It's been a crappy week, no work/life balance to speak of, and the prospect of more rain, more work and a stinking headache that refuses to budge.
I don't know about you, but music is both a distraction and a salve, so I've created a 63-minute selection to start my Sunday in the best possible way.
A mish-mash of, er, more gentle sounds featuring the usual suspects: Rheinzand, Jesse Fahnestock aka 10:40, Transglobal Underground, Andres Y Xavi and Coyote remixing Jazxing.
I've also brought in some heavyweight legends, with Kid Loco and Kruder & Dorfmeister (dubbing up Bomb The Bass), plus a few rarities/obscurities from Cagedbaby aka Tom Gandey and The Acorn reinterpreted by Four Tet.
No mixing, no crass fading, just a sequence of songs that seems to go well together.
Conversely, the cover art has absolutely nothing to do with the mix title.
1) The Gift Of Love (Album Version): Rheinzand (2022)
2) Evolution: Cagedbaby (2005)
3) Tumbling Down: 10:40 (2023)
4) Winter: Transglobal Underground (2021)
5) Restoration (Four Tet Remix By Kieran Hebden): The Acorn (2010)
6) Pearloma: Andres Y Xavi (2019)
7) Templos Del Sol (My Friend Dario Remix By Dario Aiello): Tambores En Benirras (2025)
8) The Wrong Number: Kid Loco (1997)
9) Vijnana (Coyote Whirling Dervish Remix By Richard Hampson & Timm Sure): Jazxing (2022)
10) Bug Powder Dust (Dub) (Remix By Peter Kruder & Richard Dorfmeister): Bomb The Bass ft. Justin Warfield (1994)
1998: A Grand Love Story (ltd 2x CD): 8
1998: The K&D Sessions™: 10
2005: Cagedbaby Will See You Now: 2
2010: Make The Least Of The Day: No Ghost Reinterpreted: 5
2019: Vibraciones Y Sentimientos: 6
2021: After Cinnamon: 4
2022: Atlantis Atlantis: 1
2022: Higher Love Vol. 2: 9
2023: Transition Theory: 3
2025: Ondas Horizontales Remixes Two EP: 7
Hope you have a better week next week
ReplyDeleteI will make it so, Ernie. Thank you!
DeleteSo sorry to read that you've had such a crappy week, Khayem. Really hope things improve - and that that headache buggers off too.
ReplyDeleteThings can only get better, C… if that mantra worked for Howard Jones and D:Ream, then it’s good enough for me!
DeleteHeadache is gradually getting the message and slowly buggering off!
I join the chorus of those sending you good vibes for a better next week.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rol. There was a moment when I thought it may have been the strain of trying to crack this week’s Saturday Snapshots that triggered the cluster headache. But then I’d have a headache every weekend :-)
DeleteThanks for the good vibes!
Hope next week is better Khayem- some great tunes there to ease the pain
ReplyDeleteAided and abetted by your own excellent AW selection today, Adam, thank you!
DeleteThanks to everyone who sent best wishes and good vibes. When I wrote the post earlier, admittedly with borderline double vision, I was aiming to provide some context for today’s selection. Sometimes, it’s desperation not inspiration that prompts my compilations, but I always feel better for having done it.
ReplyDeleteReading back, I sound like a whinging sod, to be honest. I don’t have to look too far around the blogosphere to know that there are people I love and respect going through much more difficult times with much more grace and self awareness.
Thanks for all your kind words, I wasn’t consciously seeking them, but they are all gratefully received and made me feel a lot better.
And thanks to those other bloggers, who know much more than I do about crappy weeks and yet give so much to so many with their own kindness and compassion.
Love you all x
I sent my best wishes via the blogging equivalent of Royal Mail.....so apologies that they arrived late.
ReplyDeleteManaging to keep things going on Dubhead when you were feeling so shitty is mightily impressive. And for what it's worth, I didn't think you came across as a whinging sod.