Into Dusk

Well, I've returned from Berlin now, and it's back to the grad school grind soon, so I thought something a little more relaxing and chill was in order. A lot of these songs have been in my frequent rotation this summer and so I hope everyone else will enjoy them too. Into Dusk is at times more of a mixtape than a mix I would traditionally do, but that's the pace I was going for, so I'm pleased with the way it turned out. I think it's best listened to if you have to drive somewhere that's going to take 80 minutes, and it's dusk in there at some point, of course. Sorry for using megaupload, but nowhere else let me upload files over 100 Mb. Thanks for reading/listening!

Gold Skulltulla - Into Dusk (via megaupload)

Sigur Ros - Illgresi (Them Jeans Dance Remix)
Anoraak - Nightdrive with You
Kraftwerk - The Model
Ratatat - Shempi
Junior Boys - FM (Tensnake Remix)
Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Horizon
The Sound of Arrows - Danger (Mr. Pedro Remix)
Daft Punk - Nightvision
Escort - All that She is
Maethelvin - Lost in Big City
The Tough Alliance - Taken Too Young
Hercules & Love Affair - Raise Me Up
Kavinsky - Grand Canyon
Chromatics - Night Drive
SymbolOne - Love Juice
Passion Pit - Sleepy Head
Boards of Canada - Chromakey Dreamcoat
Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts (Studio Remix)
Jackson + His Computer Band - Hard Tits
Lindstrom - The Long Way Home (Prins Thomas Edit)
Air - Alone in Kyoto
Burial - In McDonalds
M83 - Midnight Souls Still Remian

Foreign Things

OK, so it's been a little over 2 months (not by much), but I do have an excuse...I'm in Europe. Specifically, I'm in Berlin for the rest of July. So basically I've been seeing how some of the best DJs in the world hold it down. I mean, Erol Alkan's set was crazy good, as was Superpitcher's. So I had this mix mostly finished before I left, but wasn't satisfied with a number of things so I didn't post it and went back to rework them. The result is There and Back, a weaving roller coaster of up-to-the-minute dance tunes that spans almost 45 minutes. Also, I'm using Mediafire this time, so I think downloading will be easier and less ad-filled. Hope you can have some fun with it.

Gold Skulltulla - There and Back

Bloody Beetroots - Storm
Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down (Duke Dumont Remix)
Proxy - Dancer in the Dark
DJ DLG - Dimension
Edison Gem - Hold Back (LA Riots Remix)
Laidback Luke and Tom Stephan feat. Romanthony - Show
Outlander - The Vamp
Roger Troutman - Do It (Xinobi Remix)
Justice - Phantom Pt. II (Boys Noize Unreleased Turbine Remix)
Goyte - Heart's A Mess (Ocelot Remix)
Duke Dumont - Hoy
Madonna - Give It 2 Me
Lil' Mo' Yin Yang - Reach (Basement Jaxx Firecracker Remix)
Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat (Fake Blood Remix)
Fake Blood - Mars
Prodigy - Funky Shit
Rafale - Rock It (Tepr Remix)
The Juan Maclean - Happy House (Trim the Fat Jeans Edit)

Mixo de Mayo

After such a joyous MixXmas last year, it was decided to spread the cheer all the way into this Spring. Thus, the first Mixo de Mayo mix exchange was initiated. I made my mix for my honorable east coast artist colleague Mike Treffehn this time around, and, like MixXmas, have decided to change up my routine a little bit. By and large, this is not dance music, though some kinda is. I wanted to take this opportunity to start my first ever mix series, and I'm titling it "Feel Music." These songs have had a big impact on the way my studio work has developed conceptually this past semester, and so I thought making a concise mix of them would both pay them tribute, and include them in a new self-contained piece altogether. I hope people like it, because I'll probably make "Vol. 2" someday. Also, I know there are two little blips in The Field's remix right before it leads into the Basinksi track, but that's because my rickety computer had a hard time getting the 20 minute Disintegration Loop going. I left it in as a nod to The Field's own "Sun and Ice." As a bonus I'm also posting a zip file with all of the individual tracks from the mix. Ciao.

Gold Skulltulla - Feel Music Vol. 1 (megaupload)

Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve - Before We Start, If?
Clark - Beg
Carlos y Gaby - Space Hammock (Daedelus's Power Cosmic Reprise)
Animal Collective - Peacebone (Pantha du Prince Remix)
Future Sound of London - Omnipresence
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Stereo Music for Serge Modular Prototype (Part Two)
Gang Gang Dance - Oxygen Demo Riddim
Trentemoller - The Forest
Kenji Yamamoto - Dark Agon Wastes (from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes OST)
Orbital - Time Becomes
Krazy Baldhead - Revolution (Para One Remix)
Joakim - Monster #2
Thom Yorke - Cymbal Rush (The Field Late Night Essen Und Trinken Remix)
William Basinski - DLP4

Feel Music Vol. 1 (Individual Tracks).zip (megaupload)

PS - Apparently Megaupload cuts off the title of the mix, so you might want to add a little "1" in there after you download it. Also, this blog is now the #1 Google search result for Gold Skulltulla! Yay!

Just As Planned

Two months go by faster than you might think, but as promised, I have delivered a new mix within the timeframe. I'm calling it "Criminal Anxiety" for a number of reasons, one of which being that I've been really into Deathnote (see post title and pic), but also because I threw a party this past weekend that resulted in a few of the local officers stopping by (no biggie btw, just a warning for a noise complaint). Anyway, I was spinning a rough version of this mix, and so, that's one reason. The mix itself is 46:46 in length, and contains a bunch of crowd-pleasers. Also criminal is my use of a song containing James Brown's "Whoo, Yeah!" sample which I have previously denounced as the most overused sample of all time. I can only hope my pairing of "Love No" with "Your Love" makes up for this hypocrisy. Enjoy.

Gold Skulltulla - Criminal Anxiety

Tracklisting:

Kris Menace and DJ Spooky - Stereophonic (short cut)
Britney Spears - Break the Ice (Danced Killed N Moved Remix)
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Laidback Luke Remix)
Justice - DVNO (Surkin Remix)
Decalicious - La Faviere 76 (Larsz Chaptier)
Eric Prydz - Call on Me
The Presets - My People (Kris Menace Remix)
Boys Noize - Let's Buy Happiness (Proxy Remix)
Kap10Kurt - Dangerseekers (Rolf Honey Remix)
Paul Johnson - Get Down (Laidback Luke Bootleg)
Toxic Avanger - Escape (LA Riots Remix)
B. Rich & AC Slater - Poison
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (Chew Fu Big Room Fix)
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (DJ Klutch's The Freaks The Creeps Remix)
Moby - Disco Lies (Spencer and Hill Remix)
The Bloody Beetroots - We Are From Venice
Ladyhawke - Back of the Van (Van She Tech Turbo Fire Engine Remix)
AC Slater - Party Like Us (Udachi Remix)
The Teenagers - Love No (Tepr Remix)
The Prodigy - Your Love