We spent an inordinate amount of time listening to (and trying to make) mixes this year. Here’s a collection of some of our favorites from the past 12 months, all of which were huge sources of discovery + inspiration for us. And we’re always up for more, so feel free to hook us up with recommendations for any essential mixes we might have missed…
01 NICOLAS JAAR | BBC Essential Mix (No BBC edit)
mp3:
Nicolas Jaar :: BBC Essential Mix (BBC edit)
02 RYAN HEMSWORTH | Slowed Summer
03 JOHNNY JEWEL | Let’s Kiss + Black & White
04 RUSTIE | BBC Essential Mix
05 SOBER | GvsB II Official
06 PEAKING LIGHTS | Lucifer Mixtapes (1-5)
07 TOMMYBOY | Frame of Mind
08 FLYING LOTUS | Lovers Melt 3
mp3:
Flying Lotus :: Lovers Melt 3
09 LOL BOYS | Fader Mix
10 EVIAN CHRIST | Duga-three concept mix
11 MEMORY TAPES | The Autumn Reel
12 DIPLO | got stoned and mixed really old records for half an hour
13 SHLOHMO | BBC Radio 1 mix
14 TNGHT | The Full Uncensored Mix
I wasn’t expecting you to post a “best of” mix list, but I’m glad you did! My favorite from the year was Loachfillet’s “Lower Bottoms Jukebox 45s Mix”. I LOVE that mix!
http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2012/06/19/mp3-peaking-lights-x-loachfillet-rare-soul-funk-45s-mix/
you picked your own mix?! do you wear the shirts of bands you’re about to see, too?
hey, it’s your blog, you can do whatever you want with it.
nah, i didn’t make that mix, Sober did
great list but you should have pulled a Dylan from Making the Band and made the top 10 gvsb monthly mixes
i don’t know, seems a little too stereogummy for these guys
Who are the 5 best rappers of all time? Think about it. Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, and Dylan… because he spits hot fire.
Nailed it. The Peaking Lights mixes are getting a revisit, as is that ridiculous Diplo mix.
great list, got a ton of new mixes to check out. my only beef is with the hemsworth pick–slowed summer is great and all, but his FACT mix is fucking GOLDEN
Joe – I agree. That Hemsworth Fact mix has been on heavy rotation for me for quite awhile. Love that thing.
+1. That FACT mix is probably my favorite of 2012.
I’ve only shared this mix with close friends, but I thought perhaps some of you might enjoy this. Especially considering many of these tracks I’ve discovered off of GvB. Feel free to submit comments. :)
http://soundcloud.com/muzack/dj-muzack-mood-swing-mixtape
Thanks, great list. John Talabot’s FACT mix was the highlight for me – http://www.mixcloud.com/FACTMixArchive/fact-mix-315-john-talabot/
How did you skip Charli XCX’s Heartbreaks and Earthquakes Mixtape?
Michael Scanlon’s MIX 1 was everything for me
http://hauteshit.tumblr.com/music
thanks for introducing a lot of these fine mixes to me. aquarium drunkard + ghost chapital = “what goes up” mixes = clutch. there’s also a guy called dunwich radio out of sweden who makes mostly instrumental/library ost/strange/flying/obscure/kraut/weirdo mixes that never fail to disappoint: http://www.mixcloud.com/dunwichradio/psychonautics/
Ditto Jesse. That one immediately came to mind as being conspicuously absent. It’s a great mix!
Agree with Sam, too — Talabot’s FACT mix was my highlight as well. Heartbreaks and Earthquakes, Jaar’s BBC, Hemsworth’s FACT, and Fantastic Mr. Fox’s XLR8R mixes were some of my other favs too.
Out of all the Hemsworth mixes, the LFTF one would be my #1, then Sake on a Suzuki, then FACT, then Slowed Summer. I mean, if you went to 20 and not 14 I’m sure you could fit at least 3 more Hemsworth mixes on there.
yeah i thought about listing all the Hemsworth mixes, but Slowed Summer was probably my most listened to. they’re all great though
don’t forget the ANCO radio mixes!
This is real nice. Thanks. GvB September 2010 a classic
EXCELLENT LIST. Great idea, Chris.
Glad to see fuckin Ryan Hemsworth near the top. The dude reached Great Job status when he mixed that FACT special imo.
I searched and searched and still couldn’t find a legitimate download for Rustie’s Essential Mix (I might cry about this).
Looking forward to listening to hours of music that some of my favorite artists put together.
2012 – best year since 2009.
nice chilled tunes
http://www.mixcloud.com/ncp/spring-blaze-mix/
Excellent mix list:
My favorites this year were the Lucifer Mixtapes, and Le Monotreme’s Argentinian Prog mix: http://www.mixcloud.com/LeMonotreme/le-monotreme-episode-2/
SLEEPY BEDTIME MIX FOR YOUNG ONES
’nuff said.
Thank you!
Shigeto’s iD mix deserves an honourable mention – so damn underrated..
https://soundcloud.com/i-d-online-1/shigeto-id-magazine-mix-1
PURITY RING X T. SHIRT and Talabot’s FACT Mix were two favourites, most of my others are on this list though.
These are quite fantastic. I’m not on board with Jaar getting quite as much credit as he has for that Essential Mix – it’s very good, but I’ve heard better, this year and last.
But as always, thanks for putting these lists together (including the monthly mixes of course). It makes work go down easier.
TNGHT goes HARD. Hud Mo’s been killing it since 15 and Lunice almost goes too hard live!! This mix tape is insane. bravo to these two!!
Where can I find the track listing for Jaar’s essential mix? Thank you