Staying In Touch

I feel like I've been working on this mix for a while. I made a draft of it several weeks ago with only minor tweaks needed, but decided it would be better to just rerecord the whole thing. This was supposed to be finished before Halloween, but alas, here we are now. So, "Your Loving Reality" is more in the minimal techno vein of things, which makes it a very versatile mix. It's also quite long (about 70 minutes) and contains 27 tracks (a Gold Skulltulla record high). This is really my favorite mix in quite some time and hope you will like it as well. Oh, by the way, I have a website for my art now (true identity revealed!) over here. Thanks for visiting/watching/listening.

Gold Skulltulla - Your Loving Reality

Tracklist:

John Tejada - Sweat (On the Walls)
Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (Intergalactico Re-Edit)
Reboot - Ronson
Ernesto Ferreyra - Hunted
Kid Cudi feat. Kanye West & Common - Make Her Say (Nadastorm 88 Dub)
John Tejada - Bounce
Kenton Slash Demon - Singla
Flosstradamus feat. Caroline Polachek - Big Bills (Jokers of the Scene 4AM Rework)
Deepgroove & Jamie Anderson - The Clock
Animal Collective - My Girls (Mike Monday Unofficial Remix)
Stimming - The Kiss (Sascha Funke Remix)
Iz & Diz - Mouth (Brad Peep's Remix for Friends)
Wigald Boning - Kobra Dance (Joris Voorn Dub Mix)
Jurgen Paape - Take That
Jurgen Paape & Boy Schaufler - We Love
Morgan Geist - Detroit (C2RMX1 by Carl Craig)
Perc - Bosworth
Voodeux - Just a Spoonful (Edit)
Automat - Droid (Cecile Edit)
Tiefschwarz - Fly
Jurgen Paape - Triumph
Brooks - IWANCHU
Jackpot - Uno Dos Tres (Runaway Remix)
The xx - Shelter (Them Jeans Drum Edit)
Morten Sorenson - Start Something (40 Thieves Remix)
Audiofly & Paul Harris - Miscalate (Partial Arts Remake)
Lullabies in the Dark - Code 7429b

Top 100 Albums of the '00s

In an attempt to beat Pitchfork to the punch with their best-of-the-decade list I, along with a few friends, have put together our own lists. Mine is below. Now, 100 albums over 10 years is a lot of music from a lot of bands and as such, I don't feel obligated to distinguish an album that gets #84 from #85. My solution is to break it down into tiers (listed alphabetically) and then do a ranked top 10. So, here it is.

Tier 4

Air - 10,000 Hz Legend
Boys Noize - Oi Oi Oi
Broadcast - Haha Sound
Ellen Allien - Sool
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
Justin Timberlake - Futuresex/Lovesounds
Layo & Bushwacka! - Nightworks
Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes
Ratatat - Ratatat
VHS or BETA - Le Funk
Zomby - Where Were U In '92

Tier 3:

Asobi Seksu - Citrus
Beck - Sea Change
Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Booka Shade - Movements
Carl Craig - Sessions
Chemical Bros - Come With Us
Chromatics - Night Drive
Clogs - Stick Music
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
Deadbeat - Roots And Wire
DJ Shadow - Private Press
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven!
Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
Mylo - Destroy Rock And Roll
Pillows - FLCL OSTs
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Ratatat - Remixes Vol 2
Retro Studios - Metroid Prime 2 Soundtrack
RJD2 - Deadringer
Royksopp - Junior
Soulwax - Nite Versions
Vitalic - OK Cowboy
White Stripes - White Blood Cells
William Basinski - Disintegration Loops

Tier 2:

!!! - Myth Takes
Advantage - Elf Titled
Air France - No Way Down
Alan Braxe - Uppercuts
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
Battles - Mirrored
Caribou - Milk Of Human Kindness
Clark - Body Riddle
Dungen - Ta Det Lungt
Fiery Furnaces - EP
Four Tet - Rounds
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Girl Talk - Night Ripper
Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strike
Isolee - Wearemonster
Jackson + His Computer Band - Smash
Junior Boys - Last Exit
Junior Senior - Heyheymymyyoyo
Justice - Cross
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Multiples
Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Minilogue - Animals
Orbital - Live At Galstonbury
Portishead - Third
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Radiohead - In Rainbows
RJD2 - Since we last spoke
Royksopp - Melody AM
Various Artists - Katamari Damacy OST

Tier 1:

Air - Talkie Walkie
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Basement Jaxx - Rooty
Daft Punk - Alive 2007
Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better...
Gang Gang Dance - God's Money
Herbert - Scale
Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
Hot Chip - The Warning
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Lisbon
Knife - Silent Shout
Kraftwerk - Minimum Maximum
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us
Studio - Yearbook 1
Tough Alliance - New Chance
Trentemoller - Last Resort
Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When You're Gone
Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary

Top 10:

10. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

9. King Geedorah - Take Me To Your Leader

8. Rapture - Echoes

7. Radiohead - Kid A

6. Burial - Untrue

5. Panda Bear - Person Pitch

4. Field - From Here We Go Sublime

3. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas And Lost Ghosts

2. Avalanches - Since I Left You

1. Daft Punk - Discovery

Rock Bottom

Sorry dubstep haters, the latest mix it strictly that. It's my hope that these tunes are appetizing and varied enough to keep everyone entertained. Clocking in at just over 45 minutes I can definitely say that this genre of music is much more difficult to mix than your standard 4 to the floor house jams, but I think "Bottom Out" serves the tracks well. At this rate I may even get back on track with my new mix every two months schedule since I'm already working on the next one. Until then, enjoy. Tracklist is in the comments.

Gold Skulltulla - Bottom Out

Beat The Heat

Since it's hot outside, I envision this mix being played in an underground club (literally), built out of cool cement. Maybe it hasn't been quite so hot where you are, but for me, this would be a pleasant relief. That's not to say the mix is "relaxing" as it's still pretty high energy. It goes on for just under an hour and contains quite a range of new and old. So without further adieu, here it is. See comments for tracklist.

Gold Skulltulla - Chill Pill

Photo Credit: Mad Mohre