Notre Jam February 2011 Mixtape

The latest Notre Jam mixtape is now available to download for your listening pleasure. This mix is heavily influenced by 80s movie soundtracks, retro-futusitic car chases, action sequences and Miami Vice party-hedonism. Nice.

1. Lykke Li - I’m Good, I’m Gone (Metronomy Remix)
2. Miami Horror - Don’t Be On With Her
3. Treasure Fingers featuring Haley Small - Keep Up
4. Kavinsky - 1986
5. Nite Jewel - It Goes Through Your Head (Dâm-Funk Club Dub)
6. Chromeo and Elly Jackson - Hot Mess
7. Futurecop! featuring RENEGADE - Afterburner
8. Crystal Castles featuring Robert Smith - Not In Love
9. Electric Youth - Right Back To You (Demo)
10. The Drums - Me And The Moon (Twin Shadow Remix With No FX)

Notre Jam - February 2011 Mixtape (Right-click, save as)

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Notre Jam Summer Playlist 2010

I've been sitting on this mix for a few weeks now, which showcases a few of the tracks that have been getting regular spins at Notre Jam gigs over the last few months. Turn your speaker stack up to 11 and enjoy.

1. Holy Ghost - I Will Come Back (Classixx Acacpulco Nights Version)
2. Aeroplane vs Friendly Fires vs Flight Facilities - I Crave Paris
3. Miike Snow - Black And Blue
4. Theophilus London - Humdrum Town
5. Twin Shadow - Slow
6. Chromeo - Don't Turn The Lights On (Aeroplane Remix)
7. Database And Holger - This Is An Untitled Song
8. Count And Sinden feat. Mystery Jets - After Dark
9. Robyn - Love Kills
10. Jammer - Back To The 90s

Notre Jam - Summer Playlist 2010 (Right-click, save as)

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Summer Mixtape!

I put together this mixtape to soundtrack my lazy Sunday lounging and thought I would share it so you can do the same. Years ago I helped out on music festivals on Morecambe promenade (Summerbreeze 1996-1999), and loved the sound of the bands drifting around the seafront like "aural lens flare" (© Joel Crookes 2010). If this were the soundtrack to a film, Sofia Coppola would most likely be directing it.

Tracklist:
1. Washed Out - #1
2. Summer Camp - Ghost Train
3. Atlas Sound - Walkabout
4. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
5. Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours (Siriusmo Remix)
6. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round And Round
7. The Dum Dum Girls - Blank Girl
8. Tennis - South Carolina
9. Phoenix - Love Like A Sunset Pt 1 & 2

Summer Selection - June 2010 (Right-click, save as)

Soul and Funk Selections by Joel Ninety

Soul. Funk. Disco.

Nothing has influenced modern music as much as these three branches of the Black Music tree. Artists such as Barry White, Marvin Gaye, James Brown and Chic are without doubt the first names that come to mind for most people due to their countless hit records, and they have clearly left their musical footprints across the genre spectrum. Look beyond the tracks still in constant FM-radio rotation and there is a wealth of wonderful hidden gems to discover. I grew up on soul music courtesy of my Dad and his huge vinyl collection, and have had an interest in crate-digging since being deemed mature enough to look through his records and not destroy anything valuable.

These mixtapes are a series of samplers I put together, featuring scratchy vintage sounds alongside modern acts aiming to emulate their heroes. More to come soon!

Keep on dancing. Spread love.

Soul and Funk Selections by Joel Ninety

VEGA Pre Party Jamz for Nicky Digital

Alan Palomo is one very prolific music maker, and while his Neon Indian project is currently gaining him fans worldwide, another of his monikers deserves some coverage - VEGA. Under this pseudonym he released the "Well Known Pleasures EP" which showcased his take on the updated 1980s synth-funk sound that contemporaries such as Chromeo and Lifelike spin so well. This mix for Nicky Digital's party blog fuses tracks new and old with a few keytars thrown in for good measure.

Tracklist:
1. Miami Horror Vs. Dan Hartman - Starmaker
2. Gary Low - You Are Danger (Romeo Erotic Re-Edit)
3. B.W.H. - Livin Up (Putsch 79 Remix)
4. Casco - Cybernetic Love
5. Lifelike - L.O.V.E. Is What You Need
6. New Edition - Cool It Now
7. Alan Braxe/ Fred Falke - Arena
8. VEGA - No Reasons
9. Sebastian Tellier - Kilometer (Aeroplane ‘Italo 84’ Remix)
10. Kano - It’s A War (Serge Santiago Re-Edit)
11. Dynasty - I Don’t Want To Be A Freak (Lmr Edit)
12. Breakbot - Penelope Pitstop
13. Rhigeria - Vamos A La Playa
14. Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Treasure Fingers Remix)
15. VEGA - Kyoto Gardens (Unreleased)

VEGA - Pre Party Jamz (for NickyDigital.com)