Samira

Melyss and i are bundling two of our mixes together to give away at Beatmatch this friday & i am very fortunate that Paul offered to master my 42kHz mix for me. The master CD on which i initially recorded this mix was damaged, and although i managed to salvage the audio, the sound quality was not very good at all. Well, Paul has done a stellar job with it & it sounds good! so i had the mix duplicated to give away on friday. be sure to get your copy of our double-disc set! also, i ripped a new mp3 at 192kbs for your listening pleasure. you can download it: HERE THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAUL!!!! i love you :-) sam

i’m going to be uploading a new mp3 of 42kHz this afternoon, so if it’s not available for a little while, that’s the reason why. hopefully this one wil be a bit better quality :-) thanks for your patience & thanks for your interest in this mix. i think this is the most downloads & streams for one mix i’ve ever seen in a given month. sam

» Stream the Set (46:15) The story behind this set: I think it’s hard to spin vocals well, because it’s not just about beatmatching and harmonics. It’s also about how the storyline of one track can work with the storyline of another track. Personally, I think that story-lines of vocal tracks often get lost. And unless a lot of thought is put into how the lyrics of one song can compliment the lyrics of another, I think there’s a risk of losing meaning.. In short–I challenged myself to mix vocal tracks only, since I usually don’t spin too many vocals. And I must say, I got over my reluctance; I really enjoyed weaving this one together. Tracklisting

1. Everything But the Girl — Lullaby of Clubland
2. Way Out West — Intensify (PMT RMX)
3. Coffee Boys — Touch Me (Oakie RMX)
4. Rennie Pilgrem & Arthur Baker — Dancing in My Head
5. Utah Saints — Lost Vagueness (Oliver Lieb RMX)
6. Delirium — Silence
7. Koma & Bones — Unseen Enemy
8. Koma & Bones — American Thief
9. Datar — B

This recording would not sound nearly as good without the fact that it’s been mastered by Kit Andersen. This set was originally recorded onto cassette (!!), which I handed over to Kit, who diligently copied, mastered & delivered what you hear today. Thank you, Kit, for all your help with this specifically, not to mention for sharing so much of your knowledge about sound, audio & music with me over the years. And, importantly, thank you for our years spent together: I am a better person now than I was before I met you.