I have a new mixtape for my brand new project The set up coming along, and right now I’m working on the cover art. The problem is, I can’t choose which direction I wanna go with it! Take a look at these two versions I have so far.
The one with the lady on it is all cool and kitchy, but looks a lot like something I could have made three years ago(not good). The circle one is more conceptual, but at the same time more… me. . So i need to pick one.
Take note, this is the first mixtape of two, so the next one (titled “the boys”), will have to be made in the same style.
Anybody want to be my divine intervention, giving me some input here? I’m stuck! By the way, click the yellow guy to hear a preview of the tape.
This mixtape will be a cheeze factory like nothing else, and I love it. Hey, it’s for the girls. The boys will get theirs on the next tape, trust me. It’s gonna be 80’s funk-hiphop-early-electro-galore.
Update
i finally got my head from out my ass and settled on this. In a way, it brings the two ideas together conceptually.
Baah! Air! I have finally finished my newest mixtape brainchild; Summer of science. It’s all recorded live, using some fancy new gear i have just recently gotten the hang of. Available for super-free download right away, how nice!
I should mention that this mixtape is released under my DJ Lys moniker, not Totem. The difference lies in the style of music, Totem plays Hiphop and Funk related music, Dj Lys is on more of a house tip.
This mixtape is themed around my love for moody but danceable electronic music. It was made to accompany both a day in the park with a boombox and a walk in the rain with headphones, hope people agree. I’m using an absolute minimum of fancy mixing on this one, this is very straight forward. I’ve done this since it is supposed to be the first in a series of mixtapes, this one being the “moody, simple one”. The other tapes i have planned will utilize much more of my accumulated soundsystem, but you’ll just have to wait and see.
Download the whole mixtape right here, or have a listen:
SUMMER OF SCIENCE PLAYLIST
Intro: Latin-esque
Elle et moi (Joakim remix)
Wellen
June nights south of Siena
Too many gates
Spoonful of lovin
Always something about the weather
Fiori
Det
Crockett’s theme
Asanebo
back (go for the)
Don’t fall in love
Sunglasses at night
Killer kat
Tweak
Bassline
LFO
Since you are gone
Polyphonic
Je regrette
Aero dynamique
Time 2 kill
Only when i lose myself
Exhale
Free fall
Catch
Asha
I’ve been doing some writing for UPOP, a bloggish website for music/art/lifestyle stuff lately. And more importantly, I’ve been working towards getting a podcast running for them. The system has been in the works for some time now, and with the latest upgrade of their wordpress system, it’s right there! I also made the visual work around the project, represented by the graphic and the video you see here.
The podcast is gonna feature dj Mixes from all sorts of local djs, interviews with bands and such, and all sorts of other stuff you might catch on tape. Go have a look at UPOP.no and the UPOPCAST page, or just take my word that it rocks and subscribe right away. If you can’t figure it out, blame the tech guys, just not me.
This fall i made a new mixtape named Talkbox Fever, mainly revolving around the American sound of early hiphop and Electro in the late 80’s.
It’s been featured on the FSR soundsystem podcast, i made it available in a pretty limited edition pink CD version, and now you can dowload the whole thing for free, from the comfort of your own armchair, or bean bag if you prefer. I already got a few hundred downloads already, so seems people liked it. At least the folks over at Underskog.no really liked it, one member acctually created a new “mixtapes”-forum in my honor. Gee whiz.
