Mellow, feel good, beach body, and road nostalgia...just a few of my mix tape themes from 2012. Did you have a favorite??? I can't decide.
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{monthly mixtape} beach body june + the leopard me
After sitting poolside for a while we dove into the mock-rattan tepee for a more comfortable place to hide from the sun. Almost immediately I heard Joe say "oh, baby...give me your camera." He could see what I couldn't - the new leopard-like me! I was completely covered in the floral/spotted patterns being cast onto the mat. It was so rad.
These are just two of the images from the photo shoot that ensued. I wasn't going to share them as I don't exactly dream of sharing photos of me in a bikini (what up IBTC ladies!) but after giving it some thought I decided that these shadows were too cool for pride, or embarrassment. Besides, I'm practically camouflaged and they are somewhat related to this month's mix tape: Beach Body June.
I've been working out almost every day since we moved and in order to fight the inevitable drag, I made this month's mix my ultimate motivating, butt-kicking, sweat and burn soundtrack. It's a mix of electronic, indie and rap beats that starts off mild, gets a little faster, and then mellows for a cool down. If rock is more your style then check out April's mix - that one can really get me going! What type of music motivates you to get active?
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1 - Ahead Of My Time (feat. Daddy Boastin') Teddybears 2 – Good Time Crystal Castles 3 – Day 'N' Nite (Crookers Remix) Kid Cudi 4 – Deception Le Tigre 5 – Shimmy Shimmy Ya Ol' Dirty Bastard 6 – Phantom Justice 7 – Fences (Boombass RMX) Phoenix 8 – Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (feat. Santigold) Beastie Boys & Santigold 9 – Dirty Harry Gorillaz 10 – This Means You Talib Kweli
{monthly mixtape} may
We've been all over the place this past month so for May's soundtrack I'm going international and indulging in a bit (or a lot) of wanderlust. I don't understand most of the words in the non-English songs but that's precisely the beauty of music: it doesn't matter. If you have any fave international beats to share, please do. I'm always excited about new discoveries!
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1 - Asi Asi Asi (feat. Noelia Fernandez) Atropolis 2 - Ibere Various Artists 3 - Le Flying Saucer Hat Chairlift 4 - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa Vampire Weekend 5 - Yellow World J Girls 6 - Amsterdam Peter Bjorn & John 7 - St. Petersburg Brazilian Girls 8 - Imik Si Mik Hindi Zahra 9 - Map Jim Noir 10 - Pacific Theme Broken Social Theme
(image: taken at Vanves Flea Market, Paris)
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Happy March everyone!
To get us through the last stretch of winter I thought I'd put together some of my favorite mellow-ish, upbeat tunes. It's already coming in handy for me since I woke up feeling under the weather today. Good beats = good mood and hopefully that makes for a healthy me tomorrow.
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1 - Collarbone Fujiya & Miyagi 2 - The 15th Fischerspooner 3 - Freedom Jurassic 5 4 - Animal (Mark Ronson Remix) Miike Snow 5 - Airwalker Jeremy Jay 6 - I'm Good, I'm Gone Lykke Li 7 - Evident Utensil Chairlift 8 - Edge of Extremes Clubfeet 9 - Disco Friends Just Jack 10 - Fair-Weather Friend (Ninja Tune's Mix by Mr Scruff)
(image: taken in the east end, london)
feel good february :: mini-mixtape
February has gotten off to a great start so I thought I'd make a mini-mixtape to keep the good vibes going. I made the mix on 8tracks, a (new to me) service that lets you create playlists from your own personal music library. The thing that I love most about it is that you can't preview the tracks - it's actually like a real mixtape when you just go with it. I've found some great mixes from other users and I really do enjoy the element of surprise.
Anyhow, I think that moving forward I'll create one mix every month instead of posting weekly brilliant beats. I always intend to make playlists for myself but never get around to it so this will be good motivation. If you dig what you hear - awesome. If you hate my taste in tunes, well, it will only be once per month so hopefully I don't scare you away ;)
Here's the track list for Feel Good February. You'll notice that most of the titles have a love, relationship, or celebration theme but I promise that they're not mushy songs. They're more likely to make you tap your toes to the beat or force you into a shoulder dance if anything.
1 - Baby I'm Yours (feat. Irfane) Breakbot 2 - Henny & Gingerale Mayer Hawthorne 3 - Silver Screen Beat Connection 4- Jealous of Roses Bibio 5 - When They Fight, They Fight The Generationals 6 - Little Secrets Passion Pit 7 - Do You Believe? (Original) Poolside 8 - Walking On a Dream Empire of the Sun 9 - Think I'm In Love Beck 10 - I Want You Back Discovery
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