THE 7 DAYS OF MIXmas -- finale

I hope you've enjoyed the 7 Days of Mixmas.

Here is a link to download all 7 mixes at once (this is a big file): http://content.wuala.com/contents/djpaul/Music/2009_mixes.zip?dl=1

Starting in mid-february, this blog will feature short weekly mixes and Albums of The Week.

See you then!

THE 7 DAYS OF MIXmas -- Day 7: "socks"

This is it, the final mix. Tomorrow i will post a link to download all 7 at once, in case you've just tuned in. happy 2010

Mix 7 - "socks"

underground mix #2

DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/file/uytjvwtjtnt/socks.zip

tracklist:

1. Brazos - Kid

2. Get Back Guinozzi - Jungley

3. Floating Action - Don't Stop Loving Me Now

4. Waumiss - Nightengale, or 460 Above Westwood, Carrboro

5. The Mantles - Don't Lie

6. Inspector 22 - Gone Truckin'

7. Neato Fleets - Tenderghost

8. I Love You - Freelance Pedestrian

9. Blake Miller - Tomorrow Sorrow

10. Golden Ghost - Plain Sight

11. Minor Constellations - Page

12. Narwhal Tooth - Leaves

13. François Virot - Not The One

14. QUARTERBACKS - Point Nine

15. Anthony Parks - Pendulum (Live at The Cantina)

16. Candy Claws - Not Strange Winged Snail

17. Roberto Carlos Lange - Year One

18. Ian Hawgood - Hanamic Cubes

THE 7 DAYS OF MIXmas -- Day 6: "rocks"

Think of Mixes 6 and 7 as my personal recommendations for up-and-coming bands to check out. These are some great musicians who haven't gotten tons of press/hype yet.

Mix 6 - "rocks"

Underground mix #1

DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/file/amthywdhwlm/rocks.zip

tracklist:

1. Gray Goods - Closet Trash

2. Dark Meat - When The Shelter Came

3. Brian Chaudhry - Desert Space Minded Sister

4. Blood Soda - Golf Ball In Sand

5. Helado Negro - I Wish

6. Jason Sebastian Russo - Us vs. Them

7. Chain and the Gang - Interview With The Chain Gang

8. Boogie Boarder - Pig Pile Part II

9. Slasher Risk - Brooklyn

10. Coffinberry - Cell Mates

11. The Wave Pictures - Tiny Craters In The Sand

12. Drug Rug - Coffee In The Morning

13. Photosynthesis - Out In The Sun Somewhere

14. Weekends - Raingirls

15. Marmoset - Strawberry Shortcakes

16. Raffi Robert Kiureghian - Portland

17. Dinowalrus - Bead

18. Yuuki Matthews - Em's Dream

THE 7 DAYS OF MIXmas -- Day 5: "re-dos"

Mix 5 - "re-dos"

favorite cover songs released or re-released in 2009.

DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/file/lnmngjwkjyg/re-dos.zip

tracklist: [original artist in brackets]

1. Beck - Suzanne [Leonard Cohen]

2. Eux Autres - My Love Will Not Let You Down [Bruce Springsteen]

3. Ty Segall - Drop Out Boogie [Captain Beefheart]

4. Monik - Maybe I Know [Lesley Gore]

5. Get Back Guinozzi - Police And Thieves [Junior Murvin]

6. Best Coast - That's The Way Boys Are [Lesley Gore]

7. Suicide - Dream Baby Dream [Bruce Springsteen]

8. The Wave Pictures - I'm On Fire [Bruce Springsteen]

9. The American Analog Set - Anything Could Happen [The Clean]

10. Starfucker - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun [Cyndi Lauper]

11. Dengue Fever - Ethanopium [Mulatu Astatke]

12. Los Siderals - Dongoh [The Jimi Hendrix Experience]

13. Lissy Trullie - Ready For The Floor [Hot Chip]

14. Love Is All - Nånting måste göras [Bob Hund]

15. Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers - Funky Stuff [Kool And The Gang]

THE 7 DAYS OF MIXmas -- Day 4: "re-ups"

Mix 4 - "re-ups"

favorite cuts from compilations and re-releases of 2009, mostly world/funk from the 60s and 70s

DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/file/yowadznndnn/re-ups.zip

tracklist:

1. Zebra - Christmas Morning [from "In The Christmas Groove]

2. Alan Vega - Jukebox Babe [from "Ze 30"]

3. The Barbeques - Ohiani Sua Efir [from "Ghana Special"]

4. Bongos Ikwue - Woman Made The Devil [from "Nigeria 70"]

5. Mulatu Astatke - Ené Alantchie Alnorem [from "New York - Addis - London"]

6. Charles Bradley And The Menehan Street Band - The World (Is Going Up In Flames) [from "Daptone Gold"]

7. Orchestra Baobab - Kelen Ati [from "Senegal 70"]

8. William Onyeabor - Better Change Your Mind [from "Nigeria 70"]

9. Los Commandos - Más de ti [from "Back To Peru Vol. II"]

10. Lula Côrtes - Dos Inimigos (The Enemies) [from "Rosa de Sangue"]

11. The Big Beats - Mi Nsumōō Bo Dōnn [from "Ghana Special"]

12. Michael Dracula - What Can I Do For You [from "Ze 30"]

13. K. Frimpong & His Cubanos Fiestas - Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu [from "Ghana Special"]

14. Nancy Dupree - Docta King [from "Yeti 7"]

15. Mehr Pooya - Ghabileh-Ye Lily [from "Psych Funk 101"]

16. Royal Sprite - Yang Hai Mun Kong [from "Thai Funk"]

17. Mulatu Astatke - Girl From Addis Ababa [from "New York - Addis - London"]

18. Hedzoleh Soundz - Edinya Benya [from "Ghana Special"]

THE 7 DAYS OF MIXmas -- Day 3: "ballrooms"

These first 3 mixes are favorites from semi-well-known/well-known bands (with an effort to avoid obvious/over-hyped stuff)

Coming next...

a cover song mix,

a mix from re-released material of 2009,

and 2 mixes of "un-hyped" bands that are totally rad

MIX 3 - "ballrooms"

favorite electronic/indie hip-hop of 2009

DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/file/wzynymuyz3z/ballrooms.zip

tracklist:

1. Pictureplane - Time Teens

2. Toro Y Moi - Low Shoulder

3. Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer (live at Daytrotter)

4. New Boyz - So Dope

5. Awol One & Factor - Up Downtown

6. Gold Panda - Mayuri

7. Washed Out - Get Up

8. Gui Boratto - Azzurra

9. Let's Go To War - Don't Love Me

10. Adventure - Poison Diamonds

11. Four Tet - Love Cry

12. MF DOOM - Gazzillion Ear

13. Handsome Furs - Evangeline

14. Starfucker - Medicine

15. Harmonic 313 - Battlestar

16. Edan - Echo Party (selection)

THE 7 DAYS OF MIXmas -- Day 2: "basements"

THE 7 DAYS OF MIXMAS CONTINUE

1 mix every day until the new year.

Mix 2 -- "basements"

favorite garage/lo-fi of 2009

DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/file/zcun2gmyhfg/basements.zip

tracklist:

1. Tickley Feather - Trashy Boys

2. Atlas Sound - Sheila

3. Smith Westerns - The Glam Goddess

4. Times New Viking - Move To California

5. Grooms - Fag Feels Good

6. The Darlings - Gorilla

7. Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Trouble Was For

8. Ty Segall -Rusted Dust

9. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Natural Light

10. Pterodacyl - December

11. Jay Reatard - Wounded

12. Telekinesis! - Tokyo

13. Daniel Johnston - I Had Lost My Mind

14. Best Coast - Sun Was High (So Was I)

15. King Khan & BBQ Show - Third Ave.

16. Hornet Leg - My Baby

17. Jeremy Jay - In This Lonely Town

18. Tiny Masters Of Today - Real Good

19. Grass Widow - Lulu's Lips

20. Richard Swift - Lady Luck

21. No Age - Genie

THE 7 DAYS OF MIXmas -- Day 1: "backyards"

OK, you've been really patient, like when I cancelled the last show of the semester, and then promised a treat and didn't deliver... but i'm about to make it up to you...

1 NEW MIX

EVERY DAY

FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS

Featuring my favorite music from 2009

MIX 1 - "backyards"

This mix is in true NCJH form, mostly psych/folk/pop

DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/file/zi2inzh22jz/backyards.zip

tracklist:

1. Timber Timbre - Demon Host

2. Edwarde Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros - 40 Day Dream

3. Capgun Coup - Now That I'm Home

4. Devendra Banhart - Foolin'

5. Forest Fire - I Make Windows

6. Hop Along - Bride And Groom

7. Vampire Hands - Heat Fire

8. Le Loup - Neahkahnie

9. Port O'Brien - Love Me Through

10. Princeton - Sadie & Andy

11. Pants Yell! - Rue de La Paix

12. Kurt Vile - Take Your Time

13. Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - Roll Bus Roll

14. Nobunny - Mess Me Up (live acoustic)

15. White Denim - Regina Holding Hands

16. Karl Blau - Dark Sedan

17. Charlotte Gainsbourg - Heaven Can Wait

18. The Love Of Everything - Having An Act

19. Lake - Gravel

20. Jookabox - Dead Zone Boys

21. Polka Dot Dot Dot - Wicker Frames

22. Fanfarlo - Good Morning Midnight

No Show today! sry kids.

CHECK BACK LATER THIS WEEK (TRY THURSDAY) FOR A SPECIAL TREAT!

Airing 52 - "Abatement"

New Contemplative Jive Hours 52 by dj-paul

The second-to-last episode of the year! Be sure to tune in next week for the Winter Special & 2009 end-of-year picks!

ALBUM OF THE WEEK
"In The Dream Of The Sea Life" by Candy Claws

PLAYLIST
The music featured during the voice-over portions of this broadcast was from the album "Lumen Tädhen" by Kuupuu

Title	Artist	Album
All The Wine	Clare And The Reasons	Arrow
The Art Teacher And The Little Stallion	Holopaw	Oh, Glory. Oh, Wilderness
Waters	Air Waves	The Golden Hour Box Set
Prom Zombie	Stellastarr*	Civilized
O	Forest Magic	Forest Magic Is Energy
Loathed	Half-Handed Cloud	Cut Me Down And Count My Rings
k.( I ).d.d., it's up to you not to...	Waumiss	Waumiss
Thick Skin	Hannah Georgas	Chit Chat
Us Vs. Them	Jason Sebastian Russo	American Sex
Angelika	Devendra Banhart	What Will We Bee
Em's Dream	Yuuki Matthews	Music for Savage Tropical Imagery
Melatonin Lullaby	Lowell Brams	Music For Insomnia
Year One	Roberto Carlos Lange	Music For Memory
Trashy Boys	Tickley Feather	Hors D'oeurves
Fat Rat	Coffinbery	Coffinberry
5:45 PM	R.	Mal Habito
Not Strange Winged Snail	Candy Claws	In The Dream Of The Sea Life
Island Grows	Candy Claws	In The Dream Of The Sea Life
(Untitled #2)	Peter Broderick	4 Track Songs
Heaven Can Wait	Charlotte Gainsbourg feat. Beck	Heaven Can Wait
Putting Money And Stuff	Family Of The Year	Songbook
Letters	Cast Spells	Good Old War / Cast Spells Split EP
The Nights Were Walls (We Climbed Them All)	Grooms	Rejoicer
The Heavy Dreamer	Valleys	Sometimes Water Kills People
Tezeta	Mulatu Astatke	New York - Addis - London
Maybe I Know	Monik	Back To Peru Vol. II
Akampanye	The Sweet Talks	Ghana Special
Make It Good To Me	Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings	Daptone Gold
Black Christmas	The Harlem Children's Chorus	In The Christmas Groove
Plant A Little Fir Tree	Half-Handed Cloud	Cut Me Down and Count My Rings
Listener Request: Let Me In	El Perro Del Mar	Love Is Not Pop
Police And Thieves	Get Back Guinozzi!	Carpet Madness
English Cities	Brilliant Colors	Introducing

Airing 51 - "Smokescreen"

New Contemplative Jive Hours 51 by dj-paul


ALBUM OF THE WEEK
"Carpet Madness" by Get Back Guinozzi!

PLAYLIST

Title	Artist	Album
When Worlds Collide (Moonscapes #1)	Golden Ghost	The Unimaginative Body
Thirsty Again	Grass Widow	Grass Widow 12" EP
During Voiceover: Our Bells	Four Tet	Love Cry
Suzanne	Leonard Cohen	Live at The Isle Of Wight 1970
Protector	Forest Magic	Forest Magic Is Energy
My Love Will Not Let You Down	Eux Autres	Play Some Pool, Skip Some School, Act Real Cool
If I Should Fall Behind	The Wave Pictures	Play Some Pool
Wiliamdzi	Devendra Banhart	What Will We Be
Feelin' Fine	MV & EE	Barn Nova
Killer Legs	Valleys	Sometimes Water Kills People
The Closest We Will Ever Be	Ola Podrida	Belly Of The Lion
Din Ya Sugri	Christy Azuma & Uppers International	Ghana Special
Never In Labor!	Half-Handed Cloud	Cut Me Down & Count My Rings
Always Running Away	Half-Handed Cloud	Cut Me Down & Count My Rings
Syncn	White Denim	Fits
Clapping Yer Hands (ooh lah yeah)	Waumiss	Waumiss
Jungley	Get Back Guinozzi!	Carpet Madness
Low Files Tropical	Get Back Guinozzi!	Carpet Madness
During Voiceover: T-Ball	Lymbyc Systym	Shutter Release
Society Sue	Vic Chesnutt	Skitter On Take-Off
Exit #2	Ghost Mice	Ghost Mice / Onside Split EP
I Had Lost My Mind	Daniel Johnston	Is And Ever Was
Blue Skies	Gray Goods	The Golden Hour Box Set
The Mall	Real Estate	Live On The Radio
During Voiceover: Sorry I Drank Your Soda	I Love You	Bell Ord Forest
Cold Town	Michael And The Mumbles	Michael And The Mumbles
Roses Of Romance	Tickley Feather	Hor D'oeurves
Bride And Groom	Hop Along	Wretches
Flashlight	Forest Magic	Forest Magic Is Energy
Saint Jerome, My Baby Tames Lions	Chet	Absolutely Kosher - The Year In Radio 2009
Hey Man	Inspector 22	Hey Man, I Understand
During Voiceover: Old Sun	Weekends	Weekends EP
I Fell Off My Camel	Girls In Trouble	Girls In Trouble
Ené Alantchie Alnorem	Mulatu Astatke	New York - Addis - London (The Story Of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975)

Airing 50 - "Aurum"

New Contemplative Jive Hours 50 by dj-paul

ALBUMS OF THE WEEK
"Hey Man, I Understand" by Inspector 22
"Daptone Gold" by Various Artists

PLAYLIST
The music featured during some voice-over portions of this broadcast was from the album "New York - Addis - London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975" by Mulatu Astatke

Title	Artist	Album
Where You Go	Girls In Trouble	Girls In Trouble
Closet Trash	Gray Goods	The Golden Hour Box Set
Sleeping City	Parlour Steps	The Hidden Names
I'm Crying	Michael And the Mumbles	Michael And the Mumbles
Sunlight, Heaven	Julianna Barwick	Florine
But What Of Strangers	Thao With the Get Down Stay Down	Know Better, Learn Faster
I Wanna Job	Abner Jay	Yeti Volume 7
Fantastic & Spectacular	Cotton Candy	Fantastic & Spectacular 7"
Now That I'm Home	Capgun Coup	Maudlin
Paint Yourself	White Denim	Fits
That's The Way Boys Are	Best Coast	Art Fag 7"
Battles Off	The Ghost Is Dancing	Battles On
Tea With Pazuzu	Inspector 22	Hey Man, I Understand
Full Moon	Inspector 22	Hey Man, I Understand
Up From The South	The Budos Band	Daptone Gold
This World (Is Going Up In Flames)	Charles Bradley & The Menehan Street Band	Daptone Gold
You Can Go	Bookor Band	Ghana Special
Ay Ay Ay	Matias Aguayo	Ay Ay Ay
Half Dreaming Reprise	CFCF	Continent
Imprint After	Toro y Moi	Causers Of This
Nightengale, or 460 above Westwood, Carrboro	Waumiss	Waumiss
You Feel	MV & EE	Barn Nova
Basement	Real Estate	Reality 12"
Mind Movies	Daniel Johnston	Is And Always Was
Rue de La Paix	Pants Yell!	Received Pronunciation
This Old World	Ola Podrida	Belly Of The Lion
Santiago	Valleys	Sometimes Water Kills People
Harder Than It's Ever Been	Fergus & Geronimo	Harder Than It's Ever Been 7"

Airing 49 - "Hems, Haws"

New Contemplative Jive Hours 49 by dj-paul

ALBUM OF THE WEEK
"Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Ghanian Blues 1968-1981" by Various Artists

PLAYLIST
The voice-over portions of this broadcast featured music from the album "Extended Vacation" by On Fillmore.

Title	Artist	Album
The Darkest Side	The Middle East	Recordings Of The Middle East
Wishingwell	Rickard Jäverling	The Valleys
Rips In The Fabric	Vic Chesnutt	Skitter On Take-Off
Lua Viva	Lula Cortes	Rosa De Sangue
Foolin'	Devendra Banhart	What Will We Be
Don't Stop Hanging Out	Neato Fleets	Reckless Tongue
Rain On The Lake I'm Swimming In	Lightning Bolt	Earthly Delights
At The Crack Of Dawn	Etienne Jaumet	Night Music
The Last Collapse	Old Canes	Feral Harmonic
Hand Of Doom	Eagle Winged Prince	Hand Of Doom EP
Rogue Scientist (Moonscape #3)	Golden Ghost	The Unimaginative Body
Freelance Pedestrian	I Love You	Bell Ord Forest
Invisible Girl	King Khan & BBQ Show	Invisible Girl
Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu	K. Frimpong & His Cubanos Fiestas	Ghana Special
Ohiana Sua Efir	The Barbecues	Ghana Special
Give Me Something	Hawnay Troof	Daggers At The Moon
Breaks No Heart Of Mine	Capgun Coup	Maudlin
The Light That Failed	Atlas Sound	Logos
You Bleed You (Demo)	Lissy Trullie	Self-Taught Learner
Endgame	Digits	Hold It Close
Change Comes Slow	Sunset	Gold Dissolves To Gray
Yea Yea Yea	Michael And The Mumbles	Michael And The Mumbles
Doom Years	Animal Tropical	Doom Years
He's Alright	Kurt Vile	He's Alright 7"
Roll Bus Roll	Jeffrey Lewis	Roll Bus Roll 7"
Gone Truckin'	Inspector 22	Hey Man, I Understand

Airing 48 - "Igneous"

New Contemplative Jive Hours 48 by dj-paul

ALBUM OF THE WEEK
"Invisible Girl" by The King Khan & BBQ Show

PLAYLIST
The voice-over portions of this broadcast featured music from the album "In Sea" by Aarktica

Title	Artist	Album
Heavenly	El Perro Del Mar	Love Is Not Pop
Easy	Thao With the Get Down Stay Down	Know Better Learn Faster
Fad	The Lovely Feathers	Fantasy Of The Lost
All Over The Town	Karl Blau	Zebra
Mind, Drips	Neon Indian	Psychic Chasms
Elephant Alibi	James Husband	A Parallax I
Burns Like White Suns	Cursillistas	Les Biches
Year Of The Viking	Ah Holly Fam'ly	Reservoir
During Voiceover: Farfisas In The Falltime	Kurt Vile	He's Alright 7"
Take Your Time	Kurt Vile	He's Alright 7"
City On Drugs	Times New Viking	Move To California 7"
Blood In Your Ear	Thee Oh Sees	Blood In Your Ear 7"
So Gone	Best Coast	Art Fag 7"
You Say You Want	Brilliant Colors	Introducing
Komi Caricoles	Jacuzzi Boys	No Seasons
Grass Widow	Black Hole	Grass Widow [EP]
Fag Feels Good	Grooms	Rejoicer
Life In California	Girls	Lust For Life 7"
I'll Be Loving You	King Khan & BBQ Show	Invisible Girl
Third Ave.	King Khan & BBQ Show	Invisible Girl
I'm On Fire	The Wave Pictures	Play Some Pool
A Visit	Golden Ghost	The Unimaginative Body
Kid	Brazos	Phosphorescent Blues
New Color	Coffinberry	Coffinberry
Circus Girl	HotChaCha	The World's Hardest Working Telescope & The Violent Birth Of Stars
First Song For B	Devendra Banhart	What Will We Be
(Outro)	Gregory Pepper And His Problems	With Trumpets Flaring
Postlude: Critical Mass	Sufjan Stevens	The BQE
Cascades	Horse Feathers	Cascades 7"
Morning On Michigan Avenue (Thinking of Old Friends)	Akron/Family	River
Love Is A Bird (Featuring Yael Naim)	Variety Lab	Team Up With Variety Lab
Listener Request: Steel Guitar Rag	John Fahey	The Dance of Death and Other Plantation Favorites
Dos Inimigos / The Enemies	Lula Cortes	Rosa De Sangue
Fools Gold	The Middle East	The Recordings Of The Middle East
Love Me Through	Port O'Brien	Threadbare

Airing 47 - "Duality"

New Contemplative Jive Hours 47 by dj-paul

ALBUMS OF THE WEEK:
"Real Estate" by Real Estate
"The Unimaginative Body" by Golden Ghost

PLAYLIST
The music heard during voice-over portions of this broadcast was from the album "Tempera" by Tempera.

Title	Artist	Album
Movement III: Linear Tableau With Intersecting Surprise	Sufjan Stephens	The BQE
Mirador	Efterklang with The Danish National Chamber Orchestra	Performing Parades
Ver A Ver	Helado Negro	Awe Owe
Werewolf Head	Dead Man's Bones	Dead Man's Bones
The Mall Of America	Levi Fuller	Colossal
Slow Down Jo	Monsters Of Folk	Monsters Of Folk
Know Better Learn Faster	Thao With the Get Down Stay Down	Know Better Learn Faster
Marriage Song	Jason Sebastian Russo	American Sex
Steer Me	Forest Fire	Survival
Happy To Be Living	The Fresh & Onlys	Grey-Eyed Girls
Stay By The Ark	Zoos Of Berlin	Taxis
Criminals	Atlas Sound	Logos
Bag Of Feathers	Cursillistas	Les Biches
Beach Comber	Real Estate	Real Estate
Atlantic City	Real Estate	Real Estate
JC: Polyps Against Passion	Golden Ghost	The Unimaginative Body
Plain Sight	Golden Ghost	The Unimaginative Body
A Fallen Tree That Wont Stand Back Up	Golden Ghost	WVKR Session
Next Flood	Old Canes	Feral Harmonic
In The Meantime	Port O'Brien	Threadbare
The Moon Knows	Orenda Fink	Ask The Night
Dead Alive	Kurt Vile	Childish Prodigy
Change Of Heart	El Perro Del Mar	Love Is Not Pop
Ghost Mouth	Girls	Album
Gravel	Lake	Let's Build A Roof
The Flip	Neato Fleats	Reckless Tongue
Ticket Away From Prague	HotChaCha	The World's Hardest Working Telescope
Dead Skin Flowers Bloom	Coffinberry	Coffinberry