I feel like this was recorded years ago. In the midst of major changes [ie. moving – nb] I sat down and recorded this mix inconspicuously before dinner to take my mind off my hunger. I closed the door to my dark, cramped room and disappeared far away from present time and space into another […]
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In the mix
February 26, 2008 – 11:24 PM
Illustration by Jen Stark Download: Little White Earbuds, 2.26.08 Mix (51:24) This past weekend I loaded up on live sets and DJ mixes for a long car trip down to Peoria. One of them was a radio mix by Len Faki and Marcel Dettmann recently featured on mnml ssgs. The sets were so tightly controlled, […]
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February 19, 2008 – 10:06 AM
Matthew Dear has released “Don’t Go This Way,” a spare track from the Asa Breed sessions, for free on the blog/label hybrid RCRD LBL. Last night I helped my friend Tyler Grisham write Pitchfork’s Forkcast post for the tune, which you can read here.
Introductions are in order
February 13, 2008 – 9:19 AM
You may have noticed a new tagline at the end of the last post. Well, that’s me. I’m Manuel and I live in Chicago. I’m not really sure what I should be saying right now, introductions like this are not my favorite thing to do. My music background is noise making with real instruments and […]
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December 9, 2007 – 8:01 PM
Art by Yue Minjun A friend recently joked that promo mixes are the new album. While that might not be entirely true, it does underscore the recent propensity toward enticing consumers with alternate versions of what they hope people will buy. A really helpful mix gives listeners a survey of a group’s aesthetic, as well […]