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That was really well done. How much preparation did you do beforehand?

Hey Skip, I did quite a bit of preparation. It started by just pulling the records and finding something to start with and something for the first mix. Then I grabbed all the digital files for the records I pulled and arranged them by BPM to give me an idea of how they stacked up. I also used the digital files to workout mixpoints and arrangement since it was easier than using the vinyl and less destructive as well. Then I just hit record, and again, and again, and again until I figured out the mixpoints and sequence and got a take that wasn't horrible. At the last minute I added 3 new records in the mix which added complexity. These aren't great songs for beatmatching, and unfortunately my vinyl beatmatching skills have evaporated after nearly 2 decades of digital only mixing now. These are really songs I wanted to hear together after obsessively playing the Spiritually Ibiza compilation when the first sunny spring days hit. All in all this took me about 2 weeks to get the songs and run through a mix that didn't have major trainwrecks. There are definitely poor mixes throughout, but overall the mix I uploaded was the best version of that effort. I could do it with the digital files and have a 'perfect' mix, and I may still do that, but for now, I like the raw / amateur vibe of this mix. It does sound like a 'back to mine' or morning after style mix I would have loved in Summer 92.

There were about 15 or so records I pulled but didn't end up using, including: Wrote For Luck, Cascades, Back to Life, Get the Message, Autumn Love, Drop the Deal, Cantamilla, Crazy and some others from the era that I just couldn't make work.

really really enjoyed that. sorry to be that guy but....download link?

I can't access the standard upload sites on my work computer, so hopefully this gdrive link works: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qeqqci66P-MIOLsuQsazSMMN4Ejf4qkt/view?usp=sharing

it did! tysm

Yes thank you!

Love those Spiritually Ibiza comps too.

https://www.discogs.com/A-Separate-Reality-Heuristic-Programs-For-Cognitive-Centering/release/15349541

Highly recommend this new single / EP (it's 33mins) by A Separate Reality. It was recommended to me by Vinyl Dreams SF and has proven to be what i call a 'flipper' - a record that I just keep flipping over and over without losing interest. It's also fairly cheap, which is a welcome change. Comments on the title? Feels a bit Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark to me, or in line with some other titles that are just a little too close to parody.

Side A: 1. Sounds like Studio 2. Sounds like Mark Barrott 3. Sounds like Wally Badarou - not meaning this as a put down, more of a hint of the vibe.

in my world that could in no way be considered a put down

Cheers for the rec bld, A+ and worth it for the opening track alone

This album has been in heavy rotation the last couple of weeks. As well as those mentioned in the blurb I also get echoes of The Durutti Column. Definitely recommended.

https://soundinsilencerecords.bandcamp.com/album/and-inside

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5l2Ns7I2NQ

gr80’s new Spotify mix is incredibly good

pathless prelude on Spotify

put it on at a backyard bbq last nite and everyone went nuts

agreed

Link to gr80s mix please?

Assume it's this one:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7cxU6STIVoT4nqo50qmQaI?si=T7IuGgpoTjO8BinHpcZsMA

Not sure how accurate this is, but this list gives me a big roots of vaporware vibe

oh yeah that looks ace

grady recommends normalizing the volume and setting the spotify settings to a 6 second fade in or whatever its called

listened to pathless prelude on my ride today - so good. jerry williams' voice !

vibes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKAc3nYEatw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkDpMYj7hig

I can't stop listeing to 'Warm Nights' by Reuben Vaun Smith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecdpSpIdQWg

I was going to post the same album here. It's really good for something that was supposedly a live / unedited performance.

yeah, i don't get how it claims to be that - he says it's a jam and there are loads of mistakes, but it's perfectly formed

Nice interview with Joan Bibiloni over on Ban Ban Ton Ton

https://banbantonton.com/2020/09/09/interview-joan-bibiloni/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfMoB27CxAQ

Domenique Dumont has a new album out in November. It's a soundtrack to a German silent film from the 30s. This is the only track up yet, and it sounds very nice.

oh nicee!

Is this a fleshed out version of the SoundCloud I shared earlier in the year. I'm hyped!

I searched out the SoundCloud link I shared on this thread. It was indeed the same project, and it no longer is on SoundCloud. Will be interesting to see if this is a repackaging of the exact same thing or what.

I was really hoping they'd release it.

Relistening to Domenique Dumont’s miniatures album and it has so many breezy, gorgeous moments. Specially love how the guitar sounds.

At this point, I'd say that's my favorite of the two.

'sans cesse, mon chéri' is already an all time great

Head up- this is fantastic

https://invisible-inc.bandcamp.com/album/the-indoor-gardener

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3962175347_16.jpg

RIP JOSE PADILLA

Very sad news. RIP.

https://banbantonton.com/2020/10/25/jose-padilla-the-cafe-del-mar-a-personal-top-ten

Enjoying Double Geography a lot. Really feeling the Balearic-style vibes lately in fact.

Put together a couple of nice playlists in this style:

WARM NIGHTS - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ODDwMMpnatOm0LrKhJN8M?si=lB37FSzhQ8iKHqu49uko9g
AUTUMN DRIVES - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0NEcp59HO7Pw5iodc9yPvQ?si=zWjWnEcCQ3ChrSMyJ4B72g

Worth checking out FELBM's Tape series on Soundway too

https://felbm.bandcamp.com/album/tape-3-tape-4-full-album

Great playlists dog latin!

thank you Evan :-)

just ploughing through this double geography album, sounding very nice so far

really enjoyed this tribute to José Padilla https://www.nts.live/shows/test-pressing/episodes/test-pressing-24th-october-2020

so I grabbed all the tracks used and made a little comp if anyone wants it

of course I do :)

email lukasb on the google

Good vibes on this one: https://periodicarecords.bandcamp.com/album/danse-cette-zik

nice, that sounds great

i really enjoy the rosa album on that same label, they put out good stuff

New Domenique Dumont is excellent as expected, more subtle and less chirpy than previous releases but would have been ideal if it had came out in time for the end of summer.