::REVIEWS:: 2013 Secret Mixtape project

[William Bloke]

and varis, fuck you for figuring out i did your mix within 10 seconds of listening.

Ha! I actually really enjoyed the mix and will post a review this arvo. Cheers my man.

[LetMeSleep]

letmesleep named his son wolf

Why is this being mentioned at all, let alone in a mixtape thread? There's a RM with Kids thread or you can PM me.

[Fuzzcharger]

the mix i received was in one long track, which instantly pissed me off. it came with the title "dance funky jams" and that's what it was.

i'm not really into funk, like.. at all, so this wasn't really my thing.

i liked the more jazz-y moments of this mix. i'm much more into jazz than funk. there was also some hip hop in there which i didn't enjoy. this mix was certainly not catered to my tates. that's ok, i don't mind a challenge but this is kind of all the music i don't like listening to in one mix. there were some cool moments in there for sure, but nothing i'd return to again.

sorry guy.


and varis, fuck you for figuring out i did your mix within 10 seconds of listening.

Haha Sorry man! I thought rather than do something obvious or try guess what else you might like I'd go straight for the universal pleaser with rhythm as the central point using old school r'n'b, soul, 70's funk instrumentals etc. I'll post up a track list and link later.

[Leatherhead]

Well the mix I got is pretty boring. I hear some good shit, but it is all pretty boring. I haven't even finished it yet, have got about half way through a couple times. I think this is jazz, slow jazz. I'm kinda disappointed, I was hoping for some new music I could regularly listen to. I'll dk a review sometime.

Sorry it wasn't your thing, man!

It's cool. I can see it maybe sinking in with some more listens.

[kreng]

Whomever made mine, I've been listening! Just trying to formulate my thoughts.

[William Bloke]

OK, so my mix review. I listened to this the other day when mowing the lawns and enjoyed the feel and flow the whole way through. There were some songs that I knew and most that I didn't. I've listened a few more times since and the mix has held up as a good mix should. 12 individual tracks which I'm glad of - I'm not a fan of the 'single track mix' idea.

So, first song and straight away this is Shark Fin Blues by The Drones. The song is in the discussion for best song of all time, so for sure this is a fantastic start. And yeah, I know that wtob made this mix. All good.

Second song and we have the cool bass build with the drums front and centre. Not sure who this is but I like it. This song has proved to be a bit of a grower with me.

Next up is a shoe-gazer number, pretty sure this is MBV at a guess. Assuming it's them, never been a big fan, although I have tried. The track's not my thing but it fits the flow the mixer's going for here.

Into the next and the flow continues nicely with a familiarish female vocal and a great drum line through the song. Not sure who this is but I've def. heard them before. Nice track.

Next up this is the Grates with Aw Yeah. I like these guys and will admit to a bit of a crush on Patience Hodgson. This is a great tune - I love their take on garage-pop.

Now we have a transition into some smoother, ambientish stuff. This type of music done well can be really good, and this is. Sort of come down music for a late night or easy Sunday morning. I get the feeling that I should know who this is but don't. It almost sounds like it could be Nico singing, but of course it's not. This is a really great track.

OK, onto something else now. It's Sunday afternoon and I'm on my way to the Sunday Session! This is the Naked and Famous Punching in a Dream. Good song and one to play loudly. I do actually feel like having a beer now!

Next back to a bit of dreamier stuff again. I'm not a huge fan of the breathier back of the mix vocals generally, although this tune doesn't suffer as badly as some from it. With headphones on I can make out the majority of what's being sung. Generally this isn't my thing, although there is an underlying Stone Rosesie kinda dreamy thing going on here that sort of works for me. This one is an interesting one.

This one had the tag left on - Radiohead's Separator. Can't miss those vocals regardless. Nice song, again fitting the vibe of the mix well.

Another smooth building tune now, got that little bit ominous thing going on too, that works well. This is a bit spacey and atmospheric, building till the guitars kick in and it goes a bit 'Musey' (but thankfully not reaching that level of bombast). Then the fingerpicked outro just brings it all back from the precipice beautifully. Nice. I think all mixes require an instrumental or two.

Oh! Can't miss the e-bowed (?) chords here, and certainly not the vocal. This is The Drones again with Nine Eyes. "What kind of arsehole drives this lime green commodore" indeed? Great song from a great storyteller. Broke a mix tape rule here though with a second song from the same band, but I'll forgive you.

OK, track 12. This one's longer and is the big closer. No idea who this is but it has some nice things going on at the start. The big climb to epic get's to me a bit in the end though.

Thanks adam, that was a great mix. Some great tunes and well sequenced, the mix having a good flow throughout. I'm interested in the tracklisting here and will for sure be checking a few things out because of it.

Cheers!

[Birds in Hell]

Well the mix I got is pretty boring. I hear some good shit, but it is all pretty boring. I haven't even finished it yet, have got about half way through a couple times. I think this is jazz, slow jazz. I'm kinda disappointed, I was hoping for some new music I could regularly listen to. I'll dk a review sometime.

Sorry it wasn't your thing, man!

What was your tracklist

RM Mix - December 2013

1. "Dream Gypsy" - Bill Evans & Jim Hall (Undercurrent,1962)
2. "Locomotive" - Thelonious Monk (Straight, No Chaser, 1967)
3. "The Rain" - Eddie Gale (Ghetto Music, 1968)
4. "A Letter in Birch Bark" - Hexvessel (No Holier Temple, 2012)
5. "Falling Asleep" - Christoph Berg (Paraphrases, 2012)
6. "The Boys II" - The Necks (The Boys, 1998)
7. "Sketch 4" - Tim Hecker (Dropped Pianos, 2011)
8. "The Real Devil" - Zelionople (The World is a House on Fire, 2012)
9. "It's Raining Today" - Scott Walker (Scott 3, 1969)
10. "I have become almost invisible" - The Caretaker (Patience (After Sebald), 2012)
11. "The Lost Day" - Brian Eno (Ambient 4: On Land, 1982)
12. "Maximum Black" - Bohren & der Club of Gore (Black Earth, 2002)

MP3

[PHATJ]

I did mine as one long track and I received one long track. I'm fine with that as anything I want to hear again I will source separately.

It came as one track because platy made it that Way. I'm not digital enough to submit this shit in my own format so I passed that responsibility on to him. And thank shitmas he was able to get it to you because I sure as night wouldn't have been able to. So, your thoughts?

[PHATJ]

To the man that made my mix: I just got home (2:33 am Sunday morning) from a long trip detached from electronic communications. I will listen to your mix when I have a chance tomorrow ( likely Sunday afternoon). Sorry for the delay, and thanks for your patients.

[Fuzzcharger]

To my mixer, I'm just trying to look up the tracks you used so I can finish my review. It'll be done soon!

My mix for WtoB is below. A lot of the instrumental r'n'b type stuff at the start is what I spin when I DJ. I went some psychedelic wah drench 70's acid funk rock to close out. It's all one track cause it's a dedicated mix. Don't be shy now children.

Fuzzchargers Funky Dance Jams
1. Groove Holmes - Beastie Boys
2. It's Your Thing - Isley Brothers
3. Oh Oh Here He Comes - Herbie Hancock
4. Nobody Beats The Biz - Biz Markie
5. Chocolate Buttermilk - Kool and the Gang
6. Mother Popcorn - James Brown
7. The Seed 2.0 - The Roots
8. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) - US3
9. Cooking - Stark Reality
10. Theme from Black Belt Jones - Dennis Coffey
11. I Just Want to Make Love To You - Muddy Waters
12. Stepping Stone - Jimi Hendrix
13. Hit It and Quit It - Funkadelic

http://tinyurl.com/kwmpno2

[stip]

I've gone through my mix once, and I have a 5 hour car ride ahead of me today for another listen or two. I will be reviewing it, whoever put this together, but I may not be able to write up a proper post until we're back from the New Year (so wed. or thursday more likely)

[stip]

platy, if you wouldn't mind e-mailing me the tracklist now that I've listened I'd be grateful. Otherwise i'm just going to be goggling random lyrics to try and figure out what each song is called and who it is by.

[stip]

Also, would you mind updating the first post with the mixes and links?

[zeb]

Pretty sure that all happens after all of the reviews, not before.

[stip]

that sounds like a lazy man's rule

[Kevin Davis]

Well the mix I got is pretty boring. I hear some good shit, but it is all pretty boring. I haven't even finished it yet, have got about half way through a couple times. I think this is jazz, slow jazz. I'm kinda disappointed, I was hoping for some new music I could regularly listen to. I'll dk a review sometime.

Sorry it wasn't your thing, man!

What was your tracklist

RM Mix - December 2013

1. "Dream Gypsy" - Bill Evans & Jim Hall (Undercurrent,1962)
2. "Locomotive" - Thelonious Monk (Straight, No Chaser, 1967)
3. "The Rain" - Eddie Gale (Ghetto Music, 1968)
4. "A Letter in Birch Bark" - Hexvessel (No Holier Temple, 2012)
5. "Falling Asleep" - Christoph Berg (Paraphrases, 2012)
6. "The Boys II" - The Necks (The Boys, 1998)
7. "Sketch 4" - Tim Hecker (Dropped Pianos, 2011)
8. "The Real Devil" - Zelionople (The World is a House on Fire, 2012)
9. "It's Raining Today" - Scott Walker (Scott 3, 1969)
10. "I have become almost invisible" - The Caretaker (Patience (After Sebald), 2012)
11. "The Lost Day" - Brian Eno (Ambient 4: On Land, 1982)
12. "Maximum Black" - Bohren & der Club of Gore (Black Earth, 2002)

320 kbps MP3

Great mix, thanks for sharing. Particularly fond of the Hexvessel and Caretaker tracks but every one was a winner.

[Heathen]

Yeah that looks like a great mix, spenno

[VinylGuy]

To my mixer, I'm just trying to look up the tracks you used so I can finish my review. It'll be done soon!

My mix for WtoB is below. A lot of the instrumental r'n'b type stuff at the start is what I spin when I DJ. I went some psychedelic wah drench 70's acid funk rock to close out. It's all one track cause it's a dedicated mix. Don't be shy now children.

Fuzzchargers Funky Dance Jams
1. Groove Holmes - Beastie Boys
2. It's Your Thing - Isley Brothers
3. Oh Oh Here He Comes - Herbie Hancock
4. Nobody Beats The Biz - Biz Markie
5. Chocolate Buttermilk - Kool and the Gang
6. Mother Popcorn - James Brown
7. The Seed 2.0 - The Roots
8. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) - US3
9. Cooking - Stark Reality
10. Theme from Black Belt Jones - Dennis Coffey
11. I Just Want to Make Love To You - Muddy Waters
12. Stepping Stone - Jimi Hendrix
13. Hit It and Quit It - Funkadelic

http://tinyurl.com/kwmpno2

This seems like a really cool mix. Ill give it a try.

[AndySlash]

Fuzzchargers Funky Dance Jams
1. Groove Holmes - Beastie Boys
2. It's Your Thing - Isley Brothers
3. Oh Oh Here He Comes - Herbie Hancock
4. Nobody Beats The Biz - Biz Markie
5. Chocolate Buttermilk - Kool and the Gang
6. Mother Popcorn - James Brown
7. The Seed 2.0 - The Roots
8. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) - US3
9. Cooking - Stark Reality
10. Theme from Black Belt Jones - Dennis Coffey
11. I Just Want to Make Love To You - Muddy Waters
12. Stepping Stone - Jimi Hendrix
13. Hit It and Quit It - Funkadelic

i would like this one, yes indeed.


i've listened to my random mix many times. just not ready yet to post a review.

[Jorge]

Fuzzcharger and Spenno's mixes sound really good from their tracklists.