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    The Isolation Mixtapes : R

    by 5:4 August 3, 2020 • 08:52
    August 3, 2020 • 08:52

    Number 18 in my weekly series of Isolation Mixtapes explores some of the best music from the last decade by artists, composers and groups beginning with the letter R. As always, there are two tracks from each of the years 2010 to 2019, featured in chronological order. Here’s the tracklisting …

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    Mixtape #51 : Silence (Requiem)

    by 5:4 November 13, 2018 • 18:01
    November 13, 2018 • 18:01

    November is a somewhat sombre month, and not only because the days are getting a lot colder and darker here in the UK. This year’s remembrance ceremonies have had extra potency due to the centenary of the end of the First World War, so i’ve taken this as my cue …

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    Mixtape #50 : Remix

    by 5:4 October 7, 2018 • 16:50
    October 7, 2018 • 16:50

    The new 5:4 mixtape is a celebration of the art of the remix. However, i should stress immediately that the emphasis here is not simply on that word’s implied legacy of beats and dance-based forms of music. The scope for this particular mixtape is altogether more broad and open-minded, exploring …

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    Mixtape #35 : Moon

    by 5:4 October 1, 2015 • 10:11
    October 1, 2015 • 10:11

    Taking inspiration from the lunar events at the start of this week, the new 5:4 mixtape is devoted to music related to the moon. i’ve crammed it with a veritable shed-load of personal favourites, small and great, old and new. The mix encompasses a broad spectrum, from the kind of …

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    Mixtape #14 : Best Albums of 2009

    by 5:4 January 1, 2010 • 10:48
    January 1, 2010 • 10:48

    A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!. Today marks the 2nd birthday of 5:4, so a big thank you to all of you who are regular readers for your time and interest in this blog. Following yesterday’s run-down of my favourite 40 albums from 2009, here’s the accompanying mixtape, …

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    Best Albums of 2009

    by 5:4 December 31, 2009 • 09:43
    December 31, 2009 • 09:43

    * Please note this list has how been superseded by the one on the Best Albums of the Years page * Embarking on another list such as this, i’m reminded again of what i think of as “Paul Morley’s Dictum”; in his superb book Words and Music he writes of …

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    Mixtape #7 : Ambient

    by 5:4 July 26, 2008 • 00:33
    July 26, 2008 • 00:33

    To conclude the little series of posts about the “ambient tradition”, here’s a new mixtape devoted to this special genre. It’s the hardest mix i’ve made so far; the temptation was, perhaps, never to stop, to create a compilation that could play into infinity—which is, after all, the point towards …

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    The ambient tradition: Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto – cross-cultural peace and quiet

    by 5:4 July 15, 2008 • 12:21
    July 15, 2008 • 12:21

    Having spent the last four days absorbed in the monastic pattern of life at Burford Priory, i’ve returned home with, among other things, my senses both heightened and sensitised. i’ve needed somewhat gentle stimuli, and so it seems perfect timing to return to my ambient musings, focusing on the the …

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