After a few days of my amateur efforts, time for Andrew Weatherall's 65-minute master class in the art of the mix. A true professional.
Andrew recorded this mix for Amsterdam-based blog deathmetaldiscoclub in 2013 and it's a heady mix of beats and bass, as you might expect. Then new and unreleased music is threaded through, from his still-thrilling remixes of Emilíana Torrini and Craig Bratley, to choice cuts by Joe's Bakery (the heavyweight opener), Avanti and Duncan Gray.
The Femi Kuti remix dates from 2009, but got a fresh release in 2013 on 10" vinyl, courtesy of the Magic Feet label. Ewan Pearson also turns in a gorgeous dub remix of Out Cold aka Simon Aldred aka Cherry Ghost.
Things wrap up suitably with an exclusive remix of The Asphodells aka Andrew and Timothy J. Fairplay. Skwatch originally appeared on their debut album Ruled By Passion, Destroyed By Lust in 2012. Black Merlin's rework was a preview of the The Asphodells Remixed album which was released a couple of months after Andrew's mix for deathmetaldiscoclub.
This is one of many, many DJ mixes that I missed first time around, but I came to after Andrew Weatherall's untimely passing in 2020, thanks to The Flightpath Estate and their incredible WeatherDrive archive.
Keeping the dream alive, news came out this week that the follow up to last year's Sounds From The Flightpath Estate will arrive at the end of August.
Volume Two includes an exclusive remix of The Sabres of Paradise, plus contributions from Dicky Continental, Unit 14, Richard Fearless, David Harrow, Red Snapper, A Certain Ratio vs. Number, Bedford Falls Players and Sleaford Mods covering Two Lone Swordsmen. You can listen to a 25-minute promo mix by Rude Audio over at The Flightpath Estate Mixcloud site. Bloody hell!
I was completely floored by Volume One and I know that Volume Two will have a similar effect. There may be tears.
Limited to 1,500 copies on double vinyl, in a gatefold sleeve, Sounds From The Flightpath Estate Volume Two is available for pre-order. now. I got in quick; I'd strongly recommend you do the same.
1) Mamba Gasgoine: Joe's Bakery (2013)
2) One Two (Garth Trinidad's Fiyah Dubb): Femi Kuti vs. KCRW Soundclash! (2009)
3) Speed Of Dark (Andrew Weatherall Remix): Emilíana Torrini (2013)
4) Waiting Game (Craig Bratley Remix): Kalidasa (2013)
5) Obsession (Asphodells Remix By Andrew Weatherall & Timothy J. Fairplay): Craig Bratley (2013)
6) All I Want (Ewan Pearson Dub Remix): Out Cold (2013)
7) Cabezaurio: Avanti (2013)
8) Peach: Duncan Gray (2013)
9) Keep It Up (The Cosmologist 2013 Soul Reconstruction By Laurie Keith): The Cosmologist (2013)
10) Skwatch (Black Merlin's Reel To Reel Remix By George Thompson): The Asphodells (2013)
