Mellow, feel good, beach body, and road nostalgia…just a few of my mix tape themes from 2012. Did you have a favorite??? I can’t decide.
Click on a button above to play them again or discover one you might have missed. 2012 is really wrapping up!
After sitting poolside for a while we dove into the mock-rattan tepee for a more comfortable place to hide from the sun. Almost immediately I heard Joe say “oh, baby…give me your camera.” He could see what I couldn’t – the new leopard-like me! I was completely covered in the floral/spotted patterns being cast onto the mat. It was so rad.
These are just two of the images from the photo shoot that ensued. I wasn’t going to share them as I don’t exactly dream of sharing photos of me in a bikini (what up IBTC ladies!) but after giving it some thought I decided that these shadows were too cool for pride, or embarrassment. Besides, I’m practically camouflaged and they are somewhat related to this month’s mix tape: Beach Body June.
I’ve been working out almost every day since we moved and in order to fight the inevitable drag, I made this month’s mix my ultimate motivating, butt-kicking, sweat and burn soundtrack. It’s a mix of electronic, indie and rap beats that starts off mild, gets a little faster, and then mellows for a cool down. If rock is more your style then check out April’s mix – that one can really get me going! What type of music motivates you to get active?
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1 - Ahead Of My Time (feat. Daddy Boastin’) Teddybears
2 – Good Time Crystal Castles
3 – Day ‘N’ Nite (Crookers Remix) Kid Cudi
4 – Deception Le Tigre
5 – Shimmy Shimmy Ya Ol’ Dirty Bastard
6 – Phantom Justice
7 – Fences (Boombass RMX) Phoenix
8 – Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win (feat. Santigold) Beastie Boys & Santigold
9 – Dirty Harry Gorillaz
10 – This Means You Talib Kweli
We’ve been all over the place this past month so for May’s soundtrack I’m going international and indulging in a bit (or a lot) of wanderlust. I don’t understand most of the words in the non-English songs but that’s precisely the beauty of music: it doesn’t matter. If you have any fave international beats to share, please do. I’m always excited about new discoveries!
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1 – Asi Asi Asi (feat. Noelia Fernandez) Atropolis
2 – Ibere Various Artists
3 - Le Flying Saucer Hat Chairlift
4 – Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa Vampire Weekend
5 - Yellow World J Girls
6 - Amsterdam Peter Bjorn & John
7 - St. Petersburg Brazilian Girls
8 - Imik Si Mik Hindi Zahra
9 - Map Jim Noir
10 - Pacific Theme Broken Social Theme
(image: taken at Vanves Flea Market, Paris)
Happy March everyone!
To get us through the last stretch of winter I thought I’d put together some of my favorite mellow-ish, upbeat tunes. It’s already coming in handy for me since I woke up feeling under the weather today. Good beats = good mood and hopefully that makes for a healthy me tomorrow.
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1 - Collarbone Fujiya & Miyagi
2 – The 15th Fischerspooner
3 – Freedom Jurassic 5
4 - Animal (Mark Ronson Remix) Miike Snow
5 – Airwalker Jeremy Jay
6 – I‘m Good, I’m Gone Lykke Li
7 – Evident Utensil Chairlift
8 – Edge of Extremes Clubfeet
9 – Disco Friends Just Jack
10 – Fair-Weather Friend (Ninja Tune’s Mix by Mr Scruff)
(image: taken in the east end, london)
February has gotten off to a great start so I thought I’d make a mini-mixtape to keep the good vibes going. I made the mix on 8tracks, a (new to me) service that lets you create playlists from your own personal music library. The thing that I love most about it is that you can’t preview the tracks – it’s actually like a real mixtape when you just go with it. I’ve found some great mixes from other users and I really do enjoy the element of surprise.
Anyhow, I think that moving forward I’ll create one mix every month instead of posting weekly brilliant beats. I always intend to make playlists for myself but never get around to it so this will be good motivation. If you dig what you hear – awesome. If you hate my taste in tunes, well, it will only be once per month so hopefully I don’t scare you away ;)
Here’s the track list for Feel Good February. You’ll notice that most of the titles have a love, relationship, or celebration theme but I promise that they’re not mushy songs. They’re more likely to make you tap your toes to the beat or force you into a shoulder dance if anything.
1 – Baby I’m Yours (feat. Irfane) Breakbot
2 – Henny & Gingerale Mayer Hawthorne
3 – Silver Screen Beat Connection
4- Jealous of Roses Bibio
5 – When They Fight, They Fight The Generationals
6 – Little Secrets Passion Pit
7 – Do You Believe? (Original) Poolside
8 – Walking On a Dream Empire of the Sun
9 – Think I’m In Love Beck
10 – I Want You Back Discovery
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