Happy birthday, mixtape

2009-11-08 / 15:59 / dave

Last year for his birthday my dad asked everyone for mixtapes. I tried putting one together in Audacity. It was a lesson in software crashes, followed by a lesson in awkward pauses during track changes.

Fed up I sent it off then didn’t listen to it until two weeks ago while driving 1200 miles over 5 days. Despite the flaws, it’s a decent driving mix. It’s also a nice picture of what I was listening to a year ago; plus I managed to sneak a Megaman sound effect in there somewhere. Happy hunting!

Happy Birthday mixtape (2008)

  1. Joanna Newsome – The Book of Right On (Pocketknife’s Scowling Owl Remix) (buy)
  2. John Lennon – Oh Yoko (Pocketknife’s Numero Ono Refix) (buy)
  3. Gil Scott Heron – The Bottle (Live Version, Daz-I-Kue Remix) (buy)
  4. Moodymann – KDJ16 Track 1 (buy)
  5. Moodymann – KDJ16 Track 2 (buy)
  6. Daniel Wang – Berlin Sunrise (Die Nacht) (buy)
  7. Black Devil Disco Club – Coach Me (Again and Again) (In Flagranti Remix) (buy)
  8. Forces of Nature – Afroshock (buy)
  9. Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra – Battle of Species (buy)
  10. DJ Day – Gone Bad (Hawkeye Remix) (buy)
  11. Lyn Collins – Rock Me Again and Again and Again (6 Times) (buy)
  12. The JB’s – Blow Your Head (buy)
  13. Controller 7 – Get Ready for the Young Folks (buy)
  14. Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks (Diplo Remix) (buy)
  15. Hollertronix – Hanged Up (Diplo Remix) (buy)
  16. Scotty B, King Tut & Will Roc – The Almighty Unruly Simon Joint (buy)
  17. The Who – Teenage Wasteland (Bird Peterson Remix) (buy)

I had originally planned to go more funk/dance hall, here’s the tracklist from the outtakes CD (listed alphabetically):

  1. Banda Uniao Black – Everyone’s a Winner
  2. Big Youth – Streets in Africa
  3. Bonde Do Role – Divine Gosa
  4. Capleton – Hits Pon Top A Hits
  5. Cham – Ghetto Story
  6. Daft Punk – Aerodynamic (Slum Village Remix)
  7. DJ Day – A Place To Go
  8. Incredible Bongo Band – Last Bongo in Belgium (Breakers Mix)
  9. James Brown – Funky Drummer
  10. James Brown – Get On The Good Foot
  11. Lefties Soul Connection – Organ Donor (Hawkeye Hyphy Edit)
  12. Leroy Smart – Love and Happiness
  13. Maceo and the Macks – ‘Cross the Track (We Better Go Back) (Extended Version)
  14. Shaggy – Heathen
  15. Sizzla – Solid as a Rock
  16. Tony Allen – Ole (A Remix by Moritz von Oswald)
  17. Turbulence – Notorious (Wabenzi Vocal Version)

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