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Member of: Making Mixtapes.
Top Post By thatturtle (1 thumbs up):

1. Christian Wallumrød Ensemble - Arch Dance with Trumpet
2. Joan La Barbara - Slow Waltz [Morton Feldman]
3. David Grubbs - The Not-So-Distant
4. Christina Carter - Original Darkness
5. Gamelan Son of Lion - Random Chords
6. Humi - Seki No Gohonmatsu
7. Aidan Baker/Tim Hecker - Dream of the Nightmare
8. Grails - The Natural Man
9. Ugur Dogan - Vital
10. Jan Jelinek - Moiré (Strings)

The aural evidence can be found here.

- from the topic: If We Never Get to Memories

Recent Posts by thatturtle:

Re: Love Is A Sweet Thing ( a delicious mix of goodies)

December 14, 2008 by thatturtle

Sweet.

Re: Aphrodisiaction

December 14, 2008 by thatturtle

This mix makes me feel much better, thank you. I was feelin' pretty good before this mix, so, now I'm like, outta my mind better. Bouncin' off the walls better. Ok, the 3 Red Bulls might have contributed at least a little...uhm, love the Rick James and Teresa Brewer picks especially. Cheers.

Re: Feathered Friends

December 14, 2008 by thatturtle

Splendid.

Re: Shuffle holds all the keys

December 14, 2008 by thatturtle

"Solar" -> "So What" is serendipity. Love the Chet Baker & Kate Bush pairing too. Cool.

Re: The Spirit of Love Watches Over Me – 3 CDs

December 14, 2008 by thatturtle

Wow. Just, wow.

Re: brighten and enlighten

December 14, 2008 by thatturtle

Ukelele Orchestra? Boo-yah! Love the Baden Powell -> Seu Jorge -> Jam run.

Re: Its been a cold day..I got the Chills

December 14, 2008 by thatturtle

Great, great, great. Love the New Zealand picks especially. And the Decemberists and YLT.

Re: 12/13/08 What's In My Head

December 14, 2008 by thatturtle

Wow indeed. Lovely stuff Terry.

And This is What the Blank Stare Conjured

December 14, 2008 by thatturtle

1. Thom Yorke - And it Rained All Night
2. Apparat - Birds
3. Terre Loves Robin (a.k.a. Scanner & Terre) - Terre Loves Robin
4. Theo Bleckmann - An den kleinen Radioapparat
5. The Bowed Piano Ensemble & Victoria Hansen- Evening on Como (Stephen Scott)
6. Necronomicon - Wenn die Haifische Menschen waren
7. Einstürzende Neubauten - U-Haft-Muzak
8. Jackie-O Motherfucker - Native Einstein
9. Muslimgauze - Extract 2
10. Sightings - The Last Seed
11. Fennesz/Dafeldecker/Brandlmayr - Mi Son
12. Robert Horton - Requiem for Padma
13. Fit & Limo - Haga's Painting
14. The Ex - Morning Star
15. So Takahashi - PMS 1235C (M15, Y60)

The mix.

Re: The December Mix-Off

December 2, 2008 by thatturtle

I'm with SammyG, great opening quintet. I'm a sucker for that Stealers Wheel track. Love the closing Nirana through Radiohead run too. Can't wait for the 2nd hour's music :-)

Re: Soulful Jazz Lounge Funk'n Breaks re-up

December 2, 2008 by thatturtle

Looks splendid Gabe. Can't wait to give this a listen.

Re: A Severing Of Connective Tissue

December 2, 2008 by thatturtle

Very cool.

Re: Yellow Morning Mystery

December 2, 2008 by thatturtle

Welcome TornadoZ. It's about time we got some Sheena Easton up in this mother.

Re: Rimers! The Musical

December 1, 2008 by thatturtle

Looks wonderful. Great to see you 'round Jenny.

Re: Who I am, what I do, why I made this forum - The Introduction Thread

November 30, 2008 by thatturtle

A warm welcome to ofthaltnedcollectedsilencealex and French Connection. That is all.

Re: money money money money...

November 30, 2008 by thatturtle

Very cool. Love the Pet Shop Boys through O'Jays stretch especially.

Re: Gutbucket Brothers 12: Red Hot Gutbucket Duck – 2 CDs

November 30, 2008 by thatturtle

Aah man, another massive mixing missive. Gets me right here I tell ya (psst, I'm pointing at my gut).

Re: sweeter than wine: for jason

November 30, 2008 by thatturtle

A wonderful mix. The opening trio especially.

Re: Mortalidad

November 30, 2008 by thatturtle

Lots to love here as ever. The gender bending Walter Wendy Sinead Joe bit has "spun me right 'round baby, right 'round like a record, baby."

Re: 3 2 1 Pop!

November 30, 2008 by thatturtle

Great stuff. The Chicago through Ramones stretch especially, though not exclusively.

Re: 3 2 1 Electropop!

November 30, 2008 by thatturtle

Looks a treat SammyG. Very much looking forward to giving this a listen.

Re: Up and Down Morning

November 30, 2008 by thatturtle

Wonderful. The Björk -> Blossom Dearie is especially inspired.

Re: Highgüey

November 30, 2008 by thatturtle

Very cool. The Kinks through Stewart do it for me.

Re: 11-29-08 What's in my Head

November 30, 2008 by thatturtle

Looks like your head is filled with goodness. Dig the Black Moth Super Rainbow especially.

Mementos Won't Change a Thing

November 30, 2008 by thatturtle

1. Adrian Sherwood/Doug Wimbish - Karma-Cola
2. Luc Ferrari - Place des Abbesses [excerpt]
3. Firewitch - Villain
4. KK Null - 7 (from ERG per GALAXY)
5. Robert Black - Look She Said: IV (Christian Wolff)
6. Davy Graham - Better Get Hit In Your Soul (Charles Mingus)
7. The Jazztet - Blues March (Benny Golson)
8. Moppa Elliott's Mostly Other People Do the Killing - Moanin' (Bobby Timmons)
9. Barnacled - Rattles
10. Guillermo Klein & Los Guachos - Yeso
11. Gudrun Gut - The Land

Listen?

Re: Faded Photographs

November 28, 2008 by thatturtle

Very cool. Love the photo too.

If We Never Get to Memories

November 28, 2008 by thatturtle

1. Christian Wallumrød Ensemble - Arch Dance with Trumpet
2. Joan La Barbara - Slow Waltz [Morton Feldman]
3. David Grubbs - The Not-So-Distant
4. Christina Carter - Original Darkness
5. Gamelan Son of Lion - Random Chords
6. Humi - Seki No Gohonmatsu
7. Aidan Baker/Tim Hecker - Dream of the Nightmare
8. Grails - The Natural Man
9. Ugur Dogan - Vital
10. Jan Jelinek - Moiré (Strings)

The aural evidence can be found here.

Re: Da Rulez; or, How to contribute to Making Mixtapes without making an ass of yourself, and thereby encouraging a vibrant community!

November 26, 2008 by thatturtle

I second Doowad's "hear, hear." And, uhm, y'all can troll me if you like.

Re: Who I am, what I do, why I made this forum - The Introduction Thread

November 26, 2008 by thatturtle

You go Gabe!

Hopefully this forum will ensure that the art of the mix does not die with the ArtOfTheMix.org. And more importantly, that the community and splinter groups that built up over the years continue to grow.