Rocks Moon) [Headphonica 077]
2. Fed. – Machine Gun [Sociopath Recordings 167]
3. Emerald Park – At the Mall [af-music 032 & 23 seconds 042]
4. Spell 336 – Dreamworld [BFW Recordings 032]
5. Entertainment For The Braindead – Patience [aaahh-records 009]
6. Indie Art Wedding – Hidup Itu Pendek Seni Itu Panjang [Yes No Wave Music 037]
7. Stereoshape – That’s the spirit [iD.EOLOGY 057]
8. Henrik José – The Little Things [23 seconds 041]
9. Boywithoutmemory – Sepia [Weisskalt / Blauwarm 025]
10. digitube – Walk Like This [Public Spaces Lab 016]
11. Xenoton – Cantus [tonAtom 106]
12. Tetarise – Locked deep inside [Aventuel 013]
13. The Ghost of 3.13 – The Garden [Sociopath Recordings 164]
14. Logical Disorder – Secret Society [Crazy Language 030]
15. Mocca – It’s Midnight Now – Pascal Vert Remix [OC-Records]
16. Falk – Emergency Room [Prakteek Sound 015]
17. .Khi – Pehmeningsoe [Phonocake 62]
18. The Yellow Chair – Renfe a Figueres [NoisNois 018]
19. Nameless Dancers – Morning News [Bump Foot 133]
20. monofrog_4sk – midnight slumber [Maltine Records 65]
21. Ginger does’em all – baby [Maltine Records 63]
22. Sagesse & Crookram – Warrior [Bankrupt Recordings 001]

I’ve decided to give a little overview over the last few years and to present some of the tracks which are still one of my favourites. Some true classics I still listen to on a regular basis. Could be a good start if the whole CC-thing is new to you – but even if you’re involved you could still find some nice discoveries out of my list.

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Only a few words, because I have to go to bed: a lot of new netlabels as last month, I also picked some older stuff I just get aware of, not only releases of the last weeks. I think all in all a nice, diversified compilation which should satisfy you for the next 4 weeks.

For the cover I used a photo by Annadriel

1. Hidekazu Wakabayashi – Kirinsan [MiMi Records 121]
2. Nai-Ox – Parte 1 [Tres Catorce 009]
3. Dizmal dubstep – Was [Tres Catorce 011]
4. MAKAC – The Garden [Vaatican Records 129] Contact to MACAK
5. Dj Racy A.J – Thoughtful Mood [Dusted Wax Kingdom 046]
6. Rho – Lightning Strikes and LEDs [No Source 003]
7. UNIVERSILDO – Llave materna [Hipi Duki Muzik 001]
8. Nonima & theAudiologist – We The Damaged [Section 27 027]
9. Mark Swift – Hoofstones extended [Sociopath Recordings 157]
10. Evgeny Light – November Dream [deeplimit 20]
11. S:E:M:A – dämmerung frank hellmond rmx part 2 [dreiton 019]
12. the unique matter – new suite [sologroove 27]
13. Chris Maiberger – Sunset [Tropic 57]
14. landschall – colorado avenue [broque 057]
15. So I’m Jo – Everything’s Ahead [Modularfield 04]
16. Roderick Fox – Splendid (stefanowitz rmx) [Strøm Netlabel 001]
17. Erdbeerschnitzel – Gottes Pferd und Teufels Reitpfad [producer network 0012]
18. Per Byhring – Etterdid [Fwonk 017]
19. Miss Ueki – Kyoto 0.9 [Beatismurder 19]
20. Joanna Sandsmark – When Monsters Want to Dance [Kazoomzoom! 005]

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What do we have this month? First of all:
 

Then: a lot of “Lights” in title or artist name, surprisingly high amount of new netlabels I’ve never had before in the show – two of them even with two tracks at once and the rest as you know it: a mixbag full of everything from ambient, folky stuff to dancefloor killers. If moderation sounds a bit tired: well, that was because I was.
 

For the cover I used a photo by shwe

1. The amber room & nica – Lights II [kosmo 026]
2. Emily In Love – Sow the Seeds [Corpid 029] Extra: Video
3. Julien Mier – Windmills & Lantarnlights [INQB8R 012 and Bump Foot 114 and inqb8r 012]
4. Mapmap – 090426 [PublicSpacesLab 010]
5. Torsion – Sundrops on the Ocean (Original Piano version) [PublicSpacesLab 003]
6. The Lights Galaxia – While She Sleeps (Morning Edit) [Luxus Arctica 001]
7. Nienvox & 813 – Reflections [Bump Foot 115]
8. Lavajaz – Missing [spontanMusik V 012]
9. Nik Jade – in your system [IVDT mp3 073]
10. Jahzique – Transience [Tropic 55]
11. Sea Inside – Snow Dance [Elpamusic 26]
12. Beatamines – Inspirationsdoping [Prozent Music 013]
13. Radarfilm – On my way [Fantomton 002]
14. TkY – Under Sky [Diggarama 034]
15. W10 – Schmooze [kosmo 021]
16. Michell Phunk – Dream about you [Brennnessel 004]
17. AXMusique – Faith [Brennnessel 006]
18. Midibyte – People Don’t Dance (No More) [Signorafranca 049]
19. Professor Kliq – All Control [rec72 023 and audiovisual theorem 017]
20. glomag – Red Pixel Dust [8bitpeoples 095]

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When a good friend calls our last month’s episode “extranerdy” then this one probably gains it, especially in the middle part where you find some frickling, detouring stuff – which is of course what I particularly like. I hope you too!
 

For the cover I used a photo by Thomas Hawk

1. Emil Davydov – Prelude [Pharmacom Records 054]
2. Pinkle – Old Fashioned [Pinklemusic]
3. The Black Atlantic – Dandelion [Beep! Beep! Back Up The Truck]
4. Jenny is a Boy – Breathe Deep [cllct]
5. Emilie Lund – Sad Blue Mountain [aaahh records 007]
6. Volfoniq meets Azzurro feat. Stephanie Grisel – A love riddim [Les cristaux liquident 14]
7. Klitbeats – A Thing or Two [Budabeats 010]
8. Jay Slim – Oh So Yes (feat. Brad Oblivion) [Just Plain Sounds 002] Extra: Video
9. Coba – Mini plack (Pablo en puna) [Epa Sonidos 059]
10. Kesta – Are you translucent? (Silencide RMX) [ded pop 021]
11. Pornophonik PK – tobi [archive. org]
12. MoR – When Girls don’t Call [Beatismurder Records 17]
13. Francisco Pinto – Eating Your RedHair [Epa Sonidos 58]
14. Logical Disorder – Come to me I wanna show you something [Nulogic Records 037]
15. Vaervaf – In The Basement, Stylish Breaks Split Guts [ROFLtrax]
16. Vertical67 – Motions [Acroplane 060]
17. Fallhead – full time [deep tune records 010]
18. PinoCchio SP – Aurora Electrolaris [konsumproductions 016]
19. Mica – Blinded [Symbiont Music 018]
20. Alfonso M. – Minibal (Original Mix) [archive. org]

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