This has made my New Year's Eve.  This is an awesome mix.  Keep 'em coming Ben.

i'll be at february gig in milano with your old cherry red stuffs to get them signed......

so beautiful. Thank you, Ben, very much. A perfect soundtrack for a very hard winter season this year with an approaching loss in my family. I have listened to this mix over and over since hearing it for the first time just after Christmas. It captures a certain mood that must grip many for a host of reasons at this time of year, feeling so separate from festivities. And I was so very happy to hear Durutti Column to finish.

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

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

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