SPIRIT SPINE

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Spirit Tape 666! (no, just 6...)

Spirit Tape 666 by Spirit Spine on Mixcloud

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1. Surf Surround by The White Shark

2. Transmitting Live From Mars by De La Soul

3. Busy Signal by Dolly Parton

4. Blessa (Daytrotter Mix) by Toro Y Moi

5. All Apologies (MTV Unplugged) by Nirvana

6. Lay Lay Off, Faselam by Avey Tare & Kria Brekkan

7. Echo's Answer by Broadcast

8. Dawn Chorus by Boards of Canada

9. Silent Night by Metallic Falcons

10. Israeli Blue by The Index

11. Tremors by Kruxe

Finally! A new mixtape. I'm not really sure why this one took so long, but it's here so that's nice. I think this is the most cohesive mix I've made so far, but it may just be because I just finished it and like it more than the rest of them.

I really wish Dolly Parton had done more girl group style stuff like she does in Busy Signal. I added a little bit of reverb and echo to the Toro Y Moi song to make it blend a little bit better with the rest of the songs. Lay Lay Off, Faselam is a super sweet song that I'd like to try and cover sometime during a show. It's really cool how it's so sparse but carries the way it does. Broadcast is a group that I've been listening to for the past 3 months or so. I just bought their collaboration with the Focus Group and it sounds like the psychedlic 60's version of J Dilla's Donuts or Madvillainy the way there's a bunch of short songs that pretty much make up one big flowing album.

The third album is coming along slowly but surely. All of the instruments are recorded for all of the songs and the vocals are recorded for some. I'm mostly just mixing the album right now; getting levels right, adding and adjusting echo and reverb. There's one set of samples I want to add to one of the songs, but I need some of my vinyl records which are at my house so I'll have to get those sometime (in October?). I can tell you now that there will be 9 tracks and most of the songs will be kinda long (not like 10 minutes long, but more than 4 minutes). It should be all done by the time the 10th mixtape comes out.

If any labels want to inquire about releasing it, go ahead and send me an email (spiritspine@gmail.com). A limited vinyl release would be sweet (but probably costly).

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Spirit Tape Five

Spirit Tape Five by Spirit Spine on Mixcloud

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1. Frip Job by Kurt Vile

2. Greenback Dollar by Kingston Trio
3. Vick's Medicated Cough Drops by Raymond Scott
4. Pimeankarkelo by Paavoharju
5. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
6. Leaf House by Animal Collective
7. Summer Majestic by His Clancyness
8. Blackberry Song by Kurt Vile
9. Red Ford Radio by U.S. Girls
10. Neon Bible by Arcade Fire
11. Worrywort by Radiohead (This might be my favorite Radiohead song)
12. Horn (Spirit Spine's Tape Remix) by Nick Drake

The Nick Drake track is supposed to sound like a Brian Eno tape experiment. The beginning of it comes from some "wolf sounds" album I have. This is one of my favorite mixes that I've made, another being the first mix.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Spirit Tape Four

Spirit Tape Four by Spirit Spine on Mixcloud

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TRACKLIST:

1. Wheel of Fortune by Kay Starr

2. Save Me by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

3. Pretty Pretty Priya by Anand Prayag & Chorus

***Malcom McLaren Is Asked What He Does For A Living***

4. Spring Strains by Osteoferocious

5. America's Most Blunted by Madvillain

6. Hello Operator, These Are Some Youtube Videos I Like (Slight Remix) by The White Stripes

7. Buckeye Jim by Burl Ives

8. Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run (Slight Dub Remix) by Sufjan Stevens

9. Hummingbirds by Kieran White

10. Valley of the Saroos by Joe Meek

11. Bonus Track by Bonus Track (No, this is not me)

-With track 6, I added some dialogue from these videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBOV8WzH-oY

and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCm8tdHkfI

-With track 8, I added some automatic reverb that adjusts itself

throughout carefully chosen points in the song.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Spirit Tape Three

LISTEN:

Spirit Tape 03 by Spirit Spine on Mixcloud

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TRACKLIST:

1. Kaneda by Geino Yamashirogumi

2. In The Colosseum by Tom Waits

3. Tomorrow Is Already Here by Stereolab

4. Titanic Vandalism by The Go! Team

5. Waters of Nazareth by Justice

6. Baby Day (Live) by Animal Collective

7. Let Her Dance by The Bobby Fuller Four

8. Sebastiana by Gal Costa

9. Tandem Jump by Jonathan Richman

Monday, February 22, 2010

That Buck Remix

This is an old remix I did for an awesome group called Surf Team of a song they have called "That Buck." You can listen to the original on their Myspace here: http://www.myspace.com/surfteam They did a sweet remix for the Surfhunter Remix Contest and this is one I did at around the same time. I was bored and they had the stems available so I figured "why not?"

Also, this is a remix where I pretend to be Girl Talk. It is great fun.

Download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?j2nd2zmxzjh

The samples I use in it are (in order):

1. Train in Vain by The Clash (it's those drums)
2. When The Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin (More drums)
3. 20th Century Boy by T. Rex
4. You Know My Name by The Beatles (Amazing, underused piano riff)

Okay, with these two samples I meant for them to complement each other, basically as a phrase saying "It's tricky, but it's alright." I just feel like making sure you know that.
5. It's Tricky by Run-DMC
6. But It's Alright by J.J. Jackson

Also, everyone should go and get this song or buy an album from him.

J.J. Jackson is a national treasure. Just look at him: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/JJ-Jackson.jpg

7. Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones
8. Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Drums again, plus a guitar!)
9. Devil's Haircut by Beck