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It’s Mix Time! Creepy Treehouse

Mixing is therapy.

As I get stressed out about work and my studies, one of my ways to unwind is uncork a nice red and get to mixin’.

Shoreditch Trauma appears to be one of my most downloaded and popular mixes. It was a bit of a departure for me in that it consisted of lots of frenetic indie goodness rather than funky euphoric house. The gay party boys in London said it was too ‘heavy metal’ (LOL), but it seemed to take on a life of its own online.

So, here tentatively, is the follow up: Creepy Treehouse!

We start with some indie/dance and get a bit darker before some 80s Bobby O stuff. Then it’s Duckie o’Clock til we get to Mrs Sarkozy and a fucked up Dolly Parton mix.

What’s not to like?

1. Something New (Galactic Version) The Black Ghosts
2. Archangel (8-Bit Boy Remix) Burial
3. Bizarre Love Triangle (The Crystal Method Extended Mix) New Order
4. Guilty Hotline
5. Hard To Beat (Axwell Remix) Hard Fi
6. Blind (Frankie Knuckles Mix) Hercules and Love Affair
7. Young Love Moto Boy
8. Roscoe Midlake
9. The Wine She Drinks Exit: Pursued By A Bear
10. Hot in Herre Tiga feat. Jake Shears
11. Shoes Kelly
12. Witchi Tai To X-Press 2 feat. Tim DeLaughter
13. Finally, Did You No Wrong (CeCe Peniston vs Sex Pistols) Go Home Productions
14. Time To Pretend MGMT
15. Bug Powder Dust Bomb The Bass feat. Justin Warfield
16. Walking With A Ghost In Paris (Tegan & Sara vs Mylo) Party Ben
17. Broken English (Baron von Luxxury Slow Touch 120 Remix) Marianne Faithfull
18. Le dernière minute Carla Bruni
19. Jolene (Divide & Kreate Mix) Dolly Parton

Download Creepy Treehouse mp3 74 mins 89MB [mediafire link].

Mix Time: Shoreditch Trauma

 

OK, first, I know that Duckie, that bizarre electro/retro/arty/queer Vauxhall club, isn’t in Shoreditch, but I was aiming for a slightly edgier vibe to the mix that usual – and yet not be po-faced.

Soooo, when the lovely Ant invited me to his 40th birthday a couple of weeks ago and encouraged me to DJ, I thought I’d make him a mix that he would like. He’s a Duckie boy, and we’ve not yet had a chance to go there together (it’s not really Andrew’s thing, you see. Duckie is an acquired taste, it seems!).

Anyway, this is the suite of songs I began with. Not funky house as usual, more edgy, but not frighten-the-horses edgy. Even still, a chap asked if I could please play some Freemasons because this was ‘thrash metal’ (not looking at anyone in particular, Soulwax).

See what you think, and happy birthday once again, Ant!

Tracklist

• Destroy Everything You Touch * Ladytron
• Heartbeats (Rex The Dog Remix) * The Knife
• Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above  * Cansei De Ser Sexy
• Crazy Logic * Arty Fufkin (mashup of Gnarls Barkley, Supertramp, Rockwell & The Who)
• Collarbone * Fujiya & Miyagi
• Jimmy * M.I.A.
• I Feel Love * Usha Uthup (utterly deranged ‘cover’ of Donna Summer classic)
  
• One More Try (feat. Antony) * My Robot Friend
• Young Folks (feat. Victoria Bergsman) * Peter Bjorn and John
• Bonnie And Clyde * Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot
• The Eraser * Thom Yorke
• What Else is There? (Trentemøller Remix) * Röyksopp
• Standing In The Way Of Control (Soulwax Nite Version Mix) * The Gossip
• E Talking * Soulwax
• Hustler * Simian Mobile Disco (a track of the year?)
• Frank Sinatra * Miss Kittin & The Hacker
• Overpowered (Seamus Haji Mix) * Róisín Murphy
• I’ll Be By Your Side * Sally Shapiro 

Download Shoreditch Trauma (Remastered mp3 76mins, 75MB) [mediafire link]