For the new 5:4 mixtape, i’ve turned to the world of animals, assembling music that references a diverse collection of wildlife. All manner of beasts are featured, insects, birds, reptiles and amphibians in addition to mammals, from the smallest (probably, in this selection, a wasp) to the greatest (definitely, in this selection, a whale), and i’ve not entirely limited myself to reality, including a couple of pieces that pertain to non-existent creatures. The musical choices are similarly aesthetically eclectic, and on this occasion i’ve not sought to make strong stylistic connections throughout the mix but instead emphasise uniqueness: for the most part, none of the 38 tracks closely resembles any of the others.
In all, two hours of sonic zoology providing a veritable musical menagerie, ending with a small tribute to one of music’s great musical minds and voices, who sadly is no longer with us. Here’s the tracklisting in full, together with links to obtain the music.
- Princess Chelsea – The Deer with the Golden Lights (from The Loneliest Girl)
- OY – Tortoise And Hunter (from No Problem Saloon)
- Robert Logan – Glad Centipede (from Flesh)
- Clark – Butterfly Prowler (from Death Peak)
- Nurse With Wound – An Attempt By Badgers To Cull Worrisome Farmers (from Dark Fat)
- Clara Iannotta – dead wasps in a jam-jar (iii) [excerpt] (unavailable)
- senko – moth [excerpt] (from dronetudes)
- Thought Gang – Headless Chicken (from Twin Peaks (Limited Event Series Soundtrack))
- Secret Chiefs 3 – The Owl In Daylight (from Path Of Most Resistance)
- Jeffery Alan Jones – Bathing Of The Cockroaches (from Most Beautiful Island (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack))
- VACVVM – Defying A Nightingale (from Neoir – free download)
- Andrew Liles – The Woodpecker and Cuckoo Debacle (from Ouarda (The Subtle Art Of Phyllorhodomancy) : Complete Download Version)
- Zeena Parkins – Mouse [excerpt] (from Three Harps Tuning Forks & Electronics)
- Joanna Newsom – Monkey & Bear [excerpt] (from Ys)
- Kurt Stenzel – Burning Giraffes (from Jodorowsky’s Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack))
- World’s End Girlfriend – Three-legged Elephant (from Starry Starry Night Soundtrack)
- Edward Ka-Spel – A Slighter Fade of Whale [excerpt] (from One Last Pose Before the Ruin)
- Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch – Owl Cave (from Twin Peaks Archive)
- Brian Reitzell – The Great Red Dragon Pt 1 (from Hannibal: Season 3 Volume 2 (Original Television Soundtrack))
- voidesque – bear against farm (from the acid test – free download)
- Broadcast – A Goblin (from Berberian Sound Studio (Original Soundtrack))
- Deerhoof – Dog On The Sidewalk (from Milk Man)
- Brian Whitman – Bright reindeer cap (from A Singular Christmas – free download)
- Cyclobe – Big Animal (from Luminous Darkness)
- Bruce Gilbert and BAW – Beasts Of The Earth (from Diluvial)
- Tindersticks – Reverse Frog (from Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith)
- Raymond Scott – Sparrows Pt. 1 (from Three Willow Park: Electronic Music from Inner Space 1961-1971)
- Valance Drakes – Octopus (from Struggle Experienced Internally)
- Rich Shapero & Elsiane – Lizard Soul (from Rin, Tongue and Dorner)
- Wixel – Mourning Hummingbirds (from Blood Red Bird – free download)
- Will Bates & Phil Mossman – White Peacock (from I Origins (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack))
- Chubby Wolf – If There’s an Elephant in the Room, Introduce It (from Turkey Decoy – free download)
- Tangerine Dream – Too Hot For My Chinchilla (from Lily On The Beach)
- Thorsten Quaeschning & Ulrich Schnauss – Among Manatees (from Synthwave Scores – free download)
- Natasha Barrett – Little Animals [excerpt] (from Puzzle Wood)
- Shane Carruth – Stirring Them up as the Keeper of a Menagerie His Wild Beasts (from Upstream Color (Original Motion Picture Score))
- Thomas Newman – Penguin Room (from Less Than Zero (Original Motion Picture Score))
- Scott Walker – Butterfly (from Scott 3)