TEK

I spontaneously did a new mini mix recently. Text tracklist follows below. It's called Tek, for no reason, and has no real theme. I was going to call it "Upfront Tek" until I realized that any mix with a cover of a Guy Called Gerald track from 1988 can hardly be called upfront. I was going to say that it was a little more obscure stuff until I realized that John Legend, MSTRKRFT, Danny Tenaglia and Josh Wink are hardly underground artists. So I don't know what else to say about the mix other than I like this sort of music and hope you do too.
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TEK
Airbag (Riva Starr Dub) - Tom Piper, Daniel Farley
Square One (Julio Bashmore Longhorn Remix) - Mosca
Bolingo Grigo - Andreas Henneberg, Simon2
Dibiza (D-Unity's Tribal Mix) - Danny Tenaglia
Hypnoslave (Nic Fanciulli Remix ) Josh Wink
Punani feat. Spoek Mathambo (Arcade Remix) - Douster
If That's How I Feel - Hot City
Legacy (Vocal Mix) - Yousef
Tribute To Voodoo Ray - DJ Dan
Heartbreaker feat. John Legend (Laidback Luke Remix) - MSTRKRFT

Creepy Crawlies

Text tracklist follows below.
This new mix is the inaugural post here on my blog- I hope it will be one of many! I plan on linking to all my old mixes here as well, so people can find them more easily. But that's still in the (near) future!
Since Halloween is coming up I wanted to make a mix featuring tracks that all gave me goosebumps or made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Artists like Ben Klock, Voodeux, and Peace Division have been doing this quite well ever since I began listening to them.
It actually bothered me that Itamar Sagi's "Black Gold" is so beautiful because I felt like it didn't quite fit the creepy theme. Ultimately it is such a well-produced track that it gave me goosebumps, so I let it stay.
Obviously Trent Reznor is a master, so when I had the opportunity to lead off with one of his tracks for David Lynch's Lost Highway, I took it. Kind of a strange way to begin a house mix, but the "WTF?!?" factor made it worthwhile, I think.
This is not a particularly poppy or melodic mix, and it won't appeal to everybody, but at least we get the electro-meets-Michael Jackson antics of Hot Pink Delorean as a closer. Really, how could I pass up a song about Zombies on a Halloween mix?
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Tracklist

Trent Reznor - Videodrones; Questions
Tiga - Mind Dimension (Darling Farah rmx)
Brett Johnson - Rubber Duck
Patrice Baumel - Roar
Chaim - Thrill You
Peace Division - Eh Oh Um
Broombeck - Monoturn (Solomun rmx)
Mac Neumann - Calypso
Itamar Sagi - Black Gold
Ben Klock - Check for Pulse
Voodeux - Skeleton Key
Little Boots - Remedy (Style of Eye rmx)
Shlomi Aber - Quiver
Replika - Even Further (Pezzner rmx)
Delphic - Counterpoint (Paul Woolford rmx)
Voodeux - Bones
Designer Drugs - ZOMBIES! (Hot Pink Delorean rmx)