Well, after an extended festive break, we're back in full effect with a load of excellent mixtapes to kick off the new decade.
First up, a mellow, groove-driven mix from Dunks entitled 'History of Jazz'. Taking in artists like Pepe De Luxe, Napz and Featurecast alongside nods to Aretha Franklin and even the Beatles, this is a simultaneously eclectic and unified mix with a laid back vibe and some smooth mixing.
Check it out:
Dunks' History of Jazz by Dunks
Tracklist:
1. History of Jazz Intro
2. Follow Me - Red Astaire
3. Finally Moving - Pretty Lights
4. Bad Luck Blues - DJ Nu Mark & Pomo
5. Blues Banger - Audited Beats
6. Everybody Pass Me By - Pepe Deluxe
7. One Step (Featurecast Re-Edit) - Aretha Franklin
8. Farm to Follow Feat Kelster - TM Juke
9. Sounds Good - Flevans
10. Ohio City - Jugoe
11. Carlito's Cumbia - Dub Traffik Control
12. Mi Camino - DJ Lengua
13. All The Time - Napz
14. I Feel The Weight - Jon Kennedy
15. Whatever - The Opensouls
16. Skin on the Drum (Bassnectar Remix) - Michael Franti & Spearhead
17. The Sweetest - Nightmares on Wax
18. When You Gotta Go You Gotta Go - Gelka
19. Words from Michael Ruppert
20. Come Together (Los Bandidos Remix) - The Beatles
21. I'm Free - Gramatik
22. History Of Jazz Outro
While we're on a down-tempo tip, here's a heavy, head-trip of a mix from Copenhagen's Den Sorte Skole. Innovative, eclectic and atmospheric, you need this mix in your life.
Weaving tracks together using six turntables, this trio have created a deeply smoked-out mix that still gets serious rotation on the MusicObject iPod, two years after its release.
Grab the download here.
Read the tracklist (laid out so you can even see what is happening on each deck at any time) here.
Next, a huge project from Mustard Pimp - a 24-hour mixtape. This is what the letters W T F were invented for.
More than 800 tracks make up this enormous project, which, like the TV show 24, is split into handy 1-hour chunks.
Hour 1-2 : New Tracks January 2k10
Hour 2-4 : Electro,Fidget Best Of
Hour 5 : Japan
Hour 6-7 : Dubstep
Hour 8-10 : Breakbeat
Hour 11 : Big Beat,Fusion
Hour 12-14 : Drum & Bass
Hour 15-17 : Hip Hop
Hour 18-19 : Techno Classics
Hour 20 : Rock
Hour 21 : Eurodance
Hour 22 : Death,Thrash Metal
Hour 23 : Hardcore UK
Hour 24 : Speedcore,Terror MP
Even if you don't like the music, you have to admire the audacity!
Here's a preview of Hour 1:
Mustard Pimp - Jack Bauer Mixtape - Hour 1 8AM-9AM (January 2K10) by mustard pimp
And you can download all the episodes individually here (Mediafire).
I'm not even going to start typing the tracklist for these, as I value my fingers and still have a little bit of a life. But you can go here to read it.
Finally, just a heads-up that Mixcloud has announced its top 50 Cloudcasts of 2009 and there's some seriously good stuff in there.
Go here for the list and especially keep an ear out for The Sly Players wicked 'Keep Sweet Mixtape', Zinc's excellent 'Crack House Mix' and DJ Spinna's funked-up 'Boogie Bundle'.
