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(cross post from bennettwilliamson.com)
My friend and fellow artist Raphy Griswold and I have had an ongoing mail art / cassette exchange going for the past few years. This month I put together my latest contribution, and decided to digitize it before mailing the original copy. I treated my broke self to a $20 cassette deck at the local thrift spot for my birthday, and this came together pretty quickly after that.
Welcome to the 9th annual X-MIX, an end of the year mixtape celebration. As always, these aren’t necessarily songs released this year, but just a collection of the favorite things I’ve been listening to in 2012. Merry X-MIX Internet!
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Track listing:
– Chelsea Peretti: Wolf Blitzer
– Iggy Azalea: My World
– SBTRKT: Trials of the Past
– Curren$y: Showroom
– Clams Casino: Palace
– Waka Flocka Flame: Triple F Intro
– Purity Ring: Fineshrine
– Amerigo Gazaway: Runnin’ (Bizarre Tribe)
– Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean: Clique
– Purity Ring, Obedear
– Beastie Boys, Pass the Mic
– Dolly Parton, Puppy Love
– Angel Haze, Wicked Moon
– Stevie Wonder, Village Ghetto Land
– Boldy James, I Sold Dope All My Life
– XXYYXX, Alone
– SBTRKT, Wildfire
– Chelsea Peretti: Wolf Blitzer
Ghosts of X-MIX past: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
Welcome to the 8th annual X-MIX, an end of the year mixtape celebration. As always, these aren’t necessarily songs released this year, but just a collection of things I’ve listened to in 2011. Thanks to Bobby, LM4K and DJ Prepare for floating many of these tunes my way. Merry X-MIX Internet!
Gingers In Paris: X-MIX 2011 (34:26)
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Download: GINGERS-IN-PARIS.zip
Tracking listing:
– Shake Your Tree, Tracky Birthday
– how to Warp a song in Ableton 8 (new), YouTube user innerstatejt
– 48 Laws of Power audio book, by Robert Greene
– Hard In the Paint, Waka Flocka Flame (remix by MartyParty)
– Gucci Gucci, Kreayshawn
– Turnt Down, Hodgy beats
– Nightcall, Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx
– Feather, Little Dragon
– Swerve, Shabazz Palaces
– H.O.V.A., S. Carter
– Michael Knight, Currensy ft. Raekwon
– Dinner Guest, Styles P
– 15th And The 1st, Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame
– Limit To Your Love, James Blake
– Niggas In Paris, Jay-Z & Kanye West
Ghosts of X-MIX past: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
As you may or may not know, I host a weekly radio show on WFMU called Awesome New Place. For the FAT Garage Sale, I thought I’d just highlight some notable internet-related guests I had on the show from this past year;
May 12 2011 – Clams Casino
Clams, noted producer for Lil B, Clams plays a bunch of dope unreleased beats and talks about his strategy of making lots of beats and sending them to lots of people. Its a classic example of release early and often – throw it all against the wall and see what sticks.
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April 7 2011 – DJ FILETYPE SWF (aka Joel Holmberg)
Noted internet and IRL artist Joel Holmberg transforms into DJ FILETYPE SWF and djs 2.5 straight hours of websites. Literally – opening tabs in Firefox on .swf sites + shoutouts/mouse clicks + MAD REVERB.
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December 9 2010 – Title TK
Title TK is a ‘band’ that talks about music rather than playing it. Howie Chen, Alan Licht, and Cory Arcangel strap on guitars but never plug in and instead talk about music websites, Iron Maiden’s breakup, Vampire Weekend in advertising, etc etc.
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November 4 2010 – Jon Rafman
Noted internet and IRL and Second Life artist Jon Rafman talks about his quasi-documentary film Code of Honor, for which he spent months interviewing gamers at Chinatown Fair arcade in NYC, plus a set of video game music and talk of Japanese culture seeping over to North America.
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September 2 2010 – G-Chat with Willy Staley
Blogger/author/San Franciso native Willy Staley came through and we dedicated a whole show to talking about what rap and the internet are doing to each other, touching on (no homo) 4Loko, people saying “no homo,” rappers as early adopters of technology, fake viral rap videos, Trap Goin Ham, etc etc.
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August 26 2010 – Javelin
FAT-favorites Javelin came through and recorded a live set, and talk about the difficulty of making a show out of electronic music, collaborating, releasing bits and pieces online, and fan feedback.
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