“This record makes room for both catchy jams and sound experiments, in perfect harmony.”
This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
All in EVENS
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ FREDERICK THE YOUNGER
“I feel so much more settled and clear-headed when I start the day off meditating. I’m very aware of how old I sound when I write this."
HI54… GUEST MIX W/ LAUREN FROM THE GREY ESTATES
This guest mix (and accompanying words) came via Lauren Rearick from The Grey Estates (everybody’s favourite purple powered music blog) near the end of 2017.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ SEB WESTCOTT
"Start asking interesting questions to your colleagues (and to make it even more fun you can demand that they answer immediately without thinking)"
20X18 | 360 TUNES FROM 2018
Since the year was 2018, and since 20X18 = 360, this massive end of year playlist consists of 360 ace tunes released in the year 2018 (from 360 different artists/projects). I realize that’s a lot of music to take in, but the math is the math and I’ve been doing this bit too long to stop now.
2X18 - SIDE B | THE MIX TAPE RADIO SHOW
Every year I do a ‘20X Current Year’ Spotify playlist at the end of the year, but since 20X18 = 360 I figured I better come up with some more manageable math for those who like their end of year headphone sampling to be a little more condensed. So here is SIDE B of the 2X18 mix tapes.
SO MANY CAROLINES | #HI54MIXCDS
There are a lot of songs written about Carolines. To be honest, the amount feels disproportionate to the amount of actual Carolines I have met in real life. But some names just roll off the tongue better than others I guess.
FANDCAMP: That Bridge Washed Away In The Storm
“great discovery - please make more music. Love the chill, folksy, in-the-woods vibe”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ JOHN THAYER
"Essentially the big rudder is unable to turn as the force is too great, so the role of the trim tab is to make a smaller directional change which then allows the main rudder to turn. We're all trim tabs, we're all capable of turning society into a more progressive, compassionate direction."
SubmitCloud | December 2018
The Soundcloud playlist for this month’s approved Submithub submissions is now up & running for December 2018.
2 MINUTES OR LESS | #HI54MIXCDS
Sometimes you’re in a hurry and only have 2 minutes or less to get a song down your ears before you have to get back to work. Well, this playlist is chock-full of quick headphones fixes like that.
CHANGES | #HI54MIXTAPES
I made this mix tape around 2011, which was around the time I was quitting a stable market research job to head back over to Europe without any plan or career path. I guess one could make the argument that I’m still on the same bullshit all these years later.