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NC GUEST MIX#46: XANDER HARRIS

Monday, January 30th, 2012

The latest guest mix comes from Xander Harris, Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s buddy  the project of Austin, Texas based musician Justin Sweatt, whose peachy debut Urban Gothic came out on Not Not Fun last year. He has a split 7 inch with Dylan Ettinger coming out on Moon Glyph in late February/early March.
This rather urban gothic mix is comprised of some tracks that he’s “really enjoying at the moment”. Featured artists include several Skinny Puppy-related projects, some of our latest sweethearts such as Water Borders and Trust, as well as the sadly disbanded These Are Powers. The collection of more and less recent dark electronic stuff perfectly fits his Tumblr description which reads “EBM Industrial Grave Wave Horror Dance”. I want more than just a mix:

NC GUEST MIX#46: XANDER HARRIS

01. Doubting Thomas – Father Don’t Cry
02. Water Borders – What Wiwant
03. Front Line Assembly – Threshold
04. These Are Powers – Candyman
05. Cyberaktif – Meltdown
06. Klinik – Moving Hands
07. Noise Unit – Collapsed
08. Clock DVA – Sound Mirror
09. Frank Alpine – Heart is Grey
10. MR666 – Murder By Phone
11. Trust – Sulk (Single Edit)
12. Robedoor – Afterburners
13. LA Vampires & Zola Jesus – Eulogy

Xander Harris’ Tumblr & Bandcamp.

Photo by Devaki Knowles.

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NC GUEST MIX#45: O F F Love

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Kinda got used to having other people (ie. artists we like) write for the blog. So we’re gonna start the year with yet another guest feature – a guest mix by o F F Love. (Apparently he will only make a mix for your site if it’s guest mix number 45.) Artwork used for cover was made by Aude Levere for “oFF is Loved” fan art project, featured in the video for ‘Close to U, I’m Not’. o F F Love’s debut album Probably Love is coming out in two weeks via M=Maximal.
The combination of mainstream hits, r’n'b, avant-pop and fragile vocals featured on the mix reflects his music pretty well. Also, it works great.
o F F is Love. This is mix is love? What Rihanna said:

o F F Love MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE, YOUR LOVE IS MY LOVE

Tracklisting in a random order:
Palmistry, Backstreet Boys, Cyan Kid + Allie, Thom Yorke, Metallic Falcons, Panda Bear, o F F Love, Chris Brown, CocoRosie, Rihanna, Arthur Russell, Min Ronnersjö, pan pipe sound.

If you can guess the exact tracklist you’ll get, um… A mention on our profile on the social network of your choice. Whoa!

o N line Love.

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NC GUEST MIX#44: ZAMBRI

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Zambri is a duo comprised of  sisters Cristi Jo and Jessica Zambri. We already mentioned their recent Glossolalia EP, out now on Kanine Records. Just a few hours ago Stereogum premiered their beautiful new video for ‘To Keep Back’, directed by Meringuemeringue. And now we give you a very special mix by Zambri! Sweet, but slightly weird. Just like their music.
This is what Cristi Jo told us about the mix: “I find this mix really nice to listen to alone, but it’s also really friendly. Consider passing around (sharing) your favorite drink. You might have a light, but very important night. Choose the right people, and if you close your eyes, make sure your friend’s eyes are open just in case of something extraordinary. Put on a sweater; get a breeze going. It’s possible you, too, enjoy cross ventilation. You’ll feel alive, I hope.” Feel alive:

NC GUEST MIX#44: ZAMBRI

01. Goblin – School at Night (Lullaby Echo Version)
02. Spacemen 3 – Just To See You Smile
03. Tricky – Makes Me Wanna Die
04. Autre Ne Veut – Sweetheart
05. Shangri-Las – He Cried
06. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – Zabadak!
07. Boards of Canada – Julie And Candy
08. Broadcast – Hawk
09. DPony – Lessmi
10. The Magnetic Fields – Underwear
11. Françoise Hardy – Oh Oh Cheri
12. Goblin – Mad Puppet
13. Bear In Heaven – Drug a Wheel
14. The Shirelles – Baby It’s You
15. Dpony – Desert Of Calculations
16. Spacemen 3 – I Love You

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NC GUEST MIX#43: ENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Brian Pyle, better known as Ensemble Economique, is one busy guy. His new album Crossing The Pass, By Torchlight just came out on Dekorder, he has a wonderful new video for ‘Everything I Have, I Give to You’ (watch it here), plus there are already some new songs up on his Soundcloud. Last but not least – he made a beautiful mix for us.
Instead of trying to demonstrate how eclectic his musical tastes are, Pyle gives us a pretty balanced mix entirely made up of contemporary music, with the exception of Cocteau Twins. But you can’t make such a dreamy mix without Cocteau Twins, now can you? With some Swedish pop and some recent favorites such as Maria Minerva and Clams Casino thrown in for good measure, this makes for a perfect mix for the winter holiday season. Also, I thought I was crazy when I heard James from Twin Peaks singing that song of his, but it turns out it was sampled in the Foxes in Fiction remix of Raw Moans’ song. Hah! Mix economique:

NC GUEST MIX#43: ENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE

01. CEO – Come With Me
02. Air France – Hold on to Me
03. jj – 5 Minuter
04. Police Academy 6 – The Chills (feat. Raw Moans)
05. Krusht – Back To the Forest
06. Clams Casino – I’m God
07. Dream Boat – Imissu
08. Phantogram – Mouthful of Diamonds
09. Blood Diamonds – Grins
10. Real Magic – No Things Left
11. Cocteau Twins – Crushed
12. Cults – You Know What I Mean
13. Raw Moans – Aqua Net (Foxes in Fiction remix)
14. Maria Minerva – Ruff Trade
15. CEO – Love And Do What You Will

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Ensemble Economique Tumblr.

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NC GUEST MIX#42: LITANIC MASK

Monday, November 21st, 2011

If you’re sitting there wondering who the fuck are Litanic Mask, do yourself a favor and get acquainted with Kenna Jean and Mark Evan Burden because their band just happens to be one of our discoveries of the year. This is their first mix, and it’s not half bad! The dominantly experimental/goth/ industrial introduction doesn’t really prepare you for all that follows. Obscure soul mixed into contemporary r’n’b, followed by mixing synth pop into dub reggae into Swans into minimal techno. Things get even crazier around ‘Dancing on My Own’ / ‘Always on My Mind’ combo. Did I mention it all sounds perfectly smooth? As if I didn’t know I’d love this when I spotted one of my fave Depeche Mode songs on the tracklist, along with some Light Asylum, John Maus and Plastikman. Virgin mix:

NC GUEST MIX#42: LITANIC MASK

01. Doris Norton – Caution Radiation Norton
02. This Mortal Coil – The Horizon Bleeds
03. John Maus – Times Is Weird
04. Serge Gainsbourg – Daisy Temple
05. David Lynch – Good Day Today
06. Chris & Cosey  - October Love Song
07. Helene Smith – I’m Controlled by Your Love
08. Cassie  - Me & You
09. Depeche Mode – Lie to Me
10. Scientist – Blood
11. Swans – Children of God
12. Plastikman – Helikopter
13. Lil B – Die With The Sun
14. Light Asylum – Skull Fuct
15. OMD – Almost
16. Robyn – Dancing on My Own
17. Pet Shop Boys – Always on My Mind
18. Robert Hood – Internal Empire
19. Kraftwerk – Antenne
20. Anika – I Go to Sleep

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NC GUEST MIX#41: HIGH PLACES

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
We at No Conclusion know ALL about High Places. Unfortunately, we can’t share that knowledge with you. The footage of our detailed interview is now forever lost thanks to a really crappy recording. We kept them hostage in the backstage for an hour for nothing, and yet Mary and Rob were kind enough to put together a little something for our guest mix series. And boy are we glad they did!
ICP’s ‘Can’t Feel My Knees’ makes for a perfect intro, followed by a little bit of everything. The mix is a compact blend of experimental and electronic music, some obscurities plus an occasional dance gem, spiced with a slight touch of the eighties and a few discoveries (How did I miss out on that Invisible Conga People 12“? Also, those folks from Chile are pretty chill). Just the way we like it! Mixed Places:

NC GUEST MIX#41: HIGH PLACES

01. Invisible Conga People – Can’t Feel My Knees
02. Hype Williams – Warlord
03. K Alexi – Shelby
04. Silver Apples – Ocscillations
05. MKRNI – Humedad
06. Skinny Puppy – Tomorrow
07. Kamasutra – Running
08. Johnny Dynell & New York 88 – Jam Hot
09. Black Dice – Cone Toaster
10. Semya – Earthworm
11. Martyn – Miniluv
12. New Order – 5 8 6
13. Blawan – Bohla
14. Shannon – Give Me Tonight
15. Augustus Pablo - Blacka Black Dub
16. Lucky Dragons – No Reason

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The band’s new album Original Colors is out now on Thrill Jockey. We’ve already posted both new videos. Because we like High Places. Can’t help it.
High online Places.

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NC GUEST MIX#40: ELA ORLEANS

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

It’s been months since our last guest mix, but we’re back to the feature with a mix by UK-based Polish musician Ela Orleans.
“There are some things I grew up on and music I have been going back to these days in search for inspiration and guidance in finding perfect sound ha ha.” Hah, and that’d be a weird mixture of hip-hop, avant-garde, jazz, swing, soul, psychedelic, experimental, classical, pop and electronic music. There are a few exclusive tracks too. “I am working for Clan Destine Records and big part of my life is dedicated to the label now. Some tracks on the mix are coming from its upcoming releases. There are some gems I would like to point out – Spastic Joy, Young Offenders, ASSS and KVB – true talents and great personalities”, she said. Welcome to the world of Ela Orleans:

NC GUEST MIX#40: ELA ORLEANS

01. Wu-Tang Clan – Fast Shadow
02. Jean-Jaques Perrey – E.V.A
03. Buddy Rich – Beat Goes On
04. Spastic Joy – The Mission
05. Paul Nero – This Is Soul
06. The KVB – Nightmares #2
07. Johnny Keating – Getaway
08. Stanley Myers – Main Theme from Sitting Target
09. Jeanette – Porque Te Vas
10. Party Trash – Night Flash
11. Young Offenders – Bleeding Heart (Dream of God)
12. Photek – The Hidden Camera
13. Cool Sounds – Where Do We Go From Here

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Ela Orleans also shared some details on two upcoming releases. Her new full-length Mars Is Heaven should be out by the end of September on La Station Radar/Atelier Ciseaux. “There are 8 tracks, more experimental, more composed and integral without being million miles away from what I have been doing so far. I still am far from the idea of having a band but more and more attracted to orchestration and musical space.” Another release set for this fall is the remix LP Ela Orleans and The Prophets on Clan Destine Records. “It will consist of remixes of my past work made by the finest artists I met in the last few years, there is a lot of contributors working on stuff right now – some serious surprises and a few predictable choices – all genuinely and carefully selected.” Looking forward to it!
Ela Orleans’ website.

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NC GUEST MIX#39: NOWA HUTA

Sunday, June 19th, 2011

Here’s our new guest mix! Made by Nowa Huta, the mysterious London-based dark dance production unit.
No touching story this time, just a few lines on the mix: “When we put this mix together we wanted it to echo some of the emotional qualities we’re interested in mapping out and exploring in our own music; loss, longing, obsession and isolation all rendered as seductively as possible.  Hopefully this mix points towards those ideas.” Yep, that would be a pretty accurate description. We hope you’ll enjoy the mix as much as we did:

NC GUEST MIX#39: NOWA HUTA

01. Swarms – Roulette
02. Burial – Shutta
03. Nelly Furtado – Say it Right
04. Scuba – So You Think You’re Special
05. Jhene Aiko – Stranger
06. Wiley – Where’s My Brother
07. Nyx – Letting Go
08. Felicita & Palmistry – Whitney Gurl
09. LL Cool J feat. Leshaun – Doin’ it
10. Nosaj Thing – Nightcrawler

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Nowa Huta @ Soundcloud.

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NC GUEST MIX#38: MI AMI

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

When we were setting up that Sex Worker guest mix with Daniel Martin-McCormick, we talked about Mi Ami doing a guest mix somewhere down the line. Unfortunately, the guys haven’t had a chance to make a mix recently, BUT they dug out this crazy mix they made back in 2006. Here’s what Daniel had to say about it: “This is a mix Damon and I made in the fall of 2006. We had met a few months before, ending a stretch of loneliness and aimlessness that had taken over my life after moving to SF a year and a half prior. At that point, our band was just the two of us (as it is again now), and to say we had no idea what we were doing is a true understatement. We practiced in a closet, me jamming loops on Ableton, playing occasional guitar and keys and singing, while Damon worked the percussion. We started with a snare drum, sans snare, and then added in the following order: roto toms, hi hat, rack tom, shakers, maracas, and a cymbal before eventually purchasing a kick drum in August of 2007. Practice tapes circa the weeks surrounding this mix are 100% unlistenable. But I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this proto-dj excursion, and how much of the vibe remains intact today. Most of the gamelan, Sandy Bull and minimal techno was me; most of the italo, asian pop and (surprisingly) Polish men’s choir was Damon. We called it the Deth Kult Mix after some favorite Mission St graffiti, and passed it on to Kat from Donuts as a demo. We ended up opening for Tussle in the spring and she and Damon started dating and the next five years passed so quickly in a warmly-glowing blur of life/love/learning/jammin’.” A beautiful story with a happy ending! Mi Amix:

MI AMI DETH KULT MIX

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(No tracklist for this one, you’re gonna have to trust the description! Also, you will find attached a picture of the original Mi Ami Deth Kult Mix tape. Awesome!!)

Mi Amibook.

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NC GUEST MIX#37: BELONG

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

We are honored to present you a guest mix by Belong, the duo of Turk Dietrich and Michael Jones, who have made one of our favorite records of the year so far. Common Era is out now on Kranky, we suggest you get it (here).
The mix was curated by Mike Jones and it features mostly experimental electronic music and 80′s new wave, synth pop, post-punk, pop and minimal synth, as well as a few obscurities. We assume that this love for new wave music might have had something to do with the shift in sound from drone to pop displayed on their new record. Mix era:

NC GUEST MIX#37: BELONG

01. Philip Sanderson – Bright Waves
02. Carol & Snowy Red – So Low
03. Pink Industry – Don’t Let Go
04. Book of Love – I Touch Roses
05. Orbidöig – Nocturnal Operations
06. Strawberry Switchblade – Go Away
07. Ramon Sender – Worldfood VII (To See Him With My Eyes)
08. Peter Gutteridge – Lonely
09. Teenage Filmstars – Tension
10. The Chills – Draft Morning (Byrds Cover)
11. The Teardrop Explodes – Flipped Out On LSD
12. Robert Rental – Untitled B1
13. Robert Rental – Double Heart

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NC GUEST MIX#36: LAKE R▲DIO

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

Illinois-based young artist Caden Moore makes experimental electronic music under the LAKE R▲DIO moniker (and also plays in Heavy Ghost). Moore released a new EP called Delta a couple of days ago, available for download from his Bandcamp page.
As for the guest mix – “It contains songs that I wish I made and some that I have remixed”, says Moore. An excellently mixed collection of fine songs, including some of the NC faves such as Fever Ray, Balam Acab and Boards of Canada, plus probably my favorite song by The Beach Boys, and more. R▲DIO MIX:

NC GUEST MIX#36: LAKE R▲DIO

01. Boards of Canada – Dawn Chorus
02. Moby – Porcelain
03. Balam Acab – Sea Birds
04. Jay-Z – December 4th
05. The Beach Boys – All I Wanna Do
06. The Sky Operator – Od Annaw Od
07. Spider▲Webs – Ambient
08. Boards of Canada – Julie and Candy (Remix)
09. Fever Ray – When I Grow Up (Remix)
10. The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows / Within You Without You (Remix)

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LAKE B▲NDC▲MP.

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NC GUEST MIX#35: SLEEP ∞ OVER

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
This week’s guest mix brings us the dreamy stylings of SLEEP ∞ OVER. Stefanie Franciotti said on the mix: “I mostly listen to the same songs over and over again until I’m sick of them, so these are it. I’m still listening.”
So let’s see about these songs: a weird Japanese psyh pop tune, some Durutti Column, Nick Drake’s mom (!), a few psychedelic jams, a 90′s dance hit, Cocteau Twins, an opera track and Chris Isaak. AND not one but two Kate Bush songs one after the other, only she flips the order on ya! Whoa. Also, love those Nick Nicely and Twisted Wires tunes. MIX ∞ OVER:

NC GUEST MIX#35: SLEEP ∞ OVER

01. The Happenings Four – I Want You
02. The Durutti Column – Spent Time
03. Enrico Caruso – O Figli Miei! (from Macbeth)
04. Molly Drake – Poor Mum
05. Nick Nicely – On the Coast
06. Kate Bush – Hounds of Love
07. Kate Bush – Running up That Hill (A Deal With God)
08. Twisted Wires – One Night At The Raw Deal (Guitar & Vocal)
09. Ghost Town DJ’s – My Boo
10. Cocteau Twins – Lorelei
11. Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
12. Prince Rama of Ayodhya – Beast of Jewels
13. Silver Apples – I Have Known Love

We recently posted a new track from the new SLEEP ∞ OVER single, out next week on Hippos in Tanks. A full-length should be out this summer.
SLEEP ∞ OVER ∞ TUMBLR.

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