Knights of the Soundtable ride again!

In a tweet around midnight last night, Chris Cornell announced the launch of www.soundgardenworld.com, a site which pretty much cements the return of The Greatest Band of All Time. Those of you that remember the hey day of Soundgarden will recall the Knights of the Soundtable, Soundgarden's official fan club and maker of fine Christmas postcards. Hopefully this marks the beginning of some heavy news updates and more details about what marks the greatest rock reunion ever!

Fresh off my, um, success?, with Orbity, I put together a really straightforward mix of my favorite tracks from 2009 which I've titled Annum. There aren't any fancy effects or EQ twiddling or anything like that - just a bunch of great tunes laid out in as smooth and natural way as I could manage. Still, the number of songs has doubled since my last attempt, and the number of different genres and tempos I've incorporated made for a distinctly different challenge. I'd like to think this mix follows the old chef's notion that fine ingredients make for a fine meal, but I'm still new to this after all.

Please let me know what you think!

Stereorobo // Annum // December 26, 2009

1. Two Weeks by Grizzly Bear
2. 1901 by Phoenix
3. Kettering by The Antlers
4. Glass by Bat For Lashes
5. Panic Switch by Silversun Pickups
6. Don't Rush by Tegan and Sara
7. The Sweetest Thing by Camera Obscura
8. Daylight by Matt and Kim
9. Little Secrets by Passion Pit
10. Happy Up Here by Royksopp
11. When I Grow Up by Fever Ray
12. Useful Chamber by Dirty Projectors
13. Dominos by The Big Pink
14. Young Hearts Spark Fire by Japandroids
15. Stay Alive by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
16. Crystalised by The xx
17. My Girls by Animal Collective

Merry Christmas, everybody!!!

This year Santa comes to you from the incomparable Kate Beaton and her amazing webcomic Hark! A Vagrant. Brush up on your Canadian history and crack up at the same time, you can't lose!

I've wanted to take another stab at mixing for years now, and finally found the time to fire up Ableton while I was home for Thanksgiving. In school I kept to using Acid primarily, so bear with me while I noodle with the new software, it's a little daunting!

I started with something simple, a quick and dirty mix of Orb tunes ranging from their earlier tracks to some more recent stuff from just a few years ago. Orb was great because most of their material rides along at an easy tempo, without a lot of quirky time changes like you would see with, say, Aphex Twin. Also, their songs tend to be extra long so it's not as tough to fill up sixty minutes of audio =).

Leave any comments you might have, I need all the feedback I can get!

Stereorobo // Orbity // December 13, 2009 // All songs by The Orb

1. Little Fluffy Clouds
2. Passing of Time
3. Now Here
4. Captain Korma
5. Hamlet of Kings
6. Prime Evil
7. Earth (Gaia)
8. Valley
9. A Huge Ever Growing etc etc