Mixtape #168


An incredibly talented drummer, composer and filmmaker, with a background as a classically-trained percussionist, Philly-based Evan Chapman is a busy and versatile artist, blending multimedia and contemporary music. Best known as a founding member of contemporary-classical percussion trio/rock band Square Peg Round Hole, Chapman has also forged a prolific career as a filmmaker and co-founded film production company Four/Ten Media. His magnificent, mesmerizing and stirring debut solo album, Reveries, was of one of our Album Picks of 2024 and we haven’t put it down since it came out last October. Blending acoustic and electronic elements, Reveries stands as a testament to his artistic brilliance and versatility, spanning an extensive range of genres, influences and emotions. So we’re thrilled to unveil the sublime mixtape he put together for us, opening a window into the influences that helped shape his unique sound. Press play and enjoy.

  1. Ian Chang – Spiritual Leader [Kowloon Records]
  2. Giant Claw – Soft Channel 001 [Orange Milk Records]
  3. Claire Rousay – Discrete (The Market) [American Dreams Records]
  4. Daniel Wohl – Pixel [New Amsterdam Records]
  5. Alexander Panos – Equinox (Prelude)
  6. Loraine James – I DM U [Hyperdub]
  7. The Living Earth Show and Samuel Adams – Field [Earthy Records]
  8. Time Wharp – Delay 1 [Leaving Records]
  9. Son Lux – Weight Of Your Air [City Slang]
  10. Sebastian Wolfe – Open Air
  11. Qasim Naqvi, Wadada Leo Smith, Andrew Cyrille – Bypass Decay [Red Hook Records]
  12. Alex Somers – Fireflies [Invada / Lakeshore Records]
  13. Methods Body – Quiet Pt. 2: Tell Us to Be [Beacon Sound]
  14. Lucy Liyou – You Are Every Memory [American Dreams Records]
  15. Nina Keith feat. Barrie & Qur’an Shaheed – Blow Up Yr Life (U Need To)
  16. Phong Tran – Slime Tree [New Amsterdam Records]
  17. Vines – Candles
  18. Daniel Wohl & TRANSIT – Fluctuations [New Amsterdam Records]

Mixtape #79

Australian trio PVT, formerly known as Pivot, had us right from the release of their debut album nearly a decade ago. Going even stronger today, brothers Richard and Laurence Pike and Dave Miller have a much anticipated fifth album, New Spirit, out next month. So we're ecstatic to start off 2017 with a mixtape put together by Richard Pike:

"I'm not sure how these have directly influenced New Spirit, but it's a selection of tracks that I found myself coming back to during songwriting. So I guess that means something. I avoided vocals in this mix because at the time I was only focused on finding the right sound palette, and letting my own lyrical ideas evolve over that palette. I otherwise have nothing against vocalists. This mix is very electronic. With a focus on futurism."


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