Happy New Year Mixtapers!

Well done to Arty Pharty on his succession to the throne, may his reign be long and fruitful. Now down to business…

Plenty of good choices this month, so much so that i'm tempted to do at least another one but for the first i've opted for 'create a story' or in my case it's a rough musical rendition of the Lord's Prayer. Don't worry, i'm no God botherer looking for recruits, in fact i'm a man with no invisible means of support…

So without further ado here is my mixtape for Knirrie…

The Lord's…

January 2011

Happy New Year Mixtapers,

this is for ponchosqueal 18 songs beginning with 'New'. Simples.

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New Beginnings

1. New Day, New Way - Mick Softley
2. New Life - Depeche Mode
3. New Gods - Meat Puppets
4. New Rock Critic - Skull Kontrol
5. New Blood - Youngblood Brass Band
6. New Planet - Medeski, Martin & Wood
7. New Age - Sleepy Sun
8. New Orleans (Mardi Gras) - Southwind
9. New Face In Hell - The Fall
10. New Year's Eve - The Walkmen
11. The New Mobility - Belbury Poly
12. New Law…

May 2007

My first attempt at a mixtape.
This one is a broad-based instrumental mix for inhocvince.


1. Taurus - Spirit
2. Bauchredner - Gastr Del Sol
3. Pelican Narrows - Caribou
4. Enjoy The Wait - Morcheeba
5. Also Sprach Zarathustra - Deodato
6. Firesuite - Doves
7. Sleep Walk - Santo & Johnny
8. Manipulated Living - Michael Andrews
9. Pocket Watch - Ennio Morricone
10.Carmen Burana Fantasy - Sandy Bull
11.Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul) - DJ Shadow
12.Theme For Great Cities - Simple Minds
13.Frog Bog - Moondog
14.Linus & Lucy - Vince Guaraldi Trio
15.Piano Down…

January 2010

There was so many animal tracks to to choose from that I needed some kind of theme to filter through them all. Eventually, I came up with this…

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According to Chinese legend, the twelve animals quarreled one day as to who was to head the cycle of years. The gods were asked to decide and they held a contest: whoever was to reach the opposite bank of the river would be first, and the rest of the animals would receive their years according to their finish.

All the twelve animals gathered at the river bank and jumped…

January 2008

To make up for my general tardiness with December's mix i've done this month's in double-quick time for Jordanobscura.
It's a mix of songs all relating to one particular body part - the head, cryptically entitled…

"All In The Head"

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1. The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair - John Barry
2. Lovely Head - Goldfrapp
3. Skull - Sebadoh
4. Brainy - The National
5. You Are My Face - Wilco
6. Great Big Eyes - Archibald
7. Scream In The Ears - Bill Fay
8. Cheek To Cheek - Louis Armstrong & Ella…

January 2009

For this month's theme I decided not to go for light or dark songs, mainly because I didn't want to sit and listen to loads of dark flavoured music as it's too damn depressing at this time of year. So I went for the literal interpretation again and am doing two mixes, one with songs that have Black in the title and one with songs that (you guessed it) have White in their title…

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This Is Black
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1. Black Gold Of The Sun - Rotary Connection
2. Paint It Black - Johnny Harris
3. Black Dog…

1. Hello Goodbye - The Beatles. This was No.1 in the UK when I was born, December 1967.
2. White Horses – Jacky. The theme tune from an awfully dubbed European 60’s children’s programme but the song has haunted me all my life. Wonderfully twee.
3. Metal Guru – T Rex. The first song to catch my attention at four years old. I distinctly remember nagging my parents to get it for me & proceeded to destroy said single trying to play it on my Fisher Price Record Player.
4. Ring My Bell - Anita Ward. This song was responsible…