Contribute – Listen – Discover An idea I wanted to get out of my head. I was inspired by my love of mixtapes and discovering new music. Hey There Mixtape is a series of collaborated mixtapes.Contribute to a mixtape.Discover new music.No algorithms. Our PILOT Mixtape is now LIVE.A song to tell someone you really like them. Our second MIXTAPE callout is: Find me on the dancefloor.Not in our community yet? Sign up here:
No matter where you are, as soon as you hear the opening beats of this song, you’re up on the dancefloor. And when we say dancefloor, we mean a nightclub where no one knows your name, the wedding you weren’t invited to (but managed to sneak your way in), or aisle 6 of your local supermarket. MIXTAPE TWO: Find me on the Dance FloorLISTEN HERE Want to contribute to our next mixtape? Sign up here http://eepurl.com/hteWff Track 1: Rock Steady – Aretha FranklinHow can you not dance to this song? Track 2: Miracle – KimbraThe dancefloor isn’t my natural habitat, to put it mildly, but this is one song that could tempt me. It’s rhythm is undeniable and it penetrates every element of the track. Track 3: I Like It – The Player’s AssociationWhen I was DJ-ing, I would always finish the night with this song – wanting folk to leave the club with a happy positive mood as they ventured out into the night /morning. It reminds me of those nights with people …
Name: VickiSpotify account: Account Location: Sydney, Australia Most Memorable Mixtape Moment: Back in the early 2000’s I was a huge Ween tragic, and was always perplexed by how their genius was so misunderstood. It got to the point where I made Ween mixtapes and kept them on me at all times, because I always knew on a night out I would end up trying to convince a stranger that there was more to Ween than Push Th’ Little Daisies. So, as they protested I would hand the mixes out and ask them to listen. Sometimes we exchanged numbers, sometimes we didn’t. I like to think I changed a lot of hearts and minds this way. A song you want people to hear and why: It’s not a Ween song! It’s actually Xenia Rubinos’ Laugh Clown. A song that opens with the extremely relatable “I haven’t plucked my eyebrows since last month/ One of these days I’m gonna let my moustache grow back in”. Her album Terry Cat was my most played album of 2019. Check it out!! How do you discover new music: These days, Spotify …
Name: DavidSpotify account: Scotton Drive Location: Knaresborough, UK. Most memorable mixtape moment:Discovering a whole new world of music when in 1987 my friend sent me a mixtape of various tunes he recorded from Gilles Peterson’s Mad on Jazz show on Radio London. It changed my musical tastes, and got me into dj-ing jazz, funk and rare grooves, running club nights, doing radio shows etc. Not bad for a C90 cassette. A song you want people to hear and why: Tezeta by Melenelik Wesnatchew. It is just the most beautiful song about memories and loss – an Amharic/Ethiopian song form Tizita. How do you discover new music:I used to spend hours in record shops digging through crates of second hand vinyl, but now it’s most likely to be through Spotify, Instagram and friends sending me music. A song someone has sent you on a mixtape:Lee Remick by The Go Betweens.David is an artist, curator and musician. His band is called Scotton Drive.
The reason mixtapes are made. Songs to let someone know you really like them. LISTEN HERE Track 1: Just My Kind – The Julie Ruin I was making a mixtape for my girlfriend and this song summed up everything I felt about her in a 3:50 pop pocket of perfection. Track 2: You Make My Dreams (Come True) – Hall and OatsIt’s super cute and also a reference to one of my favourite old-school internet videos. So if you get that, you get me! Track 3: You Can Have It All – George McCrae Track 4: Swing Lynn – Harmless Track 5: Broken Arrow: Robbie RobertsonOne of the greatest love songs ever written. Track 6: Message to My Girl – Split EnzThe lyrics and the melancholy mood of the song speaks to how hard it is to say, I like you or ‘I love you’. A song that speaks to that trepidation and can be your voice is a beautiful song. Track 7: Beautiful Cosmos – Ivor CutlerIt’s the best song about love, companionship, tea …
Name: Benjamin LøzningerSpotify account: https://open.spotify.com/user/lozningerLocation: Brooklyn, USA + France Most memorable mixtape moment: When there was no internet and that you had to record songs on tapes while playing indie radio shows. A song you want people to hear and why: (That’s SUCH a hard one to just choose ONE song but for now:) “Sea Foam” by Land Of Talk, such an underrated band, and that song (and the whole album) conveys so much energy, emotions and beauty. How do you discover new music: As an exercise, I’ve been releasing a “FrenchBK mixtape” every month for the past few years, with new songs so that I can discover new bands all the time. A song someone has sent you on a mixtape: “Feed me with your kiss” by My Bloody Valentine, it was a very long time ago but it changed my perspective on music forever. Benjamin is involved in so many projects that he probably doesn’t know them all himself… He’s mostly a French visual artist, musician-singer-producer, art director & graphic designer. He shares his time between …
