wonderful mix, lovely through and through 

Electronica

Early classic from Optical and a pivotal development in the genre, released on Metalheadz Metal Tin Boxset in 1997.

Optical - TO SHAPE THE FUTURE REMIX (1997)

2 hour mix of Heathered Pearls' favorites from each artist from the Ghostly International catalog.

DOWNLOAD: http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2013/09/17/heathered-pearls-a-decade-of-ghostly-international-at-decibel/

'Oh man, I’ve got good news all around! First of all, even if there wasn’t anything to celebrate, this mix from Heathered Pearls is absolutely superb! Almost two hours in length it navigates many favorite genres and artists represented by the Michigan based label, Ghostly International. Just look at this amazing tracklist! In 2009, Ghostly celebrated its 10 year anniversary as a label, with many shows across the globe. This year, the label is commemorating a decade of performances at Decibel Festival. The 10th Ghostly showcase at Decibel will feature live performances from Dauwd, Beacon, Lusine and Shigeto (Friday, September 27th at the Crocodile) and you know that I’ll be there all night!

Meanwhile, Jakub Alexander (that’s Heathered Pearls), a curator of the ISO50 blog and founder of Moodgadget Records, has just released a digital remix album, titled Loyal Reworks, featuring many great artists, including Sun Glitters, loscil, Markus Guentner and Lawrence. Alexander made this mix for us while on a tour, which he will finish up in Brooklyn’s Cameo Gallery on September 28th. Please enjoy responsibly and support the featured artists!' - Headphone Commute

Cover art by Charles Bergquist

Tracklisting
1. Kiln – Rustdusk
2. Lusine – Gravity
3. Christopher Willits – New Life
4. Aeroc – Mahy
5. Pale Sketcher – Can I Go Now (Gone Version)
6. Jacaszek – As Each Tucked String Tells
7. The Sight Below – Murmur
8. Recondite – Leafs
9. Fort Romeau – SW9
10. Dauwd – Heat Division
11. Gold Panda – Vanilla Minus
12. Tycho – Hours
13. Com Truise – Brokendate
14. Mux Mool – Ruin Everything
15. Lord RAJA – Globe In My Room
16. Dabrye – Machines Pt. I
17. Shigeto – Huron River Drive
18. Michna – Do What You Want To Do
19. School of Seven Bells – Scavenger
20. Choir Of Young Believers – Nye Nummer Et
21. Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys – There Are Seagulls Who Live In Parking Lots
22. Beacon – Safety’s Off
23. Matthew Dear – More Surgery
24. Adult. – Skinlike (Equation Mix)
25. Solvent – Loss For Words (Vector Lovers Remix)
26. HTRK – Synthetik
27. Heathered Pearls – Docile Touch

Heathered Pearls Mix: Ghostly International x Decibel 10 years via Headphone Commute

tracklist:

01 - mj cole - 39 step (original mix)
02 - olaf stuut - libre (original mix)
03 - electric rescue - ravechild (ryan davis cinematic rebuild)
04 - skyence feat. tanvi rao - sometimes i forget (original mix)
05 - charlie may - nice day (original mix)
06 - architect - altitude (original mix)
07 - vector lovers - neon sky rain (original mix)
08 - hecq - dkmajestic (original mix)
09 - the m machine - black (trifonic remix)
10 - skyence - chemosynthesis (original mix)
11 - dual shaman - untitled

RCKO.fm - Hypnotika radioshow - 2013 september (archive mixes on FB)

This is a DJ mix from Vector Lovers, not the album itself. 
Apologies for any confusion there.
:)

Martin Wheeler returns to Soma Quality Recording with Electrospective, the 4th album under his Vector Lovers guise. Martin’s past long players, the self-titled Vector Lovers, Capsule For One and Afterglow, won fans the world over with his unsettlingly emotive strain of electronic funk. In Electrospective, the highlights from these three albums and corresponding singles are remastered, with 2 previously unreleased tracks joining them. Beyond going back to his original productions Electrospective album, Martin has also been working on his iPhone app, which is due for release in early 2011. Such is the quality of Vector Lovers sound that his productions have been picked up by several world-leading automotive brands, most notably BMW who jumped at Tokyo Glitterati for the soundtrack to their 3 Series ads. 
His futuristic take on Electronica immediately pricks the ears and burns a lasting mark in your head. Vector Lovers’ sound emanates from the 80’s, and is influenced by Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode and early synth pop.


Vector Lovers - Electrospective Album promo mix

For Meka and Lizzie, in celebration of their wedding, with love.

The greatest gift I can offer: an obsessively-compiled selection of finely blended music. Tunes that soundtracked our glory days of tearing up the streets of London and ricocheting through festivals, an unstoppable train of reckless carnage, hedonistic abandon, and Buckfast. Simpler times - i.e. the days before Meka wore makeup.

In my nostalgic curation I've leaned more towards our more innocent years of bands, house music and simple misadventures, with later forays into Berlin and Bangface (and the boundaries of reality) left to the imagination and some darker mixtape.

So more of a present for Meks than Lizzie then, because who cares about a bunch of gurning boys listening to electro 10 years ago. But Lizzie can use this mix to better understand her new husband, and also to dance for 4 hours.

Thanks to Cain, John, and Will for helping compile the tracklisting - music from a milestone era of extreme behavior and roguish antics. 

And thanks to Meka for introducing me to some of the best friends I could ever hope for, and to Lizzie for marrying one of them.
X

		01.	Intro
	02.	Art Of Noise - Out Of This World (Version 138) [Universal]
	03.	Super Furry Animals - Slow Life [Creation]
	04.	Roots Manuva - Witness Dub [Big Dada]
	05.	Vector Lovers - Girl + Robot [Soma]
	06.	The Knife - Take My Breath Away [Rabid]
	07.	Modeselektor - Hasir [BPitch Control]
	08.	MIA - Galang [XL]
	09.	Basement Jaxx feat. Dizzee Rascal - Lucky Star [XL]
	10.	Goldfrapp - Strict Machine [Mute]
	11.	Justice - Let There Be Light [Ed Banger]
	12.	Hot Chip - Boy From School (Erol Alkan's Extended Rework) [EMI]
	13.	Chicken Lips - He Not In [Kingsize]
	14.	Themroc - Gold Is Your Metal (Paper Faces Remix) [Wall Of Sound]
	15.	Alter Ego - Rocker [Skint] 
	16.	Le Dust Sucker - Mandate My Ass [Carbon Recordings]
	17.	Groove Armada - Superstylin' [Pepper]
	18.	DJ T - Freemind [Get Physical]
	19.	Solid Groove - This Is Sick [Front Room]
	20.	Felix Da Housecat - Ready2Wear (Paper Faces Remix) [Emperor Norton]
	21.	Mylo - Drop The Pressure [Breastfed]
	22.	Justice VS Simian - Never Be Alone [International Deejay Gigolo Recordings]
	23.	Phonique - The Red Dress (Tiefschwarz Remix) [Dessous]
	24.	DJ T - Philly (Naughty Mix) [Get Physical]
	25.	Toby Tobias - A Close Shave [Rekids]
	26.	The Chemical Brothers - Get Yourself High (Switch Rely On Dub) [Freestyle Dust]
	27.	Royksopp - 49 Percent (M.A.N.D.Y. Remix) [Wall Of Sound]
	28.	The Egg - Walking Away (Tocadisco Remix) [CR2]
	29.	Booka Shade - Redemption [Get Physical]
	30.	Nathan Fake - The Sky Was Pink (Holden Remix) [Border Community]
	31.	The Killers - Somebody Told Me (Acapella) [Lizard King]
	32.	Loco Dice - Seeing Through Shadows [M_nus]
	33.	Mlle Caro & Frank Garcia - Far Away [Crosstown Rebels]
	34.	Burial - Archangel (Boy 8-Bit Simple Remix) [White Label]
	35.	The Streets - Blinded By The Lights [XL]
	36.	Jennifer Cardini - Stay (Roman Flugel Remix) [Crosstown Rebels]
	37.	Tiga & Zyntherius - Sunglasses At Night [International Deejay Gigolo Recordings]
	38.	Audio Bullys - Real Life [Source]
	39.	The Chemical Brothers feat. Kele Okereke - Believe [Freestyle Dust]
	40.	Oliver Huntemann - Shanghai Spinner [Ideal Audio]
	41.	Tiga - Pleasure From The Bass [Different]
	42.	Magda - 48 Hour Crack In Your Bass [M_nus]
	43.	Style Of Eye feat. Paola Ratcliff - Gioco (Remix) [Classic]
	44.	Mathias Schaffhäuser - Coincidance (Trentemoller Remix) [GT²]
	45.	Oxia - Domino [Kompakt]
	46.	Booka Shade - Darko [Get Physical]
	47.	Muse - Supermassive Black Hole (Acapella) [Helium 3] 
	48.	Sascha Funke - Bravo [Bpitch Control]
	49.	Dylan Rhymes - The Way (Evil Nine Remix) [Y4K]
	50.	Alter Ego - Beat The Bush (Ewan Pearson Remix) [Klang]
	51.	Art Of Noise - Metaphor On The Floor [Universal]
	52.	Bloc Party - Banquet (Boys Noize Remix) [Kitsune Maison]
	53.	DJ Shadow - GDMFSOB (UNKLE Uncensored feat. Roots Manuva) [Island]
	54.	Vitalic - Poney Part 1 [International Deejay Gigolo Recordings]
	55.	Plump DJs - Redshift [Finger Lickin]
	56.	Evil Nine - For Lovers Not Fighters [Marine Parade]
	57.	Gui Boratto - Arquipelago [K2]
	58.	Swimming Pool Sound - Submergible (Silicone Soul's Darkroom Dub) [Darkroom Dubs]
	59.	White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (Adam Freeland Remix) [White Label]
	60.	Daft Punk - Human After All [Virgin]
	61.	Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow (Soulwax Remix) [Rinse]
	62.	Abysm - Future Love [Systematic]
	63.	Holden - Lump [Border Community]
	64.	Schatrax - Mispent Years (Silicone Soul's Darkroom Dub) [Soma]
	65.	Modeselektor - Black Block [Bpitch Control]
	66.	M83 - Don't Save Us From The Flames (Superpitcher Remix) [Mute]
	67.	Radio Slave - My Bleep [Rekid]
	68.	John Starlight - John's Addiction [UKW]
	69.	Junior Boys - In The Morning (Hot Chip Remix) [Domino]
	70.	MANDY vs Booka Shade - Body Language [Get Physical]
	71.	Infusion - Love And Imitation [Polaroid Recordings]
	72.	Fex - I Want Your Heart [Marine Parade]
	73.	The Killers - Mr Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Club Mix) [Island]
	74.	Alex Dolby - Hazy Way (Evil Nine Remix) [Mantra Vibes]
	75.	Plastikman - Spastik (Dubfire Rework) [M_nus]
	76.	LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends [DFA]
	77.	Orbital - One Perfect Sunrise [Orbital Music]

Light Years [2014]

I say that this is the finest Jungle/D&B set ever recorded!  - Randall & GQ @ AWOL – May 1994 - Tell me different!?

Tracklisting:

01 - Renegade – Terrorist (Grooverider Remix) – Moving Shadow
02 - M Beat – Style – Renk Records
03 - Higher Sense – Cold Fresh Air – Liftin Spirits
04 - Dillinja – Deep Love (Remix) – Logic Productions
05 - Cool Hand Flex, MC Fats & Pearl – Mercy, Mercy – In Touch
06 - Dillinja – Deadly Deep Subs – Deadly Vinyl
07 - Mad Dog - Out (Ray Keith Unreleased Remix)
08 - Engineers Without Fears – Spiritual Aura – Dee Jay
09 - Dead Dred – Dred Bass – Moving Shadow
10 - Roni Size & DJ Die – Music Box – Full Circle
11 - SMF – Guillotine (Ray Keith Remix) – Rugged Vinyl
12 - Tom & Jerry – Maxi(mun) Style (Remix) – Tom & Jerry
13 - Dopestyle – You Must Think First!! – Ganja
14 - Dillinja –  Deadly Deep Subs (Unreleased VIP)
15 - Cool Hand Flex – Rude Boy – De Underground
16 - System Ex – Mindgames (Dub Mix) – Entity Records

Photo taken at HEAT @ the Crypt, Hastings (7th July 1994)

Randall & GQ - AWOL - May 1994

After the rather dark and misanthropic philth mix, this is the complete opposite - a warm ambient sortie with multiple genres and lots of interesting curios from the world of dubstep, ambient and downtempo electronica. 
1. Proem: When Things Fall Apart
2. Sam KDC &amp; Mr Smith: Walk The Path
3. Myrkur &amp; m3t4: Ether (June Miller Remix)
4. Synkro: Memory
5. Erik K Skodvin: Etching An Entrance
6. Massive Attack &amp; Burial: Paradise Circus
7. Vector Lovers: Shinjuku Girl (Remaster)
8. ASC &amp; BVdub: Symbol 2.2
9. They Live: Pure Palms
10. Morpion: The Alchemist's Dream
11. Aligning Minds: Happy Hollow
12. Transportation AAD: Pagoda
13. Tapage: Ethyl
14. Consequence: Untitled Dream
15. Lackluster: Jack Of No Trades
16. Sam KDC: Eclipse
17. Morphology: Spacetime Interval
18. Mint: Cartouche
19. Tycho: Coastal Break
20. BVdub: What Happened To Us
21. Clint Mansell: Stay With Me
22. Lo-Fidelity Allstars: Nightime Story
23. Future Sound Of London: Max


Nayf presents Hold Them Close

Small CD-sized selection of acoustic-based music. Suits the time of year?
Feedback welcome
1. Swod: Nein
2. Arp: The Rising Son
3. Grouper: Water People
4. Black Moth Super Rainbow: Colorful Nickels
5. Occam: Town Of Introspection
6. Deleted Scenes: Nassau
7. Forest Swords: Hjurt (Pariah Refix)
8. A-Line: The Escapist
9. Part Timer: A Long Inhalation
10. Birds Of Passage: Away With The Night
11. Dankedanke: Quaint
12. Grouper & Ilyas Ahmed: The Edges
13. Anna Rose Carter & Pleq: One Each
14. Larkian & Yellow6: Jazz F2B
15. Dutch East Indies Trading Company: 6 Remnants
16. ThisQuietArmy: The Black Sea
17. John Matthias: All The Time In The World 


Knight's End Road

The Trouble And The Times

Fireflys (live)

Sick and Tired

It's my birthday, so I thought I'd be all self indulgent and piece together a three-hour mix (oh yes) soundtracking my neural nimblings at the moment. Here's some loose genres that some of these gems fall into - ambient, post-rock, downtempo, downbeat electronica, folk (both normal and 'laptop', what ever that phrase means), glitch, dubstep, dub techno, progressive rock (whatever that is). Kind of designed for lazy sunday mornings in bed reading the paper and avoiding moving anything, even your eyelids...
Anyway, I hope you enjoy it...
1. Part Timer &amp; Heidi Elva: The Runner (Original mix)
2. Bichi: It Begins [05.04]
3. Tor Lundvall: Alienor [10.09]
4. DJ G: Hydrate (Consequence remix) [14.44]
5. Nedry: Swan Ocean [22.07]
6. Christian Albrechtsen: The World Is A Creature [25.27]
7. Nonima: Lullaby [29.03]
8. Proem: Postage On A Slow Envelope [32.57]
9. Monokle: Gray Sparks [36.40]
10. Nils Frahm &amp; Anne Muller [41.28]
11. Future Sound Of London: Serengeti [44.45]
12. Leaving Las Vegas dialogue
13. This Is Head: 0013 [49.07]
14. DNE: I Don't Need Help I Need A Hug [53.02]
15. Kites Sail High: Climbing Trees [54.43]
16. Broken Social Scene: Never Felt Alive [56.39]
17. Bvdub: Descent To The End [58.09]
18. Vessels: Walking Through Walls [1.05.41]
19. Rokkurro: Skuggamyndir [1.09.54]
20. Inachus: A Logical Conclusion [1.14.15]
21. Lab°: La Cigue [1.16.25]
22. Clogs: No Bridge [1.22.27]
23. Alucidnation: 15 Below [1.24.56]
24. Machinefabriek: Daas [1.27.58]
25. Skallander: Forgiven [1.32.37]
26. Mogwai: Stanley Kubrick [1.36.24]
27. Cullen Miller: Devil's Anchor [1.40.02]
28. Tickley Feather: Not A Drum [1.46.09]
29. Demdike Stare: Regolith [1.48.49]
30. Vex'd: Shinju Bridge [1.56.41]
31. Quantec: Circles (Re-edit) [1.58.00]
32. Burial: In McDonalds [2.05.22]
33. Polska: Ekqels [2.06.51]
34. Herbaliser: Moon Sequence [2.14.35]
35. Joel Tammik: Around [2.20.23]
36. Doyeq: Ballet In A Box [2.24.59]
37. TwinSisterMoon: Water Barrier [2.30.56]
38. Koalips; Luna [2.32.29]
39. Dawn Golden &amp; Rosy Cross: Lamont [2.37.19]
40. Soundhacker: O.R. [2.40.17]
41. Guanxi: Sea Cucumber [2.43.51]
42. Sleep Party People: Notes To You [2.48.55]
43. Part Timer &amp; Heidi Elva: The Runner (The Humblebee mix) [2.52.00] 
Thanks to Code &amp; Subtle Audio (No. 33)
Thanks to the bloke who fixes Ant's computer who I've forgotten the name of who runs Cactus Island (No. 2, 35 and 40)


Nayf presents 28 not out

Synth Sense - Yesterday's Future (Sam KDC Remix) [Auxiliary]

Taken from Synth Sense - Tomorrow's World Remixes [AUXCD004V], featuring remixes from Synkro, Indigo, ASC & Sam KDC.

Released Monday 1st October 2012 on limited edition white vinyl & digital download. 

Buy from Surus

Synth Sense - Yesterday's Future (Sam KDC Remix) [Auxiliary]

NOTE: NO LONGER ACTIVE ON SOUNDCLOUD, GO TO HERE: www.mixcloud.com/mrnayf/

Hi everyone. Because Soundcloud doesn't allow people to upload mixtapes without running through some horrifically complicated hoops, I've decided to stop paying into their coffers if I'm not allowed to upload mixtapes. I don't derive any financial benefit from doing so, and it all seems rather pointless going to all the effort of uploading stuff only for it to last about 12 seconds before it gets binned. However, I'm still doing mixes – pop over to www.mixcloud.com/mrnayf/ for all of my mixes over the years.

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