marathonpacks’ Year-End Mixes, Vols. 1-4
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Believe it or not, I made these mixes on this 2K RAM contraption, in between heated games of “Burger Time.” (via)
As usual, time constraints forced me to omit a lot of good stuff (although this year was my best yet re: getting everything on), so apologies go out to White Hinterland, Ne-Yo, Sebastien Tellier, that Coldplay remix with Jay-Z on it, anything with Lil’ Wayne on it, that one Antony & the Johnsons song, Pit er Pat, and Nine Inch Nails. Wow, not too much left off, now that I think about it. Good work, me. Happy holidays, you!
Mix 1 (64:10)
1. Matmos “Polychords” (from Supreme Balloon)
2. Amadou & Mariam “Sabali” (from Welcome to Mali)
3. Esau Mywamama & Radioclit “Hide and Seek” (from The Very Best)
4. TV on the Radio “Halfway Home” (from Dear Science)
5. Portishead “The Rip” (from Third)
6. Brazilian Girls “St. Petersburg” (from New York City)
7. Barbara Morgenstern “Welcome to Berlin” (from BM)
8. Osborne “Downtown” (from Osborne)
9. Matias Aguayo “Minimal (DJ Koze Radio Edit)” (single)
10. The Sea and Cake “Weekend” (from Car Alarm)
11. Chad Van Gaalen “Phantom Anthills” (from Soft Airplane)
12. Duffy “Rockferry” (from Rockferry)
13. Richard Swift “Lady Luck” (from Ground Trouble Jaw)
14. The Do “At Last” (from A Mouthful)
15. Britta Persson “At 7″ (from Kill Hollywood Me)
16. The Week that Was “The Airport Line” (from The Week that Was)
17. Dominique Leone “Goodbye” (from Dominique Leone)
1. Cool Kids “What It Is” (from The Bake Sale)
2. Solange Knowles “Sandcastle Disco” (from Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams)
3. Rox “My Baby Left Me” (White Label)
4. Q-Tip “Gettin’ Up” (from The Renaissance)
5. Estelle f. Kanye West “American Boy” (from Shine)
6. Hot Chip “Ready for the Floor” (from Made in the Dark)
7. Crystal Castles “Untrust Us” (from Crystal Castles)
8. Ladytron “Ghosts” (from Velocifero)
9. Goldfrapp “Happiness” (from Seventh Tree)
10. Cut Copy “Feel the Love” (from In Ghost Colours)
11. David Byrne & Brian Eno “Strange Overtones” (from Everything That Happens Will Happen Today)
12. Animal Collective “Water Curses” (from Water Curses)
13. Au “rr vs. d” (from Verbs)
14. Sigur Ros “Gobbledigook” (from með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust)
15. Music Go Music “Light of Love” (from Light of Love 12″)
16. Alphabeat “10,000 Nights of Thunder” (from This is Alphabeat)
17. The M’s “Big Sound” (from Real Close Ones)
Mix 3 (67:07)
1. The Roots “75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction)” (from Rising Down)
2. The Herbaliser f. Jean Grae “Street Karma” (from Same as it Never Was)
3. Nomo “Brainwave” (from Ghost Rock)
4. Hercules & Love Affair “Blind” (from H & LA)
5. Ssion “Clown” (from Fools’ Gold)
6. Lykke Li “I’m Good I’m Gone” (from Youth Novels)
7. School of Seven Bells “Half Asleep” (from Alpinisms)
8. Four Tet “Ribbons” (from Ringer)
9. Ruby Suns “There Are Birds” (from Sea Lion)
10. Women “Black Rice” (from Women)
11. Vivian Girls “Where do You Run To” (from Vivian Girls)
12. No Age “Cappo” (from Nouns)
13. The Breeders “Night of Joy” (from Mountain Battles)
14. Atlas Sound “River Card” (from Let the Blind Lead…)
15. Flying Lotus “Sex Slave Ship” (from Los Angeles)
16. Maga Bo f. Max Normal “Homeboys” (from DJ/Rupture: Uproot)
17. Mahjongg “Pontiac (excerpt)” (from Kontpab)
18. Wale “The Perfect Plan” (from The Mixtape About Nothing)
19. T.I. “No Matter What” (from Paper Trail)
1. El Perro del Mar “Do Not Despair” (from From the Valley to the Stars)
2. Azeda Booth “Red” (from In Flesh Tones)
3. {{{ Sunset }}} “Diamond-Studded Caskets” (from Bright Blue Dream)
4. Deerhunter “Nothing Ever Happened” (from Microcastle)
5. The Kills “Last Day of Magic” (from Midnight Boom)
6. Santogold “L.E.S. Artistes” (from Santogold)
7. Apes & Androids “Hot Kathy” (from Blood Moon)
8. Neon Neon “I Lust U” (from Stainless Style)
9. Kanye West f. Mr. Hudson “Paranoid” (from 808s & Heartbreak)
10. Gang Gang Dance “House Jam” (from Saint Dymphna)
11. Fujiya & Miyagi “Knickerbocker” (from Lightbulbs)
12. Stereolab “Three Women” (from Chemical Chords)
13. Cheveu “Lola Langusta” (from Cheveu)
14. Blood on the Wall “Rize” (from Liferz)
15. Jaguar Love “Highways of Gold” (from Take Me to the Sea)
16. Wye Oak “Warning” (from If Children)
17. War on Drugs “Taking the Farm” (from Wagonwheel Blues)
18. Shearwater “The Snow Leopard” (from Rook)

Thanks! I always end up buying at least a couple CDs based on these lists. Happy holidays.
Thanks too from Jonny in London, England. Seems like years now I have been looking out for your year-end mixes. You are very good at introducing me to new stuff. Have a great 2009!