Mixtape #118

A tremendously talented multi-instrumentalist and composer, Julie Carpenter‘s musical involvements include performing, recording and collaborating with an array of bands and projects, including Brian Jonestown Massacre, Eels and The Autumns, amongst others. Her move to Joshua Tree from LA, paired with her orchestral experience and electronica influences, gave birth to Less Bells, her sublime ambient orchestral project. She has just released her second album, Mourning Jewelry, an utterly engrossing and beautiful record that is both ominous and melancholic as well as contemplative and joyful. So it’s with immense pleasure that we present the mixtape Less Bells cooked up for us. Press play and let the magic happen.

  1. Bulgarian State Radio Choir – Polegnala e Todora [Elektra Nonesuch]
  2. Magnet & Paul Giovanni – Willow’s Song [Trunk / Silva Screen]
  3. The Lickets – Crowd of Pimps in the Rain [International Corporation]
  4. The Books – Take Time [Tomlab / Temporary Residence]
  5. Welcome to The Heart of Gold – The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio play
  6. Marshweed – Je t’adore, Fyodor
  7. Insides – Bent Double [4AD / Guernica]
  8. BBC Radiophonic Workshop – Sutekh Time Tunnel – Pyramid of Mars (Dr. Who)
  9. Love – Andmoreagain [Elektra]
  10. Crime & the City Solution – Six Bells Chime [Mute]
  11. Deerhoof – Mothball the Fleet [joyful Noise / Polyvinyl]
  12. Dionne Warwick – Don’t Make Me Over [Scepter Records]
  13. Alvvays – Forget About Life [Polyvinyl / Transgressive]
  14. Pauline Oliveros – Crossing the Sands [hatOLOGY]
  15. Dorian Wood – Glassellalia [Antigen]