Side A
Artist	Song	Buy
The Raincoats	No One's Little Girl (Kitchen Stories, 1983)
Destiny's Child/10CC/Dolly Parton [Soulwax]	Independent Women Pt. 1/Dreadlock Holiday/Nine To Five (2 Many DJs, 2002)
Mohammed Rafi & Lata Mangashkar	Chadhati Jawani Meri Chal Mastani (Music From The Motion Picture "Caravan", 1971)
Inspiral Carpets	Dragging Me Down (Revenge Of The Goldfish, 1992)
Satoshie Tomiie	Love In Traffic (Full Lick, 1999)
Mark Dynamix	The World Is Mine [Deep Dish Remix] (Ministry Of Sound Sessions 2, 2005)
Biff Sanders	Prodigal ("Project Runway" Original Soundtrack, 2005)
David Guetta vs. The Egg	Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away) [UK Radio Edit] (Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away) [single], 2006)
Mind Electric	Dirty Cash (Money Talks) [Deep South Remix] (Dirty Cash (Money Talks) [single], 2006)
Justin Le Grand	Sexy Hands (Sexy Hands [single], 2006)
LCD Soundsystem	Losing My Edge [edit] (LCD Soundsystem, 2005)
Pop Will Eat Itself	Touched By The Hand Of Cicciolina (PWEI Product 86 - 94: The Pop Will Eat Itself Anthology, 2002)
Luis Eduardo Aute	Hemingway Delira (Alevosia, 1995)
Emerson Lake & Palmer/Basement Jaxx/Peaches/The Velvet Underground [Soulwax]	Peter Gunn/Where's Your Head At/Fuck The Pain Away/I'm Waiting For The Man (2 Many DJs, 2002)
The Presets	Are You The One? (Beams, 2005)
Sparks	Tryouts For The Human Race [edit] (No. 1 In Heaven, 1971)
Shock	Angel Face (Angel Face [7" single], 1981)
The Ones	Flawless [Atoc Reremix Radio] (Flawless [EP], 2001)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Nine Inch Nails	The Hand That Feeds (With Teeth, 2005)
Nelly Furtado	Maneater [Jelo's Toronto Remix] (Clubland Vol. 9 [compilation], 2006)
CSS	Alala (Cansei De Ser Sexy, 2006)
Soulwax	NY Lipps (Nite Versions, 2005)
Shirley Ellis	The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap) (The Very Best Of Shirley Ellis, 1995)
Tony Dangerfield & The Thrills	She's Too Way Out (Freakbeat Freakout [compilation], 1998)
Birds And Brass	American Woman (Soundsational, 1970)
Gotan Project	Época (La Revancha Del Tango, 2001)
Trina, Rah Digga & Groove Armada	Gangsta Queens ("Blade II": The Soundtrack, 2002)
Lyrics Born	Cold Call [feat. Gift Of Gab] (Later That Day..., 2003)
Neneh Cherry	Buffalo Stance (Raw Like Sushi, 1989)
Indeep vs. Nena	Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 8, 2004)
Kasabian vs. The Stone Roses	Processed Waterfall (Processed Waterfall [12" single], 2006)
The Prodigy	Mindfields (The Fat Of The Land, 1995)
Samantha Fu	Theme From Discotheque (Theme From Discotheque [single], 2001)
New Young Pony Club	Ice Cream (New Young Pony Club, 2006)
Rick James	Give It To Me Baby (Street Songs, 1983)
MSTRKRFT	Street Justice (The Looks, 2006)
Tiga	You Gonna Want Me (Ministry Of Sound: The Annual 2006, 2006)
Nina Simone	Sinnerman [Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House Remix] (Verve Remixed 2 [compilation], 2003)

Comment:

The major Fashion Weeks have all finished now, so this could be considered fashionably late...This started life as a mix of songs concerned with fashion or commonly used in association with it, but then it started to take another route when I looked at how music was chosen for catwalk shows and what styles you're most likely to hear at any given designer - that's when it got really interesting! So it eventually became a mix inspired by catwalk shows, with an attempt to emulate a playlist that might be used in one of them. Of course, I have neither the skills nor the equipment to imitate the work of a DJ, so this is first and foremost a collection of music which showcases the different styles of music that might be heard on a catwalk. Well-established fashion houses, and particularly Italian ones, such as Dior and Dolce & Gabbana, frequently stick to a more European-influenced dance music sound. Young houses who often wish to market themselves with a degree of "edginess" also use strong beats, but more within the genres of electro-pop and funk. They're also much more likely to throw in left-field choices from 60s girl groups or obscure bubblegum pop and the DJs commissioned to create the setlists often make their own mash-ups for the show. A really good example of a designer where this sort of combination might be heard is the ever-unpredictable Heatherette. Meanwhile, there are the fashion houses who just wouldn't suit wild eclecticism, such as Temperley, noted for creating sophisticated, feminine designs - at one of these shows you'd be much more likely to hear Latin rhythms, classical or something generally smooth and sensual. So while the mix tries to incorporate elements of all of these, it would be almost impossible to do full justice to all of them, so the focus here is mainly on the "young designer" route of unpredictability, a more electronic sound and quirky selections. The kinds of music selected vary enormously, but the main objective seems to be to select a setlist that will please both the audience and the models. The latter group, understandably, like a strong rhythm and smooth DJ-ing - one of the reasons house music is so often heard at fashion shows. House music is also one genre that has enough variety within it and quirkiness to reflect idiosyncrasies that a designer wishes to bring out. For the audience, meanwhile, you have to remember that every aspect of the show is ultimately designed around selling the clothes. Just as several different styles of music applied to the same piece of film footage can produce completely different effects, so too can the music that an audience hears while watching a catwalk have an influence over how they feel about the clothes they are seeing. And this, in turn, can affect the model's attitude too - a good audience response combined with interesting music helps them to work what they are wearing. The image is from Heatherette's Spring/Summer 2006 show, and the title of the mix is a quotation I saw recently on a billboard advertising a fashion-related TV programme being broadcast here soon. I should also point out that, aside from what I learned for the purpose of making this mix, I know next to nothing about fashion.

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