Category Archives: seasonal series

luv250

Wintor

the final mixtape of this year’s seasonal series is an aural journey through winter that will help us get through the coldest night of the year with dreams of flowers that will bloom again.
image : Elaina Grainey
Tracklist
  1. Winter Now – Broadcast – Warp (2003) > buy link
  2. excerpt from Winter – Walter Carlos – Columbia (1972)
  3. Father Christmas – Ryuichi Sakamoto – Virgin (1983) > buy link
  4. Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne – Jimi Hendrix – Experience Hendrix / Legacy (1969/2010) > buy link
  5. excerpt from Wind/Hail Storm from an Alpine Blizzard – Syntonic Research, Inc. (1979)
  6. Winter 2 – Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter – Deutsche Grammophon (2012) > buy link
  7. Winter Prayers – Iron and Wine – Nonesuch (2013) > buy link
  8. California Dreaming – George Benson – CTI Records (1971)
  9. Coldest Night Of The Year – Twice As Much and Vashti – Immesiate / Dicristina (1966/2007) > buy link
  10. Iced Cooly – Boards Of Canada – Music70 / Warp (1995/2002) > buy link
  11. Ice Capades (Moog Music ’67) – Van Dyke Parks – Bananastan (1967/2011) > buy link
  12. Skating – Vince Guaraldi Trio – Fantasy (1965) > buy link
  13. Winters Love – Animal Collective – FatCat Records (2004) > buy link
  14. Wintertime Love – The Doors – Elektra (1968) > buy link
  15. Hutchinson Jail – Lee Hazlewood – Reprise / 1972 (1966/2014) > buy link
  16. Snowbird – Anne Murray – Capitol (1970) > buy link

luv237

Fell

mixtape #3 in this series of seasonal soundscapes mirrors the changes happening in the cool crispness of fall. autumnal audio.
photo : Autumn Waters
Tracklist
  1. September Song – Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France – Barclay (1947/1975) > buy link
  2. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion – The Flaming Lips – Warner Bros. (2006) > buy link
  3. Autumn Sweater – Yo La Tengo – Matador (1997) > buy link
  4. October – Pivot – Warp (2008) > buy link
  5. excerpt from Wind In The Trees – Syntonic Research, Inc. (1974)
  6. October Country – October Country – Epic (1968)
  7. Autumn Almanac – The Kinks – Pye Records / Golden Hour (1967/1971) > buy link
  8. Harvest Breed – Nick Drake – Island (1972) > buy link
  9. Girl From The North Country – Bob Dylan – Columbia (1963) > buy link
  10. excerpt from Fall – Walter Carlos – Columbia (1972)
  11. Night Of The Vampire – The Moontrekkers – Parlophone / Acced Records (1961/2012) > buy link
  12. November – Neu! – Grönland Records (1985/2010) > buy link
  13. Rose Hip November – Vashti Bunyan – Philips / Dicristina (1970/2004) > buy link
  14. Autumn 2 – Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter – Deutsche Grammophon (2012) > buy link
  15. Comin’ Back To Me – Jefferson Airplane – RCA Victor (1967) > buy link
  16. Autumn – Joanna Newsom – Drag City (2010) > buy link

luv226

Simmer

here’s the second mixtape is a series of seasonal soundscapes for 2014. chill out to this in the simmering summer heat. now you’re prepared for the dog days.
photo : Gunther Tearny
Tracklist
  1. The Door Into Summer – The Monkees – Colgems / Rhino (1967/1986) > buy link
  2. It’s The Summertime – The Archies – RCA Victor (1969) > buy link
  3. Summertime Clothes – Animal Collective – Domino (2009) > buy link
  4. Summer – Walter Carlos – Columbia (1972)
  5. Summer Vacation – Runaways – Ultimate Dilemma (1997) > buy link
  6. Ghetto Summertime – Eddie Gale – Blue Note / 4 Men With Beards (1969) > buy link
  7. Summer 2 – Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter – Deutsche Grammophon (2012) > buy link
  8. Brownsville Turnaround On The Tex-Mex Border – KLF – KLF Communications / Wax Trax (1990)
  9. Pulling Out Of Ricardo And The Dusk Is Falling Fast – KLF – KLF Communications / Wax Trax (1990)
  10. Summertime – Santo & Johnny – Canadian-American Records (1959) > buy link
  11. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns – Joni Mitchell – Asylum Records (1975) > buy link
  12. Summer Breeze – The Isley Brothers – T-Neck (1973) > buy link
  13. excerpt from Summer Cornfield – Syntonic Research, Inc. (1976)
  14. Sunshower – Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band – RCA (1976) > buy link
  15. Summer Mist – Sam Sanders – Strata Records / 180 Proof Records (2013) > buy link
  16. Hot As Sun / Glasses – Paul McCartney – Apple (1970) > buy link
  17. Cabinessence – The Beach Boys – Capitol / Brother Records (1969) > buy link
  18. Hot Wind – Les Baxter – Sidewalk (1969) > buy link
  19. Summer In The City – The Lovin’ Spoonful – Kama Sutra (1966) > buy link
  20. Ice Cream On My Kicks – Visioneers – Omniverse Recordings / BBE Records (2012) > buy link
  21. Sun Goddess – Yesterday’s New Quintet – Stones Throw (2001) > buy link
  22. Hot Fun In The Summertime – Sly & The Family Stone – Epic (1969) > buy link

luv215

Sprung

here’s the start of a new mix series for 2014 dedicated to the sounds of the seasons. this collection of tunes focuses on spring and all the glories of nature’s reawakening after the long dark sleep of winter. spring has sprung. enjoy the thaw.
photo : Lof Faddis
Tracklist:
  1. You Can Never Hold Back Spring – Tom Waits – Anti- (2006/2009) > buy link
  2. Sprout And The Bean – Joanna Newsom – Drag City (2004) > buy link
  3. Spring 1 – Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter – Deutsche Grammophon (2012) > buy link
  4. Canada In Springtime – The Free Design – Ambrotype Records Inc. / Light In The Attic (1972/2004) > buy link
  5. Águas de Março – Elis Regina – Philips (1972) > buy link
  6. I Set My Face To The Hillside – Tortoise – Thrill Jockey (1998) > buy link
  7. Something About April – Adrian Younge ft. Venice Dawn – Wax Poetics Records (2011) > buy link
  8. Images Of April – Nobody – Ubiquity (2003) > buy link
  9. Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall – Simon & Garfunkel – Columbia (1966) > buy link
  10. excerpt from Spring – Walter Carlos – Columbia (1972)
  11. Many Coloured Semi Precious Plastic Easter Eggs – Peter Sarstedt – United Artists Records (1969)
  12. Come To The Sunshine – Van Dyke Parks – MGM Records / Bananastan Records (1966/2011) > buy link
  13. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah – Bob-B-Soxx and the Blue Jeans – Philles Records / Sundazed (1963/2012) > buy link
  14. Les Fleur – Minnie Riperton – GRT / Original Sound Track Recordings (1972/2001) > buy link