Paging @leicester-bangs @kid-dynamite @deviant808 @kaisfatdad and anyone else who’s interested in electronica. The Guardian have a list of the ten best mixes of 2018 up now and most of them are currently downloadable from soundcloud, straight from the link. As we say round here fill yer boots! Not a clue if Ziur, Forest Drive West or Leif are triumphs or tragedies but that’s some good headphone listening over the hols sorted.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/19/the-best-dj-mixes-of-2018
Midland has a tape on here too, which obvs speaks to the Moseleymoles. He’s probably from Leicester.
There’s more suggested tapes in the BTL comments too, but you know what being over 40 I think that the ten in the article will be enough.
No idea why I wasn’t listed in this shout out – apart from the minor point that I have no idea whatsoever what the thread is all about. Anybody seen Moose recently, he is well behind in his homework?
Did I use “shout out” correctly? Anxious of Pouzolles….
Well, Anxious of Pouzolles ( Is Pouzolles a medical problem? Maybe your local pharmacy can help?) I was mentioned and am deeply honoured. I really am not worthy. But I am damn keen to give it a go.
The comments in the article are magnificent. Thundering Goddesses? Not half!
Come on Lodey! Join Moose and me in a Chariot of the Mixmag Valkyrie!
Magnificent, exhilarating stuff!
Thanks, just downloaded a couple of those for later.
There’s also some good stuff (Nina Kraviz, Daniel Avery, Peggy Gou, Helena Hauff, Amelie Lens) among the Mixmag Covermixes for the year here:
Not downloadable unfortunately.
Great stuff, cheers. I’ll definitely check out the Midland. Thought his Fabric mix was ace. Ditto Forest Drive West.
Cheers! Some of those looks very interesting. If all that list isn’t enough for anyone, can I also recommend Yoshinori Hayashi’s Resident Advisor mix?
If that whets your appetite, then his Uncountable Set EP is well worth checking out, especially Pneuma, which is one of my tracks of the year
a bit later on, I must add that the Leif mix there is lovely mellow ambientish stuff, pretty much perfect for my current state of laying exhausted on the sofa looking at twinkly fairy lights and thinking about going to bed.
And the Forest Drive West is hitting the right buttons for this long predawn walk I’m on!