Quinta-feira 4 Out 2012, 3h:00
So I rarely send out mixes anymore (or update journals for that matter). I think it's something to do with "progress" in a technologically digital age. Sharing music used to mean mix tapes. Then it became mix CDs, which in turn became playlists. Now we just stream everything, and if you're the sharing type, you might collaborate on social playlists from within Spotify or subscribe to one of your friends.
Mixes used to bridge the space between individuals. Since most of my social networking accounts are linked and constantly sharing whatever I'm listening to into ever-merging lifestreams, that gap has been eliminated. The fact is, we don't listen to music alone anymore.
Everything I just wrote has nothing to do with this mix. Well, insomuch as the constant state of being technologically "on" slowly chips away at the little things, like mailing letters or creating an actual mix CD.
What's below is actually the only physically crafted mix I sent out this year. It went to Denmark in exchange for a lovely jazz-laced CD, sent by a music-obsessed friend, whose taste in music far outshines mine in the diversity department, the wonderful MillaYWTS. I figure I should post mine here so there's at least one 2012 journal entry. It's a little out of date now that summer is officially over, but that doesn't mean the music has to stop.
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"Symphonia IX (my wait is u)" by Grimes
"Shitty City" by Moonface
"Visionary" by We Have Band
"All of Me" by Tanlines
"Empty Streets" by Ghost Beach
"Tunnels" by The Hundred In The Hands
"Pillars" by Foreign Fields
"Bruises" by Dusted
"The Cold" by exitmusic
"Dream It Up" by Sydney Wayser
"The Anatomy of Now" by Dana Bouy
"The Art of Progress" by Work Drugs
"Black Magic" by Magic Wands
"Further Out" by Beat Connection
"Key To My Heart" by Zulu Winter
"Beg For The Night" by Twin Shadow
"Follow" by DIIV
"Burst" by Craft Spells
"Counting Days" by Wild Nothing