removing cobwebs, dusting off books, morning stretches, getting back on the bike. here’s a new mix with new edits, old stuff, new stuff, and transparency.
2:07
this track i put under the usher vocal stem, special touch - garden of life i stumbled upon in a compilation and was compelled to build a mix around it. it’s a wonderful and slow after hours groove with a message worth reflecting on. usually this is how i approach making a mix, finding the one track, the patient zero, and working around it to complement it. only midway in the process did i figure out with some time remapping and re-pitching that burn would fit on top of it.
7:00
finding out that missing you would fit under cheri dennis was a happy accident. it’s pitched up a fair amount, so i re-added kicks to keep it grooving in lower frequencies.
14:50
akmed lorence.
19:05
raising awareness for david morales and his monumental output.
23:36
another serendipitous mix. found out about ashley henry through some deep digging via session victim, no need to re-pitch to fit with joyce.
33:48
the first edit i’ve made in years. was having a chat with yuri about blends, where he told me about vocal/stem isolation using ai, which has opened new opportunities and kicked me out of my funk, helped me to find my interest in music again in a synthetic way. i’ve employed the technique with all new edits in this mix.
last
a track i was introduced to via a photographer buddy of mine from school who was also djing for fun on the side with a rane rotary mixer. he played this in a set in like 2009 maybe. i asked for the track and he delivered. now as i’m doing my liner notes and researching every track and finding credits, provenance, etc, i notice this track is super super rare, a blocked release on discogs that isn’t allowed to be put up for sale. why! i must know! i’m assuming it’s a white label that never got an official release that made labels unhappy, but it strikes me that there are still blind spots like this on the internet due to licensing, copyright, censorship, whatever whatever. glad to have experienced and acquired this through a physical connection. thanks for the mp3 john henry.

session victim - over and over [2017]
usher - burn (siikedit) [2004]
+ special touch - garden of life [1991]
cheri dennis - i love you (siikedit) [2006]
+ larry heard - missing you (instrumental) [2000]
xlnt - high tide (dr dunks remix) [2019]
kroniq - against the system [2022]
the brand new heavies - stay this way (lunar dub) [1991]
dju dju - sodie pop [2021]
joyce wrice - iced tea f. kaytranada (siikedit) [2023]
+ ashley henry - ahmed [2019]
neue grafik - barbes interlude [2018]
rush davis - all flowers [2021]
bryson tiller - always forever (remi oz x up records) [2023]
kaytranada - piece of my mind f. tinashe [2017?2021?]
brandy - full moon (siikedit) [2002]
+ kaytraminé - 4eva f. pharrell williams [2023]
harvey sutherland - why look back [2017]
metro area - piña [2002]
da-p - ms communication f. themind & the sun [2017]
china charmeleon - allan [2022]
mall grab - father [2016]
raphael saadiq - chic like you (quentin harris mix) [2005]

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October 24, 2024