The last 12 months have been transformative for me. After finding myself in a precarious mental state, (I won’t go into it here, but the TL; DR is “I was done. Finito. White flag waving.”), I’ve been able to find a serenity and acceptance that has re-connected me to life.  
Part of that reconnection has involved music.
I’ve been fermenting a mix of records for a few months. Not a DJ mix, but a selection of music, cobbled together in a way that, hopefully, makes sense and elicits an emotional response.
While I do love mixing deep “dance” records, I feel increasingly disconnected from this world. I don’t want to stay up late. I don’t want to be in a club or bar, pretending to enjoy myself. It feels disingenuous. The music sometimes feels disposable and secondary.
For this mix of records, I wanted to create something that can be revisited. Again, and again. A mix that will still sound good in 15 years. 
I’ve been buying lots of records. More than ever before. I still buy house and techno, funk and disco. Dance music. Music for temporarily escaping. But I buy a lot of other stuff too. Albums. Long form artistic ideas that seem to convey a richer, deeper story than a 6-minute banger.
The records in this mix have all been acquired in the last 12 months. 
Some of them have been hunted down specifically for this mix. Others are happy discoveries that have sent me on new exploratory excursions.
Give it a listen, if you like. Put it on when you’re cooking dinner. Or folding washing. Driving. Or just sitting. This is music that moves me.
Mixed on 2 x Technics SL1200 MkII and a Condesa Carmen mixer.

Surprise Chef – All News is Good News
J.J. Cale – Magnolia
Robert Vanderbilt & The Foundation of Souls – A Message Especially from God
Cloud One – Dust to Dust
Nu Genea – Straniero
Brian Jackson, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhummad - Mars Walk
Floating Points – The Sweet Time Suite (Part 1)
Hermanos Gutierrez – El Fantasma
Leon Bridges & Khruangbin – Father Father
Tommy Guerrero – Gravity of Solitude
Dirty Three – Hope
Cat Power – Back of Your Head
Khruangbin – Les Petits Gris
Harold Budd & Brian Eno – Against the Sky
Bill Callahan – Ride my Arrow
Bon Iver – Re: Stacks
Songs: Ohia – Hold on Magnolia

Biancolato - Magnolia 2025

Sleepy Royale, washed up, washed out. Music for lying down or standing up, a subtle street shuffle.