Originally I was going to do a Halloween themed show this week but after putting the playlist together I realized that it just sounded cheesy. Now I appreciate a certain amount of cheese in a postmodern ironic way but the mix I had put together was ridiculous. You’ll just have to trust me on this.
I had to put together the show quickly so I was flailing about for ideas for mixes when I decided what playlists I had created for my iPod. I’ve got a couple of smart playlists that contain all the songs in the solipsistic NATION library sorted by year, in current rotation and previously played on the show. I’ve also got a dozen or so playlists grouping songs by genres or labels or themes. One playlist called “Acid Jazz/Trip Hop/Swing/Lounge” had a bunch of dope tracks that I had been accumulating over the last year. All I had to do was pull an hour’s worth of songs for today’s show and bang! Instant show.
Acid Jazz/Trip Hop/Swing/Lounge pretty much sums it up, too.
Mr. Scruff encompasses all those genres and his collaboration with Alice Russell absolutely swings. Paul Malmstrom in the guise of Monkeybacon has got this wonderful 60s retro exotica thing going on in his music and it’s always torture choosing which song to play on solipsistic NATION. And as much as I try and keep things fresh on the show by rarely ever playing more than one track by an artists Suhov and Mothboy have been making their way into my mixes with alarming frequency. They’re that good!
As I’m writing this week’s show notes I’m listening to the mix and it just occurred to me that what would complete the show is a martini. Shaken. Not stirred. Of course.
Photo Credit: ©drjoanne
- Mr. Scruff “Music Takes Me Up Featuring Alice Russell (Radio Edit)”
- Parov Stelar “Wanna Get (Dublex Inc. mix)”
- Robberriff “Stringing Away Revisited”
- Riovolt “Rakki Deshita”
- Ed Solo & Skool Of Thought “Sometimes (Featuring Bukue One & Pimpernel Jones)”
- Monkeybacon “Meatball” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Don Shtone “Drunkable”
- Luxurious “Chilled”
- Suhov “Funny” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Pinker Tones “Beyond Nostalgia”
- CX Kidtronik “Whoopsi Daisy Featuring Ricky Ray”
- Modaji “Bar Blues” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Coleman “No Strings Attached”
- Mothboy “Second Spin R.I.P.”
- Tosca “Chocolate Elvis (Boozoo Bajou Soul Sufferer Version)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]