Keeping the house in order with some Dusky, Disclosure, Duke Dumont, Eats Everything, George FitzGerald, Justin Martin, Kidnap Kid, Skream and Tessela plus newest drops from Four Tet and Felix Da Housecat. Worried about waking up the neighbours? No you’re not.
March’s mix features an assortment of nuts. There’s 29-year-old Patti Smith’s irreverent monologue at one of John Giorno’s experimental poetry shindig. There’s cockney “punk poet” John Cooper Clarke. There’s a Belgian women choir covering a Marilyn Manson piece. Also: Nicolas Jaar, Nosaj Thing, Woodkid, and, erm, Bon Jovi. On the film side of things, we got soundtracks from “Beasts of The Southern Wild”, “Django Unchained”, “Lawless”, “Ruby Sparks”, “The Soloist” and “The Tree of Life”. Have a good month.
Tracklist:
1) Nils Frahm “Sol”
2) Marilyn Manson “The Beautiful People (Scala & Kolacny Brothers cover)”
3) Dario Marianelli “A City Symphony”
4) Justin Martin “Ladybug”
4a) Adele “Skyfall (Acapella)”
5) Nicolas Jaar “I Got A Woman”
6) Dot “Simple Simon”
7) Nosaj Thing feat. Kazu Makino “Eclipse/Blue”
8) Alexandre Desplat “River”
9) Thomas Newman “She’s Mine”
10) Woodkid “Iron”
11) Nick Urata “She’s Real”
12) Benh Zeitlin, Dan Romer “The Thing That Made You”
13) Nick Cave, Warren Ellis and Emmylou Harris “Fire in the Blood/Snake Song”
14) Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead or Alive”
15) Jay Dee “Intro (Alt)”
16) James Brown and 2Pac “Unchained (The Payback/Untouchable)”
17) Christoph Waltz & Jamie Foxx “In the Case Django, After You…”
18) Plastic Bertrand “Ca Plane Pour Moi”
19) David Holmes “Commercial Break”
20) Rileys Kabinett “Pongpong”
20a) John Cooper Clarke “Marjorca”
20b) John Cooper Clarke “Twat”
20c) Patti Smith “The Histories of the Universe”
21) The Bootleggers feat. Mark Lanegan “White Light/White Heat”
In this romance-inspired mix, I attempt to kosher all that is as such. Birthed from the dizzying heights of falling in love to the cantankerous battles and madness of despair, we segue to hope, acceptance and boogie-woogie. Featuring music from Apparat, Alex Clare, Chet Faker, Disclosure, Jamie Woon, Nicolas Jaar, The xx and remixes from George Fitzgerald, Gema and Zero 7. Spoken words and film score from “Across The Universe”, “Iron Man 3”, “Love and Death” and “Meet Joe Black”. Free to download. Thank you for listening. Have a fab Feb.
Tracklist
-) Monologue (Meet Joe Black)
1) The Cinematic Orchestra “Arrival of the Birds”
-) Dialogue (Love and Death)
2) Dana Fuchs & Jim Sturgess “All You Need Is Love” (Across The Universe)
3) The Cinematic Orchestra “Opening Titles”
4) Bastille feat. Ella “No Angels”
5) The xx “Angels (Andrea Remix)”
6) Jamie xx “Far Nearer”
7) Cassie “Me and U (Gema Bootleg)”
8) Groove Theory “Tell Me (George Fitzgerald Remix)”
9) SBTRKT feat. Sampha “Hold On”
10) The xx “Sunset (Jamie xx Edit)”
11) Jamie Woon “Gravity”
12) Hans Zimmer “Still Reprise” (Black Hawk Down)
13) Extnct “Trailer” (Iron Man 3)
-) Dialogue (Closer)
14) Hans Zimmer “Bombers Over Ibiza (Junkie XL Remix)” (The Dark Knight Rises)
-) Dialogue (Revolutionary Road)
15) Alison Lawrance “Cello Theme” (World Trade Center)
16) City and Colour “Hope For Now”
17) The Cinematic Orchestra feat. Fontella Bass “Breathe”
18) Evy Jane “Sayso (Julien Mier Remix)”
19) Radiohead “Climbing Up The Walls (Zero 7 Mix)”
20) Chet Faker “No Diggity”
21) Alex Clare “Hummingbird”
-) Monologue (Captain Corelli’s Mandolin)
22) Pional “Alabama_Dice”
23) Nicolas Jaar “Mi Mujer”
24) Hot Since 82 “Everyday”
25) Disclosure feat. Sam Smith “Latch”
-) Coleman Barks “You”
26) Apparat “Your House Is My World”
Pandit Ravi Shankar was a sitar virtuoso whose music transcended language and cultural barriers. He passed away on December 11 at the age of 92. In celebrating the legacy of the man, I humbly pay my respects to his uncompromising love for the music and the people around him. This tribute features music from Talvin Singh, Thievery Corporation and The Beatles —all whom have been inspired by the legendary maestro. Tracks from his daughters, revered sitar player, Anoushka Shankar and singer-songwriter Norah Jones are also included.
Tracklist
1) Anoushka Shankar “Prayer in Passing”
2) MIDIval Punditz “Rebirth (w/Anoushka Shankar)”
3) Talvin Singh “Soni”
4) Cheb i Sabbah “Lagi Lagan”
5) MIDIval Punditz “Raanjhan (w/Abida Parveen)”
6) Thievery Corporation “Shiva (Tc Remix)”
7) Ravi Shankar “Prarambh (Beginning)”
8) The Beatles “Within You Without You”
9) Cheb i Sabbah “Rupa Tujhe Deva”
10) Ravi Shankar “For All Mankind (Vaishnava Janato/Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram)”
11) Talvin Singh feat. Amar “Jaan”
12) Karsh Kale “Saajana”
13) Anoushka Shankar “Beloved”
14) Ravi Shankar “An Introduction To Indian Music”
15) Anoushka Shankar feat. Norah Jones “Easy”
Cover by El Kaneko
Here’s a sunset-envisioned aural cocktail featuring music from Nicolas Jaar, The Roots, Flying Lotus, Nina Kraviz, Dillon, Frank Sinatra and more. Also, film scores from “TRON”, “Amelie” and “Sunshine” with spoken words from English philosopher Alan Watts and American poet Coleman Barks. Recommended listening in an intimately enclosed bordello-inspired tent populated with midgets kicking back while drinking wine from goblets.
Tracklist
1) Wired To Follow “I Wish I Could Talk In Technicolor”
1A) Alan Watts “Shedding The Masks”
2) John Murphy “Kanada’s Death, Pt. 2 (Adagio In D Minor)”
3) Daft Punk “Adagio For TRON”
4) Dillon “This Silence Kills”
5) Nina Kraviz “Ghetto Kraviz”
6) Justin Martin, Ardalan “Lezgo VIP”
7) Nicolas Jaar “The Ego 2”
7A) Alan Watts “Rules Of The Game”
8) Nick Hook “Medium Rare with Machinedrum”
9) Owsey, Stumbleine & Resotone “You’re The Shade Of My Heart”
10) Yann Tiersen “La Valse D’Amelie”
11) The Roots “Possibility (2nd Movement)”
12) Nick Hook “6735”
12A) Chet Baker recites “Deep In A Dream”
13) Frank Sinatra “Deep In A Dream”
14) Flying Lotus “Until the Colours Come”
15) Aebeloe “Blipblip”
16) Coleman Barks recites Rumi’s “Only Breathe”
17) Toyface “Flight”
After listening to Emalkay’s remix of Delilah’s “Breath” and the trance track “Witness” with Jaren’s superb vocals, I was itching to do a mix —so here it is, Volmax’s X. Still keeping true to the chillstep to dubstep progression, I found a nice remix by Cally D for “Breathe” and decided to layer the acoustic version of “Witness” on top of Blackmill’s chillout track “Spirit Of Life”. I was actually thinking of doing a full female vocal mix but decided to throw in some metal-inspired dubstep production at the end —featuring two new releases. Hope you enjoy it!
Tracklist:
1) Delilah “Breathe (Cally D Chillstep Remix)”
2) Kromestar “Creeper”
3) Shura “Thinking of You”
4) Sweetheart of Kairi “Approaching Farewell (Stumbleine Remix)”
5) Controlled Kaos “Searching”
6) Sorrow “Recluse”
7) Blackmill “Spirit Of Life”
8) Jerf, Mitiska & Jaren with Rank 1 “Witness (Acoustic Mix)”
9) Rameses B feat. Charlotte Haining “I Need You”
10) MitiS “Identity”
11) Loco Sunshine “Love”
12) Littrell “No Such Thing”
13) London Nebel “Unnormal”
14) Datsik and Infected Mushroom ft. Jonathan Davis “Evilution”
15) La Musique D’Ordinateur & The Warriors “Araña PT. II”
Hey all! It has been awhile since I’ve put out a mix; the last one being Volmax VIII a month ago. In Volmax IX, I decided to put together some hip hop based bass tracks that features some lyrical play by some of the best underground wordsmiths of today. Production wise, there are some key releases I would like to pimp. 23-year-old English dubstep producer Jakwob is garnering some widespread pats on the back with his mint releases most notably with remixes of Ellie Goulding, M.I.A and Jessie J. Next on the hit list is breakbeat producer Elite Force, who has been busy with RVMPD2 —featuring reinterpretations of tracks by artists like Culprate, Basement Jaxx, Mord Fustang and Daft Punk. The best thing? Force will be giving out a free to download track every week! At the meantime, hope you enjoy this mix.
Tracklist:
1) Wiley “My Mistakes (Synthetic Epiphany Remix)”
2) Youthoracle (prod. Anex) “Another Day”
3) Undr Glow “In The Depths”
4) Damian Marley “It Was Written (Chasing Shadows Remix)”
5) P.Four “Like This”
6) Jakwob “Let It Fall”
7) Jakwob “Electrify (Jakwob VIP Mix)”
8) Boy Kid Cloud “Feel High”
9) Dot Rotten “Keep It On A Low”
10) Mac Miller feat. Wiz Khalifa “Keep Floatin’”
11) Wiz Khalifa X Deadmau5 X Caspa “One Night (Styles&Complete Edit)”
12) Buraka Som Sistema “Hangover (BaBaBa) (Caspa Remix)”
13) Doctor P, Elite Force “Watch Out”
14) J.Rabbit, KleptoMaddox “Just Sayin’”
15) Datsik feat. Snak The Ripper “Fully Blown”
16) Messinian & HULK “Never Change”
17) Electrode and Astrio “Octanis (Kromly Remix)”
18) Knife Party “Centipede”
19) Flux Pavilion and Skism “Jump Back”
20) Culprate, Muse, Elite Force “No One”
Tracklist:
1) Team Sleep “Natalie Portman (Illdiana Jones Remix)”
2) Bastille “Overjoyed (Distance Remix)”
3) Snow Patrol “What If The Storm Ends? (Aaron Static Remix)”
4) 5-Foot Nothing “Singapore”
5) KickShifta “Consequences (Defender Remix)”
6) DarkElixir “C64”
7) Lana Del Rey “Without You (Kill Paris Remix)”
8) Deep Divide “Seven Lions”
9) Florence + The Machine “What The Water Gave Me (Swiftly Dark Remix)”
10) Dirt Monkey & MSD “Intergalactic (Dirty Job Remix)”
11) Rogue “Debris”
12) At Dawn We Rage & Death To The Throne “Away”
13) Kaskade feat. Mindy Gledhill “Eyes (Alvin Risk Remix)”
14) SubVibe “Burn”
15) Revolvr feat. Sue Cho “Who’s Gonna Save Us”
16) The McMash Clan “Kick Ass”
17) SubVibe “Gangsters (Fuzion Remix)”
18) Dragonette & Martin Solveig “Hello (Speaker of the House Remix)”
Image: Dan Tobin Smith
Was listening to Âme’s 2006 techy classic “Rej” a couple of weeks back and decided to do a mix of some of my favourite tracks from the yesteryears. Most of these tracks were the ones that got me hook on dance music. There are loads more that I think were pretty massive back in the day but unfortunately, couldn’t match the progression of the mix. Hope you enjoy Volmax’s VII (Throwback Special) nonetheless. [Insert smiley face]
Tracklist:
1) BSOD “Better Sounding on Drugs”
2) Dave Spoon “At Night (Electro Mix)”
3) Deadmau5 vs Jelo “The Reward Is Cheese”
4) Groove Armada “Superstylin’ (Ant Brooks Re-Edit)”
5) Ralph Falcon & Oscar G. “Dark Beat (Chus & Ceballos Mix)”
6) Fatboy Slim “What The Fuck”
7) Who’s Who “Sexy Fuck”
8) Basement Jaxx “Where’s Your Head At (Klaas Remix)”
9) Justice “D.A.N.C.E. (Live Version)”
10) Tom Novy “Your Body (Meanless 2k10 Remix)”
11) LCD Soundsystem “Daft Punk Is Playing At My House”
12) Daft Punk “Around The World (Kid Dub Remix)”
13) Afrojack & David Guetta “Louder Than Words”
14) David Guetta “Love Is Gone (Fred Rister & Joachim Garraud Remix)”
15) Felix Da Housecat “Silver Screen Shower Scene (Swivel Hips Remix)”
16) Calvin Harris “Merrymaking At My Place (Deadmau5 Remix)”
17) The Chemical Brothers “Block Rockin Beats (Josh Raymond Remix)”
18) Starkillers feat. Gina “Scream (Kobbe & Austin Leeds Remix)”
19) Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike “REJ”
20) Moguai “Oyster (Michael Woods Remix)”
