Ok So here’s the next in my experimental mixes All Love. It’s an amalgamation of tracks I’ve either instantly or over time, for what ever reason fell in love with, either I’ve seen people go mental on the dance floor, shared it with a lover, or developed an appreciation over time.
With most of my mixes I set up rules to help me build them, with this mix, the tracks had to be very special to me, they had to cover genre’s and style flows that would usually go against current status quo – This is why you hear Cindy Lauper in the mix with Dave Clarke or The Klaxons next to Dibiase.
Interestingly a ‘love’ theme does seem to be apparent throughout… I do find most people’s favorite tracks tend to be more heart felt.
As an artist I’ve always taken a lot from the Solid Steel DJ’s, DJ Shadow, Aphex Twin and recently SBTRKT – These artists have found ways to piece together unlikely rhythms and styles that generate ideas…
On the whole, I’m not sure what your take will be. The flow is pretty smooth and the structure is somewhat chaotic, especially if you know me for bigger techno shows. There are three distinct sections set up in half hour blocks – Which I have found really cool for listening on PT – What ever mood your in you can scan through too – Don’t forget the track list is on the mp3.
A discussion I have been having lately with other artists is how the style of listening has changed. Since Beatport took over from vinyl – In the pre digital days the music shops and DJ’s had more control over the tracks and therefore were able to dictate to a larger extent what the crowd heard and when. Where as now… all tracks are available at all times making it more of a buyers market. The DJ is there to play what the crowd wants to hear which unfortunately reduces the room for expression and creativity of the artist
For me what that means is less of a creative and artistic output and more of entertainment… And perhaps other DJ’s and producers out there may feel the same.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that, playing tunes is awesome. It’s more the question of what direction are we heading in currently? We aren’t going back to vinyl and the music industry doesn’t seem to be getting any less commercial…?
So take from this mix what you will, love it or hate it, these are the tracks that have forged a big part of my musical path over the years.
All Love
Samari.
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