This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
“One of my favorite albums of all time. An amazingly produced and written album. I seriously believe Willie Ev is a pioneer in a new sound of hip hop. I have never heard beats or rhymes delivered like this before. Ever.”
An ongoing mix of 95 tracks from 95 artists coming out of the Canadian province that is British Columbia (with accompanying available-on-Bandcamp archive + other things). Why? Well, I live in BC. But also… other reasons (one being a bigger project called The Provincial Playlists).
“Strong Tom Petty vibes with an indie slant. Jeremy writes witty, slightly weird (in a great way) songs and sings them with an honest, no BS style. This is an underrated gem.”
High five for getting High Fidelity’d into making a Hi54 ‘Top 5’ list about my “Do’s & Don’ts” of making a mix tape/cd playlist!
A Valentines Day-ish playlist that you can throw on the speakers for Valentines Day or really just any day that you're feeling like feeling some Valentines-ish feelings.
“From Calgary to Glasgow via Helsinki and Reykjavik... 'you pass through, you pass through'. Loved this from the opening bars - like escaping from a prison.”
Episode 176 of The Mix Tape Radio Show features 8 gems shuffled out of the ongoing HI54 Mix CD ‘I LOVE YOU & STUFF’ - ft. Etta James, Hot Chip, Brad stank, Devendra Banhart + a bunch more valentines-ish-flavoured headphone goodness.
“There is this wonderful thing about Ryan's music that just makes me feel at peace with myself. Dust is no exception. Once the first note hits I'm in a different world. The perfect record for some escapism when things get a little too much.”
A mix cd of great music coming out ‘Far East Asia’ (and for playlist rules purposes this includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam, China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau). So go grab the headphones \m/
“Perfect for when you’re sad and you need a soundtrack to make the air hurt too.”
