MIXTAPES

Here's an eclectic little mix I put together as the first of a series that I'll be uploading on the first of every month. Expect all manner of groovy and melodic tunes you can't help but dance like a fool to. 

I hope you enjoy listening to it as much I did making it for you.

TÂCHES - #1 FEBRUARY MIX

Time just keeps on slipping and all I can do is watch it flow like sand through my fingers. 

Even slowly, spend your life working for what you want. Create things just for the hell of it. Develop a defined taste. Pick up and drop new hobbies and interests like an excitable dog its toys. Tell people you love them if you feel you do. Treat yourself to something you can't afford every now and then and really enjoy it. Be warm and open but firm with what you stand for. Surround yourself with people that make you happy and don't be afraid to completely cut someone off if they're making you a worse version of yourself - they're wasting your life. Always encourage yourself to improve. Pick your battles; say no sometimes. Sit in the sun when you can. 

You've got one less hour - are you living for yourself?

TÂCHES - #2 MARCH MIX

Full Tracklist: https://bit.ly/2ExSBjB

All three of my housemates went away a couple of weeks ago, leaving me all alone on the mountain. At first, I felt a little daunted by the concept of being totally by myself, but within a couple of days, I found that the drive to create and put in place plans grew immense. I started and finished a lot of very exciting new musical ideas and discovered and explored a whole manner of new processes and techniques. I also managed to instil a very calming routine upon my life when I was done working, which revolved mostly around going for walks and cooking. I tried a few days of silence, where I forgot the sound of my own voice and a day of chattering non stop about whatever would choose to come out of my mouth. My point is, I guess, to try not to feel afraid of time alone. You can learn a lot from yourself if you just give yourself a chance.

TÂCHES - #3 APRIL MIX

Full Tracklist: https://bit.ly/2HWHVSt

Since my second release on Glitter Cowboy two months ago, I've felt ever so liberated. For a long time I let my creative fire lie pretty dormant, opting instead to complain about having to kowtow to labels to progress or how hard it is to finish things. I wasted months procrastinating about getting the final mix and master out of an idea, because it just felt too difficult to get there. Maybe it was very almost finished, but the bass sounded a little muddy and the thought that something I would be showing to the world would be anything less than perfect continuously prevented me from achieving completion.

All of this changed when I realised that with my label, I no longer have to work to appease anyone or anything. My mix downs aren't always super clean and my masters are sometimes very different in volume and bass content, but that's ok because I made it anyway. Each release is a timestamped window into a period of my life and loves that gets to live on forever as a piece of music. I think that’s too special to pass up on, so I’m going to continue making a lot of beautiful, at times muddy music with the same pure intentions.

TÂCHES - #4 MAY MIX

My family got some sad and sudden news recently that has really thrown our world upside down. While it's an unquestionably difficult time, I'm grateful to say that each moment is a lesson and that we're all growing immeasurably despite the hardship. It's moments like these, when you're living quite so close to your emotions that you really end up feeling everything. It's all magnified; you laugh hysterically and then you cry hysterically, but throughout it all, there's a deep rooted sense of appreciation and beauty in all around you that I feel we lack a lot of the time when everything is fine.

I started this mix the afternoon before my world was rocked, and had been unable to finish it until last night. Yesterday was arguably the hardest day so far, but in the darkness I found the strength to finish this off and write a very moving piece of music expressing what we're going through. 

It's wonderful how music can give you such genuine answers, without saying any words at all. I hope you enjoy this hour of music that makes me happy and I hope it does the same for you.

♥

TÂCHES - #5 JUNE MIX

It's been half a year since I released my last mix, and a hell of a lot has changed since then. With this sixth mix, I want to reestablish the monthly routine of sharing with you beautiful people some of the music that I've discovered that makes me feel a little sad and sexy.

♥

TÂCHES - #6 MARCH MIX

BE FREE, BABY

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Shirtless and shoeless, TÂCHES sits cross-legged in the dirt gently taking in his mountain surroundings. It’s clear that he’s deep in thought as he mindfully traces the shape of a fallen leaf in his hand and a slight smile gently spreads across his face. There’s a tangible feeling of love and fascination communicated through the way he looks at the world around him and it’s precisely this holistic approach to creativity that makes him such a captivating artist. This is the makeup of a being that finds passion and inspiration anywhere he looks. 

Contradictorily, he is as much a devotee to tradition as he is a breaker of rules. TÂCHES is uninterested in following trends, and instead seeks to provoke the senses through a deeply personal examination of culture and cliche. Conceptual without ever being pretentious, his music shows a deep rooted appreciation for the textures of the times passed and faraway places. There’s a certain urgency to capture the world as he perceives it; albeit a world seen through the rose tinted lenses of a creature forever romantically entangled with his surroundings.

There’s no one way to sum up TÂCHES’s music, as it’s perpetually in growth, bending and swaying like a tree in the wind. This sonic metamorphosis is due to a primal need to experiment coupled with a deep longing to express the continually transforming experience of being human. Drawing heavily from emotion and memory, there’s a clear sense of nostalgia in all that he creates. His pure and unabashed desire to combine the things that he loves manifests itself as rich and evocative music with massive personality and palpable global flavours. 

TÂCHES’s desire to build upon the world in which his music exists led to the creation of his label GLITTER COWBOY - the peculiar home for the sonic documentation of his journey. When you listen to GLITTER COWBOY, you are nakedly experiencing life through the eyes of TÂCHES as he seeks to embody self-awareness and optimism, along with finding inner peace through nature, artistic expression and simplicity of living.