Quantum Shifts

If you’re wondering why blog posts here at Mashit have been less-than-frequent recently, here’s a little background:

Over the last couple years my life has undergone some quantum shifts. For example, I’ve transitioned from full-time DJ, music-blogger/producer, to full-time Creative Director at an economic development organization. I also became a husband and a home-owner. These new roles are super-exciting, fun, and challenging, but alas, they’ve left me with less time to focus on all-things-music.

That said, I’d like to share 2 DJ mixes I’ve made in light of these events.

The more recent of the two I presented to my wife, Sharon at the first anniversary of our wedding. It’s a compilation of songs featuring female vocalists.

The mix was inspired by the Little Dragon song “Feather.” Their singer, Yukimi Nagano’s voice is so amazing that it inspired in my mind a chain reaction of other songs with incredible female singers:

MP3 Download
DJ C; Sirens for my Muse ->
[audio:https://archive.mashit.com/audio/DJ_C-Sirens_For_My_Muse.mp3]

The other mix, which I made exactly a year earlier, is a compilation containing some of Sharon’s and my favorite tunes. It was given out on CD as a gift to guests at our wedding:

MP3 Download
DJ C; Sharon & Jake Present 33 Golden Hits ->
[audio:https://archive.mashit.com/audio/Sharon-and-Jake-Present-33-Golden-Hits.mp3]

Neither of these mixes focus on the usual Mashit fare of bass-heavy, electronic-dance-music. But stay tuned to this podcast. I’ve got one of those classic Mashit mixes already done and will post it here soon.

Track-lists after the break:

Track-List
DJ C; Sirens for my Muse

1. Alison Krauss; “Down To The River To Pray”
2. Exillon (ft. Cat Power); “Moonshiner Remix”
3. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; “Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us”
4. Various; “Hater”
5. Tracy Chapman; “The Promise”
6. Massive Attack; “Teardrop”
7. Lauryn Hill Featuring Carlos Santana; “To Zion”
8. Handsome Boy Modeling School; “The Truth”
9. Portishead; “Wandering Star”
10. Cowboy Junkies; “Sweet Jane”
11. Mazzy Star; “Blue Light”
12. Little Dragon; “Feather”
13. Throwing Muses; “Green”
14. Milanese; “Caramel Cognac”
15. The Breeders; “Drivin’ On 9”

Track-List
DJ C; Sharon & Jake Present 33 Golden Hits

1. The Wailers; “Mellow Mood”
2. The Jamaicans; “Ba Ba Boom”
3. Robert Plant and Allison Krauss; “Killing the Blues”
4. The Congos; “Row Fisherman”
5. Barrington Levy; “She’s Mine”
6. Sean Paul; “Punkie”
7. TLC; “Waterfalls”
8. DJ Flack; “Honeymoon Breeze”
9. Wendy Rene; “After Laughter Comes Tears”
10. The Magnetic Fields; “Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing”
11. Neutral Milk Hotel; “King of Carrot Flowers Part 1”
12. Oscar Aleman; “Besame Mucho”
13. Cab Calloway & His Orchestra; “Minnie The Moocher”
14. Led Zepplin; “Ramble On”
15. M.I.A.; “Galang Remix”
16. Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band; “Express Yourself”
17. Desmond Dekker; “007”
18. Staple Singers; “I’ll Take You There”
19. Oscar Aleman; “Caminos Cruzados (Malaguena)”
20. Stevie Wonder; “Sugar”
21. The Breeders; “Last Splash”
22. Wilco; “Jesus, Etc.”
23. Jamie Lidell; “Multiply”
24. The Beatles; “Two of Us”
25. Gnarls Barkley; “Crazy (Creezy Hype Heatwave Remix)”
26. Mr. Scruff; “Get a Move On”
27. Sufjan Stevens; “Chicago”
28. Enur feat. Natasja; “Calabria”
29. Balkan Beat Box; “Bulgarian Chicks (Featuring Vlada Tom)”
30. Damian Marley; “All Night”
31. DJ C (ft. Chris Isaak, The Supremes, Switch, & Stereotyp); “Set Me Free from this Wicked Game”
32. Sam Cooke; “Sugar Dumpling”
33. Hrvatski; “Gemini (Revision)”