I finally managed to get down to it and sum up some of the great music that has made 2008 great for me and it's mostly LPs, which I suppose is a change in itself, as for the last 14 years of DJing my music purchases have been mostly made up of singles, but moving on to buying CDs and having an emusic subscription has changed that. Anyway - on with the list (it's not in order, but the best is saved to the last):
Track listing
Gel Sol: Raneboze -off IZ, on Upstairs Recordings Juana Molina: ¿Quién? (Suite) - off Una Dia, on Domino Portishead: The RIP - off 3, on Universal Sigur Ros: Festival - off Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, on EMI MGMT: Indie Rockers - not off Oracular Spectacular, on SonyBMG Hot Chip: Shake a fist (rmx by Diplo) - not off Made in theDark, on EMI James Yuill: No pins allowed - off Turning Down Water for Air, on Moshi Moshi Flight of the Conchords - Business Time - off Flight of the Conchords, on Subpop Goldfrapp: A&E (rmx by Maps) - not off Seventh Tree on EMI Alucidnation: Technically Warm - off Find Yourself on Big Chill Recordings Fleet Foxes: White Winter Hymnal - off Fleet Foxes on Bella Union The Accidental: Illuminated Red - off There were Wolves, on Full Time Hobby Jamie Lidell: A Little Bit of Feel Good - off Jim, on Warp Sounds From The Ground: Sweet Confusion - off Brightwhitelight, on Waveform Benga & Coki: Night (Zinc rmx) -not off Diary of Afro Warrior, on Tempa Danny Byrd: Shockout - on Hospital Records Bon Iver: Blindsided - off For Emma, forever ago, on 4AD Jon Hopkins: Wire - off Insides, on Domino Jon Hopkins: Colour Eye - of Insides, on Domino
As luck would have it I got to play the first two sets at The Big Chill Bar on Sunday, which also happened to be the winter solstice and as I recorded it only seems fair to share it with you guys & gals - consider it a little xmas present from me to you. Here's the first three hours...
Ok, Ok I'm a sad 
We're celebrating xmas with a full acid rave party at our South Bank home, Concrete (next to the Hayward Gallery) from 8pm till 1pm (free entry). Expect party hats, streamers and you dancing to kick ass acid fulled techtronic breaks! Alongside Echaskech, we've also got the Ravetastic AGT Rave Kru playing Live so that's two top notch bands and all for nowt! :)
Here's Friday's Show for you lovely people. I'm suffering with a cold at the moment, so not much talking on this one (thankfully) apart to whinge on about I "ribbish" I felt. Gah, I dunno... prima donna or what? ;)
Mitch Mitchell, the drummer with The Jimi Hendrix Experience died on the Wednesday this week so, to commemorate that (and the fact that Heaven has a fantastic three piece up there now) we had a Jimi Hendrix session at Back To Mine on Friday.
I'm back supplying the audio backdrop to your sunday boozing at the best DJ Bar in London, 
Another set recorded from 
One of the great things about Second Life is the people you meet and without a doubt my life is enriched because I know Zbornak. I was asked to play at her birthday party as a surprise guest and this mix is the result - there's a little bit of me chatting at the start, but don't worry I soon shut up and get on with the mixing. ;) It wasn't a planned mix, the tracks came to me as I went along (mostly), and I was exceptionally happy with the set - thank god I recorded it! It's starts out with a few favourites, moves into the party funk then gets all heavy, wanders into the electroclash room for a bit and ends with a couple of classics - definitely one of the most enjoyable sets I've played from home. :)
In the summer of 2007 I was approached by Bev and Pete (a.k.a MrsPirate and PiratePete) to provide a mix to accompany the birth of their first child, Isla. Initially I was thrown into a panic; having never attended a birth before (apart from my own, of course) I had no idea what they would want to hear during that incredibly emotional time; I knew it had to be long as first births have a reputation for being drawn out affairs and I knew I didn't want to stick to a tempo as, after a while that would just get annoying. They'd given me a free reign on music selection, trusting me implicitly so it was all up to me. So, I decided to put something together that would try and calm, relax, entertain, but also not try dominate the proceedings. I didn't want to have too much vocal stuff in there as I presumed there would be enough chatter/instruction/shouting/swearing going on without my mix adding to it. As fate would have it, due to the frenetic nature of a birth and some technical problems it wasn't used but has gone to keep Isla (and Bev and Pete) music entertained.
Personally I use it, after a very good and heavy night, to drift off to sleep to ;)
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