While it still may be warm enough outside to work up a sweat while just walking around, make no mistake about it -- summer is fading fast.
The passing of Labour Day and the start of a new school year have left me feeling rather wistful. An entire season has passed in what seems like the blink of an eye.
A couple end-of-summer mixes, brought to my attention via totally fuzzy:
- From the long-dormant mix of the week comes their latest offering, called "Gods of Eden". It's a blend of funk, fusion, electro, and other stuff, with several older tracks from the likes of Giorgio Moroder, Jean Michel Jarre, The Art of Noise, and Level 42.
- BendingCorners is new to me; it features monthly mixes of jazz and groove. August's mix, called "Desert Moments", wanders into ambient territory, with tracks by Steve Roach, Autechre, Boards of Canada, and Peter Gabriel (from the Passion soundtrack).
One of the CDs I was listening to at work over the past week was Underworld's 2002 release A Hundred Days Off. This song in particular was on heavy repeat on Friday afternoon:
"Sola Sistim" by Underworld(EXPIRED) (5.92 MB) (it's a RapidShare link; some scrolling, clicking, and waiting will be required)
Downtempo, and so very chilled -- quite a departure from a group that's perhaps best known for "shoutin' lager! lager! lager!". Beautiful.