Monday Mix: Mixtapology Vol.5

As I was feeling the brunt of my music burn-out earlier this year, I found myself taking refuge in the sounds of the avant-garde. For a while, my listening diet consisted of a steady diet of ambient and post-rock instrumentals from the likes of Stars of the Lid, Rachel's, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Brian Eno and Tim Hecker. Around this same time I met a like-minded soul whom I bonded with at a party over a mutual love of glitchy electronic music ala Boards of Canada, Plaid and Four Tet. After months of swapping countless album recommendations via flash drives, we finally joined forces creatively in the form of a DJ mix. The result is a decidedly mellow and avant affair ideal for a long reading session or as an ethereal soundtrack to unwind at the end of the day.

Mixtapology Vol.5 (with DJ Myrk) by DJ Phalaris

Much thanks to DJ Phalaris for putting the finishing touches on the mix, creating the album art (another extension of the creative collaboration) and posting the audio and full-tracklisting on his homepage at FudoMouth.net. The mix also inspired a new DJ moniker for myself as "Myrk," and I'm hoping this will be the first of many new mysterious DJ Myrk creations to come.