We have a special treat for this mix - an upbeat collection with an ambient house music vibe. I have a folder on my hard drive that is labeled "gentle house music." It contains tracks that have a definite 4-on-the-floor style but aren't hardcore, fill-the-dance-floor tunes. Something like Kiasmos. I have avoided making a mix of these tune because, truthfully, I suck at beat matching. I don't use professional software that would do it for me and I don't have quite the musical ear to pull it off on my own, at least for an entire mix.
That's where Johan Kisro and Petter Lindhagen come to the rescue. Johan and Peter record as Dött ljus and they have a new EP coming out on February 5th called Bottna. You can find it here - https://slowcraft.bandcamp.com/album/bottna The EP is on Slowcraft Records which says "the irrepressible energy of their hybrid electronica finds itself subtly grounded in a tenderly ambient melancholy."
I was immediately taken by the vibe of the new EP so I was over the moon when Johan suggested doing a mix for LLM. Perfect! I've always wanted a mix that sounds like this.
Here's what Johan says about this collection of tracks:
"This mix is a collection of songs we love—some of which may have influenced our upcoming EP, Bottna (out February 5th via Slowcraft Records). Bottna is a refuge, a place where anything can become something, where color breaks through the cracks in the pavement, hidden from the intensifying hum of a world unraveling. The songs exist at the intersection of rhythm and droning textures, and we wanted this mix to follow that same path—from fragments to flourish."
Thanks to Johan and Peter for curating this excellent mix.
Cheers!
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T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Kejser audiovisual - EMO TREE 3.0, pt.1 (EMO TREE 3.0 2024)
- 00:46 Bonnie Beecher - Come Wander with me (1964)
- 02:21 Dött ljus - Förr (Bottna 2025)
- 07:06 The XX - VCR (Four Tet Remix) (2010)
- 15:22 Sofia Kourtesis - Vajkoczy (Madres 2023)
- 19:14 Radiohead - Everything in its Right Place (Gigamesh Remix 3.0) (2024)
- 23:40 Menke - Nattskärran (Christian Löffler Remix) (2018)
- 26:56 Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate (Dreamstate 2024)
- 32:16 Colin Stetson - All the days I’ve missed you (ILAIJ I)
- (New History Warfare Vol 2: Judges 2011)
- 33:09 Brian McBride - Prelude (When the Detail Lost its Freedom 2005)
- 34:46 Fred again…, Delilah Montegun - Delilah (pull me out of this)
- (Actual Life 3 [January 1 - September 9 2022] 2022)
- 38:50 Caribou - Honey (Honey 2024)
- 43:13 Abul Mogard - Half Light of Dawn (Circular Forms 2015)
- 49:20 Donnie & Joe Emerson - Baby (Dreamin’ Wild 1979)
- 52:48 Dött ljus - Bottna (Bottna 2025)
