Mixtape Wednesday

This is the first in a new series bringing you fresh mixtapes each and every week.

And as with everything in this online socialist utopia we're creating, they're going to be free. Yes free.

In keeping with the Fwonk* manifesto ("Make It Good, Make It Interesting") we won't just be linking to banging 4/4 trance mixes but seeking out blended musical journeys, taking in tunes old and new.


Let's kick off with something both Good and Interesting, from Robots In Heat - 'Obscured By Crowds'. This luscious mix sounds like a cube of melancholy space folk melting into a steaming cup of psychedelic prog rock.

It's not even a conventional beat-mixed seamless session, closer in fact to a mixtape made by a friend with a very broad record collection - but that just makes it all the more intimate and special. Really excellent stuff.

While you're at the Noncollective site, be sure to check out the other mixes. There's loads of goodness to be had.

Download 'Obscured By Crowds' here.

Tracklist:
01 Jade Warrior - A Winter's Tale
02 Stomu Yamashta - Tempest Fantasia
03 Shawn Phillips - Prelude To Leaving
04 Shawn Phillips - All Our Love
05 Bo Hansson - Trial And Adversity
06 Steve Hillage - Four Ever Rainbow
07 Lee Michaels - (Drum Solo)
08 Wasa Express - Son Of A Peach
09 Riot - Just Beyond
10 Roy Buchanan - You're Not Alone
11 John Lucien - Would You Believe In Me
12 Reverberi - Cat Casanova
13 Harumi - Twice Told Tales of the Pomegranate Forest
14 Masami Tsuchiya - Haina-Haila
15 David Van Tieghem - Remote Viewing
16 Orson Welles - The Late Great Planet Earth
17 Kim Fowley - 1988: Searching For A Human In The Tight Blue Jeans
18 Dissidenten - Grand Babylon Hotel
19 Rhythm & Noise - Monomenon
20 Cheb Khaled - La Camel
21 Tangerine Dream - Rare Bird
22 Bermuda Triangle - Nights In White Satin
23 Jade Warrior - Borne on the the Solar Wind




Never let it be said that Nick Griffin has not done anything good for us. Yes he's an almighty bellend, and yes it's horribly embarrassing to have a Holocaust-denier representing us in Europe, but without his influence, the mysterious DJ Ghandi would never have been angry enough to put together the Masala Mix.

Blending bhangra, Qawwali dub, desi reggae & dubstep, this mix is a reaction to the ignorant Fascist's recent appearance on Question Time. It's an uptempo bass and beat fest of the highest order, celebrating diversity in a way the British Nobend Party never will.

Download 'The Masala Mix' here.

Tracklist:
1 Madlib 'New Bombay'
2 Gaudi 'Native Dub'
3 The Ruts 'Babylon's Burning' (Rob Smith rmx)
4 Mayor Mehran 'Yaar Dha'
5 Kush Arora 'Tribute to Selassie Riddim'
6 Panjabi MC 'Jagga'
7 Asian Dub Foundation 'New Way, New Life' (Dry & Heavy dub)
8 The Dub Factory 'Kaise Guzar Rahi Hai'
9 Pete Murder Tone 'Paper Tiger'
10 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 'Ghamgar Bare Ne' (Gaudi rmx)
11 PMC 'Dholana' ft. Master Salim
12 Orange Blossom 'Bendima'
13 Erol Bellot 'Globetrotting'
14 Gubi Sandhu 'Teray Meray Pyar Dhian'
15 Distance 'Temptation'
16 Bombay Dub Orchestra 'Journey'(Liquid Strangers sliptrip rmx)
17 Dov 'Earth Bleed' (Single Cell Orchestra rmx)
18 Liquid Strangers 'Hexed & Perplexed'
19 Bassbin Twins 'Roller Choon'
20 A.D.F 'Fortress Europe (Jazzwad rmx)
21 Kush Arora ft. Juakali 'Get Wet'
22 A.D.F. 'Hypocrites'
23 PMC 'Kori (Giddah)'

Until next week...