1st Mix

So, I was speaking with co-contributor Zach about what our first mix should in fact be... After some discussion (including my idea about making a mix of favorite opening songs..get it?) we decided on the simplistic, but fantastic, idea for a really good mix. So, I began the process, and I can tell you it felt really really good to make another mix. As I said in the first post, I do enjoy making mixes, but I have not had the chance to make one for a long time.
Anyways, I started off with a song by The Ballet, and after several versions (including a few 10-song mixes and 7-song mixes), I came up with the following 8-song mix that lasts about 23 minutes. I can also say that there is really only one song that lasted from the beginning of the mixing procedure to the end, and that is Grizzly Bear's "Alligator."

So, I guess I can talk a little bit about the mix itself. As I said earlier, I started off with a track by the Ballet, and if you do not know them, you should definitely look for them. They sound a lot like early Magnetic Fields; at least they do to me. Anyways, if you knew that and then listened to this mix, it should surprise you as this mix is kind of a winter-y / depressive mix. I didn't really mean for it to happen that way, but a lot of the songs just give the impression of a stark, cold day outside and all you want to do is stay inside and drink tea. Which is a good feeling for me...
So I started the mix off with two short electronic-a-ish songs: Alligator by Grizzly Bear and Moon Ring by Jagat Skad. After that we move onto an artist I just discovered, named Felix, which makes some great, folk-ish music. The song on this mix, Death To Everyone But Us, is a great little song centered on the use of the piano, and really gives the mix a push in the right direction... From there we move on to Crystalised by the Xx, which is easily my favorite track off that album. We start to fall back into the electronic area with Saltwater off of Beach House's first album, and then go right into Spectator Sport by Her Space Holiday (which is an odd song by the way, as it is just an instrumental piece while a recording of a journalist [?] questions Marc about how it might feel to write songs about his girlfriend at the time). From that point we move onto a track from Ducktails' self-titled album, which leads right into the closing track, "I wanna sleep" by No Age, which kind of gives you , the listener, a nice shock at the end...

Anyways, this is my first mix, second post, and I hope you enjoy it...

-James



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