This mix was originally created on an invite to be a guest on the Young Gentleman’s Club blog. I provided a mix for them that originally debuted on their site.
The magic number is 22… This is the first “set” I’ve compiled since I used to DJ post-punk nights back in the early part of this decade. I once was actively into exploring music, then fell out of it for a while, and now actively back into it again.
It’s really hard to condense an insanely massive library of music that I listen too, am inspired by, and that has soundtracked parts of my life. Since moving to London UK I’ve been listening to a lot of new stuff, re-discovering a lot of old stuff, seeing bands, hearing songs in clubs, etc. I guess you could say that this first mix is a vague document of bands and songs that passed through my English life since early 2008.
Starting with“Petrol” by Severed Heads and ending with the dub/post-hardcore of “Electrolux” by Hoover, some of the tracks are old “classics” from my music past (Girls Against Boys, Slaves), some new bands I’ve heard and seen (Joe and Will Ask, Health, etc.) — others are just incidental. It weaves from guitars to beats, drones to dancing on your feet, and all the moods in between.
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SEVERED HEADS Petrol 1985
JOE AND WILL ASK Claymore 2008
THE KNIFE We Share Our Mother’s Health 2006
PSYCHIC TV Godstar 1985
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The Garden of Earthly Delights 1968
GIRLS AGAINST BOYS Life In Pink 1996
THE BUG feat. KILLA P + FLOW DAN Skeng 2007
LATE OF THE PIER Space and The Woods 2008
JOHN FOXX Plaza 1980
ALTER EGO Why Not!? 2005
ARTHUR RUSSELL Lucky Cloud (Return) 1984
IKE YARD Losses 1982
CHROME Abstract Nympho 1979
AN EXPERIMENT ON A BIRD IN THE AIR PUMP Lights Out 2008
SLAVES Chemical Priest 1999
HEALTH Triceratops (Acid Girls Remix) 2007
M83 Kim & Jessie 2008
GLORIA MUNDI I Individual 1978
SCREAMING LORD SUTCH Flashing Light 1969
ADD N TO (X) Metal Fingers in My Body 1999
THESE NEW PURITANS Numerology aka Numbers 2008
HOOVER Electrolux 1993