Tracklist:
1 Jazz Liberatorz - Music Makes the World Go Round feat Declaime (20SYL Remix) [Buy]
2 DJ Vadim - Hidden Treasure feat. Sabira Jade and Kwasi Asante [Buy]
3 Mos Def - Casa Bey [Buy]
4 Blu - Amnesia [Free Download]
5 Erykah Badu - The Healer [Buy]
6 Clouds - Protecting Hands Part 2 (featuring Tiiu) [Buy]
7 Bjork - I Miss You (live mix) [Buy]
8 Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People [Buy]
9 Sparklehorse + Dangermouse - Little Girl (feat. Julian Casablancas) [Listen]
10 Hud Mo (Hudson Mohawke) - Ooops! [Buy]
11 De Tropix - Brap [Free Download]
12 Henry & Louis featuring Steve Harper - Rise Up (RSD Remix) [Buy]
13 Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Respiration Rmx Feat Black Thought
14 The Maccabees - Toothpaste Kisses [Buy]
15 Gerry & The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone [Buy]
1 Jazz Liberatorz - Music Makes the World Go Round feat Declaime (20SYL Remix) [Buy]
2 DJ Vadim - Hidden Treasure feat. Sabira Jade and Kwasi Asante [Buy]
3 Mos Def - Casa Bey [Buy]
4 Blu - Amnesia [Free Download]
5 Erykah Badu - The Healer [Buy]
6 Clouds - Protecting Hands Part 2 (featuring Tiiu) [Buy]
7 Bjork - I Miss You (live mix) [Buy]
8 Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People [Buy]
9 Sparklehorse + Dangermouse - Little Girl (feat. Julian Casablancas) [Listen]
10 Hud Mo (Hudson Mohawke) - Ooops! [Buy]
11 De Tropix - Brap [Free Download]
12 Henry & Louis featuring Steve Harper - Rise Up (RSD Remix) [Buy]
13 Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Respiration Rmx Feat Black Thought
14 The Maccabees - Toothpaste Kisses [Buy]
15 Gerry & The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone [Buy]
This mixtape was created for some friends living over in the UK. Here is an extract of the email written to introduce the tape.
hello london friends
i had a horrible thought the other night. i was picturing you all heading home very late on a friday night for another legendary gathering around the coffee table. I could see the makings of a plimsoll party - the scattered participants lost in a wonderland that can only be describe as being somewhere between here and there, talking gibberish, smoking unwanted cigarettes and downing poorly mixed drinks. The idea alone brings back many very fond memories.
But then my thoughts turned ugly... a black cloud of paranoia began to circle the image in my head. I began to worry. Exactly what music were they listening to in that beloved lounge room?
Were youse being manipulated like helpless puppets around the furniture to the gut-wrenching sounds of the sugarbabes? Maybe the Fat Freddy's Drop was being played for a countless time attaching a worn and over-used sense of repetition to the proceedings. Possibly Sam was around adding some monotonous 4/4 that is only suitable at a certain time and place - finsbury park at 3am not really fitting that bill.
I was truly and honestly horrified.
I felt i needed to do whatever i could do to avoid the realisation of my nightmares and I have thus decided to make you two a mixtape. Now I of all people understand the importance of a mixtape and the strict rules governing its creation but the urgency of the situation require some corner cutting. So the revised rules and restrictions of Mongo's Mix Tape (May 2009) are as such:
* The selection was culled from songs that i have been listening to this week that are contained on my laptop (not my harddrive) - a majority of the music has been downloaded in the past day or two.
* The whole tape was created in 3 hours from start to finish including selection and ordering. (definitely some sort of mix tape record)
* I have tried to refrain from adding dubstep to the mix, well, too much dubstep at least.
* The mix needed to be no more that 1 hour long
* My tune of the moment is from Empire of the Sun meaning it should have lead the mixtape but because of the structrure of the song it didnt work well as an opener. shame really i do like that track.
* There was some sort of attempt to tailor the mix towards your music tastes but I have had to make a few exectutive decisions about what is to be left in and what had to be cut - which was based on personal preference.
* Feel free to hold an invisible scarf above your head and sing with much gusto for the final song... i do!
i had a horrible thought the other night. i was picturing you all heading home very late on a friday night for another legendary gathering around the coffee table. I could see the makings of a plimsoll party - the scattered participants lost in a wonderland that can only be describe as being somewhere between here and there, talking gibberish, smoking unwanted cigarettes and downing poorly mixed drinks. The idea alone brings back many very fond memories.
But then my thoughts turned ugly... a black cloud of paranoia began to circle the image in my head. I began to worry. Exactly what music were they listening to in that beloved lounge room?
Were youse being manipulated like helpless puppets around the furniture to the gut-wrenching sounds of the sugarbabes? Maybe the Fat Freddy's Drop was being played for a countless time attaching a worn and over-used sense of repetition to the proceedings. Possibly Sam was around adding some monotonous 4/4 that is only suitable at a certain time and place - finsbury park at 3am not really fitting that bill.
I was truly and honestly horrified.
I felt i needed to do whatever i could do to avoid the realisation of my nightmares and I have thus decided to make you two a mixtape. Now I of all people understand the importance of a mixtape and the strict rules governing its creation but the urgency of the situation require some corner cutting. So the revised rules and restrictions of Mongo's Mix Tape (May 2009) are as such:
* The selection was culled from songs that i have been listening to this week that are contained on my laptop (not my harddrive) - a majority of the music has been downloaded in the past day or two.
* The whole tape was created in 3 hours from start to finish including selection and ordering. (definitely some sort of mix tape record)
* I have tried to refrain from adding dubstep to the mix, well, too much dubstep at least.
* The mix needed to be no more that 1 hour long
* My tune of the moment is from Empire of the Sun meaning it should have lead the mixtape but because of the structrure of the song it didnt work well as an opener. shame really i do like that track.
* There was some sort of attempt to tailor the mix towards your music tastes but I have had to make a few exectutive decisions about what is to be left in and what had to be cut - which was based on personal preference.
* Feel free to hold an invisible scarf above your head and sing with much gusto for the final song... i do!
I hope you all enjoy the Mongos mixtape for May 2009...
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