I have done several train mixes over the years. They basically come about because I hear a tune and think - Hey, that would be great in a train mix. So it was with this one. I heard the track "A.O.E." by Portico Quartet and I knew immediately that I need to build a mix around it.
This mix differs from most of my other train mix(except one) because it's mostly a jazz influenced mix. Berlin-school sequencers have been replaced by a drum kit and synth washes are now horns. I folded in some recordings of trains and subways but I didn't want to over do it so I kept to 3 spots in the mix.
Links to all the albums used in order of how they appear in this mix:
- https://porticoquartet.bandcamp.com/album/monument
- https://nickgarbett.bandcamp.com/album/the-glider
- https://snowpalms.bandcamp.com/album/land-waves
- https://tangents.bandcamp.com/album/new-bodies
- https://elskavonjohnhayes.bandcamp.com/album/du-nord
- https://nalasinephro.bandcamp.com/album/space-18
- https://porticoquartet.bandcamp.com/album/terrain
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DCDQG7K/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp
- https://bellorchestre.bandcamp.com/album/house-music
- https://eremiterecords.bandcamp.com/album/mandatory-reality
- https://danielbrandt1.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-something
- https://alapastel.bandcamp.com/album/ceremony
The mix has some good energy and I could see it being a great companion for bike riding.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Portico Quartet - A.O.E. (Monument 2021)
- 05:30 Nick Garbett & Mike Majkowski - Aerial (The Glider 2021)
- 11:35 Snow Palms - Kojo Yakei (Land Waves 2020)
- 15:08 Tangents - Terracotta (New Bodies 2018)
- 21:20 Elskavon & John Hayes - Vermilion (Du Nord 2020)
- 23:23 Nala Sinephro - Space 6 (Space 1.8 2021)
- 26:50 Portico Quartet - Terrain: III (Terrain 2021)
- 36:30 Olafur Arnalds - Undir (re:member 2018)
- 39:27 Bell Orchestra - Movement (House Music 2021)
- 45:00 Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society - Shadow Conductor (Mandatory Reality 2019)
- 52:42 Daniel Brandt - Eternal Something (Eternal Something 2017)
- 58:45 Alapastel - Transmission (Ceremony 2021)
- 64:16 end