Scouring the globe to bring you my favorite tracks from any time and space.
Hey y'all, Hope you're hanging in there alright. I recently received the announcement I had known was coming but was hoping against hope that something would change. Bear Music Fest 2020 has been canceled. If you know me, I'm sure you've heard me go on and on about how amazing this small, multi-day, family friend, summer camp style, music festival outside of Yosemite was last year. And now, there's a whole podcast of that! I have to say though, despite all my gushing, I still don't feel like I really did it justice. If you're interested, my family and I will definitely be there next year. We'd be happy to show you around. Oh and one observation I forgot to include (I always have a million of these for every episode) was while I was considering the similarities of the Little Stranger song "Augustina" to some of my favorite hip hop tracks about women, I failed to mention also that it may just be that the song sounds it could be from Sugar Ray. As I've said before, so what if I like Sugar Ray (a lot)?!? Bear Music Fest 2019 Official Recap Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de_Ea99f1UI Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists, Aaron Instagram: ActListMusic Spotify: ActiveListener www.activelistenermusic.com Tracklist 1. Viva La Musica by Sang Matiz on Ship It! 2. Holiday by The Hip Abduction on The Hip Abduction 3. Messengers by Jared & The Mill on Life We Chose 4. Old Coats by Barnaby Bright on The Longest Day 5. Compromise by Speakeasē on Deer Lion 6. Agustina by Little Stranger on Styles & Dynamics 7. Step Aside by MJ's Brass Boppers on Step Aside 8. Gimme the Beat by Little Stranger on Techniques 9. Different by Formerly Alien on Different 10. Pando by Kittel & Co. on Whorls 11. Gravity by Barnaby Bright on Gravity - Single 12. Kelsee's Shelves by Jared & The Mill on This Story Is No Longer Available 13. Before We Lose Our Mind by The Hip Abduction on Gold Under The Glow 14. You Know What It's About ft. Mannie Fresh by Flow Tribe on Boss
Happy Memorial Day everyone. Purely coincidental getting this one out today but certainly seems appropriate. This may be SXSW focused but it honors all of our fallen music festivals. Coachella, Lightning in a Bottle... I’ve still got my fingers crossed though for Bear Music Fest in September. Regardless, I have a remarkable mix of epic tunes here for you today, spanning all sorts of music genres. Folk to hip hop. Indie rock to afrobeats. And somehow it all fits together! If you wanna go deeper, I also have the 50 song cut, rather than this 15, on Spotify. Also, lots of YouTube links included below. I often lean on music videos to help me make the final cut and I found so many great videos for these songs that I wanted to share them with you directly. Thanks for listening and don’t forget to support the artists! Aaron Instagram: ActListMusic Spotify: ActiveListener www.activelistenermusic.com Dead Horses - Turntable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3_WamS_N58 Taimane - Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpyK7nRkZmI Benise - Malaguena (concert preview video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4DPEEQZagM Jaguar Jonze - Kill Me With Your Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1C9pyJJFDE Alina Pash - Bosorkanya (turn on Closed Captions for translation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFFCbN49jG0 Madame Gandhi - Top Knot Turn Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHF00mU6KYY Audrey Nuna ft. Jack Harlow - Comic Sans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unA029iqiZM Cassper Nyovest ft. Boskasie - Move for Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9o9o7VfbNM River Boy - I Never Knew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i4IbWzSH70 Samthing Soweto - Akulaleki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlxDqJu6eUE Ghetto Kumbe & Eka - El Alma del Mundo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWytfp00nj4 The Mauskovic Dance Band - Down in the Basement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELrZsFXkg58 Horoya - Mansa Fela https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Yn0sl1DDY Kokoroko - Abusey Junction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo7f059kJ-A Tracklist 1. Turntable by Dead Horses on My Mother the Moon 2. Fire by Taimane on Elemental 3. Kill Me with Your Love by Jaguar Jonze on Kill Me with Your Love 4. Bosorkanya by Alina Pash on PINTEA:GORY 5. Top Knot Turn Up by Madame Gandhi on Visions 6. Comic Sans ft. Jack Harlow by Audrey on Comic Sans 7. Move For Me ft. Boskasie by Cassper Nyovest on Sweet And Short (Delux) 8. I Never Knew by River Boy on I Never Knew 9. Medlow Bath by Anatole on Emulsion 10. Akulaleki ft. Shasha, DJ Maphorisa and Kabza De Small by Samthing Soweto on Isphithiphithi 11. Mas Y Mas by Reyna Tropical on Reyna Tropical 12. El Alma del Mundo by Ghetto Kumbé & Eka on El Alma del Mundo 13. Down in the Basement by The Mauskovic Dance Band on Down in the Basement - EP 14. Mansa Fela by Höröyá on Höröyá 15. Abusey Junction by KOKOROKO on KOKOROKO 16. Joy by Flite on Joy / Fairy 17. Superpowers by Col3trane & GoldLink on Superpowers
Happy Friday! Yeah I mean, I know you didn't actually go to work today but maybe you're working from home, or maybe you're just at home wishing you could work. Either way, it's almost the weekend and I'm here to help bring that vibe a little early. This one is a party. I know I said it was gonna be SXSW but honestly, I'm procrastinating that podcast by making this podcast, and maybe another one too? Eh whatev, more music for y'all! SXSW 2020 Top 50 (actually like 58 or so) is up on Spotify now so if you want an early sneak peak into the event, that was in the past but that didn't actually happen, you can get after it at ActiveListener. Lots of good tunes there. But also, so many good ones here today, ready, for you, right now! Whether at this moment, it's you at home solo or it's your household traveling through time solo, this mix is meant to bring the party. I was totally feeling the party vibe while I recorded it so I'm right there with you across space and time. 24 house tinged jams squished into 77 minutes with an Easter egg for the fans. So much to love here. Have fun with this. DoLab Lightning in a Bottle Fundraiser https://www.gofundme.com/f/lib-little-help-from-our-friends The mix that inspired me to mix - Wilkinson from 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa0Xcj4Tgkg Claude VonStroke - I'm Solo (my favorite artistic creation of the lockdown so far!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HIZaxq5EfM Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron Instagram: ActListMusic Spotify: ActiveListener www.activelistenermusic.com Tracklist (links to buy) 1. Ruff Stuff by Justin Martin on Don't Go - Single 2. Talking by Elderbrook on Talking 3. Imagine Gold by Frameworks on Imagine Gold 4. No Distance by Guy Gerber & Dixon on Future Disco Presents: All Day Dancing 5. Pasilda by Melé & Shovell on Melé In The House Sampler 6. Bappi by Jamie Jones & The Martinez Brothers on Bappi 7. Give Dem by Diplo & Blond:ish on Higher Ground 8. I'm Solo ft. Barry Drift by Claude VonStroke on I’m Solo 9. Just by Lane 8 on Brightest Lights 10. Adieu by Tchami on Adieu 11. Sides by Kyle Watson on Into The Morning 12. Turn off the Lights ft. Alexis Roberts by Chris Lake on Turn off the Lights 13. Patience by Motez on Patience 14. Let's Go ft. Neo by Calvin Harris on 18 Months 15. Want It by Snbrn on U Want It EP 16. Working Together (Boys Noize Dub Mix) by Gonzales on Infinity +1 17. Indiana by Just Kiddin on Indiana 18. Just Friend by Hayden James & Boy Matthews on Just Friends 19. Take It by Dom Dolla on Take It 20. The Power by Duke Dumont & Zak Abel on The Power 21. Miss You by James Hersey on Miss You 22. Promises ft. Sam Smith by Calvin Harris on Promises 23. HyperParadise (Flume Remix) by Hermitude on Parallel Paradise
***UPDATE: Egregious editing error discovered shortly after initial release. Fixed now. Recommend re-downloading*** Happy Friday everyone! New episode for you today. That's right. I'm back! Actually, I haven't been anywhere, except my house, for quite sometime. You can probably relate. If so, this is for you. It's been a minute. It was really good to take a break but I am offically back. This ain't a one off. Though, I will admit the cadence will from slower than before. Which brings me to an important announcement, I'm dusting off the old ActListMusic Instagram account. It's not really so much for posting. There will be a little but really it's for communicating. One of the main reasons the podcast release rate is down is that I just don't get the breadth of musical input I used. So I am opening another way to get suggestions/recommendations from y'all. If you want more podcasts, show more music! Spotify links and playlists are a particularly easy and efficient way to get tunes to me. But anyway, yeah, weird times. I hope everyone is doing okay. It's really incredible how this single unifying event is having so many different effects on everyones lives. We are all experiencing the same thing in so many different ways. Hopefully no matter what situation you're in, this brightens your day. It's the usual on tap today, with a lean to the Latin. Starts mellow and deep, electro cumbia styles. And then cranks up into the salsa and reggaeton realms. It's a great time and I'm excited to get it out to you. Also very happy to announce (and the timing was coincidental) that the ZZK Film Sonido Mestizo, which I played a very very small role in helping to produce, is finally available for public release! Check out this awesome 1hr doc on the new Latin American sound coming out of Ecuador on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CgqUduO1OI Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists, Aaron Instagram: ActListMusic Spotify: ActiveListener www.activelistenermusic.com Tracklist w/ Links to buy 1. Jenga by Uji on Alborada 2. Mirando El Fuego by El Búho on Camino De Flores 3. Los Dos by Antonio Pinto on Love In The Time Of Cholera (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 4. Siete by Nicola Cruz on Siku 5. Te digo Wayno by King Coya on Tierra de King Coya 6. Lúmina by Mateo Kingman on Astro 7. Ilaló by Chancha Via Circuito feat. Mateo Kingman on Bienaventuranza 8. Hotline Bling by Quantic y Los Míticos del Ritmo on Hotline Bling/Doombia 9. Luna Llena by Elvis Crespo on Suavemente 10. Baby ft. MARINA & Luis Fonsi by Clean Bandit on What Is Love? 11. Maestros (Captain Planet Remix) by Buyepongo, Captain Planet on Captain Planet Presents: Through the Wire (Remixes 2012-2015) 12. Cumbia De Los Muertos by Ozomatli on Ozomatli 13. Un Canto a Mi Tierra by Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro on Un Canto a Mi Tierra 14. Isla Del Sol by Ottmar Liebert on Borrasca 15. X La Ventana by Manu Manzo on Después De Las 12 16. Muévelo by Nicky Jam & Daddy Yankee on Muévelo 17. Pega Pega by Tito El Bambino on Pega Pega 18. Sin Culp4x by MiloDJ on Sin Culp4x - Single 19. Ginza by J Balvin on Energía 20. Havana (Remix) by Camila Cabello & Daddy Yankee on Havana (Remix) 21. Despacio ft. Myke Towers, Dj Luian & Mambo Kingz by Natti Natasha & Nicky Jam & Manuel Turizo on Despacio 22. Me Voy Enamorando (Remix) [feat. Farruko] by Chino & Nacho on Me Voy Enamorando 23. Rompe La Cintura by Alexis Y Fido on La Esencia World Edition 24. Rhythm Divine by Enrique Iglesias on Enrique 25. Stereo Love by Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina on Stereo Love 26. Combatchy ft. MC Rebecca by Anitta, Lexa, Luísa Sonza on Combatchy
Happy 10 year anniversay!! Can you believe it?! Ten years ago today I published the first episode of the Active Listener Podcast (link). So interesting to listen back to the early episodes. It’s been quite the evolution to create the much more polished product I’ve got now, though I still think there are manifold ways it could improve. When this all started, I had a secret stretch goal of putting out 50 episodes. Being that I was in my 20s, a decade was just not really even in my zone of comprehension. Feels good to be here. 10s of thousands of downloads by fans across 40 plus countries. Pretty remarkable. So, what do we have here anyway? Well, What I have tried to do is provide a map of my musical mind. This mix both highlights my top three albums of all time and also takes selections from current favorites to build a picture of the landscape I’ve been painting over the last decade. For new listeners this is a great place to start. And for longtime fans it will bring back great memories. I have pointers to any number of old episodes so you all have plenty to keep you busy while I go on sabbatical. Yes, that’s right. More detail In the podcast but I’m going on break. I’m not saying I’m quitting but just think of it like your favorite band. They didn’t break up. They’re just not touring right now. I’d say you can probably expect a SXSW 2020 podcast. In fact, I’m considering going to SXSW next year. You want to go? Hit me up by email at Aaron @ ActiveListenerMusic.com. It’s always a wild four days. While I’m off, I left another set of breadcrumbs for you to follow to keep the music discovery going. As I think I mentioned, there were a whole bunch of songs featured on the podcast which are not on Spotify and hence are missing from the Spotify playlists for each episode (https://open.spotify.com/user/activelistener). Well, I went back through the podcast index, the 63 page pdf listing all 2000+ songs on the podcast, (http://www.activelistenerpodcast.com/p/podcast-index/) and highlighted in yellow all of the songs missing from the Spotify playlists. Check those out. Oh man, so many great tracks there. So many fantastic remixes that should not be missed. Check it out. Anyway, whether you’ve been here since day 1 or you’re just showing up to the party, I’m very appreciative. I’m so grateful for all of the people I’ve met and experiences I've had thanks to this podcast. Truly, thank you for listening! And don’t forget to support the artists. Aaron ActiveListener on Spotify Subscribe on Itunes www.activelistenermusic.com Podcast 108 – 10 Year Anniversary: An Introduction 1.Two Step by Dave Matthews Band on Crash 2.#41 (Live at Luther College, Decorah, IA - February 1996) by Dave Matthews;Tim Reynolds on Live At Luther College 3.Water Stop (Live) by Dispatch on Gut the Van 4.Do You Remember by Jack Johnson on In Between Dreams 5.Remembrance by Balmorhea on All Is Wild, All Is Silent 6.Samuel by Avishai Cohen on Continuo 7.Ohmsted by Kittel & Co. on Whorls 8.Soul in Mind by Jared & The Mill on This Story Is No Longer Available 9.Satellite by Rise Against on Endgame 10.Anthem by Blink-182 on Enema Of The State 11.As The World Turns by Eminem on The Slim Shady LP 12.Da Art Of Storytellin', Pt. 2 by Outkast on Aquemini 13.Fantasy Island [Explicit] by Hieroglyphics on Full Circle [Explicit] 14.Potato Salad [Explicit] by Tyler, The Creator & A$AP Rocky on Potato Salad [Explicit] 15.Rio Arriba by Chancha Via Circuito on Rio Arriba 16.Maestros (Captain Planet Remix) by Buyepongo on Captain Planet Presents: Through the Wire (Remixes 2012-2015) 17.first snow by emancipator on soon it will be cold enough 18.Let You Know by Flume featuring London Grammar on Let You Know 19.Cherry Twist by The Crystal Method on Vegas 20.Vermillion - Original Mix by Komatic, Technicolour, Jayma on Vermillion / No Evil 21.Like This by Sofi Tukker on DANCING ON THE PEOPLE
Surprise! Another one already! Like I said, I’ve been hitting the archives hard and it has really sent me down a rabbit hole of different musical tributaries that all needed to followed in parallel. Last one here, before the podcast hits the decade mark later this month. And let me tell you, it’s a party. Missy Elliot... Timbaland... if you don’t know, you’re about to. Legends that need no introduction. How many hits? How many artists launched? Just a couple kids from Virginia. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron ActiveListener on Spotify www.activelistenermusic.com Subscribe on Itunes Tracklist 1.Lick Shots by Missy Elliott on Miss E....So Addictive 2.Feel The Girl by Ms. Jade on Girl Interrupted 3.Ugly by Bubba Sparxxx on Dark Days, Bright Nights 4.Raise Up by Petey Pablo on Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry 5.Is That Your Chick (The Lost Verses) ft. JAY-Z & Missy Elliott & Twista by Memphis Bleek on The Understanding 6.Come Around ft. Timbaland by M.I.A. on Kala 7.Hot Boyz by Missy Elliott on Da Real World 8.Oops (Oh My) ft. Missy Elliott by Tweet on Southern Hummingbird 9.Like I Love You by Justin Timberlake on Justified 10.Ryde Or Die, B**** ft. Drag-On & Eve by L.O.X. on We Are The Streets 11.The Way I Are ft. Keri Hilson & D.O.E. by Timbaland on Shock Value 12.Promiscuous ft. Timbaland by Nelly Furtado on Loose 13.One, Two Step ft. Missy Elliot by Ciara on Goodies 14.Bomb Intro / Pass That Dutch by Missy Elliott on This Is Not A Test! 15.Party To Damascus ft. Missy Elliot by Wyclef Jean on The Preacher's Son 16.Cop That Sh#t by Timbaland & Magoo on Cop That Sh#t 17.Gossip Folks ft. Ludacris by Missy Elliott on Under Construction
What's up everyone? I promise I have not been neglecting you. As I approach the ten year mark with this podcast (next month!!!) I have been doing some heavy digging through the archives. The previous 90s Disco episode was a good example. But putting these episode together from my past take a lot of time and thought, none more than this one. This is one that has been needing to get made from the beginning. I'm so happy to finally release it into the wild to share with you! So the question of the day is, does the phrase "you died of dysentery" mean anything to you? I have actually tried this out and it really blows my mind when people have no idea what I'm talking about. How have you never played Oregon Trail?!?! Apparently if you did, you are very similar in age to me and you sit just between GenX and the Millennials. The term Oregon Trail Generation was coined by Anna Garvey in this 2015 piece (link). I love the summary, analog childhood and digital adulthood. Couldn't think of a better way to define it. More germane to the podcast at hand, it also means you were, like me, around 11-18 when all the songs came out, key formative musical years, and you lived the heyday of Alternative rock! If you're with me, I think you're going to have a lot of fun with this one. It was quite the nostalgic ride putting it together. If it's new to you, well then welcome to my version of classic rock. Either way, I would love to hear your reactions! Oh and it's clearly not alternative rock but it was bonus track that had to get thrown in at the last second and the video is essential. Cancion del Mariachi Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron ActiveListener on Spotify www.activelistenermusic.com Subscribe on Itunes Podcast 106 – Oregon Trail Rock 1.Stereo by The Watchmen on Silent Radar 2.Somebody To Shove by Soul Asylum on Grave Dancers Union 3.Seether by Veruca Salt on American Thighs 4.Bull In The Heather by Sonic Youth on Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star 5.Everything Zen by Bush on Sixteen Stone 6.Monkey Wrench by Foo Fighters on The Colour And The Shape 7.Jenny Says by Cowboy Mouth on Word of Mouth 8.Julia by Our Lady Peace on Naveed 9.Run To The Water by Live on The Distance To Here 10.Mann's Chinese by Naked on Naked 11.Heavy by Collective Soul on 7even Year Itch: Collective Soul Greatest Hits (1994-2001) 12.Every You Every Me by Placebo on Without You I'm Nothing 13.Shimmer by Fuel on Sunburn 14.Long Day by Matchbox Twenty on Yourself Or Someone Like You 15.Little Black Backpack by Stroke 9 on Nasty Little Thoughts 16.God Of Wine by Third Eye Blind on Third Eye Blind 17.Hammering In My Head by Garbage on Version 2.0 (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition / Remastered) 18.Get Back by Zebrahead on Waste Of Mind 19.Zip-Lock by Lit on A Place In The Sun 20.Open Road Song by Eve 6 on Eve 6 21.Slide by The Goo Goo Dolls on Dizzy up the Girl 22.Monotone by Splender on Halfway Down The Sky 23.The Freshmen by The Verve Pipe on Villains 24.If You Could Only See by Tonic on Lemon Parade 25.Fall Down by Toad The Wet Sprocket on Dulcinea 26.Falls Apart by Sugar Ray on 14:59 27.Desperately Wanting by Better Than Ezra on Friction Baby 28.Cancion Del MariachiI (Morena De Mi Corazon) by Los Lobos with Antonio Banderas on Desperado: The Soundtrack
What's up everyone?! Oh man do I have a good one for you today! This is my absolute favorite type of podcast. This is one of those that spans decades, drawing connections between some of my earliest music memories to people I saw at Coachella this year. It all centers around this disco vibe that permeated many of my favorite songs in the late 90s early 2000s. So many classics!! So much fun. Really excited for you all to dig in. You're gonna love it. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists, Aaron ActiveListener on Spotify Subscribe on Itunes Podcast 105 – Disco Digression ‘99 Tracklist 1.Aura ft. J Warner by SG Lewis on Dusk 2.Face To Face by Daft Punk on Discovery 3.La Passion (Radio Edit) by Gigi D'Agostino on L'Amour Toujours 4.Dopamine by Franc Moody on Dopamine 5.Lady (Hear Me Tonight) by Modjo on Vintage Ibiza Classic Vol. 1 6.Don't Call Me Baby by Madison Avenue on Don't Call Me Baby 7.Music Sounds Better With You by Stardust on Music Sounds Better With You 8.Rendez-Vu by Basement Jaxx on Remedy 9.If I Ever Feel Better by Phoenix on United 10.Touch Me by Rui Da Silva on Produced & Remixed 11.Can't Get You out of My Head by Kylie Minogue on Fever 12.What Is Love by Haddaway on What Is Love 13.100% Pure Love by Crystal Waters on The Best Of Crystal Waters 14.The Rhythm of the Night by Corona on Rhythm Of The Night (Single) 15.It Feels So Good by Sonique on Hear My Cry 16.Faded by SoulDecision on No One Does It Better 17.Crying At the Discoteque (Radio Edit) by Alcazar on Casino
Well apparently it's festival season here at the Active Listener Podcast. This time though we move from the amorphous blob that is SXSW to the far more curated Coachella. Don't let the big names at the top of the bill fool you though. (I honestly don't even remember who they were!) There is always a ton of opportunity for music discovery at Coachella and this year was no different. Several artists I'd barely heard of really blew me away (Jain!!). And of course, it's also an opportunity to catch some favorites and wow were they incredible (Sofi Tukker!!). You really just can't beat three days of sun, tunes, and friends out on the polo fields. Oh and there's lots video links below that are pretty fun too. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists, Aaron ActiveListener on Spotify Subscribe on Itunes Polo & Pan - Dorothy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVW63Z_8deE Jain - Alright (Live at Coachella 2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKG5nUVW0R0 Paul Fisher Story Time https://vimeo.com/297860828 Paul Fisher Rides the Hippie Dick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4_X1FixaYg Mitsubishi Eclicpse Commercial (2003) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH0zWrDi6GA Dave Chappelle First Show First Sketch Mitsubishi Spoof https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWYdJpHFmSM Tracklist 1.Mi Gente by J. Balvin & Willy William on Mi Gente 2.Hurting ft. AlunaGeorge by SG Lewis on Hurting 3.Underwater by RÜFÜS DU SOL on Underwater 4.Bakara by Polo & Pan on Caravelle (Deluxe) 5.No Roots by Alice Merton on No Roots 6.Alaska by Maggie Rogers on Heard It In A Past Life 7.Freaking Out by A R I Z O N A on COLD NIGHTS // SUMMER DAYS 8.Alright by Jain on Souldier 9.Gbona by Burna Boy on Gbona 10.Better by Khalid on Suncity 11.Violet City by Mansionair on Shadowboxer 12.Koto by Clozee on Koto 13.Bad Vibe by M.O & Lotto Boyzz & Mr Eazi on Bad Vibe 14.Fuck They by Sofi Tukker on Treehouse 15.Role Models ft. OnCue (Walker & Royce Empty Bottle Remix) by Walker & Royce on Self Help Remixes 16.Losing It by Fisher on Losing It 17.Imagination ft. Katy Menditta by Gorgon City on Sirens (Deluxe) 18.Cola by Camelphat & Elderbrook on Cola 19.Let's Get Ill by DJ Snake and Mercer on Let's Get Ill
Happy Friday! I know it's been a minute but this one is well worth the wait. As usual, I listened to every artist performing at SXSW (1500+ I think) and filtered it down to only my the best. Narrowing it down was so difficult but I set a strict limit of 15 tracks for this episode. I really should have just named it the "1 Percenters' Episode". It's the cream of the crop here folks. And we've got a sound for everyone. Hip hop to Bon Iver. Afrobeats to Bluegrass. Every year I am blown away by how blown away I am every year. SXSW is the best! Hope you enjoy. Oh and if you want to dig deeper I've got my top 30 playlist on Spotify right next to this top fifteen podcast. All the earlier cuts are a bit more buried but they're there if you want to dig a bit. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists, Aaron ActiveListener on Spotify The Small Glories - Should Have Paid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DghNgN6lJSg Complete - Jordan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFXZqyl8xKE Valleys - Nerija https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2DY7XM6KuM Tracklist 1.B.C. by KXNG CROOKED on B.C. 2.Jordan by COMPLETE on While We Wait 3.Anchor by Novo Amor on Bathing Beach 4.Foxhole by Curtis McMurtry on Respectable Enemy 5.Had I Paid by The Small Glories on Wondrous Traveler 6.Soulmates by The Desert on Soulmates 7.Try by Island on Feels Like Air 8.Carol by John Jacob Magistery on Carol 9.Why Her Not Me by Grace Carter on Why Her Not Me - EP 10.Un Jardín by Delaporte on Uno 11.Nossa Que Isso ft. MC Rebecca, MC Rogê by WC no Beat, Djonga, Karol Conká on Nossa Que Isso 12.Migraine by Ellis feat. Anna Yvette on Migraine 13.Astronaut (Something About Your Love) by Mansionair on Shadowboxer 14.Valleys by Nérija on NÉRIJA EP 15.Grito de Paz by Bixiga 70 on Bixiga 70 (2011)
What's up everyone?! I know, it's been too long. And yeah I get it, you know want to know what's up with SXSW! It's over but where's the podcast?! You were totally lost all festival without me I'm sure. My apologies. I assure you that it's coming along and the final product is going to be incredible! So hard to make the final cut. (Check out the progress on Spotify @ ActiveListener) But, that's not what today is about. This one has gotten pushed back far too many times due to mandatory topics for episodes 100 and 101. But ever since I heard Adekunle Gold on DJ Edu's BBC Radio show sometime last year, it was a given that another Afrobeats mix was on the way. But the sound seems to be changing, at least from my ever-so-far-of-an-outsider's perspective. Seems like things are going just a bit more mellow. Almost and R&B version of Afrobeats if you will. Either way, I like it and it's time for you to get on board! Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron Active Listener on Spotify Tracklist 1.Short Skirt ft. Tekno by Mr Eazi on Life Is Eazi, Vol. 1 - Accra To Lagos 2.4 Me by Maleek Berry on 4 Me 3.Soco ft. Wizkid, Ceeza Milli, Spotless & Terri by Starboy on Soco 4.Butterfly by Afrikan Boy on Butterfly 5.Baby ft. Kid Ink by Yogi x Maleek Berry x RAY BLK on Baby 6.Djadja by Aya Nakamura on Djadja 7.HOT by Full Crate & The Partysquad on HOT 8.2 in 1 by Naiboi on 2 in 1 9.Energy (Stay Far Away) by Skepta & WizKid on Energy (Stay Far Away) 10.Chicken Curry by Mr Eazi & Sneakbo on Life is Eazi, Vol. 2 - Lagos To London 11.Maradona by Niniola on Maradona 12.African Beauty ft. Omarion by Diamond Platnumz on A Boy From Tandale 13.Pieces by Chikune on Her 14.Samantha by Tekno on Samantha 15.Your Lovin' ft. MØ & Yxng Bane by Steel Banglez on Your Lovin' 16.Surrender by Adekunle Gold on About 30 17.Kpamurege by Mr Eazi on Life Is Eazi, Vol. 1 - Accra To Lagos
Happy 2019! Just a little late. But trust me, this one was worth the wait. Seeing as this is number 101 it seemed only appropriate to take it back to where it all began, (and has continued to hit over and over again) drum and bass. Got a full mix on deck for you today. Not gonna lie, it may be the best mix job I've done yet. I even managed to talk over it too! I know y'all get lonely when it's just the music. And yes, the title is in inspired by S.P.Y.'s albums. Seemed only fitting since he starts us off. In other podcast news, I had another episode nearly done but I think I am going to shelve it for the moment because I'm way behind on my SXSW preparations. My goal is to get that out before the festival but since I'm not actually going this year, I'm leaving that as a loose requirement. If you want to follow my progress, you can watch the evolving SXSW playlists on my Spotify (ActiveListener). And who knows, maybe I'll change my mind on getting that other episode out. So many things and never enough time. Anyway, enjoy this one. Whether it's working, cleaning, running, or whatever else you need to power through, this is the mix to get it done. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron ActiveListener Spotify Tracklist 1.We Got It ft. Rothwell (S.P.Y Remix) by Metrik on We Got It 2.Roll The Dice ft. Stamina MC & Lily Allen by Shy Fx on Roll The Dice 3.Trouble ft. Chronixx & Maverick Sabre by Sub Focus & Rudimental on Trouble 4.Dancing by Friction, JP Cooper on Connections 5.London by Hedex on Ragequit / London 6.She Just Wanna Dance by Inja, Whiney on Blank Pages 7.Solitary Native by Alix Perez, Sabre on Solitary Native / Old Flame 8.Organiser (Circuits Rewire) by Spectrasoul on Organiser 9.Fiction by SpectraSoul feat. Solah on How We Live 10.Where Is The Sun by Joe Ford on Where Is The Sun 11.Watercolour (Matrix & Futurebound Remix) by Pendulum on The Reworks 12.All Night ft. Georgie Allen (Metrik Remix) by Polar Youth on All Night 13.Every Minute by Brookes Brothers on Every Minute 14.Back to the Street by Bcee on Lost & Found 15.Black Church by Dimension on Black Church 16.Do It Good by Upgrade on Do It Good 17.Wild Child by Cyantific on Bloodline (Club Masters) 18.Desire by Sub Focus & Dimension on Desire 19.Supreme by Danny Byrd on Atomic Funk 20.Memory Lane by Netsky on Fast Soul Music 21.I See You by Dawn Wall on Ember 22.Be True by Commix on Call to Mind 23.Tenderless (Whiney Remix) by London Elektricity, Emer Dineen on Are We There Yet? (The Med School Scans) 24.Ships by Riya featuring Mcleod, DRS and Villem on Hurt Heals EP 25.Haunted Spaces by Document One on Haunted Spaces EP 26.Mad in the Jungle ft. Doctor by Friction on Connections 27.Mr Happy by DJ Hazard & D Minds on Mr Happy / Super Drunk 28.Panic Room (Culture Shock Remix) by Au/Ra on Panic Room 29.User by Rockwell on User - EP 30.Afterlife by Camo & Krooked on Cross the Line 31.Paint It Black by Sigma on Sick Music 32.Circles by Adam F on Colours 33.Nova by Nu:Logic on Somewhere Between the Light 34.Poveglia by Degs on Poveglia 35.Téquila Limonada ft. A.CHAL (The Prototypes Remix) by Netsky on Téquila Limonada (Remixes)
It’s here! Podcast 100!! Nine years in and still going strong. Though I should add, this episode may have been my most difficult ever. The genesis came from a discovery made a few months back while going through old boxes back home in Texas. My mom came across three mix cassette tapes I made back in 1998. That summer, at 16, I went on an off-road / camping / wilderness adventure trip to the northern tip of Australia. It was amazing but there was a lot of driving so they told us to bring mix tapes. It was basically my first podcast episode! In addition to finding the tapes, I also knew where to find the journal I kept during the trip. A journal (handwritten in cursive!) that I had never reread and that I knew featured a lot of focus on a girl I met. So, sure to be embarrassing but probably also a good read. With tapes and journal in hand, I thought I had podcast gold and the episode would write itself. I was very mistaken on that front, which I discuss in the episode. It came out great though. Very happy with this milestone episode. There are some classics on there. In addition to finishing episode 100, I have also finished making Spotify playlists of all 100 podcast episodes. You can find them all at ActiveListener. There are songs missing from almost every episode and I have tried to note that in the playlist details but overall it's pretty good. They work as great seed playlists for further discovery and Spotify generated radio stations. Also, for those that want to go deeper on the Australia mixes, I made playlists of each tape in it's entirety. I hope you all have a great New Years! Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron ActiveListener on Spotify Tracklist 1.Shambala by Beastie Boys on Ill Communication 2.O Fortuna by Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg & Kurt Prestel on Orff: Carmina Burana 3.Victory ft. Notorius BIG by Puffy Daddy on No Way Out 4.Triumph by Wu-Tang Clan on Wu-Tang Forever 5.Firm Fiasco by AZ, Nas & Foxy Brown on The Album 6.Apocalypse by Wyclef Jean on The Carnival 7.Tres Delinquentes ft. Sen Dog by Delinquent Habits on Hip-Hop Legacy, Vol. 6 8.Jack the Ripper by Link Wray on Link Wray at His Best 9.Just Dropped In - To See What Condition My Condition Was In by Kenny Rogers & The First Edition on Anthology 10.Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones on Aftermath 11.Small Town by John Mellencamp on The Best That I Could Do 12.Tomorrow by Ozzy Osbourne on Ozzmosis 13.Frank Sinatra by Cake on Fashion Nugget 14.Sunburn by Fuel on Sunburn 15.Push It by Garbage on Version 2.0 16.Song 2 by Blur on Blur 17.241 by Reel Big Fish on Turn the Radio Off 18.M+M's by Blink-182 on Cheshire Cat 19.Modern Man by Bad Religion on All Ages 20.Smash by The Offspring on Smash 21.The Off-White Album by Dennis Miller on The Off-White Album
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Super happy to be able to get this mix out in time for travel season. Got all sorts of 110-125 bpm house/electronica inflected vibes today. Light to heavy, and everything in between. Got the loungy bossa / Thievery sound, the almost late 80s early 90s pop vocal sound, the tech house sound al a Dirty Bird and others with some solid vocal repetition, some current pop vocal sounds, the jazzy disco house vibe, and even a Jon Hopkins sounding Odesza remix. And all of it's mixed together seamlessly! (or close at least) Let this be a soundtrack to your holiday. Also, don't sleep on the last podcast! So much fun rockin out to do to that one. Oh, and next up? Podcast episode 100! It's still pretty unreal to me that we gotten that far. I'm looking forward to sharing that one with you. Hopefully before year end. I've also promised myself to finish updating Spotify with all the podcast playlist by episode 100 so get excited for that as well. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron ActiveListener on Spotify Tracklist (links to buy) 1.Zoom Zoom by Polo & Pan on Caravelle (Deluxe) 2.That Was Your Mother (Gui Boratto Remix) by Paul Simon on Graceland - The Remixes 3.Crave You ft. Giselle by Flight Facilities on Down To Earth 4.Hipopos Restroom by Trio Elétrico on Echo Parcours 5.Simple ft. JONES by Joe Hertz on Simple 6.Ocean Drive by Duke Dumont on Ocean Drive 7.Slowly ft. Matosic by Giraffage on Too Real 8.Stop It by Fisher on Oi Oi 9.Can You Pass That? ft. Mr. JPatt by Walker & Royce on Self Help 10.Capricorn by Elderbrook on Capricorn 11.Requiem by Ten Walls on Requiem EP 12.Falls (Golden Features Remix) by ODESZA on Falls (Golden Features Remix) 13.Go Down by Emanuel Satie on Good Man EP 14.El Sueño by Dennis Cruz on El Sueño 15.Breathe ft. Ina Wroldsen by Jax Jones on Breathe 16.Operator (DJ Koze's Disco Edit) by Låpsley on Operator (DJ Koze's 12 inch Extended Disco Versions) 17.The Sweetest Meditation ft. Mara TK by Lord Echo on Harmonies
This is gonna be a great week for the podcast. Why? Two episodes! First up, we've got pure fun. This mix is all about rocking out with a care free vibe. We start off in the indie pop rock world with a selection of bands that would fit well with Two Door Cinema Club and then bring in more electronic/production elements. Many of those have a tinge of disco, funk, and 80s flare so we even go back 35 years for one of the greats. Enjoy it and look out for another episode in a day or two. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists, Aaron ActiveListener on Spotify 1.Dive by Coast Modern on Coast Modern 2.Violet by Bad Suns on Disappear Here 3.Talk Too Much by Coin on Talk Too Much 4.Turn It Up by Penguin Prison on Turn It Up 5.Never Give Up On Me by MisterWives on Never Give UpOn Me 6.Must'Ve Been (ft. Dram) by Chromeo on Head Over Heels 7.Better by SG Lewis & Clairo on Better 8.Holiday by Madonna on The Immaculate Collection 9.Honey by Robyn on Honey 10.Find Yourself by Great Good Fine Ok & Before You Exit on Find Yourself 11.Life Itself by Glass Animals on How To Be A Human Being 12.Hawk by Brasstronaut on Hawk 13.Glow Long by Max Frost on Low High Low
Hey everyone, Got a really nice change of pace here for you. It is definitely not the jams. Today, we're dealing with some heavier lyrical content, which is part of what took me a little longer to actually sit down and record it. Some of it is downright difficult material so I didn't have the same excitement to talk about it as I often do. That said, there's some powerful stuff here. Hope you like it. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron Tracklist 1.Little River by Loamlands on Sweet High Rise 2.Meet Me in L.a. by George Stanford on Roll Away 3.Blue Ridge Mountains by Fleet Foxes on Fleet Foxes 4.Gold Dust Woman by Fleetwood Mac on Rumours 5.My Lover's Gone by Dido on No Angel 6.Hollywood Forever by FINNEAS on Hollywood Forever 7.Guilty Party by The National on Sleep Well Beast 8.Open End Resource by Andrew Bayer on In My Last Life 9.Roll Back by George FitzGerald and Lil Silva on All That Must Be 10.I Adore by Laura Misch on I Adore 11.Young by Vallis Alps on Vallis Alps 12.Midas (feat. Holly Walker) by Maribou State on Portraits 13.Lil Mama by Jain on Zanaka (Deluxe)
So first off, thanks for all the positive feedback on the last episode. People like the jams! Or at least that mix fired up the people that like to provided feedback. I was very conflicted on that episode because it was so long but I just had so much trouble making cuts! Glad it worked out. Also glad y'all are making use of the Spotify playlists, which you can find here. It's slow going but I am backfilling. Eventually they'll all be up. However, I'm finding for the early podcasts many songs are not on Spotify. You'll have to just check the original episode. I've been listening to the really old episodes and I had forgotten, they used to be less than ten tracks. And once again got me thinking about the pro and cons of playlist size creep. I think less than ten is too short for a podcast that only comes out monthly but then again, for the most part, I think 30 is too many. Sometimes it's okay though. And occasionally it has to happen! With that in mind, brought down the editorial ax much more severely on this episode. It went through a lot of revisions. The original feel I was going for changed dramatically but it is 100% prime cuts now, start to finish. Couple comments and corrections to the voice over. First, I misspoke. I first featured Maribou State not on podcast 55 as I said but instead on podcast 52, Understated House. Coincidentally, it was the first episode I featured Rufus (now Rufus du Sol). And second, I realized why I found that guitar sample on the Nightmares on Wax track so familiar. It's because Pretty Lights used the same sample for his song Finally Moving. Who sampled it first? Hard to say since both albums were released in 2006 but my money is on N.O.W. since he's the vet. I only realized today that the album I linked to for "You Wish" wasn't the classic In A Space Outta Sound but was instead from N.O.W. Is the Time, a best of compilation from Nightmares on Wax celebrating his 25 year career as the longest serving artist on Warp Records. And now I realize with all that talking I've said almost nothing about the actual music on offer today. Eh. Just listen. It's good. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron www.activelistenermusic.com Tracklist 1.My Life by ZHU / Tame Impala on My Life 2.Dissolve by Kllo on Backwater 3.No Place by RÜFÜS DU SOL on No Place 4.Oriens. Oriri by Clap! Clap! on A Thousand Skies 5.Pink Up by Spoon on Hot Thoughts 6.Rouge by TOKiMONSTA on Lune Rouge 7.Something About You (Odesza Remix) by Hayden James on Something About You (The Remixes) 8.Oceans by Vallis Alps on Oceans 9.You Wish by Nightmares On Wax on N.O.W. Is The Time 10.Abenaki (Edit) by Modd on Mesmerize Me EP 11.Turnmills by Maribou State on Turnmills 12.Relaxed by Route 8 on Dry Thoughts 13.All Night (Mkjay Remix) by Atriøn, Kimani on All Night (Mkjay Remix)
Do you need music for the beach, the pool, some other sun soaked summer activity? Well seek no further. Today, we've got a survey of all your tropical favorites. We've got a little bit of everything: dancehall, soca, afrobeats, reggaeton, tropical bass, a bit of highlife, and then whatever Mateo Kingman is. It's a lot of music and this is after cutting half of it. I really wanted to take the time to max a full DJ mix out of this but I opted instead to just get the music out to you. As usual, I have too much music and too little time. As mentioned in the podcast ZZK Records has begun producing these great documentaries capturing the amazing musical moment that is developing across South America. The first few episodes focus on Ecuador and are highly recommended watching. The Nu LatAm Sound - Ecuador Episode 1 - The Amazon Voices The Nu LatAm Sound - Ecuador Episode 2 - The Rhythm of the Coast The Nu LatAm Sound - Ecuador Episode 3 - The Andes Sounds Also, been working on putting more podcast playlists into Spotify and I decided to attack the queue from both ends. Turns out many early tracks aren't on Spotify! Sorry LAX, Zeale, and About:Blank to name a few of the local Austin acts from 2009 that didn't make it. There's also various remixes etc. that are only available through other channels. So you gotta check the old podcast episodes if you want the full picture. But for the most part, they're there. So if you get tired of hearing my voice, check them at ActiveListener on Spotify Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists, Aaron ActiveListener on Spotify Tracklist (links to buy) 1.Unforgettable ft. Swae Lee by French Montana on Jungle Rules 2.Still by Romain Virgo on Lovesick 3.Blem by Drake on More Life 4.OMW by Lady Leshurr on OMW 5.Rock Your Body by Burna Boy on Outside 6.So Mi So by Wande Coal on So Mi So 7.No Fight ft. Kenny Ray, Renny McLean by Luca Tarantino on No Fight 8.Hurtin' Me ft. French Montana by Stefflon Don on Hurtin' Me 9.Flex by Lethal Bizzle on Flex 10.Linguo ft. Donae'O by Giggs on Wamp 2 Dem 11.Lifted by Palmistry on Pagan 12.Particula ft. DJ Maphorisa, Nasty C, Ice Prince, and Patoranking by Major Lazer and Jidenna on Know No Better 13.Adonai (Remix) ft. Castro by Sarkodie on Adonai 14.Drogba (Joanna) by Afro B on Drogba (Joanna) 15.Ma girl ft. Patoranking by Toofan on Ma girl 16.Kontrol by Maleek Berry on Kontrol 17.Badishh by Nailah Blackman & Shenseea on Badishh 18.No Problem ft. Kongo Elektro, Zongo Abongo by Thornato on Back It Up 19.Mi Pana ft. Guanaco by Mateo Kingman on Respira 20.Big Bad Soca ft. Shenseea (Remix) by Bunji Garlin on Big Bad Soca 21.Wine Up ft. Hoodcelebrityy by Jubilee on Wine Up 22.Dancehall Queen by Putzgrilla, BAY-C & Kalibandulu on Favela Rave 23.Tip Pon It by Sean Paul & Major Lazer on Tip Pon It 24.Machika by J. Balvin & Jeon & Anitta on Machika 25.Akwaaba by GuiltyBeatz, Mr Eazi, Pappy Kojo and Patapaa on Akwaaba 26.Iskaba by Wande Coal & DJ Tunez on Iskaba 27.Johnny by Yemi Alade on Johnny 28.Lluvia by Mateo Kingman on Respira
Typically my podcasts just flow organically out of what I'm currently listening to but sometimes I get a sense that I want to force a change is what I am listening to. I actively seek a different direction. That is what you have here. I have felt like I have just been only in the high energy realm for sometime. Now granted, that is where my predilection certainly lays but I do like to mellow it out sometimes and in this case I wanted to go with a mellow jazz vibe. I started with my go-tos and went from there. The genre grouping rapidly spiraled out of control however leaving me at a loss for what to title the podcast, hence the reference to this essay "Why Jazz isn't Cool Anymore" Anyway, I think you're gonna like the change of pace. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron Tracklist (links to buy) 1.Keep On by Alfa Mist on Antiphon 2.Number One by Manu Katché on Neighbourhood 3.Where We Used To Live by e.s.t. Esbjörn Svensson Trio on Tuesday Wonderland 4.Blue In Green (Take 3) by Bill Evans & Scott LaFaro & Paul Motian on Portrait In Jazz 5.At Home by Tord Gustavsen Trio on Being There 6.August by Mathias Eick on Ravensburg 7.Passacaglia by Lars Danielsson ft. Tigran, John Parricelli & Magnus Öström on Liberetto II 8.Galatea's Guitar by Gabor Szabo on Dreams 9.The Moving Finger by Dorothy Ashby on The Rubaiyat Dorothy Ashby 10.Let Me Go ft. Sophie Hunger by Erik Truffaz on In Between 11.Taksim by Night by Lars Danielsson ft. Hussam Aliwat with Grégory Privat, John Parricelli & Magnus Öström on Liberetto III 12.Ten-Day Interval by Tortoise on TNT 13.Kammermusik by Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz on Wesseltoft Schwarz Duo 14.Hold On We're Going Home by Sly5thAve on Composite
Oh my goodness, there was sooo much good music at SXSW this year! Of all varieties. From country to hip hop. From ska to soul. From folk to dancehall. All of it. So good. Your new favorite song is on this podcast. I’m sure of it. Happy listening. Sorry it took a little longer this year to get through it all but narrowing down my favorites to just 30 was even more difficult than usual. For those unfamiliar with my process, every year I listen to every artist performing at SXSW. It’s on the order of 2000-3000 performers. I then narrow that down to a manageable size of around 100, which I use to build my schedule if I’m going to the festival (which I have sadly missed the last couple years). From there, I cull down to 20-30 bands for the podcast. If you want to hear the top hundred, or the top approximately 300 sorted by genre, I have all those playlists up on Spotify at ActiveListener. In other words, you can go way deeper if you want, something I would highly recommend. Thanks for listening and don’t forget to support the artists, Aaron Tracklist (links to buy) 1.Train by Adam & Kizzie on The Book of Eedo Vol. 1 2.Talk Talk Talk by Wunmi on A.L.A. 3.Wish You Were Here by Lee Fields & The Expressions on Faithful Man 4.Fantoche a La Realidad by La Orquesta Vulgar on La Víctima del Caníbal 5.Cold Canary Gaslight by Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra on Pray for Rain 6.I Wanted to Tell Her by BEAMS on I Wanted to Tell Her 7.I Wanna Be A Dawg by Dawg Yawp on Dawg Yawp 8.Right for You by Tje Austin on Dreamin' Big (Deluxe Edition) 9.Burning House by Cam on Untamed 10.Bad Habits by ChainSka Brassika on Skinna 11.Alive With the Glory of Love [Explicit] by Say Anything on Is a Real Boy 12.Bank Account by OMB Bloodbath on Nothing but the Moon (2.0) 13.Meditate by EARTHGANG (feat. J.I.D.) on Rags - EP 14.My Crew (Woooo) by Cadence Weapon on My Crew (Woooo) 15.North Cack by G Yamazawa ft. Joshua Gunn & Kane Smego on Shouts to Durham 16.The Sunset by Eliot Lipp on Shark Wolf Rabbit Snake 17.Moçambique by Gato Preto on Tempo 18.Colossus by Leoncarlo on Still Forms 19.Sueños de la Selva by Poranguí on Ayahuasca (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 20.ARMENIA by Joan Thiele on ARMENIA 21.Cordelia by My Life As Ali Thomas on Cordelia 22.Rej by MEUTE on Rej 23.Rain Dancing by Val Fleury on Rain Dancing 24.Call on Me by Adekunle Gold on Call on Me 25.No Weakness by Hety and Zambo on No Weakness 26.Hold You Down by Deraj ft. GNRA on Hold You Down 27.Baila Mami by Nailah Blackman on Parallel Riddim 28.Me Siento Bien by Sharlene & Fuego on Me Siento Bien 29.Wait by The Digital Wild on Wait 30.Make America Great Again by Pussy Riot on xxx 31.Just A Lil' Thick (She Juicy) by Trinidad James ft. Mystikal and Lil Dicky on Just A Lil' Thick (She Juicy)
Prepare yourself. This one is big time. I couldn’t be more happy with how this mix came out and I’m so excited for you to hear it. Pretty sure I figured out the perfect order for the tracks and the transitions turned out well too! Last time, I may have taken you all around EDC but today, we hit the Basspod stage and never pull away. The number of amazing DnB producers on display over the three days was ridiculous: Camo & Krooked, Wilkinson, Friction, Andy C, Metrik, Reid Speed, Calyx & Teebee, Chase & Status, and so many more that I’m forgetting. It was epic. There were more than enough artists to make a full mix but then there was so much other incredible drum and bass that came out over the last year, I had to expand the field of eligibility. The breadth of styles you can achieve all at 175 bpm (plus or minus) is remarkable. Uplifting to introspective, sparse and minimal to redlining bass thumpers, airy vocals to emcees over grimy beats. It’s all so good. Turn it up and start the party. I once again opted to abstain from talking so you get a clean mix. I debated this quite a bit. On one hand, I really like to add the context of how I personally connected with a song or artist or some other tidbit to throw it. For example I heard London Elektricity say he had to fight to keep “Jungle Ballet” on the tracklist for Keeno’s album. OMG great job Tony! That’s the best track on the album if you ask me. I also like to provide a small motivation to go buy the music so you can hear it without me talking on it. Of course, now no one buys music, you just stream it. And I put the tracklist up on my Spotify (ActiveListener) so that motivation may be moot. But then on the other hand, for this style of music in particular, the tracks are best heard cleanly mixed in with other tracks. Hearing them in context is to hear them at their peak. You can watch the highlights from the Olympics but you miss the best part if you weren’t following the whole completion up to the finish. How many of you saw those two American women win that cross country race?? That was so awesome but the replay didn’t come close to doing it justice. Or I mean, come on, Shaun White… It doesn’t get better than that. Well except maybe double overtime game 7 western conference finals Laker over Kings. Or actually who am I kidding? The best was obviously Vince Young. But anyway, way off topic but yeah, I went for the clean mix. So enjoy. And anyway, I’m gonna talk all over the next one because that is SXSW 2018. Thanks for listening and don’t forget to support the artists. Aaron Tracklist (links to buy) 1.Ember by Camo & Krooked on Mosaik 2.Addicted (Technimatic Remix) by Seba on Spearhead Presents: The Soundtrack 3.Hypnotic ft. Shannon Saunders & Youngman by Wilkinson on Hypnotic 4.Peace Organ by Calibre on Sun And Bass Selection 2011 5.Never Stop by DC Breaks on Different Breed 6.Breathe ft. Shannon Saunders by Wilkinson on Hypnotic 7.Aurora ft. Metrik by Camo & Krooked on Zeitgeist 8.All Goes Wrong ft. Tom Grennan by Chase & Status on Tribe 9.Holding On by Dawn Wall on Twin Falls 10.I Don't Wanna Wake Up ft. Karina Ramage by Makoto on Salvation 11.Touch by Hybrid Minds on Touch 12.Cocooned by Bungle on Cocooned EP 13.Flashlight ft. Inja by Whiney on Talisman 14.Alone In The Dark by S.P.Y on Alone In The Dark EP:1 15.Komodo by Whiney on Hospitality 2016 16.Night Vision (VIP Mix) by Technimatic on Technimatic Remixed 17.Sanctuary by Nu:Logic on Somewhere Between The Light 18.Confessions (Break Remix) by Riya / Total Science on Sublimation (Deluxe Edition) 19.Looking Inside by Virtue on Shine A Light / Looking Inside 20.Can't Breath by Muffler on Stone Cold 21.Jungle Ballet by Keeno on All The Shimmering Things 22.Stars by Oliver Ferrer on Horn Beat 23.Midnight (Mist Vip Remix) by Un-Cut & M.I.S.T. on Andy C Nightlife 6 24.Natural Desire by Camo & Krooked on Zeitgeist 25.The Party's Arrived by Dave Owen on Liquid V Presents: After Party 26.Never Give Up by Maduk on Never Give Up 27.Freak by Friction on Freak 28.Tap Ho by TC on Tap Ho / Don't Play 29.Original Badman by Star.One feat. Takura & Assassin on Original Badman 30.All Night by Camo & Krooked on Zeitgeist 31.Heartbeat Loud by Andy C & Fiora on Pure Running 2016 32.Love Unlimited by S.P.Y on Alone In The Dark EP:1 33.Kaleidoscope by Delta Heavy on Kaleidoscope
Happy 2018! Last June my sister and I got on a plane to Vegas for three epic days of electronic music at the annual Electric Daisy Carnival. We had to turn nocturnal for three days as the festival runs from 7pm to 5am each day but it was so worth it. The breadth of artists was asountounding. Over the next 90+ minutes I will try to give you a flavor. And note this time, I'm not going to talk all over it. Instead of regaling you with stories, I've opted to try and show off each artist in the appropriate context, i.e. in the mix. The result is pretty hot. I think you're gonna like it. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron www.activelistenermusic.com Tracklist 1.Connected by ATB & Andrew Rayel on Connected 2.Light It Up ft. Nyla & Fuse ODG (Remix) by Major Lazer on Peace Is The Mission 3.DJ Turn It Up by Yellow Claw on Amsterdam Twerk Music 4.Smyk ft. Rohan Da Great (Reid Speed Remix) by Dani Deahl on Smyk 5.Cual Es El Problema by Los Tioz on Insomniac Records Presents: EDC Mexico 2017 6.Ass Out by Wood Holly & Sage Armstrong on The New Years Special 7.Booty Percolatin’ by Will Clarke & DJ Funk on Booty Percolatin' 8.Boy by Walker & Royce on Boy 9.2nite by Lo'99 & Sinden on Burners EP 10.Utopia by Dombresky on Utopia 11.Echo by Cut Snake on Life's A Beach 12.Restless by Hot Since 82 on Restless 13.Staccato by No Requests on Toolroom Ibiza 2017 14.Gecko (Overdrive) by Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill on Gecko (Overdrive) 15.Tear My Heart ft. Lulu James (Nick Trikakis Remix) by Moon Boots on Tear My Heart (The Remixes) 16.Get Away by Ravell on Get Away 17.Runnin' ft. Kelli-Leigh (Extended Mix) by Low Steppa on Runnin' 18.Go Back by ATICA on Go Back 19.Sweet Memories by CID & Kaskade on Sweet Memories 20.The Aztecs by Solardo on The Aztecs EP 21.For You by Paul van Dyk & Genix on For You 22.Chicken Soup by Skrillex & Habstrakt on HOWSLA 23.Rock The Party by Jauz and Ephwurd on Rock The Party 24.Never Squad Down ft. Uniiqu3 by Jstjr on Never Squad Down EP 25.Crank It ft. Nadia Rose & Sweetie Irie by Kideko & George Kwali on Crank It 26.X ft. Future by 21 Savage & Metro Boomin on Savage Mode 27.Laung Gawacha ft. Avneet Khurmi by Nucleya on Bass Rani 28.Ashes Reborn by Nebbra on Primal Chronicles 29.Waiting by RL Grime & What So Not & Skrillex on Waiting 30.Foundation by Black Sun Empire on The Wrong Room 31.Take You Higher by Wilkinson on Lazers Not Included 32.Danza Kuduro ft. Lucenzo by Don Omar on Meet The Orphans 33.Make You Mine by Nvoy on Make You Mine
Okay first off, big announcement. I have given myself the rather giant task of creating Spotify playlists of every podcast I have made. I've done about five so far. Got a ways to to go. But you'll see them pop up. Just search for ActiveListener (one word) on Spotify and you'll find them. Or here's the link https://open.spotify.com/user/activelistener So yeah, you are going to be able to cut me out entirely if you want. I am doing this for a couple reasons. First, I am all about supporting the music and the streaming model has finally come of age as a legitimate way to support the artists. In fact, I've read articles saying that in the next few years it may not even be worth it for Apple or Amazon to have MP3 stores because so much of the traffic has gone to streaming. Things were a lot different when I started the podcast, two years before Spotify was even available in the US. Second and more selfishly, I want to be able to listen to my podcast mixes when I'm out. I was at a dinner party the other night and someone wanted to put on one of my podcasts because they like they mix but then we both agreed it wasn't really the right venue to hear me talking over music. As much as I may like to hear myself talk, it's different out of a speaker than from my mouth. Okay so if I haven't buried the lead already, we're at PODCAST 90! That's a lot! And it seemed like a time to do something special. This is one of those episodes I have been meaning to do since almost the beginning and it is particulaly appropriate because most of the music is from the 90s. Remember head banging, moshing, and crowd surfing? My roots! Man, were my roots angry. There was a lot of angst, anger, and aggression in a lot of the music I listened to back then. I should say, I was also still all about electronica, punk, alternative, and even soundtracks like Last of the Mohicans (best ever). But the focus today is the rage. This podcast was so much fun to make. And I want to assure that I scream tested most of these songs in the car over the last few months. It was awesome. I still know all the words. I will be very curious to hear the response to this one. Some people will know every song and to others it will be all new. Let me know what you think. Link for Final Fantasy Linkin Park Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY-MQZfhFi4 (How did we find this year before YouTube existed?!) Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists, Aaron Tracklist 1.More Human Than Human by White Zombie on Astro Creep: 2000 Songs Of Love, Destruction And Other Synthetic Delusions Of The Electric Head 2.Wish by Nine Inch Nails on Broken 3.Got the Life by Korn on Follow The Leader 4.Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine on Rage Against the Machine 5.Tourniquet by Marilyn Manson on Antichrist Superstar 6.Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit on Significant Other 7.Leader Of Men by Nickelback on The State 8.Whatever by Godsmack on Godsmack 9.Toxicity by System Of A Down on Toxicity 10.Alien by Pennywise on Straight Ahead 11.Bad Habit by The Offspring on Smash 12.Last Resort by Papa Roach on Infest 13.Binge by Papa Roach on Infest 14.Faint by Linkin Park on Meteora 15.The Red by Chevelle on Wonder What's Next 16.Stupify by Disturbed on The Sickness 17.Mudshovel by Staind on Dysfunction 18.Fine Again by Seether on Disclaimer 19.Weak And Powerless by A Perfect Circle on Thirteenth Step 20.Bother by Stone Sour on Stone Sour 21.In The End by Linkin Park on Hybrid Theory 22.Bring Me To Life by Evanescence on Fallen 23.Parabol by Tool on Lateralus 24.Parabola by Tool on Lateralus
Jeremy Sole that is... But before we get to that, as I was doing final post production for the podcast I realized IFE, who has possibly the best song ever (or at least best on this mix), hails from San Juan, Puerto Rico. I really should have known and I wish I had brought more attention to it. In case anyone forgot, for us Americans fighting against taxation without representation is kind of our whole thing. Puerto Rico is definitely American and definitely suffering from lack of a voice. So what do I have in store for you today musically? Serendipitous digressions, that's what. This mix is to honor possibly my all time favorite radio DJ who gave up the reigns to his Wednesday night midnight to 3am slot after over ten years. I had so many musical discoveries thanks to that guy that it seemed only appropriate to serve up a mix in his honor. That and the finally apologize for mispronouncing his name (twice!) on the podcast years ago. Also, tacked on a last minute addition to honor a good friend of our that passed away from cancer at far too young an age. Even still, it was long enough to positively affect a remarkable number of lives, including many that were only a single encounter. Her celebration of life was a testament to what a extraordinary human she was. 40 years was not enough but it's also 40 years to be thankful for. Owiny Sigoma Band present Nyanza (Documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WntB329hNFQ Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists, Aaron www.activelistenermusic.com Tracklist 1.Animal (Mark Ronson Remix) by Miike Snow on Animal Remixes 2.Kami Ni Mantara by Gnawa Njoum Experience on Gnawa Njoum Experience 3.Anger (Alternate Extended Mix) by Marvin Gaye on Here My Dear Deluxe Edition 4.D/vision ft. Earthgang by J.I.D on The Never Story 5.Blue Lights by Jorja Smith on Blue Lights 6.Blood on Me by Sampha on Process 7.Jibal Alnuba by Débruit & Alsarah on Aljawal الجوال 8.UMBO (Come Down) by ÌFÉ on IIII+IIII 9.Maldito Muchacho by Quantic on Curao 10.Darling Nikki by The Eaton Canyon Royal Ensemble on Symphonic Tribute To Prince's Purple Rain 11.Tearz by El Michels Affair, Lee Fields & The Shacks on Return to the 37th Chamber 12.Y Ahora Que by Chico Mann, Captain Planet on Night Visions 13.Chapinero by Thornato on Bennu 14.Guajira (I Love U 2 Much) by Yerba Buena on President Alien 15.Expensive Shit by Fela Kuti on Expensive Shit 16.Nyiduonge Drums by Owiny Sigoma Band on Nyiduonge Drums 17.Mini Kusuto (Rafael Aragon Remix) by Viviano Torres on Palenque Records AfroColombia Remix Vol.1 18.Missione A Bombay by Nicola Conte on Jet Sounds 19.The Beat Goes on (Live) by The Buddy Rich Big Band on Big Swing Face 20.The Drive Home by Chicane on Far From The Maddening Crowds
Music lovers! Once again, I am releasing a podcast on my birthday. You know, it is just one of those few times these days when I get some free time and I can't think of a better way to spend it than sharing great music. I am particullarly stoked on this mix. It covers a wide range of styles while attempting to maintain a consistent vibe/feel. It's all based around the Hidden Orchestra track "Still". From the first time I heard that piece, I knew I needed it featured prominently on the podcast but it is so unique! How to fit other songs around it? Well, that's the question this podcast answers. Enjoy. Link to video from Apogee Session with the xx. Such an incredible experience getting to be there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Jr2iGpbz8 Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron Tracklist (links to buy) 1.Trust the Sun by Elbow on Little Fictions 2.Politely by Tony Allen on A Tribute To Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers 3.Still by Hidden Orchestra on Dawn Chorus 4.Tell Me the Truth by Låpsley on Long Way Home 5.Sleep Sound by Jamie xx on Girl/Sleep Sound 6.Hunger by Tropics on Rapture 7.Migration by Bonobo on Migration 8.Ghost by Kweku Collins on Ghost 9.Hello Clouds ft. FEMME by Justin Martin on Hello Clouds 10.Natural Fools by Maribou State on Portraits 11.Life's Dancers (Floating Points Remix) by The Invisible on Life's Dancers 12.Awake by Tycho on Awake 13.ELL (Christian Löffler Rework) by Martin Kohlstedt on Nacht Reworks 14.Fading Fast by Keeno on Music For Orchestra: Drums & Bass
On the day I sat down to record this episode we got the sad news that we lost Chester Bennington, the lead singer of Linkin Park. While completely unrelated to the theme of this episode, based on my level of obsession with Hybrid Theory all those years ago, I thought it was only appropriate to begin with a tribute. It is also a motivation to finally dig into my archives actually make that "Angry Man Music" podcast episode that I have been considering all these years. This episode started out sort of trying to be an R&B podcast but then it turns out that for the most part I don't really like R&B. Basically, I don't really know how you categorize this music except that they are essentially love songs. Or, songs about love and how it may not be working out so well. Or, not so much love as lust. Or, I don't know, it's just awesome (as usual!). Regardless, it's time to settle in and turn it up. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists, Aaron Tracklist (links to buy tracks) 1.Crawling by Linkin Park on Hybrid Theory 2.Gemini Feed by Banks on The Altar 3.Chill Out ft. SG Lewis by RAY BLK on Chill Out 4.Rather Be with You by Sinead Harnett on Rather Be with You 5.Day And Night by Majid Jordan on Majid Jordan 6.Watch My Back by Basecamp on Greater Than - EP 7.Warm by SG Lewis on Shivers - EP 8.Touch by Shura on Nothing's Real 9.Why Don't You by Cleo Sol on Why Don't You 10.Pine & Ginger by Amindi K. Fro$t, Tessellated & Valleyz on Pine & Ginger 11.Innamission by Smino on blkswn 12.Girls @ ft. Chance the Rapper by Joey Purp on Girls @ 13.Love$ick ft. A$AP Rocky by Mura Masa on Mura Masa 14.Heat ft. Sam Nelson Harris by The Knocks on Heat 15.Talk ft. George Maple by DJ Snake on Encore
UPDATE: I wanted to add a post script for this episode podcast. I got a lot of feedback about the inclusion of the first track, FDT. Most of it very positive, some not so much. To be expected really. I actually gave a significant amount of thought as to whether or not to include that song. There are clearly a significant number of reasons why one might not want to share a song like that. I carefully weighed these against my primary intention for the inclusion, to capture a cultural moment. It is protest music and by definition will upset some people. This song in particular received a lot of press last year. It was recorded prior to the election. Time magazine and Rolling Stone both recommended it as one of the top Trump protest songs so I am not breaking any new ground. Hip hop also has a deep history as protest music, particularly music with an incredibly strident message (e.g. NWA - F*ck the Police). A lot of people are very upset and these are important things to recognize in out country and culture. The podcast is meant to reflect that. In the podcast, I state the song does not really represent how I would approach the issue and I immediately offer up an alternative. I am fully aware that nuance will not be recognized by everyone but weighing all of those factors, I determined it was worth including. -------------------------------------- I'm back! And I have so much great hip hop for you today. It took a minute to get this one out not just cause I moved which threw my life into a bit of a whirlwind but also cause it's really not all the most "fun" music. Don't get me wrong there are some slamming beats and some scorching flows. However there are also some heavier lyrics dealing with real life stuff. And then on top of that, real life is just kind of crazy right now! That said, I really love this mix. There is this ever present complaint that hip hop is dead. Once again, I offer up a podcast dedicated to showing that hip hop is alive and well. As always, thank you so much for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron Tracklist 1.FDT Part 2 ft. G-Eazy and Macklemore by YG 2.I Will ft. Patife and Vangeliez by DRS on I Will EP 3.T5 by Swet Shop Boys on Cashmere 4.You Grew Up by Oddisee on The Iceberg 5.Grannies by Maxo Kream on Grannies 6.Down By The River by Mir Fontane on Down By The River 7.Ima Gangsta ft. Bobby Luv by Mozzy on Ima Gangsta 8.Hell Naw by Nasty C on Bad Hair 9.Out of Sight by Jonwayne on Out of Sight 10.Got Me Thinking by Jack Harlow on 18 11.Call Ticketron by Run The Jewels on Run the Jewels 3 12.Perspective by K.A.A.N. on Uncommon Knowledge 13.The Scribe by L'Orange & Mr. Lif on The Life & Death of Scenery 14.Picture Perfect by Little Simz on Stillness in Wonderland 15.Pyramids by Common on Black America Again 16.Ego by A Tribe Called Quest on We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service 17.As The Rhyme Goes On by Eric B. & Rakim on Paid In Full 18.How Does It Feel by Kamaiyah on A Good Night in the Ghetto 19.Fallin' by Teenage Fanclub & De La Soul on Judgement Night: Music From The Motion Picture
While I didn't get to go to SXSW this year, I still enjoyed the heck out of listening to all the amazing music. Once again, I've listened to somewhere around 2000 bands and narrowed it down to my 21 favorite flavors. If you want to check out the slightly less selective top 60 or so, that playlist is on Spotify here. Otherwise, just dig into this. As always, the amount of pure talent on display is incredibly humbling. Also, thanks for your patience! I just moved and everything is still a big mess but thankfully I was able to record one last episode in the Hideout House. Loved that place. Sad to see it go but it's on to the next. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron Tracklist (Links to buy) 1.Walkin by Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra on Walkin 2.Gone so Long by Paws on No Grace 3.I'd Rather See Your Star Explode by Slaves on I'd Rather See Your Star Explode 4.Manners by WOMPS on Our Fertile Forever 5.Flame by Sundara Karma on Flame 6.Foreign Mind by Mau Mau Chaplains on Cowboys and West Indians 7.Saltarello by Stary Olsa on Santa Maria 8.Chance the Dog (The Song) (Audiotree Live Version) by The Kraken Quartet on The Kraken Quartet on Audiotree Live 9.Counting by Autre Ne Veut on Anxiety 10.Hopopono by GoGo Penguin on v2.0 11.Let It Go (Radio Edit) by The Wildflowers on Let It Go 12.Il by Jean-Michel Blais on Il 13.Keep The Wolves Away by Uncle Lucius on And You Are Me 14.The Wisp Sings by Winter Aid on The Wisp Sings 15.Minimum by Charlie Cunningham on Minimum 16.Stay Focused by ShaqIsDope on Stay Focused 17.Veneno by Audri Nix on El Nuevo Orden Vol.1 18.Cumbia Anthem [feat. Happy Colors] by El Dusty on Cumbia Anthem 19.Teef Teef Ft. Eugy x Mr Eazi x Sarkodie by DJ Juls 20.Miss You by James Hersey on Miss You 21.Too Soon by Vanic feat. Maty Noyes on Too Soon
Oh man, I’ve got so many things going on right now! SXSW and Coachella are demanding attention. I’m moving. The world seems to be exploding. Oh yeah, and I have to do my taxes! All the while though, all I can do is listen to Dancehall and Afrobeats. You ever feeling down, you energy feeling low, or your vibe feelin off, there is no here better to turn. So yeah I’m behind on all my annually scheduled musical endeavors but so what? Who cares? It’s a win for you because while the weather is still cold, the tunes are gonna be hot! And yeah, I say I’m planning on getting the SXSW Edition out before the festival but that was a little over a week ago and I’ve decided to just give myself a break. It’ll be up next but I don’t think it will be ready before next week. For those that are going, have a great time! I’m super jealous. Be sure to check out the annual Afrobeats night!!! Thanks for listening and don’t forget to support the artists, Aaron @actlistmusic www.activelistenermusic.com Tracklist (links to buy) 1.I am African (Jillionaire Remix) by Calypso Rose 2.Gyal Ya Shake It ft. Future Fambo by Bad Royale on Treasures From Tomorrow 3.Safari ft. Sky by J. Balvin on Energía 4.It Real by Popcaan on It Real - Single 5.Tek Weh Yuh Heart ft. Tory Lanez by Sean Paul on Tek Weh Yuh Heart 6.Mon dealeur by Shay on Jolie garce 7.Pree Me by Burna Boy on Pree Me 8.Work ft. Drake by Rihanna on Anti (Deluxe) 9.Don't Worry by Konshens on Don't Worry 10.One Dance ft. WizKid by Drake on Views 11.Dance for Me by Eugy & Mr Eazi on Dance for Me 12.My Woman, My Everything (Remix) by Patoranking on My Woman, My Everything (Remix) 13.Sahara ft. Skrillex by Dj Snake on Encore 14.Are You Ready? ft. Kim Wierdo by Ruxell on Are You Ready? 15.Bumpa Clap ft. Beenie Man, Nyanda, Timaya by Admiral C4C on Bumpa Clap 16.Wine Fi Di Money ft. Kenne Blessin by Johnny Roxx & DJ Septik on Wine Fi Di Money 17.Bike Engine by Stylo G x Jacob Plant on Bike Engine 18.12 PM (Kalibandulu & Walshy Fire Remix) by Alkaline on 12 PM 19.Champion Lover (Lady Bee Remix) by Nina Sky on Champion Lover 20.Slow Motion by Kevin Lyttle on Slow Motion
First off, can I just say what a beautiful day Saturday was!!! Millions of people around the world connecting to stand up for justice and equal rights. It's regrettable what had to occur to galvanize the effort but still, the outpouring is no less impressive. Regardless of how anyone voted, those gatherings should be seen as positive affirmation that there are a lot of people out there trying to do the right thing. Now, to the beautiful music. I thought we needed a sharp turn from the more uptempo mixes we've had on the last few episodes. It's a quiet one then a loud one. A quiet one then a loud one. (#41) There's some jazz, some classical, some Americana, and a bunch of other stuff I have no idea how to label. Basically a whole bunch of really gorgeous and moving pieces of music. Let it take you away. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists, Aaron @ActListMusic Tracklist (links to buy) 1.Easy Living by Clifford Brown on The Best Of CliffordBrown 2.Elegy For The Arctic by Ludovico Einaudi on Elegy For TheArctic 3.Together We Will Live Forever by Clint Mansell on TheFountain OST 4.1ieme , Premiere , Primera , 1ª Gymnopedie ft. FalkRichter by Erik Satie on 1ieme , Premiere , Primera , 1ª Gymnopedie Single 5.River Flows in You by Yiruma on The Best - Reminiscent10th Anniversary 6.I Give Up by Elijah Bossenbroek on Carpe Lumen 7.Wingbeats (Radio Edit) by Hidden Orchestra on Wingbeats 8.Near Light by Ólafur Arnalds on Living Room Songs 9.Brian by Espen Eriksen Trio on Never Ending January 10.Vattensaga by Tingvall Trio on Vattensaga 11.Suspended Variation II by Tomaz Stanko Quartet onSuspended Night 12.Waltz for J. B. by Brad Mehldau on 10 Years Solo Live 13.Travels by Pat Metheny Trio on Trio 99-00 14.Pretty Polly by Bill Frisell on Bill Frisell, Ron Carter,Paul Motian 15.Swamped by Floratone on Floratone 16.Midnight Blue by Kenny Burrell on Midnight Blue (The RudyVan Gelder Edition)
What's up music lovers! Before we get to anything else, I want to bring you attention to ZZK Films. It is an offshoot of ZZK Records which, as you know, if one of my favorite labels of all time. They are producing some amazing films/documentaries about different aspects of Latin American mucis. Check the preview on their website. To get them finished, promoted, and distributed however, they are looking for some crowd funding. If you love the music like I do, go over and throw them some change. Think about all that garbage that comes through your cable box and you're paying at least $60 a month for that! This is something of actual cultural value. It's the giving time of year so think about it. There are 5 or so days left in the campaign. Oh and they've also got some fund matching happening! Link Further reading: New York Times - Found in Ecuador: A Time Capsule for the EarsNPR - The Lost Tapes Of Caife: A Vintage Ecuadorian Record Label Revived Remezcla - This Short Doc Traces the Deep African Roots of Music from the Ecuadorian Coast Bandcamp (best title!) - ZZK Records: How a “Random Gringo” from Texas Helped Latin American Dance Music Take Over the World Now to the task at hand, a few month ago I had the amazing opportunity to make a personal pilgrimage to my musical Mecca if you will. I finally got to go to London to see some drum and bass. And this wasn't just any show. This was Hospital Records' very first outdoor music festival, Hospitality in the Park #HITP. The show was incredible. I saw so many of my favorite producers. It was an embarassment of riches for me. If you look at my notes below, you can see I couldn't keep myself at one stage very long! There were so many artists that got left off this mix though. You can go on Spotify and listen to the playlist (link) I put together before the show to help me figure out who I wanted to go see. It it a far more inclusive list. But, it's not a carefully selected continuous mix like you have here. I'm not gonna lie though. I did have two screw ups while I was recording the mix live. (Pressed pause instead of play!!) I made the executive decision to go in and do a little post production and clean it up though so it will sound seamless. As a side note, I want to shout out KCRW for having such an amazing online catalog of playlists from their shows. I have this weird musical memory thing where I can very specifically remember the circumstances of when or where I heard a certain song. For example I know exactly what I was doing when I first heard High Contrast and thanks to the KCRW playlist back catalog, I was able to go back over a decade and figure out exactly what day that was. And more importantly, that is was Scott Silva that was subbing in for Jason Bentley on Metropolis that day. I am going to have to write him a thank you note! Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron @actlistmusic List of People I Saw 12:15 Maduk 1230 Chris Goss 1245 Anile 115 SPY 130 Frederick Robinson 200 Etherwood 215 Rene lavice b2b Rockwell 230 spectrasoul b2b LSB 245 DRS (live) 315 gentlemens dub club 400 Friction 500 Dimension 600 Danny Byrd 630 London Elek (live) 640 pola and Bryson 650 prototypes 730 ownglow b2b consouls 745 critical sound system 800 Baily 830 Nu:logic 900 metrik 945 high contrast Tracklist (links to buy) 1.House ofLove (Ogbe Yekun) by IFE on 2.Hush byConsouls on Soulvent Sessions Vol 2 3.SecondEncounter by S.P.Y on Hospital Mixtape: S.P.Y 4.Fatso byMetrik on LIFE/THRILLS 5.Bad by1991 on Nine Clouds / Bad 6.Do Oneft. DRS by Dub Phizix on Senka002 7.4URGH bySpectraSoul on Hospital Mixtape: S.P.Y 8.Destinationby Logistics on Hospital Goes To Let It Roll 9.1000x ft.Broods (Spectrasoul Remix) by JarrydJames on 1000x (Remixes) 10.WishList by Anile on Allergens EP 11.Talk ToMe ft. Tayah Ettienne by Pola & Bryson on This Time Last Year 12.Tidesft. Lea Lea by Nu:Tone on Future History 13.Solarizeft. Logistics by Maduk on Not Alone 14.Itsok2behapp-eft. Sam Binga, Hyroglifics by Rockwell on Obsolete Medium 15.SuicideBassline VIP by Mefjus on Emulation - The Remixes 16.WhoKnows ft. Chronixx (SHY FX Remix) by Protoje on Who Knows 17.Bring ItBack ft. Stylo G by Friction on Bring It Back 18.We GotIt ft. Rothwell by Metrik on LIFE/THRILLS 19.The Endft. Voicians by Maduk on Never Give Up 20.Ultravioletby Fred V & Grafix on Ultraviolet 21.Twilight'sLast Gleaming by High Contrast on High Society 22.AngelsSing by Ownglow on A Walk To Remember 23.Good Luvby Murdock, Submatik & Jenna G on Hospitality 2015 24.HometownGlory (High Contrast Remix) by Adele on Confidential (US Edition)
What's up everyone! Man, it's been a weird last week or so and I don't forsee things getting more normal anytime soon. But I've got some tunes to help you through. I want to thank all of you for your patience with me getting this next episode out. I think I kind of over music'ed myself again and I also don't think I fully appreciated how much mental space the election was taking up. Oh yeah, and there is the three kids, job, life... And Dan Carlin's Hardcore History hasn't helped but omg it's sooo good!! It's not music but you should listen. Anyway, enough banter. These are the vibez you're looking for. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists, Aaron @actlistmusic Tracklist (links to buy) 1.Our Own Roof by Nils Frahm on Music for the Motion PictureVictoria 2.Free Now by Sophie Zelmani on Free Now 3.Jolene by Dolly Parton on Jolene 4.Eating Hooks by Moderat on III 5.Plucky by Morly on Something More Holy EP 6.Ghost sYMbOL by Zero 7 on Yeah Ghost 7.Murakami by MADE IN HEIGHTS on Without My Enemies What Would I Do 8.Gosh by Jamie xx on In Colour 9.Earth Not Above by Hælos on Full Circle 10.Sip by Palmistry on Pagan 11.Out Of Reach ft. Lucy Kitchen by Technimatic on BetterPerspective 12.Everything Beta by Phoria on Volition 13.Real Love by Billie Black on Teach Me 14.Walls to Build by Kllo on Well Worn 15.Holding Back ft. Gallant by SG Lewis on Holding Back
This mix is all about having a good time. The inspiration initially came from what I imagine a sunrise DJ set should sound like but then the sound broadened on me and it became an all encompassing, sun down to sun up. Whether it's dancing till daybreak or sweating it out for fitness, these are the songs to help you get it done. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron @ActListMusic Tracklist 1.Two Bodies ft. Emma Louise by Flight Facilities on Down ToEarth 2.De La Luz by Fakear on Animal 3.Hey Lion by Sofi Tukker on Hey Lion 4.Gallineta Chica by Matanza on A Guide to the Birdsong ofSouth America 5.Running Out by Matoma & Astrid S on Running Out 6.Holding On ft. Josef Salvat & Niia by Tourist onHolding On 7.Getting Away ft. Mack by Vindata on Through Time AndSpace... 8.Through The Roof ft. Young Tapz by Hermitude on Throughthe Roof Remixes 9.La Murga ft. Hector Lavoe (Deejay Theory Remix) by WillieColón on Calentura: Global Bassment 10.House Work ft. Mnek by Jax Jones on House Work 11.Boss by Disclosure on Moog For Love 12.Sunrise by Slaptop on Sunrise 13.Jupiter by Ragel Mood on The Future EP 14.Pitch Perfect by Fritz Kalkbrenner on Ways Over Water 15.Phantom by Aaron Snapes on Phantom 16.Run by Tourist on U 17.Utopia by Digitalism on Utopia
**UPDATE** Here's the link to the amazing video I attributed to Konono #1 but is actually Sobanaz Mimanisa with "Kiwenbo". The cofusion occured because I first heard each of them on Congotronics Compilations. Either way, this is a marvelous video showing amazing music is everywhere! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJFpYV-Aw9Y) *************** Welcome to summer! The pool parties and beach trips have begun and oh man did I get so sunburned at the beach the other day. Who knew you needed to sunscreen your shins?! This collection goes in several different but related directions and should, in addition to giving you an hour an a half mix for being outdoors, also provide the seeds for plenty of future discovery. We start with Ghanaian Highlife and then we're all over the map with disco, breakbeat, jazz, afro funk, a little global bass, and of course some steel pans. It's a lot of fun. My intent was to have this out last week before I went on travel but of course I ran into a couple glitches during post (basically one huge unforced technical error on my part) so one or two date references may seem a bit out of place. It turns out this whole podcast thing is way more than just picking and playing songs. This go round I timed some aspects of the process because I never really know how much time I spend on an episode. Selecting the songs could be any length of time. Some tracks come from memories from years ago so that part is hard to define. More quantifiable though is hardware setup (mic on stand, usb dj controller, usb analog to digital interface, two laptops, a second monitor for laptop 1) and software setup (Abelton, Serato, MS Word). Hardware is always the same but I swear, there is a different software glitch every single time. Minimum 30 minutes but easily can grow to an hour or more. I also usually put in at least two hours writing up a basic script but then there are also the random hours of learning about things that eventually contribute to the story. Recording itself is the length of the podcast, so about an hour and forty minutes this time. Post production is another big chunk. I have a couple compressors and a reverse limiter setup in Ableton now so I spend far less time than I used to getting audio ducking and general levels balanced correctly. Overall, it does come out quieter than my purchased songs and I haven't really figured out why yet. There's probably some easy fix, if so, I'm all ears. (It's an overall gain thing rather than a loudness issue I think.) As a matter of fact I'd love to hear any suggestions for upping the production quality. Anyway, after exporting the mixdown I use Podreel on my PC to add in the chapters with track titles, album art, and links-to-buy. That program is super finicky and requires me to use my old PC so again, ideas for other options would be greatly appreciated. Apple removed the chapter functionality from GarageBand several versions ago for some reason so I don't know of any way to do it on a Mac. All of that can take two to four hours, sometimes more. And finally, there is the uploading, blog writing, tracklist prep, and social media posting. So give or take there is a hidden eight or so hours in there for producing each episode. Makes more sense to me now why it is hard to get episodes out! Well that little stream of consciousness paragraph got a little bigger than intended so without further ado, let's get to the tunes. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron @ActListMusic Tracklist (links to buy) 1.Surprise Hotel by Fools Gold on Fool's Gold 2.Mewo Akoma by Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band on Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band 3.Dance, Love & Die by Guts on Eternal 4.Strike Hard by Troubleman on Time out of Mind 5.Bacao Suave by Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band on 55 6.A Chance For Peace ft. Sara Sayed by Mop Mop on A Chance For Peace 7.Blackbird by Fat Freddy's Drop on Blackbird 8.Obra by Ebo Taylor on Love & Death 9.Trickle Down by Hard Proof on Rise of The Troubadour Warriors - Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International Vol.3 10.Yègellé Tezeta (My Own Memory) by Mulatu Astatke on Ethiopiques, Vol. 4: Ethio Jazz 1969-1974 11.Logun by Metá Metá on MetaL MetaL 12.Malukayi ft. Konono N°1 by Mbongwana Star on From Kinshasa 13.On The Line by Sidestepper on Supernatural Love 14.Mi Swing Es Tropical ft. Tempo & The Candela All-Stars by Quantic & Nickodemus on Best of Quantic 15.Aguacero by Captain Planet feat. Chico Mann on Turntables on the Caribbean 16.Get a Move On! by Mr. Scruff on Keep It Unreal (10 Anniversary Analogue Remaster Edition)
Music lovers, It's been way too long! But don't fear, today's episode has a ton of great music and the next episode is coming right on its heels. The theme de jour is hip hop. We use a remembrance of two hip hop originators, lost this year, as a jumping off point for taking a look at some of the latest and greatest. It's an often repeated criticism, and has been for a decade, that hip hop is over or there's nothing good anymore. Maybe that's true on the radio but really commercial radio is what's over! Well, not really but the point is the state of the hip hop union is strong. And a huge part of that strength is diversity of sound. This mix is all over the map so get ready. As always, thank you for listening and don't forget to support the artists, Aaron @ActListMusic Tracklist(links to buy) 1.Reality Used to bea Friend of Mine by PM Dawn on Of the Heart, Of the Soul and of the Cross: TheUtopian Experience 2.The Hop by A TribeCalled Quest on Beats, Rhymes and Life 3.95 Till Infinity byJoey Bada$$ on Summer Knights 4.Bug Powder Dust byBomb The Bass on The K&D Sessions 5.Diablo by MACMILLER on Diablo - Single 6.Purple Heart byWaldo 7.Rihannaft. Spark Master Tape by Kai Skywalker on Syrup Splash 8.PMVD ft. Mista Silva by GAIKA on SECURITY 9.Zach's Thesis ft.Zack Sekoff by Anthony Valadez on In Search Of 10.ObjectifyingRabbits ft. Open Mike Eagle by Milo 11.Stigmata ft. Thesby Tre Mission on Stigmata 12.Step 21 by Wileyon Snakes & Ladders 13.Sharks by CadenceWeapon on Breaking Kayfabe 14.Problem ft.Skittles by Icicle on Problem 15.Godzilla ft. DopeD.O.D. by Mefjus on Emulation 16.Devil's Whisper byRaury 17.Let Go ft. SelinaCarrera by Mr. Lif on Don't Look Down18.Adrenaline bySwollen Members on Heavy
Ready or not I'm bringing summer time to your ear drums. I am rushing around the house this morning packing up an trying to get out of here in the next couple hours because finally, finally, finally, Coachella weekend has arrived. As my brain has been there already for the last couple weeks, I have needed a soundtrack to resonate with my excitement level. This is that mix. It was a rush to turn this around so quick after the SXSW podcast but I'm really stoked to share it with you. Turn it up and feel the sun. Links Busy Signal Fan Video Rihanna's "Work" is not Tropical House #AfroSoca Fader Article LargeUp.com Dj Jam Central #AfroSoca Mix Thanks for listener and don't forget to support the artists, Aaron @ActListMusic Tracklist (links to buy) 1.Apart ft. Alexus Rose by Ricky Blaze on Conquer The Moment 2.Memory Taffeta by Palmistry on Memory Taffeta 3.Sorry by Justin Bieber on Purpose 4.Whine Pon Mi by V&V 5.Gyal You A Party Animal by Charly Black on Gyal You A Party Animal 6.Tornado by Nicky B and Sean Paul and Synthkartell on Tornado 7.Back It Up ft. G.O.L.D & Shiffa Dan by Ghost Writerz on GWz All The Way 8.Hula Hoop ft. UNiiQU3 by Brenmar on Award 9.Dip N Ride by Destra Garcia on Set Good Riddim 10.Nobody Has To Know ft. Ty Dolla $ign (Major Lazer and KickRaux Remix) by Kranium on Nobody Has To Know 11.I'm In Control ft. Popcaan by AlunaGeorge on I'm In Control 12.Watch Me Now by Busy Signal on Watch Me Now 13.Work ft. Drake (Bad Royale Remix) by Rihanna 14.Scene ft. Fay-Ann Lyons(Remix) by GBM Nutron 15.Unforgettable by Kerwin Du Bois on Unforgettable (Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Soca 2016) 16.Doh Tell Meh Dat by Flipo on Doh Tell Meh Dat 17.Shake Yuh Bum by Machel Montano & Timaya on Happiest Man Alive 18.Alkayida ft. Timaya by Kcee
Here it is! Another annual installment of the SXSW Edition of the Active Listener Podcast. This was my seventh year in a row of attempting to listen to every artist playing at SXSW and the fifth year I actually got to go. It is always such an amazing event and such a terrific time. I'm really excited to share with you just a snapshot of the amazing artists I saw as well as just share some of the energy. I thank you for your patience. I know it was a bit of a wait but I really had to let it all sink in before I could even begin to process what I wanted to select for the show. I think you're really going to like it. Below I have included the schedule of bands I actually saw. If you think that's a lot you should see the list I start with when I go out at night! I have also included some links to videos and a free album download from my top pick of the festival, Allan Rayman. And of course, the tracklist is also a list of links for where to buy these tunes. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron @ActListMusic Wednesday 800-840 Boombaptist @ The North Door 800-840 Sara Hartman at Blackheart 900-940 Haelos @ The Gatsby 1000-1040 Satellite Stories @ Palm Door on Sabine 1000-1040 Polica @ Banger's 1100-1140 Baio @ Banger's 1110-1150 Jahkoy @ Empire Control Room 1200-1240 Lucky Chops @ Buffalo Billards 100-150 Hard Proof @ ScratcHouse Backyard 100-150 MAGIC! @ Flamingo Cantina Thursday 700-740 Thao and the Get Down @ SXSW Stage Lady Bird Lake 800-840 Deejay Theory @ Bungalow (random dj played) 830-910 The Slow Show @ Javelina 930-1000 BEA1991@ Plush 1000-1040 Jared and the Mill @ Icenhauer's 1100-1240 Mon laferte @ Half Step 1200-1240 Los Rakas @ Half Step 1200-1240 A-wa @ Flamingo Cantina100-140 Systema Solar @ Flamingo Cantina Friday 200-240 The Heavy @ Radio Day Stage 300-340 Bombino @ Radio Day Stage 400-600 KCRW Happy Hour @ Isla 700-730 Kevin Garrett @ St. David's Sanctuary 800-840 Lulacruza @ Palm Door on Sixth 900-940 Imran Aziz Mian Qawwal @ Palm Door on Sixth 900-1000 Slugabed @ Barcelona 940-1020 Allan Rayman @ St. David's Sanctuary 735-800 John Grvy @ Swan Dive Patio 1005-1025 Irie Love @ Maggie Maes Rooftop 1030-1050 E.L. @ Maggie Maes Rooftop 1100-1140 Machinedrum @ 800 Congress 1100-1200 Uniiqu3 @ Barcelona I got rinsed with bass 1120-1140 Lipstick Gypsy @ Maggie Mae’s Rooftop 1200-1240 Los Skarnales @ Flamingo Cantina 1245-200 Peligrosa @ Hotel Vegas Annex (two stages) Saturday 800-915 Sega Bodega @ Kingdom 900-940 Virginmarys @ Trinity Hall at Old School 930-1015 Bill Laurance @ Cedar St. Courtyard (schedule was a mess at Palm Door) ? DJ Cuppy @ Palm Door on Sixth ? Stonebwoy @ Palm Door on Sixth ? Jovi Rockwell @ Palm Door on Sixth 1050-1130 Iyanya @ Palm Door on Sixth ? EL @ Palm Door on Sixth 1150-1230 Davido @ Palm Door on Sixth 1250-130 Fuse ODG @ Palm Door on Sixth ? Assassin @ Palm Door on Sixth Patio 130-150 DJ Edu @ Palm Door on Sixth Links Lucky Chops - Coco (Live) Allan Rayman - The Wolf and the Red Dress Allan Rayman - Hotel Allan (Album Free Download) Bill Laurance - Winter in New York Tracklist (links to buy) 1. Danza 2016 by Lucky Chops 2. Got To Go by Boulevards on Groove! 3. Still In Love by Jahkoy on Still In Love 4. Verona The Hellcat Ft. Jessie Reyez by Allan Rayman 5. Monster Lead Me Home by Sara Hartman on Monster Lead Me Home 6. Rude by Magic! on Don't Kill the Magic 7. El Diablo by Mon Laferte on Mon Laferte (Vol. 1) 8. Just a Ride by The Virginmarys on King Of Conflict 9. 1,000 Mph by Audri Nix on 1,000 Mph 10. Uno Resuena by Lulacruza on Orcas 11. Time To Run by Bill Laurance on Aftersun 12. Akhar Zaman (This Moment) by Bombino on Azel 13. Habib Galbi by A-WA 14. Boloma ft. tha Suspect by DJ Edu on Dance, Vol. 1 15. Raka Party ft. Kafu Banton by Los Rakas on Raka Party 16. Michael Douglas by Joao Brasil
What's up everyone!? I'm so excited to finally get to tell you about all the cool stuff I've been working on, not least of which is this massive 3.5 hour fully live mixed drum and bass podcast I've put together for you but we'll get there. First though, we've got a new podcast logo! Seventh year, it was about time. And along with the new logo, I've got some new social media stuff going. There is a new Twitter handle (@ActListMusic) and I've started an Instagram (@ActListMusic). Let's be clear that I am not a social media promotions expert. I really don't even think of these as promotional tools at all. I couldn't really care any less about promotion. I'm just constantly seeking the new and more effective ways to connect and communicate with you guys/gals as well as all those other music lovers out there. Also there's a web address www.activelistenermusic.com. Don't worry, the old site will still work for the next few years. Also, I got a bunch of business card printed out, so I am fully ready to make some new friends next week at SXSW. Speaking of SXSW, I have been putting in a ton of work checking out all the bands. I've been posting little gems I've found up on Twitter so you can check those out. If you're gonna be there, hit me up! I've listened to about 1600 bands so far. There are a set of genre sorted playlists of every band playing as well as another set of my picks (also genre sorted) up on Spotify. Follow ActiveListener on Spotify if you want in on that. Okay finally, now to the music at hand! Last year I made a New Year's resolution to run 500 miles. 10 miles a week may not seem like that much but try doing it when you work 12 hours a day, have three kids, and produce an awesome podcast. It's all about following through and in the end I accomplished my goal. In doing so, I listened to a ton of dnb, mostly thanks to Friction and his weekly 3 hour drum and bass show on BBC. Basically I was inundated with amazing drum and bass on the daily. This podcast is the collection of my favorites. And keeping it to only 59 tracks was actually a challenge. This is a three and a half hour mix that's slamming the whole way through. I've gone easy on the talking and heavy on the mixing. Yeah the mixing maybe sketching a few spots but whatever, I'm no DJ. With my schedule I either practice or record the podcast. I don't have time for both. It was challenging enough to even find the time to just record for four hours. I was up till almost 2am recording this and it was a school night! Waking up at 5am for work was rough but I did it for you! Be sure to check out the massive tracklist below. As always each track is a link to buy the music so bust out your wallets and fork over a couple bucks to help keep these tunes coming! I really hope you all have as much fun blasting this music as I have. Pretty fitting podcast on approximately the 10th anniversary of me getting into the genre. Video Links S.P.Y. - By Your Side Danny Byrd ft. Brookes Brothers - Get On It La Sra. Tomasa - Yo Traigo Boogaloo As always, thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron Tracklist (Links to buy) 1.Phase Us ft. Emer Dineen by London Elektricity on Are We There Yet? 2.Believe in Me (Klax Refix) by Jamie Lidell 3.Tapestry ft. Tali by Severity Zero on Tapestry EP 4.In The Area ft. Lifford by Krakota on Citadels EP 5.Follow Me by Document One on I Got a Fever / Follow Me 6.What Goes Up by Document One on 15 Years of Technique: Summer Selection 7.Red ft. Susie Ledge & Jakes (Document One Remix) by Decoder, Substance on Red 8.Whip Slap by Dimension on Jet Black / Whip Slap 9.Creepshow by Taxman on Creepshow EP 10.How We Living (Pete Cannon Meets Ghost Writerz) by Ghost Writerz and Pete Cannon on How We Living 11.The One ft. Laura Steel (Danny Byrd Remix) by Stanton Warriors on The One (Remixes) 12.Down Somehow by Random Movement on Sounds of the Innerground, Pt. 2 13.Platoon (SpectraSoul Remix) by Jungle on Platoon 14.Lazy Dub by Lenzman on Looking at the Stars 15.Simpler Times ft. Kyo by Break on Simpler Times 16.Sideways by Ulterior Motive on The Fourth Wall 17.The Clock Ticks by Dub Phizix on Critical Music Presents: Underground Sonics 18.Bogeyman Bullshit by Calibre on Fourfit EP04 19.Go (S.P.Y. Remix) by Delilah Official on UKF Drum and Bass 2011 20.Native by Loadstar on Native / Once Again 21.Freefall ft. Reija Lee (VIP) by Metrik on Universal Language 22.Two Minds (Dimension Remix) by Nero on Two Minds (Remixes) 23.Drawing Straws by Netsky on 2 24.About Tonight by LSB on About Tonight 25.By Your Side by S.P.Y on By Your Side 26.Get On It ft. Brookes Brothers by Danny Byrd on Golden Ticket 27.OutaTime by Cyantific on OutaTime 28.Neutralize (Joe Ford Remix) by Icicle on Entropy 29.Playground ft. Shakka (Cyantific Remix) by Lethal Bizzle on Playground 30.Revive ft. Logistics and Eva Lazurus by Etherwood on Blue Leaves 31.She Ain't Me (N3GUS Remix) by Sinead Harnett on She Ain't Me (EP) 32.King (Culture Shock Remix) by Grades on King 33.Warp Drive by Urbandawn on Hospitality 2015 34.Together by Logistics on Spacejams 35. Heard It All Before (DJ Marky Remix) by Sunshine Anderson 36.One Last Quest by S.P.Y on Fast Soul Music 37.Tell Me by Tokyo Prose on Fourfit EP05 38.If You're Here ft. Sophia Ward by LSB on Fast Soul Music 39.Kismet ft. Riya by Hybrid Minds on Lifted EP 40.Amen Roadtrip by Etherwood on Hospitality 2015 41.Ghostrider by Total Science and S.P.Y on Ghostriders EP 42.Rush Connection by Culture Shock on Rush Connection 43.Pale Blue Dot by The Prototypes on City of Gold 44.Wish ft.LaMeduza (S.I.N Remix) by Ficci on Point of Origin, Vol. 1 45.Only You by Silence Groove on Hot One EP 46.Missing Something ft. Damien Soul by Melinki on Yesterdays Forgotten 47.Raindrops by L Plus on 15 Years of Technique: Summer Selection 48.All Night by Camo & Krooked on All Night 49.Real Joy (TC Bootleg) by Fono on Real Joy (Remixes) 50.Tonight by Wilkinson on Tonight / Pistol Whip 51.Take You Higher by Wilkinson on Lazers Not Included (Extended Edition) 52.Breathe ft. Dave Gibson (Dirty Mix) by DC Breaks on Breathe (Remixes) 53.Slipstream by Metrik on Universal Language 54.Kill the Silence ft. Ayah Marar by The Prototypes on City of Gold 55.House Every Weekend (Loadstar Remix) by David Zowie on House Every Weekend 56.Oblivion ft. Solah by Tantrum Desire on Diversified 57.Dark Lights by Dimension on Dark Lights / Panzer 58.Pull Me Under ft. Raphaella by Dimension on Pull Me Under / Maschinen 59.Yo Traigo Boogaloo by La Sra. Tomasa on Yo Traigo Boogaloo
Man time flies! Where did January go? And February too for that matter? You'll have to pardon the delay. That what happens when I try to work on three podcasts, SXSW research, and a couple other things that I will tell you about next time. Anyway, I've put together a really great selection today, if I do say so myself. I eschew the high energy sounds so ofter featured on the podcast for something a bit more minimal. The collection is pretty diverse. There's some prepared piano, some classic minimalism, some straight classical, some jazz, even some stuff from tribal Burundi. Like I said, diverse. And also, really good. I'm excited for you to hear it. On the SXSW tip, for a seventh year in a row I will listen to every artists performing at SXSW. Just like last year, I am forgoing the Unofficial SXSW Torrent I used for the first five years and instead, I have created genre specific playlists on Spotify including every artist performing at SXSW this year. (I'll tell you all about the really slick method for making those later) As more artists get added to the lineup, I will add them to the playlists. There are approximately 1600 artists on there so far. As I listen to them, I am generating playlist of my picks. I've gone through about 1000 so far and let me tell you, it is gonna be a good year! You can find all of that by following ActiveListener on Spotify. Oh and yeah yeah, I realize now that the Ludovico Einaudi album Divenire came out in 2007, not last year. I only first heard it last year thought so I'm standing by my statement that it was my album of the year okay?! Links Nils Frahm - Says (Live on KEXP) The Roots - You Got Me Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists. Aaron www.activelistenermusic.com Tracklist (Links to buy) 1.Says by Nils Frahm on Spaces 2.Is That What Everybody Wants by Cliff Martinez on Solaris - Original Motion Picture Score 3.Section IX by Ensemble Signal on Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians 4.Salutation Akazéhé by Kayanza on Burundi : musiques traditionnelles 5.Collapse by Makeup and Vanity Set on 88:88 6.Ascolta by Ludovico Einaudi on Divenire 7.Symphony No. 3: II. Lento E Largo - Tranquillissimo by Henryk Gorecki on Symphony No. 3 8.I Remember Clifford by Ron Carter on The Bass And I 9.Into Forever ft. Josephine Oniyama by Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra on Into Forever 10.Believe Beleft Below by Esbjörn Svensson Trio on Seven Days of Falling 11.I Don't Even Care by Robert Glasper on Covered 12.Without a Song by Hank Jones on Handwritten
Alright, getting to squeeze one more in before we close out 2015. What a year it been! So much has happened. I went to Brazil. I watched one rocket blow up and another one land. I listened to a ton of music and went to a lot of show. Most importantly for me, I witnessed the miracle of child birth once again. Let me tell you, three kids is no joke folks.But, getting to the matter at hand, what’s in store for the podcast today? Well, you want to know what is going to form the backbone of the soundtrack for my New Years party? No, not drum and bass though that will be playing in the side room. It’s that latin thing that I just keep coming back to. I don’t have a good name for it as it encompasses so many sounds but there are three labels that are the foundation for me. First of course must be ZZK based in Buenos Aires followed by Wonderwheel Recording and Dutty Artz both in Brooklyn, hence the podcast title. These are by no means the only players however. And equally important are the local latin dance parties bringing the sound to life by delivering to people on the dancefloor: Peligrosa (Austin), Subsuelo (LA), Club Zizek (Buenos Aires), Que Bajo (Brooklyn), Tormenta Tropica (SF), etc.This one has been in the works for a while and I'm so happy to finally get it out to you. I always really like everything I play but this one is particularly special and I can’t think of a better way to close out 2015.Get involved. Let me know what you think and what you're listening to. Twitter: @actlistmusic, Facebook: www.facebook.com/activelistener, or email: aaron@activelistenerpodcast.comThanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists,AaronTracklist (links to buy)1.Sanacion by Nicola Cruz on Prender el Alma2.Orinoco by El Buho & Barrio Lindo on History of Colour EP3.Jardines ft. Lido Pimienta (Thornato Remix) by Chancha Via Circuito on Amansara Remixed4.Take You by the Hand ft. Karina Hayes by Mr. Pauer on Orange5.Manolo (Uproot Andy Remix) by Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto on Barrioteca EP6.Tarocchi by Chancha Via Circuito on Amansara7.Oxe Como Era Doce (Maga Bo Remix) by BaianaSystem on Kafundó Vol. 18.Trocitos de Madera by La Yegros on Viene de Mi9.Manganga by Chico Correa10.Blanco Y Negro ft. Macondo & Mr. Vallenato by Palenke Soultribe on Mar11.Un Poquito Mas ft. Chico Mann by Captain Planet on Esperanto Slang12.Bete Kele (Nosotros Somos) by Novalima on Planetario13.Bacanal by Rafi eL on Culebra / Bacanal (Single)14.Definitely (Original Mix) by Kush Aurora, Deejay Theory, & Jahdan Blakkamoore15.Skalypso Vamp (Nickodemus Remix) by Jeremy Sole's Musiacs on Turntables on the Hudson Volume 8: Reflecting Cielo
I'm so excited to finally get this episode out!! It's been too long. Life has been pretty hectic since we welcomed child number three into the world. And then on top of that, I ran into a whole slew of technical difficulties. For those that are interested, I finally changed mic, audio interface, and operating system. I was still using Adobe Audition but it totally failed me once again so I made the switch to Ableton. At some point I also somehow deleted my Ableton tracks. Thankfully I had already exported a draft mix down. I couldn't be bothered to re-record so it is what it is. And finally, now that I've switched to Mac, I find out Garageband no longer supports enhanced podcasts (i.e. the ability to embed chapters, pictures, links, etc in the podcast). Wtf?! I used Podree on my old pc to do it for this episode. Anyone have any suggestions for a Mac option? Despite all of that, the music is still banging! I hope you love this music as much as I do. These are my jams right here! They all have great videos so search them out on YouTube. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists, Aaron aaron@activelistenerpodcast.com Tracklist 1.Personally by P-Square on Personally 2.Shake Body by Skales on Man of the Year 3.Kukere by Iyanya on Fresh Afrobeats Vol.1 4.Adaobi ft. Don Jazzy, Di'ja, Reekado Banks & Korede Bello by The Mavins on Adaobi 5.Rara by Sean Tizzle on Rara 6.Gallardo ft. Davido by Runtown on Gallardo 7.Show You the Money by WizKid on Ayo 8.Khona ft. Uhuru by Mafikizolo on Evo Mix 9.Tchelete (Good Life) ft. Mafikizolo by DaVido on Tchelete 10.B.A.D by Mista Silva on Let It Off 11.Drop (Remix) ft. Donaeo & Nsg by Vibe Squad on Drop 12.Delicious ft. Loony Johnson by Renato Xtrova on Tribe Vaults, Vol. 3 (Afro House Edition) 13.Lengoma by DJ SBU on Lengoma 14.Rotate by Wande Coal on Selection 15.Caro ft. Wizkid by Starboy L.a.X on Caro
Happy birthday to me! You know what I want for my birthday? I want you to enjoy this lovely podcast episode that I have put together for you. If anyone is put off by the title, let's be clear, the intention is for purely positive interpretations. You listen to the selections and let me know what you think. We're covering a lot of ground. 1930s France to modern day Brazil with a stop off in 90s Jersey in there, among other times and locales. It's a good one.Lot of links today:- New York Times Review of Josephine: The Hungry Heart by Jean-Claude Baker (one of the best books I've ever read. Ever.)Translations:Somos Sur by Ana TijouxJ'ai Deux Amours by Josephine BakerPretin by Flora MatosBoa Noite by Karol Conka(couldn't find the others)Videos- J'ai Deux Amour by Josephine Baker from 1937 (I love YouTube!)- Pretin by Flora Matos (in Sao Paulo)- Duvido ft. Pongo Love by Quantic- Fiesta by Bomba Estereo- Roll it Gal by Alison HindsOh and an editors note, I saw Quantic at the Annenberg, not the Ahmanson, Space for Photography.Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artist.Aaronaaron@activelistenerpodcast.comTracklist1. Somos Sur by Ana Tijoux on Vengo2. J'ai Deux Amours by Joséphine Baker on J'ai Deux Amours3. Li'l Liza Jane by Nina Simone on Nina's Choice4. Ready Or Not by The Fugees on The Score5. The Jump Off by Lil' Kim on La Bella Mafia6. Real Bad Gyal ft. Warrior Queen by Dizz1 on Shapes: Wires Disc 27. Bomb by Lioness on This Is UK Rap8. BBD by Azealia Banks on Broke With Expensive Taste9. Stash’s Theme ft. Stash Marina by Jack Dice on Sip Paint10. Pretin (Verão, Pt. 1) by Flora Matos vs. Stereodubs on Flora Matos vs. Stereodubs11. Boa Noite by Karol Conká on Batuk Freak12. Duvidó ft. Pongo Love by Quantic on Magnetica13. Fiesta by Bomba Estéreo on Amanecer14. All Or Nothing ft. Bunji Garlin by Elliphant on Look Like You Love It15. Roll It Gal by Alison Hinds on Soca Queen
I've been on this DnB journey since I first heard High Contrast - Brief Encounter (on KCRW of all places!) back in 2005. It was slow to grow at first and for quite some time I never strayed too far from the jazzy, liquid and the deep, roller side of things. As my experience with dnb has grown, particularly adding in the live show experience with epic sound systems, I have begun to appreciate what a dash of the hard stuff here and a smidge of the chopped up techiness there can really do to enhance the experience, to truly fill out the sound.So then, that brings us to the mix at hand. We start out deep and melancholy and then drift slowly darker until it just gets filthy. Then there's a sharp change and well... That's only the first third. It's a good one if you ask me. Enjoy.Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists,Aaronaaron@activelistenerpodcast.comTracklist (Links to buy the tracks)1. The View ft. LSB and Tyler Daley by DRS on DRS: The View2. Tape Pack by Ulterior Motive on Hospitality 20153. XLRS by LSB on 10 Years of Shogun Audio4. Something Heavy ft. Fox by Calibre & Marcus Intalex, on Run Away / Something Heavy5. The Artefact by Enei on Goliath EP6. Saturate by Mefjus on Emulation7. Purpose by Noisia & Phace on Purpose8. Deep Down ft. Caan by Frankee on All Four One EP9. Bees Knees ft. Malibu by Lynx on Where Are You?10. Hotbox by Mind Vortex on Now It's Time / Hotbox11. Heartbeat ft. Arlissa by Wilkinson on Lazers Not Included12. Buffalo Charge by Dub Phizix & Strategy on Buffalo Charge13. Promesses ft. Kaleem Taylor (Calyx & Teebee Remix) by Tchami on Promesses14. Move Faster by Dimension on Love To Me / Move Faster15. Think Of by Sunchase on The Truth EP16. The Trip by Logistics on Spacejams17. Shelter ft. Lily McKenzie (VIP Mix) by SpectraSoul on Shelter Ft. Lily McKenzie18. Secret Smile ft. Lucy Kitchen by Technimatic on Flashbulb EP
First up, we've got a public service announcement. One of my favorite labels of all time, ZZK Records, is doing some crowd funding. There's only a couple days left so if you're into the whole digital cumbia thing, get on it! If you don't know what I'm talking about, get on it!http://zzkrecords.com/support/Now to the topic at hand...Now I could have just title this "The Train to Pound Town" or something else crass but instead decided to go with the more sophisticated allusion to the corporeal connection as clearly, the most recurrent motif in art across all ages and civilizations. I guess Ii could have gone even more fundamental with "Genetic Imperative" or something but that seems a little sterile which is, of course, the exact opposite of what I'm looking for here.Basically, I'm not ashamed to let you know that the same jokes have been making me laugh for 20 some odd years and my immaturity shows no signs of abating. This mix was so much fun to put together. I got to revive some gems from my childhood as well share some more recent guilty pleasures. There are some great remixes. There's even a recommendation for a most improbable but likely astonishing autobiography coming out in August (link). And as always, I know I've got some tracks you've never heard before.Video LinksBrandy - Wanna Be DownKonshens - Gal Ting (Viral Video)Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists.Aaronaaron@activelistenerpodcast.comTracklist (Links to buy tracks)1.Tarpuricusum Sarata (Captain Planet Remix) by Luzmila Carpio on Luzmila Carpio Meets ZZK2.Chant d'Amour by Chants Populaires Tahitiens on Presents Hot Women Singers3.Pu$$y by Iggy Azalea on Ignorant Art4.Kitty-Kitty by 69 Boyz on Nineteen Ninety Quad5.Me So Horny by 2 Live Crew on Greatest Hits6.I Need A Hot Girl by Hot Boys on Guerrilla Warfare7.Don't Tell 'Em ft. YG by Jeremih on Don't Tell 'Em8.Chimes (Remix) ft. Pusha T, Future, Travi$ Scott, French Montana) by Hudson Mohawke9.Hurt You ft. Kid Sister & Lil Chris by Different Sleep on 5oFoF: Five Years of Friends of Friends10.Ashley ft. Santell (Demo) by Lido11.Wanna Be Down (Canblaster ReMIX) by Brandy on CANBLASTER ReMIX12.ROCK THE BOAT (PHOREYZ SHORT PAUSE EDIT) by AALIYAH on PHOREYZ EDITS13.Sugar & Cinnamon by Claude VonStroke on Urban Animal14.All We Need ft. Shy Girls by ODESZA on In Return15.Gal Ting by Konshens on Dre Skull Presents Blacklight Riddim
Alright summer is here! That means lots of time outside, in the pool, and by the grill which obviously necessitates all kinds of new music. Today I have for you a sampling of different directions to go when you start thinking about what kind of summer music mix you are looking to go for. This is really one of my favorite types of podcasts. I've got the newest sounds I'm jamming combined with classics from my past. I actually had to order two physical compact discs because I couldn't find the albums digitally!! For me, last summer was all about the amazing albums from Quantic and Jungle mixed in with some afro funk and high life. Something tells me I am going to be doing some recycling of those but there are many solid additions to get into.As I write this I am remembering that I completely forgot to put a track from Clean Bandit on the mix. My bad!! Here's the track I was gonna use. "Come Over" Without it, the mix is missing that taste of dancehall, which is a summer must. They were amazing at Coachella. Watching them from the shade of the palm trees while they owned the mid day main stage is the definition of an ideal Coachella moment. I'll make it up to them on a podcast soon but you should check out their album New Eyes. Classically trained band playing their version of house music. So good. Links referenced in the podcast:Awesome unofficial Kaytranada videoThomas Mapfumo on Afropop Worldwide #1Thomas Mapfumo on Afropop Worldwide #2As a side note, I really try to keep all comments on the podcast positive but I must share my complete disdain for Adobe Audition's recording. I switched over from Audacity around podcast 30 or so because the sound processing tools were a little better. While I may still use it for post processing, never again will I trust it for recording the voice over. This is the second time that upon closing, Audition not only deleted all the temp files but also the sound files I had saved, multiple times. Searching around on the internet, I found I am not the only person to run into this serious issue. And even worse, this is the second time it's happened to me. Shame on me. Luckily, this time I had already exported a draft so I didn't have to rerecord the whole podcast but it means I didn't get to go back and balance all the levels just right, fix some plosives, etc... Anyway, if I hadn't said anything you probably wouldn't have noticed but I don't want any of y'all to run into this same problem. Use something else for recording. Now let's pump the positivity and get the jams goin!!Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists,Aaronaaron@activelistenerpodcast.com Tracklist (these are links to buy the songs)1.Mabasa (Work) by Thomas Mapfumo on Mabasa2.Dancing On Quicksand by Bad Suns on Language & Perspective3.The Boys of Summer by The Ataris on So Long, Astoria4.Too Drunk to F*** by Nouvelle Vague on Nouvelle Vague5.Let It Carry You by José González on Vestiges & Claws6.Far Nearer by Jamie xx on Far Nearer / Beat For - EP7.Helios ft. Wayne Snow by Darius on Helios EP8.Set Adrift on Memory Bliss by P.M. Dawn on Of the Heart, Of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience9.Leave Me Alone ft. Shay Lia by KAYTRANADA on Leave Me Alone10.Forever by Majid Jordan on A Place Like This11.I Got U ft. Jax Jones by Duke Dumont on EP112.Brazilian D&B ft. Joao Sobral by Drumagick on Brazilian D&B
Well I just went on an album buying spree (and you should too!!) because once again, the research paid off. I listened to around 1500 bands. Narrowed that down to 100 or so. And then wrote out an itinerary of about 40 which, I actually got to see. It is so much work but the reward is so worth it. SXSW is really something I live for. To all my friends and family that helped make it such an awesome event, and for understanding when I could only hang out for 10 minutes because I had the next show to run off to, this podcast is my thank you. If you're curious where I was running off to, I have included my ridiculous itinerary below. I would love for someone to figure out how many miles I put it.Wed730-800 Keeper at Swan Dive Patio800-840 Aisha Burns at Lucille900-940 Marian Hill at Blackheart930-1000 Basecamp at Lucky Lounge1000-1040 The Seshen at The Iron Bear (TruThoughts Showcase)1100-1140 Odesza (badges only) at The Parish1130-1245 Kidnap Kid at V Lounge1200-1240 Little Simz at Latitude 301200-1240 Jared and the Mill at Esther's Follies1:00-1:50 The Last Bison at Esther's FolliesThur800-850 Rubblebucket at IFC Fairgrounds840-925 Doomtree at Karma Lounge930-1010 Until the Ribbon Breaks at Bar 961000-1040 Hypnotic Brass Ensemble at Flamingo Cantina1100-1140 Zionstereo at Speakeasy1200-1230 DeJ Loaf at Tap Room at The Market1230-200 Austin Bassdrive Sessions at Dozen ClubFriday730- Photay at Central Presbyterian 800- Irene Diaz at Flamingo Cantina830- Nyla at Palm Door910- Kate Tempest at Maggie Mae's Rooftop1000- Joel Laviolette at Russian House1100- Chadwick Stokes at Lucky Lounge1130- Badbadnotgood at place that used to be Antones1230- Ghostface Killah with Badbadnotgood at place that used to be Antones115-300 Hernan Catteno at KingdomSaturday230-300 GFOTY + Spinee at Hype Hotel300-345 A. G. Cook at Hype Hotel400-445 Sophie at Hype Hotel445-500 Obey City at Hype Hotel500-600 SOPHIE at Hype Hotel500-545 Hudson Mohawk at Hype Hotel600-700 The Iguanas at Joe's Coffee800- Velvet Caravan at Elephant Room800- Melie at Maggie Mae's900- Rocky Dawuni at Russian House1000 - Ibeyi at Bungalow1045- HxdB at Plush1115- Badbadnotgood at Bungalow1200- Tunji Ige at Empire Garage100- SOPHIE at Red Eyed FlyThere were so many mind blowing good performances. There is no way I could cover them all in one mix. For example, I made no mention of when I went to see BADBADNOTGOOD and then it turned out that after their set, surprise, they were playing backup for Ghostface Killah! And that was just one of the many SXSW miracles I had. Also not on the podcast is Hernan Catteno building it up and breaking it down till 3am. So so good. Oh man and as always, Austin, you came through with so so much amazingly delicious food. Long story short, it was perfect. Always is. Can't wait to do it again. Oh and don't forget, you can check out all the SXSW playlists I put together on Spotify to dig into all the other bands. username: ActiveListener. Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists.Aaronwww.activelistenerpodcast.comLink to Kate Tempest poem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCMmyhMirqUTracklist (these are links to buy the tracks)1.Our Lives Our Time by Chadwick Stokes on The Horse Comanche2.Joy by Joel Laviolette & Rattletree on Joy3.The Fall by The Seshen on Unravel4.Bad Doctor ft. BoomBaptist by Keeper on Bad Doctor5.Oya by Ibeyi on Ibeyi6.One Time by Marian Hill on Sway7.Try Me by Dej Loaf on Try Me8.Final Boss by Doomtree on All Hands9.Have I by Little Simz on AGE 101: DROP 110.Lonely Daze by Kate Tempest on Everybody Down11.Hold Your Own by Kate Tempest12.Perspective ft. Homeboy Sandman by Until The Ribbon Breaks on A Lesson Unlearnt13.Sun Models ft. Madelyn Grant by ODESZA on In Return14.Gibbous by Hypnotic Brass Ensemble on Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Two weeks to go until SXSW and what is this?! It's not a SXSW preview! Yeah I know. I decided instead to do a SXSW Recap podcast. Since I imagine most of you aren't going, it will probably be more interesting to hear about what I actually went to and liked rather than just what I think might be good. For those of you that want a preview though, don't fret. The SXSW Torrent did actually come so you can check that out. Or, you can check out what I've put together on Spotify (link). I have put together two sets of playlists for you. One set, sorted by genre, is the complete listing of all the artists performing at SXSW (that were available on Spotify). It's something like 1500 artists. I, of course, have listened to (or will have in the next two weeks) all of them and that is the second set of playlists, my selections. It is from this far paired down group that I will be building my schedule. So head over to Spotify. Check it out. And follow the playlists so you will get notified when I update them.For the other nerds out there, you might be interested to know that I actually wrote a Matlab script to crawl the SXSW webpage and populate a spreadsheet with artist, genre, and hyperlink to their SXSW page. I then used this spreadsheet to check off which artists I had added to Spotify playlists and which songs I had listened to. The making the playlists part did kind of take forever. Next year I'm gonna learn some JSON so I can just use the Spotify API. If I actually get that going, you can expect Spotify playlists from tons of different music festivals to start showing up. I'll keep you posted.As for this episode, well, you've read enough of my writing already. Just listen. One correction though. It's only been 13 years, not 14.Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists,AaronTracklist (these are links to buy the tracks)1.Pine Needle Tea by Chadwick Stokes on The Horse Comanche2.Dyin Day by Anais Mitchell on Young Man In America3.With You by Roméo Testa on The End4.I Loved You by Alice Russell on To Dust5.Open by Rhye on Woman6.Warm Water by Banks on Goddess7.Open Air ft Joyce Wrice by TOKiMONSTA on Desiderium8.Green Garden by Laura Mvula on Sing to the Moon9.Don't Wait by Mapei on Hey Hey10.And So We Dance by Kellylee Evans on I Remember When11.Betray My Heart by D'Angelo and The Vanguard on Black Messiah
Back with another one pretty quick. Actually I guess the release date isn't that quick but I did record it a week after I recorded the last one. Why the rush? Well first off, I just have too much music to share with you. Secondly though, it's SXSW and Coachella time so you know what that I means. I have absolute heaps of new music to get through.Things are gonna run a bit different for SXSW this year. The torrent is no more. So instead, I got a Spotify account and am making playlists, sorted by genre, of all the artists performing at SXSW! Yes it's a ridiculous task but I consider it a public service. Tell your friends.I am then also listening to all songs and making a second set of playlists of my picks. So, get on Spotify and check it out. You don't need to pay if you don't mind listening on shuffle. My username is ActiveListener. I've already got a playlist up for my top 60 (out of 160) Coachella artists.If I have enough time, I will make a preview podcast before SXSW. That's the plan anyway, so look for something coming in the beginning of March. In the meantime, watch the Spotify playlists grow and evolve.And oh yeah, guess I haven't really introduced the present podcast at all. Well... It's all remixes. Except for one that's not. Just listen. It's one of the more varied podcasts I've made and I gotta say, I really like it.Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists,Aaronwww.activelistenerpodcast.comTracklist1.Lose Yourself by Kellylee Evans on I Remember When2.Runnin (Machinedrum Remix) by Kelis3.Gangsta (Deejay Theory remix) by Kat Dahlia (Free Download)4.Baby (Ju$tin Be Beurre For The Lulz Remix) by We Sink on Ju$tin Be Beurre For The Lulz (Free Download)5.Me & U (VILLAGE Bootleg Remix) by Cassie (Free Download)6.The Key (ft. Kelis) Dub Phizix Remix by Breach7.2 On ft. Schoolboy Q by Tinashe on Aquarius8.Let Me See That by Penthouse Penthouse (Free Download)9.Pilgrim (MS MR Remix) by MØ10.Chandalier (B A S E C A M P Remix) by Sia (Free Download)11.Blackout ft. Shakka (Amtrac Remix) by Wretch 3212.Major Happy (Frederic Robinson Remix) by Fred V & Grafix on Unrecognisable
This is it! The first podcast of 2015 and also the first podcast that I mixed live! Amazingly enough my laptop was able to able to handle both Serato and Audition and I was able to handle (somewhat) the mixing and talking at the same time. Definitely stumbled over myself a few times but hopefully the mistakes adds some humanity and facilitates a more full communication of the moment. Either way, it was super fun. Made for much more of a performance feel which for me is awesome. One day I hope to actually broadcast live but I have some technical challenges to work out first eg. how to do real time noise reduction, compression, and side chain ducking. If only I had a PhD in audio, not mechanical, engineering.Now because I was a bit overwhelmed during parts of this recording I forgot to say some stuff. So, here is the list of corrections, clarifications, and additions to my commentary on this podcast.- For the second track, I extolled this duo from Seattle but forgot to mention their name, Odesza.- On the third track, I don't think I made it all that clear that Dirtybird is the record label. That label is run by Justin Martin and Claude von Stroke- I wanted to mention that Mant is on MTA Records out of the UK. MTA is better known to me as the home of some amazing drum and bass artists. Lately of particular interest would be Kove and Dimension. Dimension is absolutely killing it right now.Another announcement (which I may have mentioned already), all of the podcast episodes have finally been moved from the old blogspot site to the new (ish) site. I wish I could also have brought over the tens of thousands of views that site had for the counter but whatever, we'll get there again.Along with all the old episodes being up, I have also finally gotten the Podcast Index cleaned up and posted. Now you can see, in one text file, all the songs that have featured on the podcast.I know this is getting long but one more thing. I finally got Spotify. I'm very conflicted about it but it appears that with the death of the SXSW Torrent, Spotify is the only way I am going to be able to efficiently go through all the showcasing artists. So, if you want to follow the progress you can follow me on Spotify at ActiveListener.Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists,Aaronwww.activelistenerpodcast.comTracklist (These are links to buy the tracks)1.Kudausheby Afriquoi on Kudaushe2.Say MyName (ft. Zyra) by ODESZA on In Return (Free Download)3.Don't Goby Justin Martin on Don't Go EP4.Zwitscherzwitscherby Rampue on Turn Around5.Orchid byMant on Mant EP6.Can'tWait by Claude VonStroke on Urban Animal7.Joolz bywAFF on Eclipse / Ibiza8.The Drugby Röyksopp on Senior9.Diamonds(ft. Solomon Grey) by Lane 8 on Diamonds / Without You10.Can't DoWithout You by Caribou on Our Love11.ReadyFor Your Love (ft. Mnek) by Gorgon City on Sirens12.ThinkingAbout It by Just Kiddin on Thinking About It13.Stay(Justin Martin Remix) by Henry Krinkle on Stay14.So GoodTo Me by Chris Malinchak on So Good To Me
Five years! It's hard to believe but I've been at this for five years! What started out as an off the cuff suggestion from my wife has become my favorite hobby and frankly, a body of work that I pretty proud of. Not only is it a great musical journal for myself but it has connected me with people all over the world, facilitated incredible conversations with friends and strangers alike, and opened doors to all sorts of amazing experiences. Five years in, my motivation hasn't changed. I don't do this to spread my name or to try and impress. I do it because I just love music. I love listening to it, seeing it live, playing it, thinking about it, and as you already know, I really like talking about it. And that last bit is where the podcast has been such a gift. Again, some of the conversations, discussions, and connections, and experiences it has enabled are, well, to use a favorite word of mine, awesome.Alright so anyway, here is episode 63. While this is a hastily put together collection of tracks, most of these I have have been meaning to get on the podcast for somewhere between days and years. They have just been floating around in the unsorted list. Some songs are just difficult to fit into the theme of the month. They are all amazing though and the fifth year special seemed like an opportune time for a broad survey.Come join the conversation over at www.facebook.com/activelistener or shoot me an email at aaron@activelistenerpodcast.com. You know I'm always looking for new tunes.Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists.Aaronwww.activelistenerpodcast.comTracklist (THESE ARE LINKS TO BUY THE TRACKS)1. Tribute To Peador O'Donnell/Monkey Let The Hogs Out by Alison Krauss & Union Station on Live2. The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn by Alison Krauss & Union Station on Live3. Pretty Little Thing by Fink on Biscuits For Breakfast4. Warm Water by Banks on Goddess5. Pretty Thing by Broods on Broods - EP6. Metal & Dust by London Grammar on If You Wait7. El Alma y el Cuerpo by Bomba Estereo on Elegancia Tropical8. Tropicoso by Jungle Fire on Tropicoso9. Seven Is The Wind by Menahan Street Band on The Crossing10. Nautilus by Bob James on One11. Kandaiki by Mammal Hands on Animalia12. Four Hills by DJ Day on The Day Before13. Winter Blues by JJ Doom on Key to the Kuffs14. Mghetto ft. Xuman by The Very Best on Mtmtmk15. On Top ft. T.Shirt by Flume on Flume
If you don't mind, I'm just gonna go ahead and let you know ahead of time that the song selection for this podcast is amazing. How is it so good? Well, the world of drum and bass is just exploding with great tunes these days. It doesn't matter that dnb is barely a blip on the radar here in the States. The shows are still happening and let me tell you, they're awesome. Also I think it was Spearhead Records that signed with Capital Records (ie independent dnb label joins major label) so it's coming. While I don't necessarily look forward to it ever hitting mainstream, with so many good tunes, I don't see how it doesn't at some point. Either way, the time is now and this mix is sick. And, as an added bonus it's fully mixed and I recorded the voice over live. Yeah, big stuff this month. Hopefully you have as much fun listening as I did making it.By the way, this is best listened to loud and with good bass. If headphones at work is all you got, hey, I'm with you. No problem. It will still be good. I'm just saying, if you can get this going on some type of system, well, it'll take it to the next level.Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists.AaronTracklist (THESE ARE LINKS TO BUY THE TRACKS)1. As Sure As Sunrise ft. Hugh Hardie by Logistics on Polyphony2. Right Back ft. Sian Evans (Break Remix) by Dr Meaker on Right Back Remixes3. All Things by Tokyo Prose on Presence4. Looking For Diversion ft. Lucy Kitchen by Technimatic on Desire Paths LP5. Anticipation Management by Pulsaar on New Blood 0146. Somebody New ft. Tiffani Juno (Jakwob VIP) by Jakwob on Hospital Mixtape: Etherwood7. Hard Time (S.P.Y Remix) by Seinabo Sey on 8. Xylo by Krakota on Xylo9. Want My Love ft. Elisabeth Troy by Metrik on Universal Language10. Solace by Legion & Logam on House of Cards / Solace - Single11. Remembered Her Wrong (Anile Remix) by Blu Mar Ten on Famous Lost Words Remixes, Pt. 212. Blackball (Original Mix) by Klax on Critical Presents: Binary Vol.213. Twisted ft. Thomas Oliver by Rido on Hospitality: Drum & Bass 201214. Azure by Dub Motion on Azure / Infected EP15. Advance Money by Db on The Secret Art Of Science 2 (then And Now)16. Red Mist VIP by Danny Byrd on Sick Music17. Comeback (S.P.Y Jungle Remix) by Ella Eyre on Comeback Remixes EP18. Far Away by Camo & Krooked on Cross the Line19. Somersaults by Logistics on Polyphony20. Unmissable ft. Zak (Metrik Remix) by Gorgon City on 21. Afterglow by Wilkinson on Afterglow
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