Other Mixes By Concrete
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All The Evidence To The Contrary Is Not Entirely Dissuasive
| Artist | Song | |
| Jacknife Lee | A Dog Named Snuggles | |
| Del The Funkee Homosapien | Mista Dobalina | |
| The Smiths | The Draize Train | |
| Tomoe Shinohara | Metro-no-Musume | |
| Gregory Isaacs | Night Nurse(Kruder & Dorfmeister session) | |
| Das EFX | They Want FX | |
| Eagle's Prey | Tonto's Drum | |
| UNKLE | Berry Meditation(Fila Brazilia mix) | |
| Bis | Popstar Kill | |
| Leftfield | Difference | |
| The Charlatans UK | The Only One I Know | |
| Takako Minekawa | Fantastic Cat | |
| Roni Size | Saturday | |
| Visage | Fade to Gray | |
| Sex Pistols | EMI(orchestrated) | |
| Lush | Undertow (Spooky mix) | |
| Front 242 | Quite Unusual | |
| Plastikman | Consumed | |
Comment:
More digital-only madness. I've spent most of this week sifting thru my old playlists for songs that I either bootlegged off the radio or no longer have copies of. Plus, I found some things that I wasn't even looking for, like the Gregory Isaacs remix, which is absolutely delightful; as well as those two bouncy J-pop songs. I'm slowly warming to the idea of "non-material" music that I was so bitter about last time, but I still have issues with the MP3 format. My problem this time is that this mix was way too easy to put together, only about twenty minutes, when I usually bust my ass for days on a single mix tape. How does time spent on a mix effect its quality? If you take your time and make sure each song BELONGS on that mix, it can turn out pretty extraordinary. But what happens when the thinking process is removed and you're just slapping songs together as they come off the web? We all make discordant mixes, sometimes even on purpose, but playlists like these have the potential to be unremarkable when the labor is removed from behind it. As usual, respect due to anyone who knows where I stole the title from.Feedback:
I think the concept of putting up MP3 playlists (as this site is concerned, anyway) is questionable at best. The charm of creating a mix is in using material from your own real collection and making it work. Putting together a mix where you can grab any song imaginable at your request diminishes that. There are all sorts of shades of grey, of course, but those are my primary thoughts.
With that set of standards is the college radio DJ then likewise diminshed? When I used to spin it wasn't solely from my "real collection", but there certainly was an art form in mxing it.
I would think having the ability to use any song imaginable would allow you to explore more; thus improving your mixes.
I would think having the ability to use any song imaginable would allow you to explore more; thus improving your mixes.
I think that the unsorted, overwhelming wealth of music available over the Net makes mix tapes much harder, if you're trying to put time and thought into it.
When you only work within your collection, there's a limit to the combinations and permutations. I can't count the number of times I've thought, 'damn, there's gotta be something else out there that would work just a little bit better.'
When you only work within your collection, there's a limit to the combinations and permutations. I can't count the number of times I've thought, 'damn, there's gotta be something else out there that would work just a little bit better.'