Couldn't think of lyrics, but the sound makes me think of what The Chief felt like during his final season with the Celtics -- his first without either Kevin McHale or Larry Bird by his side.  Stoic.

The Chief Nov. 5, 1993

Blacklights And Basement Stairs

This is the first of my song-a-day challenge tracks from this year. Demo with gibberish lyrics.

I Feel It In My Clutches

Sometimes, I'll use this year's song-a-day to finish up cogent drafts of long-simmering sketches.  This is one of those.  Art:  "Portrait of Arnold Schwarzenegger", by Jamie Wyeth (1977).  This song is mostly built out of samples from Slang's 1978 club classic, "Johnny's Guitar"; I imagine that Arnold, whose portrait I viewed earlier this week at the MFA, could have gotten his swole on to that euro-disco gym-jam.  Extra thanks to Cy for giving me helpful feedback on earlier drafts!

Get Tar

The Lonely Season

Per Cy's challenge, I mashed up Whitney's "No Woman" with a couple of UMO tracks. If I were to keep working on this, I'd push it further in the Balearic direction. 

No Woman UMO Mash Draft

This summer, I had the urge to try creating a sampledelic project inspired by the Avalanches & classic Dust Brothers recordings -- and to do so in 3/4 time. This is the current state of the track, which samples from more than a dozen songs. I've decided to stop messing with for the time being... for my sanity's sake!

2016

Goodbye

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Let Down

A continuous mix for an hour-long workout, containing my favorite electronic tracks from 2018 (+ one reissue from 2017). One draft + no prep = a few mistakes :) 
0:00-9:50 /// Warm-up
9:51-50:50 /// Cardio
50:51-58:30 /// Cooldown
58:31-1:05:06 /// Stretch

Tracklist:
0:00 | "Black Snow" - Oneohtrix Point Never
3:31 | "If the Car Beside You Moves Ahead" - James Blake
5:43 | "Back to the Future" - RP Boo
8:40 | "Hands" - Octavian
11:11 | "Ordinary Pleasure" - Toro Y Moi
13:07 | "Controller" - Channel Tres
15:34 | "Emerald Rush" - Jon Hopkins
19:04 | "Persona" - Rival Consoles
23:19 | "Stepping Out of Sync" - Makeness
25:48 | "Projector" - Daniel Avery
27:46 | "Honey" - Robyn
32:26 | "Immaterial" - SOPHIE
36:20 | "Chin Up" - Sharda
40:49 | "Hold Me (T4T Embrace Remix)" - Eris Drew
43:44 | "Pick Up" - DJ Koze
47:49 | "Boys" - Lizzo
50:39 | "Boyboy" - Bella Boo
53:30 | "What Does It Take" - Miljon
58:56 | "Dance PM" - Hiroshi Yoshimura

2019

Electronic Faves of 2018 Continuous Workout Mix

Image: "Pacific Ocean in the Early Spring" by Yoyoi Kusama

Vaults

Coldhearted Slaughter

Digging through my old stuff on the hard drive, I found this forgotten beat from '07.

Image: "Sonata" by Keiji Shinohara

Sakhodougou Beat

Watched BOOKSMART and thought I'd share this mash-up I made in '09.

Remixes & Mash-ups!

Osaka Halo (Discovery & Bey)

A collection of some of my favorite psych rock and pop tunes for when you just want to get away from it all.

00:00 /// "Fuzzy Patterns" - Tages
01:55 /// “Postcard” - Blossom Toes
04:45 /// “Odyssey” - The Smoke
08:24 /// “The Sea” - D.R. Hooker
11:58 /// “Lose Your Mind” - The Third Bardo
14:01 /// “Keep Your Mind Open” - Kaleidoscope
16:10 /// “In the Past” - The Chocolate Watchband
18:56 /// “Thing in E” - The Savage Resurrection
21:37 /// “Coragem Pra Suportar” - Gilberto Gil
24:24 /// “Hallucinations” - Tomorrow
26:56 /// “The Garden of Earthly Delights” - United States of America
29:31 /// “The Four Horsemen” - Aphrodite’s Child
33:31 /// “A Child’s Guide to Good and Evil” - West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
35:34 /// “The Witch” - Adam & Eve 
38:00 /// “Curse of the Witches” - Strawberry Alarm Clock
41:06 /// “Egyptian Tomb” - Mighty Baby
44:31 /// “Tread Softly on My Dreams” - Czar
44:29 /// “I Shot the King” - C.A. Quintet
50:44 /// “There’s No Blood in Bone” - The Poppy Family
53:40 /// “Royston Rose” - The Koobas
57:20 /// “Red Lady” - Phil Cardell
59:45 /// “Odyssey” - The Smoke

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