yin yang tapes

this 60-minute mixtape consolidates the findings of my latest research dedicated to works 1990-2013 bodied by the politic voice, mind and unmistakable sensuality of vanessa daou, the new york-based intellectual, poet, song/writer, singer, sage, fellow vassar alum and just overall muse boss

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yin side (leaves of love)
"for seeing the world with heightened acuity"

100% daou. an essential oil blend of the effortless, the sexual, the intellectual. tested and diffused at sexy café. feel and dance

vanessa daou - a thousand licks
the snapshots foundation - vanessa daou interview part one [excerpt]
the daou - the way
vanessa daou - flower of my fears
critical rhythm, jango thriller & vandal - it could not happen (essential trancehall mix)
vanessa daou - lovechild
vanessa daou - honey in a jar
vanessa daou - becoming a nun 2.0 (koded vocal dub mix)
vanessa daou - one thing i'm missing 
vanessa daou - goodbye

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Upon hearing Danny Tenaglia's Valley Of The Daou Mix of Vanessa Daou's "Two to Tango" (1996) for the first time on Side A: Trippin' On Love of @octoocta's Love Hypnosis Vol. 2 Mixtape (2022), I was entranced by its lyrics and vocals alike. This led me to spend some time researching the library of works by @vanessadaou, someone whose effortless expression of the word I've come to deeply resonate with in the past year, and to whom I wholly dedicate this consolidation of findings.

On the subject of revolution, Daou says, "[h]ow we choose to interact with the world around us is and will always be an individual, often a personal decision, but the personal and political are ever-increasingly intersecting. There is no longer much, if any, separation between what happens outside in the world and what happens inside ourselves." Yin Yang Vol. 1 marks my third homemade tape to date. I'd like to trust each release (in every sense of the word) takes a stand *for* something in a nature rife with opposites and opposition, for there is always something to stand for, and to be said for. Right now, then or later, at base, is the matter of standing in solidarity with those down with the struggle for liberation. There really is no other way. Stop the genocide in Gaza now. End the siege on Gaza. Free Palestine. And free your fucking minds. Free us all—

yin yang vol. 1: vanessa daou ○ yin side (leaves of love)

this 60-minute mixtape consolidates the findings of my latest research dedicated to works 1990-2013 bodied by the politic voice, mind and unmistakable sensuality of vanessa daou, the new york-based intellectual, poet, song/writer, singer, sage, fellow vassar alum and just overall muse boss

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yang side (flower of desire)
"for keeping the minds' wheels whirring"

daouhaus style. a side-quest into 90s danny tenaglia, ny house legend behind notable remixes of original tracks by vanessa daou and associated act ‘the daou’. dance to feel

the daou - surrender yourself (ballroom revisited)
danny tenaglia aka deepstate ii - everybody get down (tribal chant mix)
the daou - give myself to you (give my dub to you)
danny tenaglia - ohno (the twisted beats)
vanessa daou - two to tango (dt's valley of the daou mix)
me'shell ndegéocello - who is he and what is he to you (dt's nydc mix)
vanessa daou - consequences (harlum main mix)
the daou - are you satisfied? (the tao of def mix)
cher - all or nothing (danny tenaglia cherbot vocadub)
vanessa daou - sunday afternoons (zipper mix)
modjo - lady (danny tenaglia's statue of liberty mix)
hi impact - lookout weekend (danny tenaglia's laser dub mix)

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Upon hearing Danny Tenaglia's Valley Of The Daou Mix of Vanessa Daou's "Two to Tango" (1996) for the first time on Side A: Trippin' On Love of @octoocta's Love Hypnosis Vol. 2 Mixtape (2022), I was entranced by its lyrics and vocals alike. This led me to spend some time researching the library of works by @vanessadaou, someone whose effortless expression of the word I've come to deeply resonate with in the past year, and to whom I wholly dedicate this consolidation of findings.

On the subject of revolution, Daou says, "[h]ow we choose to interact with the world around us is and will always be an individual, often a personal decision, but the personal and political are ever-increasingly intersecting. There is no longer much, if any, separation between what happens outside in the world and what happens inside ourselves." Yin Yang Vol. 1 marks my third homemade tape to date. I'd like to trust each release (in every sense of the word) takes a stand *for* something in a nature rife with opposites and opposition, for there is always something to stand for, and to be said for. Right now, then or later, at base, is the matter of standing in solidarity with those down with the struggle for liberation. There really is no other way. Stop the genocide in Gaza now. End the siege on Gaza. Free Palestine. And free your fucking minds. Free us all—

yin yang vol. 1: vanessa daou ● yang side (flower of desire)

yin yang vol. 2: music for job hunting is music for late nights at the desk, as the eyes begin to sour... 

side a quickly took form soon after learning that most of sf salt bay ponds, which caught my eye earlier this year on an sfo-bound flight, is owned by cargill inc, the largest privately-owned, multinational agri-corp in the world. had no idea. also learned that two salt miners were killed in a roof collapse in the now-closed cargill avery island salt mine back in december of 2020

then fast forward to sifting through extensive footage of the pittston coal strike circa '89-'90 j sitting on youtube >> the croaky yet unflinching voice that is florence reece belting the question of the hour, of which side you're on >> the emmylou harris >> jean ritchie bewitching tvs of 1986 into a dark light. side b plays with it in terms of "recent" music

big thanks to thee @dovecotnet for digitizing the 1-of-1 cassette tape. recorded in a first take, straight to tape, mostly bc my computer can only handle so much these days

𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔲𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔶 𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔪𝔶

side a - 'mining for what':
Jean Ritchie - West Virginia Mine Disaster
Cranes - Rêverie
Ulla & Ultrafog - sad bowl
Dovecot - Assembly [demo]
Call Super - Years in the Hospital
CHICKLETTE - SAFETYISAFEELING
Emmylou Harris - Green Rolling Hills
Nature Unit - Nature 2
Sputnik One - Kerosene

side b - 'picket lines':
Florence Reece - Which Side Are You On [live]
Container - SPRAY
Objekt - Tinderbox
Huerco S. - Plonk IV
Batu - Atavism
séverine - LOOK HOW HARD I'M INTO YOU (Midlands support local business flip)
Soso Tharpa - Fistful of Shells
Ahem - one hand washes the other
Jessica Pratt - Crossing

yin yang vol. 1: vanessa daou ○ yin side (leaves of love)

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