this trippy tuesday mix is dedicated to ian who had a birthday at some point in the past couple months
wood green - sarah davachi
ian and i saw sarah davachi at stony island arts bank in the center of a larger scale neon installation- 
the performance was incredible, i feel like it was a single note for 45 minutes fluctuating beautifully in this one of a kind space.
i knew it was gonna be amazing but ian was the only homie who was just 100% down to take that 30 min trek way south to see something that sounded dope with otherwise no context. 
We had a moment where we realized we were both the type to just do the damn thing, adventurer bond formed

every christian lion hearted man will show you - bee gees
my other mega bud/roommate joe showed me that the bee gees werent all bogus, couldnt beleive this trippier than sgt peppers vibe coming off this early take. 

critical thinking - tha god fahim
love the insane prolific energy of the ATL based man they call "the DUMP GAWD": 70+ tape releases last year, showing up noise artists everywhere 

battle - dj orange julius 
absolutely goes OFF on a sample of some obscure fusion cheese from WAR's harmonica player haha- Lee Oskar's quarter hour epic "our Road"

steam (part one) - archie shepp 
the LP itself is a bona fide masterpiece, confronting the Attica uprising, a prison protest that cost over 40 lives. 
the album is part of that great lineage of protest music and this track is both a specific part of that narrative and a universal glimpse of the bliss of release,
 image is a back tattoo of key lyrics i spotted on loathed sound’s IG. 

Un soir chez norris - Pierre Cavali 

The Man who Sold the World - Midge Urge
Today ian and I heard this cover while starting to watch metal gear solid 5 cutscenes on youtube

ww4 - Mikey Dollaz, King Louie
Mikey Dollaz and King Louie are both originators of chicago drill sound, more of an attitude than anything but there is a style to it for sure. This track's unreal production is thanks to Barcelona producer Zora Jones, who is like... way more Berlin than Ashburn but you know

The Pipe - Jackie O Motherfucker

Baby's Back - Kenny Knight

Central Park - Joe Delia
from the Ms. 45 Soundtrack. 

Mo - Parasites of the Western World
PERFECT OPENER to a PERFECT LSD WARPED PUNK RECORD damn

Hypoalgesia - DJ Stingray
1/2 Detroit via Atlantis's own Drexciya, legendary

Icey - Melii

FEET (she is not listening) - YEAH YOU
best father/daughter noise project other than carbondales clit splinter (yeah thats real look em up) - lyrics are some of my favorite poetry of late and i consider them proper literature. I think ian will like it

mustache like pringles - SHARKULA and Mukqs
two of my fave artists in the city come together in a way i could have never even thought to pray for. one of the all time best side effects from slipping into clown dimension when they turned on the Hadron Collider so far tbh.

Angels and Demons at Play - Bitchin Bajas
A chicago project as perfect an extension of like Ruck Zuck era Kraftwerk into present day as can exist lovingly covering one of the best sun ra standards. 

tecola - Sir Victor Uwaifo

i - buffalo daughter

I Found Loving - Ashanti

Bill is dead - The Fall
this song was originally intended to just be making fun of the smiths - tight - but turned into something a little more sincere. MES denied it being a love song (which it TOTALLY is) but more an ode to a scene, a time and place- which for him was manchester when things were still right and pure circa 89. 
shits hard sometimes, but lately for the first time in ages ive been thinking to myself "these are some of the greatest times of my life" and friends are a big part of that. Ian likes the fall we talked about them the other day.

Nicholas Y-s