A while back the bobcat asked me to make him some techno mixes, so I burned him a couple of random dj mixes I had plus I made him a compilation of random tracks I thought he might like. I think it turned out really well, it's all very upbeat stuff, some a bit older, some brand new, all from within the last decade. It's actually a pretty good cross section of 4/4 dance-music stuff I've been into over the last few years, with the criteria of being listenable whilst driving, since that's where the bobcat is oft to be found.
But would you believe Bobcat found this mix "a bit weird"?? Pshaw! The man doesn't know what he's missing out on. I've laid mad music-hipster cred on this mix! Of course Bobby also really likes the new album by the rapper from Linkin Park, so there you go. Just ain't no accounting for the tastes of the wild bobcat.
Download The Bobcat Mix
Tracklisting:
1. Gregor Tresher - Neon
2. I-F - Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass
3. The Knife - Like A Pen (Stephan Bodzin Mix)
4. Octave One - Blackwater (Full Strings Instrumental Mix)
5. Tracy Thorn - It's All True (Martin Buttrich Remix)
6. Kaito - Awakenings
7. Texas - What About Us (Jacques Lu Cont Main Mix)
8. Talking Drums - Courage
9. Quiet Village Project - Can't Be Beat
Commentary:
1. Gregor Tresher - Neon Some balls-out, hard hitting electro-house to get the bobcat's attention, right from the get go.
2. I-F - Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass One of the greatest electro tunes to come out this decade. Simultaneously evil and hilarious and catchy as hell. What else would space invaders be doing?? (aside from invading)
3. The Knife - Like A Pen (Stephan Bodzin Mix) I'm getting a bit confused by this now, as there's a Thomas Schumacher dub of this track listed on Discogs with additional production from Stephan Bodzin, but it's about 2 minutes shorter than this track. But I haven't heard that version yet. So I'm not really sure what this track is, but I do know I like it, as I've said before elsewheres.
4. Octave One - Blackwater (Full Strings Instrumental Mix) Some classic, string-led, Detroit bizzness. The vocal mix of this is dire, though.
5. Tracy Thorn - It's All True (Martin Buttrich Remix) Found from that Dixon podcast I posted a while back. So deep. Real shivers-up-the spine stuff. (Also, hohohoh, buttrich).
6. Kaito - Awakenings One of my all time fave Kaito tracks, from way back in '02. The bassline on this track is just huge, and coupled with those synth arpeggios, it's just bloody cloud trance heaven.
7. Texas - What About Us (Jacques Lu Cont Main Mix) Continuing on the trancey vein, this is possible the tranciest Lu Cont mix I've yet heard, which really is saying something.
8. Talking Drums - Courage Then I tagged on some stuff from the beardo/cosmic disco front, cuz I've been digging that too. This is some early 80's disco/new-wave gem: plenty of synthesizers plus lyrics encouraging you to fight the revolution? I'm there! I think I should make this my theme song.
9. Quiet Village Project - Can't Be Beat And a slow closer. I love love love Quiet Village Project, I think they're doing something really interesting with this whole slowed-down, stoner disco thing. A very trippy, head nodding track (cuz we all know the bobcat loves the catnip). I was really suprised to find out Matt Edwards, who also records as Radio Slave, is half of QVP. That guy is on fire on a whole bunch of different fronts.
So the mix goes from electro-house to minimal to detroit to neo deep house to neo trance to space disco. Quite the journey! Hope you like it.
