Winter Sun

1. Fruit Bats - Rainbow Sign
2. Mercury Rev - Endlessly
3. The Twin Atlas - Sleep In late, Laugh All Night
4. Bert Jansch - Come Sing Me A Happy Song
5. The Shins - New Slang
6. The Kingsbury Manx - New Old Friend Blues
7. Sigur Ros - Staralfur
8. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
9. Animal Collective - Bluish
10. Sufjan Stevens - Romulus
11. Atlas Sound - Walkabout
12. Broadcast - The Book Lovers
13. School Of Seven Bells - I L U
14. Pinback - Loro
15. Mazzy Star - Halah
16. Richard Hawley - Baby, You're My Light
17. Micah P Hinson - Yard Of Blonde Girls
18. The Junipers - Gordie Can't Swim
19. Tim Hardin - Reason To Believe
20. Nick Drake - Northern Sky
21. Cat Stevens - The Wind
22. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Mysteries

December. The time of year when I like to send out a mix CD to some of my closest friends. In recent years I've sent out Christmas mixes (last year's being the first I have posted on-line).

This year, I decided to opt for a mix with a wintery feel. I also wanted to blow people's socks off with a drop dead gorgeous mix. So I set about compiling 'Swoon' which I posted here last week. During the mix making process I realised I was very happy with how it was shaping up. However it was far from perfect. Then I realised for me, the perfect mix would have to take elements from some of my past mixes.

So this, Winter Sun, contains songs and runs from former mixes 'An Autumn Daydream' 'Fly Away' and 'Wintersong' along with the lovely Grizzly Bear track, a favourite from this year 'I L U' and a song that really and sincerely could be my favourite song of all time 'Bluish'.

So is this my definition of the perfect mix? Probably not, but it's as close as I'll ever get I believe.

RS MF

Swoon

1. The Black Angels - Telephone
2. Betamax Crew - All I Know
3. Oh No Oh My - I Love You All The Time
4. Carlo Emerald - Riviera Life
5. The Soundcarriers - Caught By The Sun
6. The Russian Futurists - One Night, One Kiss
7. Brendon Benson - Folk Singer
8. Superstar - The O.K Corral
9. Band Of Horses - Factory
10. Zita Swoon - Me & Josie On A Saturday Night
11. LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change
12. School Of Seven Bells - Heart Is Strange
13. The Depreciation Guild - Dream About Me
14. Lucky Soul - Love 3
15. Clinic - I'm Aware
16. Snowden - So Red
17. Yo La Tengo - Sometimes I Don't Get You
18. Camera Obscura - I Love My Jean
19. Nik Freitas - Sun Down
20. Apollo Sunshine - Breeze
21. Love Is All - Take Your Time

What's in my head Nov/Dec 2010

RS MF

Good Clean Fun

1. The Royalties - Music for Cooking With Gas
2. El Guincho - Bombay
3. John Lennon - Intuition
4. Jeremy Messersmith - Lazy Bones
5. Shonen Knife - Evil Birds
6. Afternoon Naps - Beach Bums
7. Alan Hull - Carousel
8. The Liminanas - I'm Dead
9. Mashmakhan - As The Years Go By
10. Lawrence Arabia - Apple Pie Bed
11. Brian Wilson - Nothing But Love
12. The Explorers Club - Do You Love Me
13. Tesco Chainstore Mascara - Writer's Block
14. Pineapple - Wahow
15. Coming Soon - School Trip Bus Crash
16. Norma Sass - Born In The 80's
17. Bonnie Hayes with the Wild Combo - Girls Like Me
18. Desoto Reds - Tupper In The Fridge
19. Shankar Family & Friends - Dream
20. 1910 Fruitgum Company - One, Two, Three Red Light
21. Generationals - Trust
22. The Lovely Feathers - Frantic
23. Jackson 5 - Love Comes In Different Flavors
24. Ultrasport - Nothing Can Go Wrong
25. Eternal Summers - Pogo
26. Micachu & The Shapes - Golden Phone

An alt-dj mix with my favourite mixer in the whole world, Ion Moe! And our first for about three years. My, how time flies..

Notes from Ion - Leave it to Sammy G to lull me out of my overly long absence from ZeRO. Work, a new baby boy and obsessive personal grooming have kept me away for too long. It feels good to post again and be back amongst friends.

Anyway, a chance to do a mix with fellow pop lover Sammy is something I couldn't pass up. This charming man has exquisite taste in music, and it shows on this mix. It was a challenge to keep up with him. Does anyone want to venture a guess who was odds/evens? And the cover girl? The good, (squeaky) clean and fun Ava G.

RS MF