Spring Mix(tape)!

Like one of those bags of greens you get in the produce section at the supermarket our Spring Mix(tape) brings you a variety pack of tasty audible edibles.  This season’s mix is assembled by one our very good friends, Nick “Tha’ Smoocher” Elezovic.

He calls this one Tetas Pimentonas, that’s Spanish for Pepper Titties. This mix is the product of many years of international crate digging. Nick has been all over the globe on his quest for the best in classic psych, garage, rock-n-roll & soul. He says, “[For this mixtape] I wanted a healthy combination of recent limited re-issues and my own personal rare finds…”

We could write about this amazing mix forever. Mention how many countries are represented, the scope of genres covered, how it all flows together so nicely, how all the tracks were painstakingly transfered from vinyl, ect. But, listening to it is the only way you’ll become a believer. And believe us — you’ll end up believing. Believe dat!

SMOOCHER DEMON

1. Los Young Beats – “Por Tu Amor” (Colombia)
2. Ginette Reno – “Quelqu’una a Aimer” (Montreal)
3. Franco IV e Franco I – “Sylvia” (Italy)
4. Kati Kovacs – “Intarzia” (Hungary)
5. Los Shains – “Queres Ser Estrella De Rock & Roll” (Peru)
6. Angel! – “Queremos Paz” (Puerto Rico)
7. Los Kifers – “El Sol Es Una Droga” (Spain)
8. Eduardo Araujo – “Longe de Voce’” (Brazil)
9. Polanie – “Nie Zarwoce” (Poland)
10. Henry - “Lo Que Puede Ocurrir Con El Cafe’” (Spain)
11. Bergendy – “Hetkoznapi Balladak” (Hungry)
12. Marisa Rossi - “Cinturao De Fogo” (Brazil)
13. Mehr Pooya – “Ghabileh-ye Lily” (Iran)
14. Aguaturbia – “I Wonder Who” (Chile)
15. George Garanian with The Melodiya Jazz Ensemble – “The Big Search” (Russia)
16. Psychadellic Aliens – “Okponmo Ni Tsitsi Emole” (Ghana)
17. Metin H. Alatli – “Mevlana Boyle Dede” (Turkey)
18. Flavio Kurt - “Walderez Waldereia” (Brazil)
19. Los Shain’s – “Algo Divertido Y Loco!!!” (Peru)
20. Los Alamo – “Borona” (Peru)
21. Mallepartus II – “Lisbeth” (Germany)
22. Eduardo Davidson – “El Party de Eduardo Davidson” (Cuba)
* For those language sticklers…some accents missing from the titles.

Champagne Soda — Spring Mix by nickthesmoocher

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Wintery Mixtape Vol. 1

Wintery Mixtape Vol. 1 by champagnesoda

Side A: Blissard
Snow Day Intro [Jim Kosek / Soda Ads & Reviews]
Culture Voyage - Electroecstacy
Walsh – Helicopter Does Not Exist
Alex B - Hide Extension
Kellen Shipley – Time Capsule
Teebs – Just For You [Flipped Gabby Vocals]
Tropics - Soft Vision
Mike Slott – Snow Birds Expansion
Emeralds – Science Center
Hooray! – Bedroom Adventures
Gold Panda – After We Talked
The Blessings – Moranis Riding Ants
Record Breaking Storm Outro [Jim Kosek]
Side B: Hail Scorn
Forcast Face-Off [Jim Kosek vs. Phil Conners]
Mount Eerie – Give Totally Up
GonjaSufi – Duet
Young Prisms – Stay Awake
Warpaint – Set Your Arms Down
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – Orbiting Love
Connan Mockasin – It’s Choade My Dear
Brazilian Money - Ghetto Lungs, GET ALONG NOW
Sloppy Heads – Photo Album of Baby
Tim Cohen – Small Things Matter
Echo Lake – Memory Lapses
Raining Weirdness Outro [Jim Kosek]

Polaroid image captured by the lovely Adrienne Darnell.

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