It took a little longer than expected but I have just finished one of my
favorite projects of the year, my SXSW mixes. If you aren't familiar,
what I do is download a torrent file (www.sxswtorrent.com) which has one
mp3 for (almost) every artist playing at SXSW. This comes to about
1300 songs. I then go through all of those songs and pick out 100 or so
that I really like and organize them into mixes based on genre. Now to
be fair, it really isn't possible to give every track the multiple deep
listenings necessary to truly figure out if it is great or not. This
is much more of a first impression thing so if you think I missed
someone good, by all means, please tell me. I like to think of this
project as my annual Myers-Briggs musical personality test.
The main reason for the delay this year is that I have upgraded the podcasts. They now have chapters for each song so you can skip around easily. (If you're listening in Itunes you'll need the "Now Playing" window showing) And, each chapter has the track title, artist, a picture, and a link to the SXSW artist webpage. That webpage will have a short bio / press release for the artist, where they are playing, and a link to their homepage. The last is of course the most important because that is where you are going to go to join mailing lists, find shows, and buy their stuff. It was a lot of extra work to add these features but as any long time listener I'm all about supporting the artists and I think this goes a long way toward that end.
A couple technical notes. First, if the link takes you to some website that isn't the SXSW page, that means the artist was originally scheduled to perform but then for whatever reason isn't playing at SXSW. I didn't bother taking those tracks out. Second for the sake of time, I am crowd sourcing the double checking of links, chapter marker locations, etc... If you find any problems. Shoot me an email activelistenerpodcast@gmail.com or a message on facebook http://www.facebook.com/ActiveListener.
Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists,
Aaron
E1: Future Post Electronica
As I said in the intro to my previous podcast, I am at a loss to name this type of electronica. Post dubstep and future garage are possible names but those are so vague and this mix is even more broad than Podcast 46. Clearly Bonobo, doesn't fit into either of those categories. Neither does the yearning sounds of the vocal tracks like those of JMSN, tracing similar lines as James Blake. Bottom line, this stuff is just good. This used to be called experimental but if you check out the wealth of music like this on the internet you can tell, it's time has come.
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Tracklist
1. Sleepeless feat. Jezzabell Doran by Flume
2. Cirrus by Bonobo
3. Vehl by Kidnap Kid
4. Pencil Pimp by Sepalcure
5. Pilgrim by MØ
6. Close 2 Me by Giraffage
7. Alone (Kastle Remix) by JMSN
8. Your New Beloved by Lovelife
9. just wanna live by R3venge Of The Nerds
10. Lovely Bloodflow by Baths
11. Say That by Toro Y Moi
12. While We're In Love feat. Ghost Beach by Viceroy
The main reason for the delay this year is that I have upgraded the podcasts. They now have chapters for each song so you can skip around easily. (If you're listening in Itunes you'll need the "Now Playing" window showing) And, each chapter has the track title, artist, a picture, and a link to the SXSW artist webpage. That webpage will have a short bio / press release for the artist, where they are playing, and a link to their homepage. The last is of course the most important because that is where you are going to go to join mailing lists, find shows, and buy their stuff. It was a lot of extra work to add these features but as any long time listener I'm all about supporting the artists and I think this goes a long way toward that end.
A couple technical notes. First, if the link takes you to some website that isn't the SXSW page, that means the artist was originally scheduled to perform but then for whatever reason isn't playing at SXSW. I didn't bother taking those tracks out. Second for the sake of time, I am crowd sourcing the double checking of links, chapter marker locations, etc... If you find any problems. Shoot me an email activelistenerpodcast@gmail.com or a message on facebook http://www.facebook.com/ActiveListener.
Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists,
Aaron
E1: Future Post Electronica
As I said in the intro to my previous podcast, I am at a loss to name this type of electronica. Post dubstep and future garage are possible names but those are so vague and this mix is even more broad than Podcast 46. Clearly Bonobo, doesn't fit into either of those categories. Neither does the yearning sounds of the vocal tracks like those of JMSN, tracing similar lines as James Blake. Bottom line, this stuff is just good. This used to be called experimental but if you check out the wealth of music like this on the internet you can tell, it's time has come.
Direct Download
Tracklist
1. Sleepeless feat. Jezzabell Doran by Flume
2. Cirrus by Bonobo
3. Vehl by Kidnap Kid
4. Pencil Pimp by Sepalcure
5. Pilgrim by MØ
6. Close 2 Me by Giraffage
7. Alone (Kastle Remix) by JMSN
8. Your New Beloved by Lovelife
9. just wanna live by R3venge Of The Nerds
10. Lovely Bloodflow by Baths
11. Say That by Toro Y Moi
12. While We're In Love feat. Ghost Beach by Viceroy
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