For one reason or another Autumn is the season that resonates most for many people. Leaves go from smooth green to crinkled red husks. Coats and mitts must be dug out from closets as breaths begin to show. Lives must be dug up and moved as students are forced out of their summer solitude, leave […]
There is no originality in the world.
Almost exactly 3 years ago (jesus!) in honor of a special Halloween party called Valloween I made a mix CD based on a radio playlist. I was never totally satisfied with it, and always intended to remake it. Eventually I decided there was enough material to just stretch […]
If there’s one thing Valerie doesn’t like, it’s driving in the car with measured or meandering music blaring outta tha speakers. This mix CD was designed expressly to neutralize such occurences. Mixed and beaten from only the most energetic of ingredients, this delightful musical confection will surely stir you to “dance-action”(tm)! Balls to the […]
4 entirely sweet episodes from late 2007/early 2008 condensed to fit onto 80 minute CDRs
Made this one around May, 2007. As a celebration of my university graduation? No, not particularly. It’s just meant to capture the spirit of summer, those bloated crickety evenings sitting on the back porch with the hot sun feathering out into the lingering humidity. That kinda crap. In a way you could say it goes from morning to hot afternoon into the evening and night. I’m pretty darn pleased with it, though.
This is an extended version of the mix CD of the same name.. yes! advanced goodness! 40 extra minutes! (for those not into CD players anee more)
This little piece of work was created in conjunction with me starting to have thoughts about writing a story about some sort of weird faerie sort of somethings living in a park downtown and pestering people for change and generally being confused with homeless people. There’s more on that over at my personal site. The music on this, though, is all rather grimy or dark and violent or at the very least, spooky with hopefully a muddy ethereal quality. Most of my mixes steer towards the more melodic and listenable side of my musical taste, but it’s fun to stray away from that and I may do it more.
Warming up the winter with the sleek glow of dancefloor colours and extreme bouts of catchiness. A bunch of shiny, catchy, warm electro/indiedance/house tunes to put a smile on your face and a rhythm in your step. Enjoy!
Being a collection of songs representing the most favourite of songs enjoyed in 2006 (not necessarily, but principally, being songs originating in 2006). It starts off gentle, ramps up in intensity, gets rather forceful, eases off with a bit of dance-club frivolity, and then enters into a sweeping streak of cinematic epicosity where you get self-actualized and have suns exploding in your heart.
In retrospect, this is not my most favourite of mixes, but all the songs are damn good!
Around Christmas 2006 I made a trio of mix CDs because it’d been a while since I made any. I had a pretty good stash of songs lying around, so things were looking up. This one started from culling through the sets of songs I was most pleased with from the previous summer and sprinkling in new ones as required. It of course changd a lot in the process, but the result is one I am almost perfectly happy with. This one is probably my most easily likable mix and has a good mix of fast and slow.
A companion of sorts to Devils with Drum Machines. Ethereal would be the word here.
A rather enjoyable collection of tunes from the first (short) half of the second season of the radio show. I basically started with the first episode cause it was ridiculously good, having been built from a half year’s backlog of songs, then added from there. Goodness! Me!
A collection of some songs with a sort of delicate drive to ‘em. Dare I say sensual? Well, sure. That would apply to most music wouldn’t it?
There was a bit of bum track in it originally, so two years later or so I took it upon myself to redo it slightly (tracks 8 and 9 are the additions)
A right bit hard-hitting, this. Inspired by a feature on an episode back in the first season, this attempts to present some dark, pounding, hella danceable techno etc. It’s a bit rougher than most of my output, but it gets the job done. It’s also a companion to its follow-up, Angles With Synthesizers
This is actually the best mix CD ever (ed: at the time of this writing). I’m not just saying that because I made it myself. It just is. I’m actually completely unbiased on this and often quite self-effacing in general.
Holy fuck I’m awesome.
This mix was inspired by and supposed, in turn, to be inspiration for a short story I wanted to write. I had an idea for a tale about snow and Christmas and trains and loneliness and trying to find warmth, but it never managed to get finished. I think this set of songs captures the intended feel very well, and it is definitely the most quietly evocative mix I have ever made. It might be perfect for what it tries to do, and that’s make you sad, or at least contemplative and it might convince you it’s snowing outside and you need to pull that blanket a little closer around you.
A few little songs that are, well, worth putting on a mix cd, as it turns out. A large selection of new stuff, and a general good turn-out, I think. No real theme, but a decent flow, I hope.
This may or may not have been made with someone in mind. Several months on down the road, that person is much less in mind, I have no particular regrets, and a really kickass mix cd came of it.
A full CD’s length of songs about robots. People seem to really like this one.
Tending towards a bit more of an eclectic angle than some of my efforts.