Mix: Don’t Make Lists Vs Neu Magazine

By day he's Nestor Watach, student and music geek, by night he's Don't Make Lists. On the 1st of this year Nestor started a blog to count down his favourite songs of the last decade on. We've been lucky enough to host a bunch of his best bits and now he's made us an exclusive mix. It features a bit of everything, from Twin Peaks style romance to hypnotic Krautrock and lo-fi dance.

1 - 00:00 - Jules Chaz - Blak Lodge

Lost count of the lame guitar bands you come across that list "twin peaks" as an influence and then play the same generic 4 minute songs devoid of any of the character or atmosphere that made the tv show special. So it's nice to come across a track alongside Mount Eerie's Between Two Mysteries that take Badalementi's incredible soundtrack to new and exciting places.

2 - 02:48 - Jeans Wilder - Sparkler

Love Jeans Wilder - Antiques being one of my favourite records of recent times. This is a bit of a departure from that but thought it would perfectly fit in with the Twin Peaks theme so far, as it really reminds me of some of the 50's-inspired romantic tracks that appear on the soundtrack.

3 - 05:33 - Step Cousins - Dances With Wolves

Discovered this on an incredible Aeroplanes & Aeroplanes mix, alongside less song-based/hypnagogic stuff like Julian Lynch, Sun Araw and Forest Swords. Thought this is a pretty fun pop song though. Will probably become a "staple" of any dj sets i ever do.

4 - 07:28 - Felt Drawings - What We Share

Found this out through some mixes Freddy from Former Ghosts put out - it's got a similar synthpop vibe to Former Ghosts but probably less accessible and more fucked-up, probably more reminiscent of Freddy's last project, This Song Is A Mess But So Am I

5 - 10:13 - Danger Beach - Apache

Hey, a band with Beach in their name who do lo-fi hazey songs that suit summer days, whatever next? I suppose you know exactly what to expect but still really well crafted and stands above most of their contemporaries.

6 - 12:32 - R. Stevie Moore - I've Begun To Fall In Love

Probably the best "outsider" artist i can think of; for fans of Daniel Johnston, Jed Fair or even the solo demoey stuff of Rivers Cuomo. But also heavily associated with newer weirdo stuff like the Ariel Pink/John Maus/ETC "scene". Such a gem.

7 - 14:40 - Liar - Oriental Lady

Taken from a killer early 80s compilation of british synth music called Synthetic Romance (long out of print, so do a quick google for a guilt-free d/l) - every track being every bit as good as this one

8 - 18:37 - Dylan Ettinger - Baptism

Psychy hypnagogic jams for fans of Sun Araw, Skaters, etc.

9 - 23:05 - Taragana Pyjarama - Girls

Best known for work under the name Eim Ick, this is danish musician Nick Erikson's new project and I think this is the best track he's worked one. One loop, really gorgeous.

10 - 29:14 - Car Crash Set - Fall From Grace

Think I know this from a guest-post somewhere I read by one of the members of Sleep∞Over and his since become possibly one of my favourite tracks ever - totally perfect new wave. Ridiculous how much incredible that New Zealand has been responsible for over the years.

11 - 35:56 - Ashra - Sunrain

Thought it'd be a good idea to put this at the end. Really beautiful and hypnotic krautrock that came out about 35 years ago. Sometimes it seems like bands I totally love like Emeralds are only just catching up now. So ahead of it's time it's frightening.

Check out more mixes from Don't Make Lists at dontmakelists.com

(photo by Anton Shevelyov)

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