I can’t lie, I’ve had this tape since mid December. I did have an extremely busy end of the year and going back to NYC for two weeks didn’t exactly help my productivity but that really has nothing to do with it. In fact this tape has been complete since Steph first sent it over. HP sent us one of their new Split X2 laptops, you know the one Clams Casino has been using for those beat making videos you’ve been seeing all over the net. Anyways, I didn’t want to take my army of technology with me on this trip so I put Ableton on the X2, got inspired, took it on my flight and did all the mix on it while on my way to New York. Gotta love the space age.
The truth is I have this weird thing with LMDM’s where I want to hold on to it for myself for as long as possible. I realize EMPT is this whole thing now and people have certain expectations that need to be met but I like to do what I feel and being the only one with LMDM for a little extra longer makes me feel good, sue me. Seriously though, I know it’s a problem, I promise to be better about it this year. Anyhow, Steph usually speaks through her selections but this time she graced us with some beautiful words and I won’t go on with my ramblings and distract much longer. We took a little extra time to mix and blend the tracks while keeping Stephs original track order in tack so I think you’ll guys like how this one flows. To make up for my hoarding and to step it up for 2014 I’ll be mixing all LMDM’s like this from no on, enjoy.
Putting this lmdm is always particularly special – for me, each year it’s a way to go through the endless lists of my favorite songs which in a way is to go through moment after moment after moment that made up my year – to sum up “a best of” – this took me exactly twenty minutes, at a quarter to midnight, BC I knew exactly what needed to be on this – so this is my version of a best of – each song is a piece of my year and perhaps of yours as well…each track is much more than that – it’s a distinct memory you repeat in your head bringing you back to that individual experience you associate it with. For me there’s a strong mix of emotion attached to each one and a definitive event, person, or both. Here’s to a full year- of ups and downs, highs and lows, falls and beautiful mistakes but with each close of a year – comes a new opportunity – of renewal and most importantly, an open path – waiting to be taken…
- Sam Smith – Nirvana (TIPs Promised Land Remix)
- Nicolas jaar – With Just One Glance
- Coma les dilettantes (Roosevelt remix)
- Blood Orange – Champagne Coast (Clockwork Opera Remix)
- Foals – Bad Habit (Alex Metric Remix)
- Wolf Alice – Blush (Duncan Murray Remix)
- Vadoinmessico – Teeo (Crystal Fighters Remix)
- Miguel – do you (ah yeah remix)
- Hermitude – hyperparadise (flume remix)
- Vitalic- fade away (C2C remix)
- Ginger and the ghost – one type of dark (ta-Ku remix)
- Lafayette – Mauvaise mine (Jupiter remix)
- Kleerup and Lykke Li – Til we bleed
- Ultraista – Small Talk (whomever remix)
- Flight Facilities – Claire de Lune (them jeans edit)
- The Do – Bohemian Dance (YUS remix)