Mixtapes Vol. I

At one point in our lives, most of us have made a mixtape (or CD nowadays) for someone. Now by mixtape, I don’t mean music that’s actually professionally mixed, but rather a collection of different songs on tape. What I love most about mixes is the fact that they’re a unique set of songs picked with the listener in mind, and put together specifically for that one person with their tastes in mind. It has a little more meaning than your average album or DJ Clue tape you know?

While it may sound easy enough, I think there’s a definite art to the amateur mixtape that sets a banginass mix apart from the rest, and in the end it mostly comes down to song selection. Though I’m often tempted to include music that I know the listener already likes, it’s even better when you slip in some music they haven’t heard before, but that they end up loving. This, of course, takes a lot more work, but it really makes the difference.

That said, here’s a listing of tracks I put together for a certain punkass friend of mine. By no means am I saying that it’s one of those good mixtapes, but I thought it was a decent attempt.

1. [MP3] Cibo Matto :: Flowers
2. Supercar :: My Girl
3. [MP3] Mayumi Kojima :: Hatsukoi
4. Asobi Seksu :: Walk on the Moon
5. Badly Drawn Boy :: Magic in the Air
6. Devics :: Come Up
7. Supercar :: Wonder Word
8. Yo La Tengo :: Little Eyes
9. Neil Finn :: She Will Have Her Way
10. Iron & Wine :: Sodom, South Georgia
11. Caroline :: Where’s My Love
12. Devics :: Song for a Sleeping Girl
13. [MP3] Jose Gonzalez :: Hints
14. Azure Ray :: Displaced
15. Nick Drake :: Pink Moon
16. Gorillaz :: El Manana
17. Devics :: Distant Radio
18. [MP3] Radiohead :: True Love Waits

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