This is an archive of Mike Jedlicka's vinyl-only mix of his favourite selections from 2021 - somehow, I forgot to share it on here last year. This is a beautiful journey that has introduced me to some new music as well, and I’m forever grateful for this special friendship that we’ve maintained over more than a decade. This is our 11th year in sharing this music, and if you like the choices, be sure to check out our past archive of Optic Echo Presents mixes.

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Optic Echo Presents - Best Vinyl of 2021

I look back at 2022 and realize that I didn’t put out the “usual” amount of mixes for the HC podcast. This is indeed because right after the celebration of the music from the year before, I was utterly preoccupied with the thoughts turned towards Ukraine. As a result, there were two “For Ukraine” mixes by Brian Housman of Stationary Travels and Peter can Cooten of Ambient Blog. In the last two weeks, with the annual Best of the Year tradition, I managed to broadcast and archive a few of my selections from each list, showcasing appearing artists. You can stream these via my Mixcloud account. But it’s not the same as the typical fair. So today, I’m back, along with the amazing Mike Jedlicka of Optic Echo, to share his favourite vinyl selections of 2022. This is that one particular tradition that I refuse to let go of, with today’s mix being the 12th instalment in the series. There is not much left to say, and we both hope the music speaks much louder. Please enjoy!

Optic Echo Presents - Best Vinyl of 2022

I have a handful of mixes that i return to regularly. Orangewarrior's Retro 97 Mix is one. Warp's Artificial Intelligence album was also recently reissued on vinyl which has got me back into listening electronic tracks from the early-mid 90s, and seeking out the Orangewarrior tracklist.

I did have a pause before i created my own mix - is it ok to take another DJ's tracklist and use it?

I'm at peace with that, if i give 3 tributes i think: 
+1 to Orangewarrior for a fantastic mix, which i strongly recommend you check out (see below)
+1 to @headphonecommute for this and other amazing mixes on his channel
+1 to all the brilliant artists and tracks. I've tried to link to as many as i can find here on SC, so you can dive into their catalogues

So - my interpretation of OW's mix, featuring B12, @future-sound-of-london, @richarddjames, @jochempaap, @nightmares-on-wax, @peshay-official, Bola, Beaumont Hannant, La Funk Mob, @boardsofcanada, @lfo-music, @djshadow, @strictly, @the-orb-official, @officialair, Link, @photek, @meat-beat-manifesto-official, @plaid, RAC, Sun Electric and the Sabres of Paradise (not in that order..)

https://soundcloud.com/headphonecommute/orangewarrior-retro-97-mix

90's Electronic & IDM Mix - Scott Wood 067

Re-Upload - Headphone Commute Podcast - 05/2018

"K. Gabriel returns to Headphone Commute podcast with his latest offering, titled insistence on purity. This is a very eclectic selection of tracks, a bit gloomy and noir-fi, exactly how I like it, for the perfect mental image of the state you feel inside. I spent a whole day listening to this sonic weave of textures before writing down these words, imagining all of the descriptive adjectives I’d use to lure you into its conditions, finally realizing (as I always do) that music is indeed a more descriptive language. And so I leave you with this two-and-a-half hour journey which may inevitably lead you down the most feared path of your subconscious if you simply let it. And I say, you should…

Last time I published a ‘k” mix, I set off on my own adventure across Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Is it a coincidence, that this weekend I’m off to visit China? Perhaps this soundtrack is meant to be my sole companion through Asia. I hope it also will be yours, wherever your life takes you next."

Thank you, Mike.

Tracklisting

01 – Ryūichi Sakamoto – Walker (+Harry Brown Movie Quotes)
02 – Belong – Who Told You This Room Exists?
03 – The Orb – Siren 33 (Orphee Mirror)
04 – Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement – Beyond The Yellow-Spotted Bamboo
05 – Marty Hicks – From Afar, Unhindered
06 – Tim Hecker – Borderlands
07 – Tim Hecker – Fog III
08 – Emptyset – Medium
09 – Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri ‎- Las Palabras Son Fuente De Malentendidos
10 – Pendant – OXI-GKK
11 – Otto A Totland – Waltz
12 – Nils Frahm – My Friend The Forrest
13 – Rafael Anton Irisarri – Deception Falls
14 – Helm – Sky Wax (London)
15 – Svarte Greiner – The Marble16 –
16 – Kangding Ray – Glacier
17 – Matt Jencik – Relaxers
18 – Tim Hecker – Azure Azure
19 – Moon AteThe Dark -. Messy Hearts
20 – Loscil – Boreal
21 – Ryūichi Sakamoto – Solari Fennesz Remix
22 – The Haxan Cloak – Mara
23 – Fennesz – Got To Move On
24 – Tim Hecker – Bijie Dream
25 – Christina Vantzou – Arp
26 – Benoît Pioulard – Remind
27 – Deru – Addictive Yearning
28 – Artcloud – Sunder
29 – Jasmine Guffond – Say Yes
30 – Autechre – VLetrmx21
31 – Rafael Anton Irisarri – Reprisal
32 – Thomas Köner – Nuuk Day

'k'' - Insistence On Purity [2018]

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