Naked Light - a mix of rock, alt rock and prog rock for your weekend

As mentioned in my post yesterday - the long hot summer we've been having has limited my computer time and so I haven't been putting mixes together or posting very much.  However, I was enjoying my Naked Light mix last night and thought it was about time I shared something.  I particularly like this mix as it draws down music from rock, alt rock and progressive rock genres and then blends them together.  As with some of my mixes, I try to include some homegrown Kiwi music and so on this mix I've added a local Auckland band called Villainy with a track titled "Paradise Lost".  I finished with a cover of Sounds of Silence by Phyllotaxis.  I know this is a much covered track but they are a favorite band of mine and I particularly like their rendition of this classic. 

Feedback always welcome....

Tracklist:

01 - The Natural Heart - Miracle Of Sound

02 - Clear - Echo 2 Locate

03 - In A State - Unkle

04 - Mekong - The Refreshments

05 - More Or Less - Screaming Trees

06 - Paradise Lost - Villainy

07 - The Phone Booth - The Editors

08 - Rain - The Luka State

09 - Lovely - Visionary

10 - Long Time Coming - Delays

11 - Ghost - Traceless

12 - Sound Of Silence - Phyllotaxis

Naked Light

There'll be a new mix posted tomorrow

Hi all,

Summer here has meant I've not had a lot of computer time and hence my lack of posts.  However, I'm listening to a great mix tonight and I'll post it here tomorrow for your listening pleasure.

Best wishes

Skylord99

Edge Of Space - a mix to take you on a stratospheric journey

Happy New Year!  Here's a mix that I made to listen to on short hop flights but thanks to Covid -  I haven't yet had a chance to fly and to listen to this at altitude....  This is a bit different to a lot of my other mixes and I found it quite challenging to sequence.  However, having listened to it again yesterday, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. 

It opens with an ethereal track from Clinton Shorter that I used to segue into "Zeit Maschine" from A Silent Noise.  I've combined a few instrumentals in this mix as the effect I was trying to create was a flow of music that would accompany the turbulence bumps and movement of the aircraft and to drown out the cabin sounds. I tend not to listen to lyrics but rather focus in on the music and so there is nothing lyrically connected with flying or space in any of the tracks with vocals in case you were wondering......

Hope you like it.

Track List:

01 - The Expanse - Clinton Shorter

02 - Zeit Maschine (Voyage Version) - A Silent Noise

03 - The Trip - Still Corners 

04 - Amerimacka - Thievery Corporation

05 - Red Rain (2012 Remaster) - Peter Gabriel

06 - Flight 420 - Astronaut Ape

07 - Nightcall (feat. Lovefoxx) - Kavinsky

08 - High Hopes (Radio Edit) - Pink Floyd

09 - Stratosphere - Starset

10 - Superdub - Supermax

11 - Ballrooms Of Mars - T-Rex

12 - Cries Of A Dead World - Miracle Of Sound

Edge Of Space

Midnight Rain - collection of easy listening tracks

Well I'm back from my recent break due to our house being packed up to get some renovations done.  They're now completed and I've got all my gear set back up again just in time for Xmas break.  Thank goodness as not having the stereo for several weeks has been a killer.

To get back into it I've got a compilation to share that I titled Midnight Rain.  I had a few songs sitting in a folder that I'd been looking to mix.  One night I was lying in bed listening to a thunderstorm and couldn't sleep so I got up and got to work. For a bit of fun I added a little bit of rain as an intro to the opening Daughtry track just to give it the same ambiance as what I was listening to as I was pulling this mix together.  Hope you enjoy.......

Tracklist:

01 - Lioness - Daughtry

02 - Wet Dreams - Ocean Alley

03 - Somethin's Wrong - Billy D & The Hoodoos

04 - Come Midnight - Andrew Farriss

05 - All Of My Cryin' - Shannon & The Clams

06 - Turn Away - Beck

07 - America At Night - Creeper

08 - Bird Dog - Shaman's Harvest

09 - Candy - Paolo Nutini

10 - Bleeding - Blind Velvet

11 - King Of The Rat Race - EG Vines

12 - Believe Anything - Holy Holy

Midnight Rain

Temporary break....

In case anyone was wondering why there haven't been any new compilations posted of late - it's because my house is in the midst of a major renovation and I've had to pack up all my equipment and only have a small laptop to use. I'm told that because of the delays in getting supplies, the work may not be completed until January.......hopefully not that late.  Anyway, I'll be back posting just a soon as I can get myself set up again.

Radar Heart - a blend of pop and rock tracks to listen to over the weekend

Things have been a little busy in my world of late, hence the reason I haven't been posting much.  Hopefully that'll change soon and I'll get a chance to spend some more time at my computer and work on some new compilations.  Radar Heart is a mix I did a few months ago, which is a nice blend of pop and rock music that's an easy listen.  Hope you like it.....

Tracklist:

01 - War / Rain - Johnossi

02 - Breakfast At Sweethearts - Cold Chisel

03 - Waste A Moment - Kings Of Leon

04 - Switchblade Heart - Goodbye June

05 - Long Line Of Cars - Cake

06 - What Else Is There? - Royksopp

07 - Hearsay - Phyllotaxis

08 - Face Full Of Lines - The Radar Station

09 - So Pretty - Noises Of The Wicked

10 - Read About It - Midnight Oil

11 - Over My Shoulder - I Am Kloot

12 - No One's Home - Switchblade Glory

Radar Heart

Quiet In Lockdown - a mix of Alt Rock to wake up the neighborhood

I'm currently in full lockdown and things have gotten just a little bit quiet in my neighborhood so I felt it was time to create a bit of noise. This compilation is a mix of Alt Rock tracks that will appreciate a bit of volume to maximise the effect......if you know what I mean :-)

Tracklist:

01 - Remember When - Bad Wolves

02 - Any Moment Now - Finger Eleven

03 - Voices - Alesti (feat. Loveless)

04 - Kill The Lights - The Colour

05 - Hurricane - Needtobreathe

06 - The Rallying Cry - Black Nazereth

07 - Morning After - Dead By Sunrise

08 - Somewhere Beautiful - Ra

09 - Help (Remastered) - Papa Roach

10 - Sons Of Mary - Comehere

11 - Dragonfly (Extended Unplugged Version) - Shaman's Harvest

12 - We Breathe The Same - Neptune Rain

Quiet In Lockdown

Storm Chaser - a blend of pop & rock with a little Kiwi & Oz thrown in for good measure

My Storm Chaser compilation starts off a little tongue-in-cheek with 80's track Precious Little Diamond from Fox The Fox followed by the immediately recognizable voice of Marc Bolan from T-Rex with Ballrooms Of Mars. The mix includes songs from a couple of Kiwi artists - Evermore and Pluto as well as tracks from a couple of favourite Oz neighbors Jimmy Barnes and James Reyne. I also threw in a mash-up called Holes In My Disposition with Mercury Rev & The Temper Trap, which I feel puts in place a reflective interlude after Trouble Andrew's song New Kid before heading into the last 4 tracks.  Enjoy.

Tracklist:

01 - Precious Little Diamond (12" Mix) - Fox The Fox

02 - Ballrooms Of Mars - T-Rex

03 - Hey Boys & Girls - Evermore

04 - You From Me - Jimmy Barnes

05 - Everytime We Fall - Anna Ternheim

06 - Reckless - James Reyne

07 - New Kid - Trouble Andrew

08 - Holes In My Disposition - Mercury Rev vs The Temper Trap

09 - Virgin Of The World - Cory Becker

10 - Jane Says - Janes Addiction

11 - The Balance - Torul

12 - Long White Cross - Pluto

Storm Chaser

    

I'm Back.....here's a new compilation for your listening pleasure

Well I'm back.  Finally got ourselves a new home and have finally moved in......well mostly.  I'm slowly getting things back to normal so thought I'd go through my archives and see if I could find a mix to share.  This one's titled "Keep It Real", which is kinda appropriate for me given the state of transition we are in by moving cities. It's got a nice prog-rock feel to it and has a some of my favourite artists on it like RPWL, Starset and Geoff Tate.  Hope you enjoy it.

Tracklist:

01 - I Walk Beside You - Dream Theater

02 - In Your Dreams - RPWL

03 - The Mystic Technocracy - Dockers Guild

04 - Versions Of The Truth - The Pineapple Thief

05 - Uprising - Muse

06 - The Space On The Wall - Dead Letter Circus

07 - Put Down The Gun - This Oceanic Feeling

08 - Faith Healer - Fish

09 - Hurricane - 30 Seconds To Mars

10 - Bullits Dominae - Pure Reason Revolution

11 - Let It Die - Starset

12 - Change - Geoff Tate

Keep It Real

Taking a short break - but I'll be back

I'm going to be taking a short break from this blog while we move house to another city.  As you can imagine, there's a lot to be done and so I've got to spend a bit more time doing things like packing and organizing our move.

Back in a few weeks......

Mind The Gap - a mix of rock, pop, alt-rock, synth pop and melodic rock

Here's a blended mix from multiple genres for your listening pleasure.   There's a reasonable spread of different music from tracks 1 through 12 and so there are definitely multiple ways this mix could be sequenced but in the immortal words of Frank Sinatra - "I did it my way". Have a great weekend.

Tracklist:

01 - Just Let Go - From The Ash

02 - Dawn - Echo Black

03 - Fall Down - Toad The Wet Sprocket

04 - When You Run Away - Guild Of Ages

05 - Holding On To You - Garrett Kato

06 - Mind The Gap - The Soundtrack Of Our Lives

07 - Napalm Girls - Creeper

08 - All Of You - Cold Chisel

09 - Ghosts - Big Wreck

10 - New Sensations - Sunsleep

11 - Dodged A Bullet - Greg Laswell

12 - Nights Of Future Past - Julien-K

Mind The Gap