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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…
Unreleased Track - “Sweetheart,” from Nocturnes
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 result, I’ve been eager to share my other work while that’s wrapping up…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
New Single Release - Basic Bliss
Basic Bliss is out today, a summery beach pop jam with beach boys style harmonies and instrumentation reminiscent of Spoon’s “Inside Out.” Check it out wherever you listen to music!
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…
New Single Release - “Desert Queen Fever Dream” with Christopher Kenji
New single from Christopher Kenji and jawnmo, out today
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…
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…
Mixtape 28
This is a rare 10/10 playlist, from start to finish. I love how this one turned out. Some of my favorite moments on here are the dropout in the middle of Chaka Khan’s “Like Sugar,” the rhythm of the vocals on…
Mixtape 27
This one starts and ends on a fade - starting with my favorite version of “Not Fade Away,” the Stones version, and ending with…
Producing “Take It Off My Back” by Swim Club
Producing Indie Rock Magic with Swim Club during the recording of Take It Off My Back, including a full walkthrough of music production gear, microphones, and recording techniques
Mixtape 26
Everytime Pharcyde’s “Passing Me By” starts, I have a hard time not singing out the first few lines. The gritty production, the personality in the performances, there’s a reason this is a classic. There are some well-known classics on this one, including…
Mixtape 25
This is a great summer playlist. When I wrote “Basic Bliss,” I was listening to this, trying to figure out how to make a song that would fit on this playlist in particular. Queen’s “Cool Cat” was really influential to me on that song. I just wanted to make something that felt like summer. Some standout tracks from this are the excellent DJ Premier produced…