A Silent Flute

Runway

"In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment."
— THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE

Runway (55:32)

Hajime Tachibana "Theme from Nihon No Sugao"
Sting "Be Still My Beating Heart"
Rita e Roberto "Vitima"
David Sylvian "Red Guitar"
Ryuichi Sakamoto "Risky"
Sade "Hang On To Your Love"
Linda Di Franco "TV Scene"
Playgroup "Going Overdrawn"
Jah Wobble "East"
David Sylvian "Bamboo Houses"

Runway on Soundcloud
Runway on Mixcloud

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Version City II

With some unconscious forethought, I saved a note of the tracklisting for Version City II. In case you were wondering. Only now do I realize that I put two Lenny White cuts on it - it's worth mentioning, the guy was quite stylish, rarely photographed without his signature hat. Of course, Gil Scott Heron wasn't half bad himself.

A Silent Flute - Version City II (60:46)

Flash and The Pan "Waiting for a Train"
The Rivits "Future Soon"
Phil Manzanera "Diamond Head"
Lenny White "Prince of The Sea"
Space "Running In the City"
Mick Fleetwood "Super Brains"
Edwin Birdsong "Kunta Dance"
Chaka Khan "All Night’s All Right"
Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson "Late Last Night"
Lenny White "Night Games"
Osamu "Yesterday & Karma"

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Torture Taxi by CTRL+W33D

20 minutes of w33d jams: CTRL+W33D's Torture Taxi

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Reflections, They Say

"A young girl in leather jeans and a jersey which did not make it to the top of her jeans began to sing. She was extraordinarily good. They all sat at the table to listen to her." - CARIOCA FLETCH

Reflections, They Say (55:51)

Bobby Caldwell "Kalimba Song"
Bobby Caldwell "What You Won't Do For Love"
Quincy Jones "Somethin' Special"
Chaka Khan "What Am I Missing"
Daniele Baldelli & T.B.C. "Cosmic Voice"
Graham Central Station "Mr. Friend"
Atmosfear "Creator's Dream"
Delegation "Darlin' (I Think About You)"
Dexter Wansel "I Will Never Forget (My Favorite Disco)"
Chaka Khan "Best In The West"
Sister Sledge "You Fooled Around"
The Limit "Could This Be Love"
David Joseph "I'm So In Love"

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Universal Dress Rehearsal

Universal Dress Rehearsal (60:20)

Since my earliest mixes on the site were posted without track listings, I'd like to now go back through and re-post them with the listings. I've probably gotten the most ID requests for Universal Dress Rehearsal, so if you were ever wondering, now you know. Glad to scratch that itch, my friends from around the universe.

Synergy "Delta Four"
Eberhard Schoener "Trans Am"
Automatic Man "What's Done"
FM "One O' Clock Tomorrow"
Jan Hammer "Peaceful Sundown"
Alain Markusfeld "Contemporous, 2nd Movement"
Jimmie Spheeris "Sighs in a Shell"
Michel Magne "Voyage en Eau Profonde"
Passport "Loco-Motive"
Tony Williams "Eris"
Lenny White "Rapid Transit"
Billy Cobham "Total Eclipse"
Jerry Goodman & Jan Hammer "Night"
Bill Bruford "Age of Information"

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Opera Nocte

“When you meet the girl who wouldn't et cetera you will tell her that you are slumming, visiting your own six A.M. Lower East Side of the soul on a lark, stepping nimbly between the piles of garbage to the gay marimba rhythms in your head. Well, no not gay. But she will know exactly what you mean.” – BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY

A Silent Flute - Opera Nocte (72:56)

Eric Serra “Song To Xavier”
Startled Insects “Thunk”
Paul Haig “Trust”
Eloy “Cha-Shoen”
Phil Manzanera “City of Light”
Tom Scott “Burundi Bump”
Ashford & Simpson “Babies”
Ronnie Laws “Rolling”
Norman Salant “Kiyo”
Bill Laswell “Work Song”
Vladimir Cosma “Metro Police”
Chakk “Years I Worked”
Steve Hillage “Serotonin”
Alain Markusfeld “Atlantis Rock”

photo by Uncle Geez

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A Bandit of Time

My friend Alexandre at C'est Quoi Ta Montre got in touch with me for his ongoing Style Files series. Alexander said my white strap was very cool/badass. Along with my responses I put together a little mix of just what I've been listening to of late, callled A Bandit of Time. It doesn't have Time Bandits on it though. Just a heads up.

A Silent Flute - A Bandit of Time (43:25)

Washed Out "Feel It All Around"
Justus Khoncke "Give it to Me Easy"
Ashra "Club Cannibal"
Ny-Lon featuring Kate Smith "When You Love Someone (Lifelike remix)"
The Bionaut "Lemon"
Peru "Whales"
Kris Menace "Dreamsequence"
Daft Punk "Make Love"
Phoenix "Listzomania (Classixx mix)"

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Garden of Eden

From those who brought you Fecal Face and Coattails, Bodega Boys is now brought to you. A secret leaflet, Bodega Boys is for readers and lovers of the arts. For my contribution to issue two, I've created a soundtrack of so-called oldies, golden or otherwise. It was my thought that the stylsish everyman of today is dressing with a wink to the American past, the '50s and '60s, as we know - so why shouldn't they have something to listen to on their iPods that suits such a look and feel? Slow dance with your girl, drink a can of beer, read a paper book and enjoy that weekend, sports fans.

A Silent Flute - Garden of Eden (50:30)

The Rebels "Wild Weekend"
Santo & Johnny "Caravan"
The Challengers "Tequila"
The Myddle Class "Gates of Eden"
Jimmy Rabitt "Wishy Washy Woman"
Irving Ashby "Big Guitar"
Chaino "Rockin' In Trinidad"
The Turbans "When You Dance"
The Chords "Sh Boom"
Buddy Knox "Party Doll"
Curtis Lee "Pretty Little Angel Eyes"
The Ventures "Party In Laguna"
Johnny & The Hurricanes "Red River Rock"
Dave Baby Cortez "The Happy Organ"
? & The Mystereons "96 Tears"
Googie Renee & His Band "Side Track"
Wheels "String A Longs"
The Relations "The Image"
The Clouds "Spacemen"
The Critters "Mr. Dieingly Sad"
The Rays "Silhouettes"

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Black Dune

A Silent Flute - Black Dune (92:06)

Underground Resistance "Big Stone Lake"
L-Wiz "Syrup Feeling"
Ashra "Don't Stop the Fan"
Carl Craig "Suspiria"
Rhythm & Sound "Friend (version)"
Tyler Bates "Piss & Vinegar"
Legend4ry "Mellow Nights"
Autechre "Nil"
Rhythm & Sound "Never Tell You"
Conquest "Forever"
M83 "Waves Waves Waves"
Kaito "Awakening (beatless)"
Dune "Late After the Storm"
Tom Middleton "Margherita"
L-Wiz "Amy Diamond"
Vladimir M "Intercity Dreams"
Instra:Mental "Photograph"
Fennesz & Sakamoto "Mor"

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Cactus Especial for Test Pressing

I've created something balearic for one helluva site, Test Pressing. Feels fun and summery to be in such great company. The mix is called Cactus Especial, and covers a fairly broad range of points in time. My favorites are "NYC Dharma" and "Epilogue." I guess I'm on a roll.

John McLaughlin: New Karma
Thomas Newman & Chaz Jankel: Sondra & Jeff
Special EFX: Fun in the Sun
Major Force, Hiroshi & Gota: It’s a New Day
A Reminiscent Drive: NYC Dharma
Tangerine Dream: Alien Voices
Eberhard Schoener: Epilogue
Teruo Nakamura: Morning Mist
Azymuth: Dear Limmertz
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Venezia
Melon: Somewhere Far Away
Jimpster: Frames With Frames
Stefan Robbers: Foreign Dimensions
Paco de Lucia: Entre Dos Aguas
The Durutti Column: Opera I
West India Company: Alaap Shankara
Daniel Lanois: The Deadly Nightshade
Ash Ra: Monsoon
The Bionaut: The Juicy Reminder

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No Kimono

A Silent Flute - No Kimono (63:19)

Ryuchi Sakamoto "Grasshoppers"
Bryan Ferry "Kiss and Tell"
Propaganda "The Murder of Love"
Duran Duran "Winter Marches On"
Johannes Schmoelling "Matjora Is Still Alive"
Joe Hisaishi "Pure White"
David Bowie "Ashes to Ashes"
Mylene Farmer "Vieux Bouc"
Freur "Doot Doot"
Thomas Newman Less Than Zero score
Isao Tomita "Clair de Lune"
Pat Metheny "Chris"
Wham! "Blue"
Masanori Ikeda "City Lights"

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Vacanze

A Silent Flute - Vacanze (75:51)

Jean-Luc Ponty "In Case We Survive"
Azymuth "Remembering Milton"
Weather Report "Cannon Ball"
Osamu "Frost Flowers"
Stanley Clarke "Concerto For Jazz/Rock Orchestra, Part 1"
Janne Schaffer "Atlanta Inn 2419"
Terje Rypdal "Back of J."
Steve Khan "Daily Village"
Tangerine Dream "Mojave End Title"
Skywalk "First Snow"
Bjorn J:Son Lindh "Off Shore"
Unknown
Steve Hillage "Healing Feeling"
Andreas Vollenweider "Steam Forest"
Pat Metheny "Are You Going With Me?"

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Vector Dance

A Silent Flute - Vector Dance (49:22)

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Air Conditioned Theater

Air Conditioned Theater is a mixed score which I recorded for my buds at Fully Fitted. We used to do the parties together back in, well, Baltimore, where we were named one of the best parties in the country by SPIN. This score isn't too party though. Well in some parts it is. Starts out classical-reinterpreted, then heads a bit towards that '80s-druggy territory that we all enjoy. I wrote a bit about the mix that may or may not be worth reading depending on what kind of visuals you'd like for the mix. Supply your own if you're so inclined, or rely on mine to paint the picture.

Air Conditioned Theater (43:19)

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In A Tub

In A Tub (52:40)

A special mix for my friends at Coattails.org, brought to you by In - A - Tub and Taco Hut.

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Version City II

A Silent Flute - Version City II (60:46)

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Denim & Leather

Actual Pain Denim & Leather Mixtape

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Souvenir

A Silent Flute - Souvenir (57:38)

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Taximetre

A Silent Flute - Taximetre (64:40)

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Engines Singing

A Silent Flute- Engines Singing (53:41)

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Cosmic Sellout

Ron Morelli's Cosmic Sellout (64:02)

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Holomovement

Holomovement (47:26)

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Just Thoughts

Just Thoughts (65:41)

Gone till September.

Labels: mixes

A Silent Flute Mix

Universal Dress Rehearsal (60:20)

Labels: mixes

Monday

Runway

Version City II

Saturday

Torture Taxi by CTRL+W33D

Monday

Reflections, They Say

Thursday

Universal Dress Rehearsal

Tuesday

Opera Nocte

Monday

A Bandit of Time

Thursday

Garden of Eden

Monday

Black Dune

Cactus Especial for Test Pressing

Thursday

No Kimono

Wednesday

Vacanze

Tuesday

Vector Dance

Wednesday

Air Conditioned Theater

Monday

In A Tub

Wednesday

Version City II

Saturday

Denim & Leather

Souvenir

Taximetre

Tuesday

Engines Singing

Thursday

Cosmic Sellout

Sunday

Holomovement

Thursday

Just Thoughts

Tuesday

A Silent Flute Mix