Monday, August 23, 2010

Sonic Sedatives


The runaway success of the Aural Antidepressant has motivated Dr. Mongo to venture further into the lucrative world of pharmaceuticals. Hitting the market after an all too brief testing phase involving our lovable lab monkey Eugene (pictured above) is the Sonic Sedative - a collection of tracks that are guaranteed to calm you down, ease agitation, tuck you in and gently rock you to sleep.

***download mixtape***

01 The Avalanches - Little Journey [mongo edit] [buy]
02 Nightmares On Wax - Les Nuits [buy]
03 Unknown - Tears [buy]
04 Kid Koala - Moon River [limited free download]
05 Trentemoller - Miss You [buy]
06 All-Seeing I - Pickled Eggs & Sherbet [buy]
07 Four Tet - My Angel Rocks Back And Forth [buy]
08 Squarepusher - Iambic 5 Poetry [buy]
09 His Name Is Alive - Someday My Blues Will Cover The Earth (Ectomorph  Electro Storm mix) [buy]
10 Fat Freddy's Drop - Dark Days [buy]
11 Radiohead - No Surprises (Lullaby) [buy]
12 Ella Fitzgerald - I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cinematic Orchestra remix) [buy]
13 Aphex Twin - Ruglen Holon [buy]
14 Alison Krauss & Emmylou Harris & Gillian Welch - Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby [buy]


"Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see"


The inspiration for this tape came from a very dear friend of mine, Angie, who recently set off to travel around Central and South America with her lovable boy, Troy. Before she left she made a request for mix that she can listen to when traveling on long winded journeys, be they plane, train or automobile. Now I don't usually do requests but this seemed like a nice specific brief and Angie is such a lovely girl that I couldn't help but to run with it.