MIXTAPES

2020 - present | How it started

Welcome to my time capsule of monthly mixtapes, where I highlight my favorite discoveries of the month.
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As I listen to new music, songs that stand out land in a playlist. Toward the end of the month, I edit down the selection and reorder the songs to create a sequenced mixtape.
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You can go through each mixtape at your own pace, but if it's your first listen, I recommend you don't shuffle and listen to it in one (maybe active?) listening session.
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There are no particular genres I focus on; you'll find a bit of everything here. Anything that generates a strong emotional response is considered. The best makes the cut.
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Thank you for stopping by, and happy listening!

Listen to a random mixtape, or go chronologically and follow your curiosity.

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March 2023
1 hr 34 min
19
ROCK • PSYCHEDELIC ROCK • BLUES • KRAUTROCK
1 hr 34 min
19
Featuring Dire Straits, Shuggie Otis, The Rolling Stones, Lou Reed, Mark Lanegan and others.
When driving the Arizona stretch of Route 66, heading into the sun, windows down, road wide open, heat haze waving on the horizon.
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February 2023
1 hr 34 min
17
DOOM JAZZ • EXPERIMENTAL • ELECTRONIC • INSTRUMENTAL
1 hr 34 min
17
Featuring Bohren & Der Club of Gore, Angelo Badalamenti, Anadol, Coil, Oiseaux-Tempête and others.
You’re hiking in nature, threatening clouds start to form, the wind intensifies, all hell breaks loose, and the storm eventually dies out, leaving only wispy clouds behind as evidence of its existence.
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January 2023
2 hr 01 min
17
FUNK • SOUL • INSTRUMENTAL
2 hr 01 min
17
Featuring William Basinski, Bohannon, Bill Withers, Montana, The Meters and others.
When cleaning your apartment, rocking that broom like a Soul Train dancer.‍
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December 2022
1 hr 54 min
17
SOUL • FUNK • INSTRUMENTAL
1 hr 54 min
17
Featuring Dmitri Shostakovich, Al Green, Nona Hendryx, Makaya McCraven, The Young Gods and others.
For a coffee shop work session on a snowy day.
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November 2022
2 hr 00 min
18
ELECTROACOUSTIC • EXPERIMENTAL • AMBIENT
2 hr 00 min
18
Featuring Iannis Xenakis, Pan Sonic, Felicia Atkinson, Kali Malone, Popol Vuh and others.
When reflecting on existentialism, death and the afterlife.
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October 2022
1 hr 20 min
16
JAZZ • INSTRUMENTAL • ALTERNATIVE ROCK • BLUES
1 hr 20 min
16
Featuring Miles Davis, Ravi Shankar, Tito Puente, Allah-Lah, Madrugada and others.
For an early evening autumn walk, wandering around the neighborhood as the night settles.
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September 2022
1 hr 31 min
18
JAZZ • ROCK • ELECTRONIC
1 hr 31 min
18
Featuring Chet Baker, Fuga Ronto, Mr. Fingers, The KVB, The Smile and others.
When watching the world go by and feeling that sweet relief of staring at an orange sky, knowing you can only control what you can.
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August 2022
1 hr 32 min
17
EXPERIMENTAL • AMBIENT • ELECTRONIC
1 hr 32 min
17
Featuring Christina Vantzou, Dylan Peirce, aya, Bowery Electric, Steve Roach and others.
For a full moon ritual, when the energy peaks and then releases.
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July 2022
1 hr 27 min
16
DISCO • FUNK • JAZZ • INSTRUMENTAL
1 hr 27 min
16
Featuring Alice Coltrane, Manu Dibango, Timber Timbre, Peggy Lee, Nina Simone and others.
For slow dancing to disco and funk music on a warm summer night.
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June 2022
1 hr 32 min
16
AMBIENT • SOUL • JAZZ • INSTRUMENTAL
1 hr 32 min
16
Featuring Laurence Pike, Annette Peacock, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Singtronics and others.
You haven't drawn in a while. Maybe you're not good at it, but you feel like grabbing a sheet of paper and stimulating your imagination for a bit.
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May 2022
1 hr 21 min
16
JAZZ • SOUL • HIP HOP • DOWNTEMPO
1 hr 21 min
16
Featuring Isaac Hayes, Gloria Jones, Roger Fakhr, Letta Mbulu, The Souljazz Orchestra and others.
While waiting for your connecting flight, wandering aimlessly around spacious terminals, fascinated by airport dynamics.
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April 2022
1 hr 28 min
16
ROCK • FOLK • INSTRUMENTAL
1 hr 28 min
16
Featuring Mark Hollis, Spoon, The The, CAN, The Monkees and others.
When planning your next backpacking trip, studying the map and getting excited about the journey ahead.
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March 2022
1 hr 28 min
16
AMBIENT • EXPERIMENTAL • ELECTRONIC • INSTRUMENTAL
1 hr 28 min
16
Featuring Loscil, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Ben Bertrand, KMRU, Meredith Monk and others.
When you're trying to overcome a creative block and get your ideas moving.
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February 2022
1h 35 min
16
COSMIC JAZZ • ROCK • INSTRUMENTAL
1h 35 min
16
Featuring Dorothy Ashby, Gábor Szabó, Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Sun Ra & Arkestra, Tony Allen and others.
For pleasant exhaustion after a productive week. It's Friday evening, you decide to stay in and have a night to yourself. You open a bottle of wine to wind down, write and read. Maybe you dance a bit.
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January 2022
1 hr 54 min
17
ROCK • ARABIC • INSTRUMENTAL • EXPERIMENTAL
1 hr 54 min
17
Featuring Ziad Rahbani, Shintaro Sakamoto, Boz Scaggs, JJJJJerome Ellis, Swans and others.
Listen to Chapter 1 when in the mood for something smooth and breezy. Chapter 2 when feeling adventurous.
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December 2021
1 hr 39 min
16
DARK WAVE • EXPERIMENTAL • ELECTRONIC • INSTRUMENTAL
1 hr 39 min
16
Featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tim Hecker, Melanie De Biasio, Circuit des Yeux, Low and others.
When you’ve had enough of “living in the present”, want to reminisce about the past and sink into nostalgic reverie.
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November 2021
1 hr 45 min
17
KRAUTROCK • ELECTRONIC • EXPERIMENTAL • INSTRUMENTAL
1 hr 45 min
17
Featuring Bendik Giske, Marconi Union, Squid, Kunges Män, The Soft Moon and others.
For a driving therapy session - it's dark outside, you are behind the wheel, cruising alone on an empty motorway, looking at the tail lights of cars comfortably fear ahead, roaming safely across the darkened surface of the late-night world.
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October 2021
1 hr 59 min
16
EXPERIMENTAL • DRONE • ELECTRONIC • AMBIENT
1 hr 59 min
16
Featuring Vague Imaginaires, Vladislav Delay, Ryoji Ikeda, Jessica Moss, Caterina Barbieri and others.
When you’re in a contemplative, introspective state of mind.
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September 2021
2 hr 22 min
17
AMBIENT • ELECTRONIC • DRONE • EXPERIMENTAL
2 hr 22 min
17
Featuring Jason Sharp, Greg Foat, Alva Noto, Light Conductor, Explosions In The Sky and others.
When you're on a red-eye flight, up in the air, sitting by the window, gazing into darkness.
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August 2021
1 hr 44 min
17
PYSCHEDELIC ROCK • JAZZ • SOUL
1 hr 44 min
17
Featuring Serge Gainsbourg, The Limiñanas, Patti Smith, Agitation Free, King Curtis and others.
Listen to Chapter 1 when in need of a soft rock dose. Chapter 2... well, just a grouping of random songs.
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July 2021
1 hr 23 min
18
SOUL • FUNK • DISCO
1 hr 23 min
18
Featuring Primal Scream, Vangelis, Latimore, Eddie Chacon, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and others.
When having a couple of friends over on a summer afternoon for an overdue gathering.
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June 2021
1 hr 32 min
18
PSYCHEDELIC ROCK • KRAUTROCK • COSMIC JAZZ
1 hr 32 min
18
Featuring Jesus On Heroin, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Heliocentrics, The Stones Roses, Public Service Broadcasting and others.
For a long bike ride in the summer, cycling through nature, heading to a nearby lake to wind down after a strenuous cruise.
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May 2021
2 hr 10 min
18
AMBIENT • EXPERIMENTAL • ELECTRONIC
2 hr 10 min
18
Featuring Tangerine Dream, Murcof, Mira Calix, Philip Glass, Tomaga and others.
When you’re in the mood for both soothing and challenging sonic abstractions.
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April 2021
2 hr 10 min
22
ROCK • POP • DISCO • ELECTRONIC • EXPERIMENTAL
2 hr 10 min
22
Featuring Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Archie Shepp, Masayoshi Fujita, Fela Kuti, Laurie Anderson and others.
When road tripping with friends on a warm day, windows down, driving into the sun.
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March 2021
1 hr 49 min
16
AMBIENT • DRONE • INDUSTRIAL • EXPERIMENTAL • TECHNO
1 hr 49 min
16
Featuring Photay, Machinefabriek, Pauline Anna Strom, Muslimgauze, Alessandro Cortini and others.
For a deep work session very late in the night.
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February 2021
2 hr 28 min
26
ROCK • JAZZ • FUNK • DARK WAVE • INSTRUMENTAL
2 hr 28 min
26
Featuring Cocteau Twins, Oneotrix Point Never, Mogwai, Moodymann, Fire! Orchestra and others.
When you're in the mood for something light and groovy with occasional periods of intensity.
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January 2021
2 hr 15 min
21
EXPERIMENTAL • ELECTRONIC • MINIMAL • FUNK • JAZZ
2 hr 15 min
21
Featuring Vangelis, Philip Sollmann, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Eddie Harris, Arve Henriksen and others.
Listen to Chapter 1 on a solitary midnight walk then cozy up at home to the rest of the mixtape.
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December 2020
1 hr 34 min
17
FUNK • SOUL • JAZZ • ELECTRONIC
1 hr 34 min
17
Featuring Mary Lattimore, The Undisputed Truth, Sopwith Camel, Yasuaki Shimizu, Kraftwerk and others.
For a light spring walk on that first warm week-end of the year, witnessing tree buds sprouting, amazed by nature coming to life again.
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November 2020
2 hr 7 min
21
EXPERIMENTAL • ELECTRONIC • AMBIENT • SOUL
2 hr 7 min
21
Featuring Nick Cave, Galya Bisengalieva, Drew McDowall, Fairuz, Anna Von Hausswolff and others.
When in the mood for boundary-pushing experimental pieces, coupled with more accessible ones here and there.
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October 2020
1 hr 34 min
18
BLUES • JAZZ • ROCK
1 hr 34 min
18
Featuring The Doors, Charlie Hunter, The Horrors, Girls in Airports, Donald Byrd and others.
For a scenic sunset drive down winding coastal roads.
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September 2020
2 hr 23 min
21
EXPERIMENTAL • ELECTRONIC • INSTRUMENTAL • JAZZ • ROCK
2 hr 23 min
21
Featuring Biosphere, Suzanne Ciani, Joy Division, Nik Bärtsch, Hank Mobley and others.
No imagined setting for this one. A mix of random sounds split into 2 chapters.
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August 2020
1 hr 45 min
17
PSYCHEDELIC ROCK • INSTRUMENTAL • AMBIENT
1 hr 45 min
17
Featuring Harold Budd, Steve Reich, Timber Timbre, The Dream Syndicate, Dumbo Gets Mad and others.
Music for a psychedelic journey.
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July 2020
1 hr 41 min
15
EXPERIMENTAL • ELECTRONIC • INSTRUMENTAL • ROCK • JAZZ
1 hr 41 min
15
Featuring Abul Mogard, Laurence Pike, Mulatu Astatke, Sons of Kemet, Rival Consoles and others.
When you feel like spacing out to hypnotic, repetitive patterns.
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