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I guess I should stop putting readme files in my tapes. You're welcome! :nice:

I see... :)

But there wasn't an official video for Abraham's Daughter.

Hi Marco, I made your tape :curtain: I'll put my comments in pink Well, glad that I don't have a Tumblr nor I drink/smoke :P You're lucky then :P Anyway, let's "analise" the tape track-by-track: 1. You couldn't have started in a better way. This quite short instrumental track is based on a wah-wah synth, some electronic bell arpeggios and slowed down voice samples. If I had to label it with a music genre, I'd say this is trip-hop (the percussions actually kind of remind me of Massive Attack, don't know why) but since arguements about music genres is usually confusing (and somewhat pointless), let's just say this is a really cool instrumental. I'm not sure which genre this would be, but it's a really nice track. This is S u n d a y by Cristoph El Truento, a great NZ artist, which Eddie introduced me to 2. Electronic percussion again and what seems to be a..... marimba? A female voice sings something like "I'm in love with your brother..." and then is joined by what seems like a falsetto choir. Not really my cup of tea, but I still really enjoyed it. Pass This On by The Knife. I really wanted to put this on this tape because I couldn't get this song out of my head ever since the beginning of the summer. It's such a summer jam and I love it 3. Ok, this is the first WTF moment of the mixtape (and there are some). Some oooing vocals introduce the song, then a hip-hopish beat kicks in and a guy singing in falsetto "Don't fuck with me, don't fuck with me". I actually lol'd when I first heard it. There's also a lo-fi synth that makes the song even more curious. It's superweird, I love it. Everything Jai Paul related is a bit WTF. He's got so much talent and produces great tracks, but he never releases anything. He has only released two singles so far in his career. This is a version of BTSTU from his leaked fake (but worth checking out) album. 4. A complete departure from the previous songs' style. This one feels more like a normal indie rock song based on acoustic and electric guitar. The "sustained" vocals kind of remind me of MGMT (just with a lower register). This isn't just normal indie rock, Deerhunter have pretty much experimented with almost every genre possible in their career. This is Memory Boy, one of the singles from their excellent 2010 album Halcyon Digest. 5. Sarts with background noises and a quiet keyboard melody, then a downtempo beat, but the centerpiece of the song are powerful (that's the first word I can think of) female vocals. I really liked the song in the beginning,but becames a bit repetitive after a while. Not really sure, since I'm not familiar with her work, but I think this is Bjork. Yeah, this is Possibly Maybe by Bjork. Her album Post is one of my all time favourites. 6. Another indie rock number, this time with a happier feel than before. The line "She fell in love with the drummer" is reapeated a plenty of time, and during choruses a "flying" synth adds even more colour, making it a very cheerful song. This is such a summer chill anthem full of nostalgia, and I just needed to have this on this tape. Heavy Metal Drummer, one of my favourite Wilco songs. 7. Very short track based on what seems an old Moog synth and vocals singing "Looking around to...". Quite intriguing. It's actually "Who could I run to?" and it's also the title of this Lontalius song. Lontalius is Eddie's (Italian Plastic) band and this is the closing track from their most recent ep. Check it out! 8. A little creepy instrumental break. The track is a cool piece os noise music, based on what seems a distorted guitar. Totally dig this. This mixtape was first meant to be split into two parts, the first part would end with the previous song (Who Could I Run To?), and then this song would lead into the second part. But in the end I decided not to split it, cause everything flew really nicely together. This a little instrumental by The Knife, the same band that made the track number 2. 9. Woah, so much energy in this one! The shoegaze-like guitar and very faded vocals give it a "floating at high speed" vibe and the synth melody is just awesome. Oh yeaah, this is the song that I've been listening to all the time this summer. Ever since I discovered DIIV, I've been kind of addicted to them. This is Wait, from their debut album Oshin released last year. 10. "Take my hand and pray with me, my final days are coming... " someone in falsetto sings over gentle guitar arpeggios and drums that almost sound like rippling water. Towards the end the song reaches a climax but without sounding bombastic or something. Sad but lovely song. Another single from Deerhunter's Halcyon Digest. This one is called Helicopter. I discovered them this year when they released Monomania, and I fell in love with them instantly. 11. Bubbling synths and female vocals with lots of effects are the centerpiece of this song. I don't really understand what she's singing, but the song gives me a sense of fear and it's somehow relaxing at the same time. I really love it. This is my favourite song from Crystal Castles's third album. I grew tired of the majority of the songs from that album, but this one just never gets boring. It's probably the Crystal Castles song that sounds the least like them, and that's why I love it. The synth riff is so catchy and Alice's vocals are really elegant and relaxing. This is called Affection. 12. The beginning made me think this is just a normal hip-hop song. Well, I was totally wrong. The rapping vocals last only for a few seconds, then an ambient layer "engulfs" the song and weird sounds and voice samples follow. The rapping vocals seem to start again but then they're interrupted again by a huge synth break. One of my favourites so far. This is the best example of James Blake's talent, because this doesn't sound anything like his other works. And it's such a grand closer from his album Overgrown, released earlier this year. It's called "Every Day I Ran (Bonus Track)". 13. A fast-paced guitar based song now. I really like the wall of sound it creates and the changes of tempo during the song. It has a progressive nature, me likes. This is Obique City, the closer from Phoenix's new album Bankrupt!. I put this here mainly because this synth heavy song ends with acoustic guitar, and the next song start with the acoustic guitar. I really wanted the songs to segue really nicely. 14. Acoustic guitar again, but this time with a way more mellow mood. What sounds like a Hammond organ and some electric guitar breaks give it a quite nostalgic feel that almost make it seem like a song from the '70s. Another one of my favourite Wilco songs, this one is I'll Fight. It's so lovely and nice, I just had to put it here. 15. A soothing piano melody that reminds me of Becalmed by Brian Eno is joined by male vocals again with a lot of sustain. The drums and synths give it a very dreamy feel, making this song one of my favourites of the mixtape. At this point, the you may think the mixtape is ending but, after 3 minutes of silence... A Dedication from Washed Out's debut album. I really like his style, it sounds so innocent while the cover of his debut album is... well... :blank: Anyway, he's releasing his second album Paracosm next week, and I'm really looking forward to it. BONUS TRACK ...BAM! I can't help thinking that this song was placed here with the only purpouse of trolling me, sorry :P. Some K-Pop stuff hits you without any warning. The "smooky girl, smooky girl" chorus is really catchy, I have to admit it. Indeed an oringinal way to end a mixtape. Hahahahaha, mission accomplished for me. I really wanted to put a K-pop song somewhere in this tape and then Taameen provided this one. This is Smoky Girl by a band with the best name ever - "Music Boys Live In Absolute Quality". Overall, I really loved it. You managed to blend toghether very different music genres without making it sound like a "shuffle playlist". Thank you! :nice: That was my goal. I wanted this one to be different from my previous mixtapes. And I wanted to make a real summer mixtape. You say you loved it so I guess I succeeded. Thank you! :wacky: Artwork: Tracklisting: Cristoph El Truento - S u n d a y The Knife - Pass This On Jai Paul - BTSTU Deerhunter - Memory Boy Bjork - Possibly Maybe Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer Lontalius - Who Could I Run To? The Knife - Crake DIIV - Wait Deerhunter - Helicopter Crystal Castles - Affection James Blake - "Every Day I Ran (Bonus Track)" Phoenix - Oblique City Wilco - I'll Fight Washed Out - A Dedication Bonus track: Music Boys Live In Absolute Quality - Smoky Girl Download link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/3lep4e

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it's not the same to see you writing not in red colour and not in comic sans :disappointed:

Thank you for bringing some life to this forum You are a real hero

It concerns me that almost everybody voted anonymously in this pool

If you can have Frank Ocean, James Blake, Eddie, Dannyrobertsonviva and me, then I can have all of them while married to you too :phu: (plus I think you forgot to mention Damon Albarn) Normal marriages are soo 29874928 a.d.

Possibly.

I'm something like an introverted extrovert. I love being with other people, can't stand being alone. Loneliness kills me. But I'm also quite shy and I don't talk a lot so people see me as an introvert. :whaaat:

We're in 2013, dude

Coldplay, stop stealing my boyfriends

oh hi there

nice tape :surprised:

Interesting list. This makes me realise how great that year in music was. I've been listening a lot to The Kinks lately, so I agree with their place on the list. But I'd add The Doors and Sgt. Pepper on the list too.

I was pretty sure that you wrote Frank ORANGE on purpose :disappointed:

^Great review :lol:

Poor Tammi

When I unzipped the folder containing my mixtape, the first thing I noticed was an intersting and fun artwork, which features a man who's enlightened by a light of a screen??? No idea what it should represent. The second thing I noticed was the name of the mixtape: Mark II. Mark II??? Okay... So I put the 11 songs of this mixtape in the iTunes playlist, which made me notice one more thing - the artist of the mixtape was 86Timewarp. Oh why, why, whyyy would you do that. :lol: Don't worry, I don't hate you, I just don't like knowing who's my partner before posting my review. That didn't keep me from listening and reviewing the tape though, so here it is: 1. The mixtape starts with a nice piano melody and some radio-news-reporter-like voice in the background. The whole song builds around this. I don't think I'll oftern return to it, but it's an interesting opener, I can say. 2. Bass line which Vanilla Ice stole for his (wannabe) hit Ice Ice Baby. Then the legendary vocal duo of Bowie and Mercury. Everybody knows this song, it's Under Pressure by Queen ft. David Bowie. I was never really a big fan of Queen (I do respect them though), but I like this song. Maybe because of Bowie, maybe because of the always-catchy last chorus, which guarantees that this song will be stuck in my head today. 3. Acoustic guitar intro and I already know what to expect - one of my favourite voices chanting about his fear of God and doubts about religion. This is Win Butler's septet and also one of my favourite bands. I haven't listened to the album Neon Bible in a long time, so thank you for reminding me of this song. I can't wait for their new album which comes in October, just in time for my birthday. I'm pretty sure that it will be a great birthday present :wacky: 4. Simple organ intro and one of the most beautiful female voices singing "Regrets collect like old friends, here to relive your darkest moments..." I always admired Florence Welch's mighty voice and her powerful, orchestrated (if I can put it like that) band. "Shake it out, shake it out... And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back, so shake him off..." This songs brings a lot of memories and nostalgia. Thank you for putting it here :) 5. Last two weeks I spent in a summer school in London. I met one guy there who's obsessed with this song. Despite hearing it on radio all the time, I never really paid attention to it before. So I could say that this guy introduced me to Imagine Dragons and their radio hit It's Time. It's not really my cup of tea, but hearing this song now brings me back to London and reminds me of awesome people I met there. So once again, thanks for putting this here. 6. The beautiful female voice I wrote about earlier returns here. This is probably the first song by Florence + The Machine that I heard, but it's definetely the song that got me into them. Dog days are over, she sings... I'm a bit more pessimistic, so I'd say that dog days are going to start soon, in less than one month to be more precise. *sigh* 7. This one is much more folkish than the previous songs. It's also the first song after the opener which I haven't heard before. I really like the singer's voice. It actually sounds quite familiar to me, something like Sufjan Stevens... I really like this one, what is it? :wacko: 8. This is a short classical music piece. It actually fits really nice in this spot of the mixtape. Nice interlude :wacky: 9. For the first few seconds I thought that this was going to be a techno song, which would totally destroy the feel of the tape, especially after the previous song, which was a piece of classical music... But then I noticed Jonsi's voice. :sweatdrop: I love this song, it's fun and cute and lovely, you just can't not enjoy it. :wacky: 10. Eb, F#, B, C# and so on... One of the simplest and easiest songs to play on piano. And one of the most beautiful ones too. And no wonder why, it's been (at least partly) written by the same person who wrote the previous song. Jonsi and his bandmates from Sigur Ros have this ability to turn everything they touch into gold. And this song is no exception. 11. How else to follow two Jonsi/Sigur Ros songs than with a classical music piece? The nostalgic atmosphere of this mixtape is concluded with this violin-family composition. Simple, but powerful and satisfying. Overall, even though I already knew the majority of these songs, I liked having them on this tape. I join mixtape exchanges mainly to hear new music and discover new artists, and I discovered only one new artist which I really liked this time. But I can see that there was some thought put into it, because the songs flow and segue really nicely together. This wasn't just a folder full of random songs. This was a nice trip to a part of my brain where memories and nostalgia live. And I respect that. So thank you very much for it! :wacky:

Just got back home from London. Whose turn is it now?

how did you get that?