mixtape time...

so i'm gonna try and do this weekly. it's been over a week. oh well. in the past week i've had my stitches out, my hand examined (although it healed badly it's perfectly fine), i've seen my mum go into hospital twice and i've had to stay in bed for the weekend. boo-urns. but anyway.
here are some songs i just can't get enough of at the moment. they're awesome. obviously.

boards of canada - kid for today
daft punk - da funk
sebastian - dolami
hot chip - boy from school
justice vs simian - we are your friends (dj hell's bavarian gigolo mix)
shpongle - dorset perception
switch - a bit patchy
playgroup - make it happen (zongamin remix)
dj shadow - triplicate/something happened that day
cat power - free
the long blondes - once and never again
lcd soundsystem - beat connection
yeah yeah yeahs - turn into
le tigre - deceptacon

ok i've tried to put in some order, but i don't have it all on the computer here so can't really get my head around it. but yeah. a nice opening from boards of canada, kid for today from in a beautiful place out in the country, a track which has the honour of being the only boc track ever featured on the essential mix. some french house, old and new, from daft punk and sebastian - had forgotten how insanely good daft punk can be until i saw them in marlay park. whoah.
hot chip's boy from school is one of their only tracks that i like outside of their live show. i just don't get them i think, they kinda wash over me. we are your friends has no doubt been played to death, but i love dj hell's remix. shpongle's dorset perception was remixed to great effect by sasha on his involver mix, but the original is pretty great as it is. unlike the rest of their stuff, which is noodly space age sounds over limp faux dnb beats. what can i say about a bit patchy? nothing. i heard diplo play it at pitchfork, 2manydj's played at the picnic, even jaxx managed to fit it in somewhere! i have erol alkan to thank for the zongamin remix of make it happen, that's how he opened his first ever mix cd. triplicate is the only track from dj shadow's the outsider that had the wow factor, i mean i don't hate it like everyone else seems to, but this is definitely a standout track. ben gibbard sang about chan marshall, diplo played free at the end of his fabric mix, and i'm delighted they both introduced me to the work of cat power. jo whiley reckons once and never again is the hottest record in the world right now. i don't know about that, but it's damn good. beat connection might be a few years old, but it never gets old. turn into was class at the picnic, and on record it's pretty fine too. and deceptacon, yeah it's another diplo track (for me at any rate), but i will never tire of it.

so there are a few songs to get on with. goodnight.