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Bill Shakes 26 – Carousel

Bill Shakes — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:27:47 +0000

The new mix for the Finca am radio show was influenced by the flawed Utopia of Logans Run (as was the name and images from the original film). It comprises of recent ish music for a fresh start to 2012 (which almost sounds like a year in a sci-fi film).

Many of these 70′s genre films age terribly but I have a soft spot for the kitsch and weird nature of Logans Run, just let your imagination do what the films painfully dated special effects don’t…

Listen to the mix below or DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Bill Shakes 26 – Carousel by Billshakes on Mixcloud

Tracklist

1. Carousel (B-Shakes Edit) – Logans Run
2. Dystopia (The Earth Is On Fire) [The Emperor Machine Dub] – Yacht
3. Families (feat. glasser) – John Talabot
4. Love Love (Kasper Bjork remix – Mojo Filter edit) – Ghost Society
5. Casio Romance – Mr Beatnick
6. On 2 You – Bobby Tank
7. Take Me Home – Poolside
8. Myrtle Avenue – Floating Points
9. Love U Mama (Original Mix) – Maceo Plex Feat. Fabel
10. Scribbled Paper (Fear of Theydon Remix) – Little Dragon
11. Rule of the Bone – Ballistic Brothers
12. We Could Forever- Bonobo

Check out the scene in the film from where I sampled Track 1, love it…

Star Floyd

Bill Shakes — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:06:40 +0000

Following on from the recent Super Trooper post featuring Storm Troopers playing Twister I just had to share this…

For more amazing Star Wars mash ups visit a site called Trend Hunter, it’s the bomb (or ion cannon).

Bill Shakes 22 – Faced

Bill Shakes — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:00:53 +0000

Faced is a post Ibiza trip mix for the FYB collective and was thrown together in a more spontaneous lottery like way than my normal studio mix method. The selection is drawn from the recent FYB Boompt! party plus some summer titbits and deeper tracks to represent this weeks sailing into heavy winds in the face of balearic mood swings. Why does excessive fun have such a big payback price?

Listen to the mix below or DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Bill Shakes 22 – Faced by Billshakes on Mixcloud

Tracklist

1. Take Back Soho (tanner ross remix) – Voices Of Black
2. Up – ‘O’
3. New Life – Blackway
4. Love (Toby Tobias mix) – Alphabet City
5. Right Here Feels So Good (Motorcitysoul Remix) – Zoe Xenia
6. Serious Compassion – Miguel Puente & Sishi Rosch
7. Unstable condition – John Tejada
8. Make My Day (Ryan Crosson Morning Sorrow Remix) – Alex Smoke
9. Berlin Sunrise (Diskjokke Remix) – Daniel Wang
10. Feeling You (Henrik Schwarz Remix) – Omar
11. Parquet (original mix) – Recloose
12. Can’t Leave You (Original Mix) – Maceo Plex
13. Jacking Off (Steve Silk Hurley “Jack Your Body” + Black Dice “Smiling Off (DFA Remix) – Cousin Cole
14. Talking loud And Clear – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Listen to this…

Bill Shakes — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:14:12 +0000

Wonderful speech from Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better on the mighty Ted Talks website which is staple Saturday morning viewing at Chez Shakes.

Among other subjects he talks about isolating sound using ‘The Mixer’ as method to channel and improve the quality of your listening and also discover the ‘hidden choir’ of everyday mundane sounds, yes please Jules…

finca am launch party

Bill Shakes — Mon, 09 May 2011 07:25:44 +0000

Come on down to Sirocco or Pacha for some finca am style shenanigans