This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
“I'd have to say driving slower .. not crazy slow but not speeding around like assholes. It's safer for everyone and will lower stress levels. Also.. microdosing psilocybin.”
A monthly playlist for the Soundcloud-linked submissions that get approved on Submithub for a HI54 Mix CD feature during the month of January 2021.
“BUY THIS POETRY! An ode to Bob Kaufman, who coined the term Beat Poet, is intrinsic to Rory's music. This is REQUIRED listening and has already kicked 2021 off with a stellar instant contender for AOTY.”
Episode 171 of The Mix Tape Radio Show features 8 gems shuffled out of the giant end of year HI54 Mix CD ‘20X20’ - ft. Gia Margaret, Junior Mesa, W. Cryderman, Significant Other + a bunch more 2020-flavoured headphone goodness.
“Guaranteed to be another stunning collection of ambient washed-out space country instrumental music from the masters of the craft.”
“Go out in nature. See it, smell it, feel it. Bring a kid and see how they act and follow their moves. They are really good at seeing the true magic that exist everywhere.”
“Madlib and MF Doom join forces and talent on this awesome album, where everything just feels like it is where it belongs. A must have for any person who has interest in Hip Hop music.”
Episode 170 of The Mix Tape Radio Show features 8 gems shuffled out of the giant end of year HI54 Mix CD ‘20X20’ - ft. Adrianne Lenker, Skyway Man, Open Mike Eagle, bobsled team + a bunch more 2020-flavoured headphone goodness.
The HI54 Monthly Sunday Mass Email for December 2020 was sent out to subscribed inboxes today. Not subscribed? Well, you can still read the newsletter + maybe if that sounds interesting it wouldn’t be the worst idea to sign-up for future monthly newsletters?
Here is my annual ‘20X Current Year’ feature— which features 400 great tracks from 400 different releases, all from the year 2020. Because 20 x 20 = 400 and I am a crazy music blog person.
2020 has been a shitty year for a lot of different reasons, but music released has not been one of them. So here’s my 10 fave LPs + 5 ace EPs + 1 really big f*cking playlist because 20X20=400 wrap-up for this year of 2020.
Since the week between Christmas and New Years Eve kinda feels like days that don't actually exist, and because I'm currently knee-deep in trying to wrap-up my End Of Year posts for later this week, I figured I would post one more "lost episode" from back in the day when I was making mixes for Folk Radio UK… So here’s EPS 026 from DEC 2013.
