FACT Mixes. Your comments here...

omg 2 bad mice.

"These FACT mixes are out of control! How do they expect their readers to digest half of these mixes when they come so thick and fast. Same goes for some of the other blogs/ sites out there. It's just overwhelming."

OTM

who can keep track? i dont have the time. wish i could. one a month would be nice to make it more special. but i suppose thats impossible when you want to keep getting hits.

xlr8r have been delivering the goods of late.

the demdike stare mix was great and to celebrate their 200th podcast they've roped in mala and some kind of richie hawtin vs plastikman mix which i haven't listened to yet.

http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast

xlr8r have been delivering the goods of late.

the demdike stare mix was great and to celebrate their 200th podcast they've roped in mala and some kind of richie hawtin vs plastikman mix which i haven't listened to yet.

http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast

oops

Dylan Ettinger mix up on Fact magazine.

celebrating the really romantic new wave tracks that inspired his new album.

But I agree with the points upthread.

I likened it to a chef who gets to go to so many restaurants, they can never cook at home.
Thats how I feel with internet mixes, there is like 6 per week that are great, I never really have time to do my own mixes or do my own searching for tunes.

and the motivation is gone, when you know you could get an amazing ambient/dubstep/minimal/deephouse mix in seconds from a world class DJ.

I remember when it was essential mix on Radio 1 and mix CDs and that was waiting for a mix you liked, then rinsing it for weeks/months.

And it were all fields round here

im not DLing these anymore. no, i lie, i got the recent goldie one, but still havent heard it. :| but i would rather get a mix from rinse tbh, as it seems 'live', rather than these mixes, which are just guys DJing to themselves.

...what does that mean?

I still download a couple a month, they're good for the gym

am "digging" (i believe the kids say) the Prurient mix. fuzzy machine noises.

This is evil. His album is really good too
http://www.factmag.com/2011/08/12/fact-mix-273-the-haxan-cloak/

i enjoyed the recent snd mix.

but i came here to post this:
http://www.factmag.com/2011/08/29/fact-mix-278-global-communication/

105 rave, acid and hardcore tracks in 48 minutes!
http://www.factmag.com/2012/05/21/fact-mix-330-evol/

ha, cool, hopefully this will wake me up after this sleepy ass nico jaar essential mix

did you hear this one?

http://www.discogs.com/Objekt-FACT-Mix-300/release/3228256

v v good

Orb and Scratch Perry. bit of a dogpile imo.

So the DJ Q FACT mix is out today.

does their best albums of the 90s warrant a thread? Probably not. New design sucks btw

Yes, another website that needs to learn the meaning of the phrase “at a glance” when it comes to doing lists.

It struck me as a list of records people are pretending to like, rather than actually liking. Dull and worthy, as we old folk used to call it.

there's no harm in avoiding the usual suspects but i do get the impression they're trying a little too hard in this case

It struck me as a list of records people are pretending to like, rather than actually liking.

I'd like to know more about what makes you say this. Do you think the list is too "hip"? Is it full of records you don't like and find it hard to believe others do? I'm not sure what you mean here.

I'd like to know more about what makes you say this

can you post this again but with a photo of you steepling your fingers

I was just trying to phrase it in a way that didn't sound dickish, as that wasn't my intention. I've heard the phrase "pretending to like" in relation to music before, and I've always wondered what makes someone say that.

WE DON'T NEED TO DO THIS.

My reading process : Shrug at rap albums, roll eyes at indie albums, kind of agree with dance albums, get to #1. Mutter "it could be worse".

Would probably swapped in UGK's Riding Dirty for Belle or Sebastian if I had any say in the list.

I'd have swapped Drexciya with Moseley Shoals just for a laugh.

So the only way to view this is to open all 100 slow-loading pages? Or is the list actually just on one page somewhere?

they should have let lex vote. His reviews have really been getting the readership riled up over there

FACT's entire aesthetic has become so dispiritingly blokey, murky and Big Serious Face. Many of the records in that list are great but where's the femininity, the pop sensibility, the levity?

Also you get the feeling that while some of the writers weren't actively pretending to like anything, they were probably mentally crossing Chemical Brothers or Underworld albums off their list for fear of looking corny.

Anyone notice how similar the new layout is to Pitchfork's?

So the only way to view this is to open all 100 slow-loading pages? Or is the list actually just on one page somewhere?

― Position Position, Friday, September 7, 2012 4:25 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't like this clickbait any more than you do but tbf it went between pages superfast for me

if you use the arrow keys it does

oh god this list is the worst thing

I mean, it's all albums I'd probably like, but calling this the 100 best of a decade is the most po-faced endeavor

I was gonna say, this loads light years faster than their old site.

I think a list like this might have a bigger impact on a younger music fan, lot of great music on here mixed in with the arbitrary contrary picks.

I think there's a few interesting choices in there: Icons, DJ Krust, Studio 1, Archers of Loaf etc. And no complaints about the #1 But really, we need another of these top-100 lists like a hole in the head.

it's a navigational mess but the overall look has potential. i dare say it will be okY once they refine it. THE FACE (pastiche?) logo is good imo. fk that top 100 going through each album one at a time though. that's exactly NOT how to make people look at your site. even doing a 100 list in blocks of ten is pushing it.

the cold fucking nerve to align themselves with the face, honestly

Catastrophic kerning on the pseudo-FACE logo sets my teeth on edge.

the cold fucking nerve to align themselves with the face, honestly

― r|t|c, Friday, September 7, 2012 10:47 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what's the Face?

peerless, pivotal uk style mag.

This list is hella indie isn't it. Even the dance music choices.

Is a Carl Craig obsession that indie? i bet a singles list would be better though

(knew what the Face was btw)

i would have gone with scion's 'arrange and process basic channel' ahead of the comp they picked. saw II better than 85-92 too obv.

xpost No obv stuff like 69 and E-Dancer isn't "indie" really - I just mean the general slant with all the 90s ambient/IDM, the drum and bass albums chosen, the absence of any house music as far I can remember (let alone, like, populist dance). It's more glaring when it's interwoven with lots of indie rock.

Kudos to FACT for including Carlton though.

The absence of any popular rap other than Wu Tang Clan, one Nas album, one Jay-Z album. No Biggie, no Pac.

yeah but they had Westside Connection...

Is a Carl Craig obsession that indie?

that's like saying kraftwerk or daft punk obsession is indie

ok wait scratch the 2nd

CC happens to rule. please do not use his name with word indie in it again.