I love mixtapes (I say ‘mixtapes’ but I mean ‘mixdiscs’ ‘mixtapes’ just sounds better). I used to make them for myself and my friends all the time. I always loved taking time to get a mix properly sequenced so that there was good flow from song to song. Or if there was an overarching theme I would scour the racks of cd’s looking for the perfect song. I enjoyed it. I still do it but not as often. I always make a year-end Best Of, for instance, but the 3-4 other mixes a year I used to do have given way to kids and other grown up stuff.
I also like getting new mixtapes. There are lots of very cool mixes all over the internet if you’re willing to look. I download them all the time but I have a problem with them, generally. They’re too long. I love looking for new music and these mixtapes are a great way to find it but a 14- or 15-song disc of songs by different artists that I have never heard of is just too much for me to get into in one bite.
That’s why I came up with the idea of a ‘Nice 6′ downloadable mix. It’s just a e.p. worth of tunes, a snack of sound. And since it’s just 6 songs I can update it more often than an album-length monthly mix. Click on that Nice 6 button up there to download the .zip of the 1st mix. (email me for a copy)
1) The Comas - Oh God
2) Quarks - I Walk (Superpitcher Schaffel Mix)
3) Feist - Mushaboom
4) Grizzly Bear - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
5) Beth Orton - Heart Of Soul
6) The Stone Roses - Straight To The Man
Enjoy.
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