I NEED SUGAR

I've been working so much until this weekend I hadn't touched the mixer since PIBday. A sad state of affairs indeed. Back at it now, I'm going to see if I can kick out a variety of jams before the new year.

I've also compiled my best of 2009 tracks which are being shared daily at blip.fm. But now it's time for a mix. 

When I played the Indian Electronica festival in the summer it was a more uptempo evening with, for my set, a focus on minimal vibes. At the time, however, I started gathering some more downtempo Indian vibes. So, without further ado, here's the Indian Electronica Chill Mix. Enjoy!

Tracklist:
01 Nassim Maalouf - Tarab (Rast) 1998
02 Özgür Sakar aka Misda Oz vs Mercan Dede - Ab-? Beka 2007
03 Don Cherry & Latif Khan - Air Mail 1982
04 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt (Remixed By Massive Attack With Jonny Dollar And Booga Bear) 1990
05 Thievery Corporation - Shiva (Govinda Remix) 2006
06 Dead Can Dance - The Snake And The Moon 1996
07 Gaudi + Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Dil Da Rob Muka Ja Mahi 2008
08 Mulatu Astatke / The Heliocentrics - Masengo 2009
09 Leeroy Kesiah - Bounce Floor 2006
10 Thievery Corporation - The Supreme Illusion ? Gunjan 2005
11 The Beatles - Within You, Without You [2009 Mono Mix] 1967
12 Peace Orchestra - Marakesh 1999
13 Tabla Beat Science - Devotional 2000
14 St Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (A Mix Of Two Halves) 1990
15 Natacha Atlas - Yalla Chant (Transglobal Underground Remix) 2000
16 Sheharzad - Yalla Yalla (Henrik Schwarz Remix) 2009
17 Banco de Gaia - Mafich Arabi 1995
18 Adham Shaikh - Ohm (Transfix Mix) 2006
19 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Piya Re Piya Re (Remix) 1999
20 The Flashbulb - Delhi Ill 2003

Download the mix here.

Qasim was super generous to invite a white boy to the party this past Friday. I somehow managed to kill 2.5 hours of minimal into a 55 minute set. I was stressing at the 30 minute mark as I realized I was chomping through all the minimal I had that was anywhere close to Indian. Seems to have worked out in the end as I made it through 55 minutes of an hour long set. 

This is the unedited live mix from the evening so there's a little bit of unintentional madness occurring but that's the way it goes. Maybe I'll do a cleaner studio mix in the future but for now this is the goods. Enjoy!

Track list:

01 Rufus Wainwright - Agnus Dei
02 Trentemøller - Prana
03 Emmanuel - Indian Wallpaper
04 Basti Grub - El Gitarro (M.in Remix)
05 Andrea Giuliani and Luca Rossetti - Dirty Chant
06 Andre Crom & Luca Doobie - Harmonics (Ilario Alicante Remix)
07 Debashish Bhattacharya - Amrit Anand
08 Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - Can't Argue With Silence
19 Kabuto - Drunken Slumber
10 Masomenos - Juhuu
11 Chris Wood & Frank Leicher - Geisha
12 Gabriel Ananda - Sweet Decay
13 Chris Lattner & Coco Malente - Limbo With Coco

Download here.

Photo credit: Looks like a Slumdog Millionaire set photo as opposed to a screen cap. Taken from this blog, which offers no credit.

From the documentary, Playing For Change: Peace Through Music, musicians from around the world are mashed up into a stirring rendition of Ben E King's Stand By Me. Gorgeous stuff.

More from Playing for Change.

One of the more interesting "world music" albums (that genre is such a convoluted mess, but I digress) that came out in 2008 was from Amadou and Mariam. I didn't fall in love with the album as a whole, but there a few select tracks that kick my ass, not the least of which is the Damon Albarn produced Sabali which kicks off the album.

Here's a preview for your enjoyment: Amadou and Mariam - Sabali

They're playing at the Phoenix Thursday, June 4, if you'd like to check them out live. No idea what to expect but the Facebook invite says the following:

Definitely one of the best African groups out there and they're coming to Toronto! I saw them in Edmonton last summer and they are amazing! If you like music you will enjoy yourself - even if you doubt you'd be into African music. Great band. Great venue. Go buy yourself a ticket.