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Bootleg #1 - Celestial Drift
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Bootleg #1 - Celestial Drift

Releases have been more or less on hold while I’m wrapping up the Sad Disco project, which is hi-fi, clinical, and pretty labor intensive… As a palette cleanser, I’ve been experimenting with a more analogue style of recording, with performances running from start to finish on a song, and flaws left in. I was inspired by…

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Mixtape 41
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Mixtape 41

This playlist features highlights from some of my favorite albums of the past year. I loved Magdalena Bay’s Imaginal Disk, a strange indie pop album that is…

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Mixtape 40
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Mixtape 40

I gave you guys a few harder tracks early on this playlist, so I ended it off real mellow for you, with chilled out vibes from…

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Mixtape 39
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Mixtape 39

Some truly dreamy songs on this playlist - “Les Fleurs,” by Minnie Ripperton, “Soft Sands” by the Chordettes, and surprisingly, a gorgeous song from…

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Mixtape 38
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Mixtape 38

I miss making you playlists for your disc drive, so I made you this. I know it’s not the same… but it’s the closest I can get. New mixtape monthly up on my spotify. Find me there at…

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Mixtape 37
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Mixtape 37

I love so many songs on this playlist.

This whole Girls album brings up so many nostalgic feelings for me. Jeff Beck’s “Nadia” is an amazing demonstration of a guitarist adapting to new styles of music, with a jungle breakbeat kind of backdrop, and…

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I had the chance to sit down with Canvas Rebel for an interview about what I’ve been working on and what comes next for my project…

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Mixtape 36
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Mixtape 36

The first four songs on this are perfect to me. Q’s “Today” has an unreal build that I listen to again and again just to hear the drums come in. “Sweep Me Off My Feet” is just so well done. CARRTOONS are an unreal vibe, and…

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Mixtape 35
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Mixtape 35

Some Real Hipster Hits on this one, including classic grooves from the excellent production minds of Madlib (Madvillain), Dangermouse (Gnarls Barkley), The Avalanches, and Knxwledge (NxWorries). A couple classics on here, as well, like…

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Mixtape 34
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Mixtape 34

“Pick Up Your Feelings” was one of my top songs this month. I couldn’t get enough of it, or the call and response of The Raconteurs’ song “Level,” one I’d forgotten about until recently. Surprising highlights on this were…

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Mixtape 33
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Mixtape 33

This ranks pretty high in my list of best playlists I’ve ever made. So many undeniable classics, and so many killer songs, old and new. Dijon’s “Many Times” is one of my all time favorites here, but looking down the tracklist…

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Mixtape 32
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Mixtape 32

Great upbeat songs on this one, solid indie vibes. The guitar lines on Bomba Estéreo’s “Deja” are ones that I come back to all the time, they’re so well done. Benny Sings chips in a quality cover of…

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Mixtape 31
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Mixtape 31

These first five songs are flawless. Pin It Down is such a fantastic riff. “I’m a Rock” is an incredible Sly & The Family Stone style track. The Box Tops’ “The Letter” is an all time favorite of mine. I can never get over the fact…

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Mixtape 30
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Mixtape 30

I worked out of a studio on Skid Row I swear was haunted. Each room you walked by in the far-too-quiet hallways had a hard-eyed person sitting staring out at you. The bathroom was filled with…

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Mixtape 29
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Mixtape 29

“The World is Beyond Us - It’s Too Enormous” is a line I would get stuck in my head all the time. I love this Tame Impala Remix of a Crowded House song that I, in all honesty, had…

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