Ben Watt - Deep Folk Mixtapes

Storm Shelter

Winter's Eve (Storm Shelter Version)

Balanced On A Wire (Storm Shelter Version)

That’s The Way Love Is

Sunlight Follows The Night (Storm Shelter Version)

Comeback Kid

Summer Ghosts (Storm Shelter Version)

Ben Watt (vocals, guitar) accompanied by Bernard Butler (guitar). A live session of three brand new songs for the Gideon Coe show on BBC6Music. The songs are part of Ben's new solo album, currently being recorded and due for release next spring. Hear Ben and Bernard live in November. Tickets and info at http://www.benwatt.com/dates

Ben Watt / Hendra (Live On 6Music, 31.10.13)

Ben Watt / Bricks And Wood (Live On 6Music, 31.10.13)

No fanfare. Just 30 minutes of music I was into today. Cold. November. Sunday. A mixtape.

Tim Hecker / Radiance
Mark McGuire / When You're Somewhere
Mutual Benefit / Advanced Falconry
Zachary Cale / Unfeeling
Shearwater / I'm So Glad
Meg Baird / All I Ever Wanted
Clifford Brown / Willow Weep for Me
Fryars / Love So Cold
Hiss Golden Messenger / Dreamwood

If you like any of the artists featured, please seek them out and buy their music.

Ben Watt / Cold November Sunday - Deep Folk Mixtape 1

20 years in Everything But The Girl, 10 years with Buzzin' Fly, now Ben Watt is back with his new solo album, 'Hendra', released on April 14 (Apr 29, US). 

Here's another track from it - 'Spring'.

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Rain. Saturday. A mixtape. 38 mins.

Michael Chapman / The Last Polish Breakfast
Blitzen Trapper / Below The Hurricane
Hans Appleqvist / Jag en gök
Desertshore / Pollen Hinges
Neil Young / Will To Love
Van Morrison / Beside You (Acapella)
White Magic / Katie Cruel
Talk Talk / New Grass
Bert Jansch / Running From Home

Mixed with additional found sounds, field recordings, additional original synth, space echo

This is a non-commercial, non-profit mix. If you like any of the artists featured, please seek them out and buy their music.

Ben Watt / Dark Field Illumination - Deep Folk Mixtape 2

Ben Watt - vocals, electric guitar.
Bernard Butler - electric guitar
Steve Pearce - bass
Martin Ditcham - percussion, drums

Recorded and mixed by Chris Denham
Originally broadcast on X-Posure with John Kennedy

Ben Watt / The Gun (Live at XFM)

Ben Watt - vocals, electric guitar.
Bernard Butler - electric guitar
Steve Pearce - bass
Martin Ditcham - percussion, drums

Recorded and mixed by Chris Denham
Originally broadcast on X-Posure with John Kennedy

Ben Watt / The Levels (Live at XFM)

Ben Watt / Young Man's Game (Live at XFM)

Cloud. Late May. 'Trails'. Deep Folk Mixtape 3.

Matt Kivel / Tetra
Joni Mitchell / Blue (Edited Acapella)
Tyler Ramsey / 1000 Black Birds
Mike Fekete / Birds on the Lake
Gem Club / Red Arrow (John)
Two Nice Girls / Kotton Krown
Shearwater / North Col
K-S.H.E. / Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
Brian Eno / Dunwich Beach, Autumn, 1960
Julie Byrne / Prism Song
Van Morrison / Into the Mystic (Take 11)
Tom Rush / Urge for Going
Terry Reid / Dream

Mixed with additional found sounds, field recordings, additional original synth, space echo.

This is a non-commercial, non-profit mix. If you like any of the artists featured, please seek them out and buy their music.

Ben Watt / Trails - Deep Folk Mixtape 3

Tracklisting:
[FX] Annabloom - Connolly to Sligo / Winter Aid - The Wisp Sings / Jon Brooks - Pond i / Laurence Vanay - Lovers Prayer / Michael Chapman - Caddo Lake / [FX] Klankbeeld - Creak Oak Wind / Itasca - Glass / [FX] Klankbeeld - Creak Oak Wind / Desertshore - Turtle Pond (feat. Mark Kozelek) / [FX] Klankbeeld - Summer Street Downtown NL / Nick Drake - Work in Progress 05 (Demo) / Your 33 Black Angels - So You Say You Love Me / Fotheringay - Two Weeks Last Summer / Lola Perrin - Newark Airport 4 / [FX] Klankbeeld - Creak Oak Wind

Mixed by Ben Watt with additional space echo, found sounds and field recordings. Recorded early November 2014.

This is a non-commercial, non-profit mix. If you like any of the artists featured, please seek them out and buy their music.

Ben Watt / Pearson Park - Deep Folk Mixtape 4

Tracklist

Klankbeeld - Electric Train Passing [FX]
Julie Byrne - Holiday
Klankbeeld - Forest Spring Birds Windy [FX]
Gary Ogan and Bill Lamb - Kac
The Weather Station - Way It Is, Way It Could Be
James Blackshaw - Key
Klankbeeld - Cobblestone Road Traffic [FX]
Luluc - Small Window
Sam Moss - Minature Dwellings II 
The Durutti Column - Portrait for Frazier
A Mountain, The Sea and You - Happiness
Pentangle - A Woman Like You
Gold Leaves - The Silver Lining

Mixed by Ben Watt with additional space echo, found sounds and field recordings. Recorded early March 2015.

This is a non-commercial, non-profit mix. If you like any of the artists featured, please seek them out and buy their music.


Ben Watt / Magic in Nature - Deep Folk Mixtape 5

Golden Ratio

Golden Ratio (Charles Webster Dub)

Golden Ratio (Charles Webster Remix)

I Am Here After All: Deep Folk Mixtape 6

Simon Scott - Trees Return to Soil (Tompkins Square)
Ryley Walker - Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping (Aquarium Drunkard Lagniappe Sessions)
Kieran White - Hummingbirds (Numero Group)
David Wiffen - One Step (Fantasy)
Gardening, Not Architecture - Constellations (Self-Released)
Terry Reid - Summer Sequence (EMI)
Susan Christie - Rainy Day (Finders Keepers)
Michael Chapman - Little Molly’s Dream (Tompkins Square)
Jennifer Castle - Misguided (No Quarter)
Jana Hunter - You Will Take It and Like It (Woodsist)
Califone - Stiches (Dead Oceans)

Mixed by Ben Watt with additional space echo, found sounds and field recordings. Recorded early May 2016.

This is a non-commercial, non-profit mix. If you like any of the artists featured, please seek them out and buy their music.

(Field recordings courtesy of nmorao, Bran, iggyf, espaisonor, snarfdude and kwahmah_02 at Freesound.org)

Ben Watt / I Am Here After All - Deep Folk Mixtape 6

Summer into Winter

Another Conversation with Myself

A Girl in Winter (feat. Robert Wyatt)

Buzzin' Fly Vol 1 EP

A Stronger Man

Lone Cat (Holding On)

Lone Cat (Holding On) (Groove Junkies Remix)

Lone Cat (Holding On) (Groove Junkies Dub)

Guinea Pig Remixes

Guinea Pig (DJ Koze Remix Vocal Variation)

We Are Silver EP

Old Soul

Buzzin' Fly Vol 2 EP

Pop a Cap in Yo' Ass (Dub Mix)

Outspoken Pt. 1

Attack, Attack, Attack

Pop a Cap in Yo' Ass (Full Mix)

Lone Cat (Holding On) (Dennis Ferrer and Steve Martinez Re-Rub)

Lone Cat (Holding On) (Justin Martin Remix)

Guinea Pig

Guinea Pig (Vocal Variation)

Winter Aconite - Deep Folk Mixtape 7

I stumbled across a recording of a weather report from the Burns’ Day storm of 1990 during which more than ninety people lost their lives. It inspired me to make this latest Deep Folk Mixtape. I chose songs and field recordings that all deal with winter and the Christmas season - a period of reflection and loss but also coming together and regeneration. 

[Found sound: Weather report, London Volmet South, The Burns Day Storm 1990]
[Overdub: Synth]
The Roches - Star of Wonder
Smoke Fairies - Snowglobe Blizzard
[Field recording: Winter wren, Nova Scotia]
Yazoo - Winter Kills
[Field recording: Winter dogs and birds]
[Found sound: Weather report, RAF Volmet]
Calexico - Green Grows the Holly
Bill Callahan - Winter Road
[Field recording: Old car starting in winter]
Lisa Hannigan - Snow
[Field recording: Christmas bells]
Nico - Winter Song
Sean Smith - I Can’t Wait for Winter
[Field recording: Dog barking]
Midlake - Winter Dies
[Field recording: Church bells, Princes Street, Edinburgh]
The Durutti Column - Sketch for Winter
[Field recording: Alexanderplatz, Christmas song and Hare Krishna]

Mixed by Ben Watt with additional space echo, found sounds and field recordings. Recorded Dec 23 2016.

This is a non-commercial, non-profit mix. If you like any of the artists featured, please seek them out and buy their music.

(Field recordings and found sounds courtesy of simon-spiers, zbyhek, kwahmah_02, unfa, zoefitzgerald, laurent, wildear1 for wildearthvoices.org, jamesrodavidson, lg at Freesound.org)

Ben Watt / Winter Aconite - Deep Folk Mixtape 7

Storm Damage

Hand

You’ve Changed, I’ve Changed

Retreat To Find

Musician, singer, writer, DJ. Solo artist. Half of Everything But The Girl. Founder of Buzzin’ Fly.

Ben Watt

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