Don’t worry about the title, I haven’t crossed the border and picked up a new hobby in the poppy fields of Iraq, in fact “Chasing the Dragon” is the title of a mix by one of my favourite DJ’s, Diplo. It’s pretty different to his normal style, which makes it even more impressive, the range of music he knows is ridiculous. I hardly recognised any of the songs, but loved almost all of them. The second half of the set is particularly good. It finishes with Air – Sister Bessie, followed by The Beatles – I Me Mine (their last ever recording).
The track by Air is a classic. It’s not the French AIR (the electronic group responsible for All I Need and Sexy Boy), it’s a far less famous band from the 70’s, who had a self-titled album out in ’71 which has taken me a long time to track down, but now I have it, and it is brilliant.
Well, the link below contains the mix. Please listen to it all the way through, you won’t be disappointed. I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve listened to it whilst chilling by the pool, it’s perfect if the sun is out, or at night, or if you wanna relax, or if you appreciate good music, or if you have ears that work. You get the picture.
Also, someone (with a lot of time on their hands) has kindly assembled the playlist from the set; it’s only missing a couple of songs.
One last thing, the set is #62 from the Mad Decent Worldwide Radio podcast, subscribe to it. You will like. Eli Escobar and Lloydski’s set from New York, #68, is also brilliant. Check it out. I’m currently in Dahab, Egypt, when I get back to Saudi I’ll step up my blog game, until then you can just listen to this on repeat.
Abraços, galera. A gente se fala.
No comments:
Post a Comment