Things Jack Mello Enjoyed Most in 2009 (not in any order)

Head music

Desire -- “II” (Italians Do It Better) DJ Sprinkles -- “Midtown 120 Blues” (Mule) Meanderthals -- “Desire Lines” (Smalltown Supersound) Christian Naujoks -- s/t (Dial)

Dj Sprinkles

Beat Science

Grievous Angel -- “Devotional Dubz” mix (free download) Shackleton -- “Three EPs” (Perlon) and various remixes (Harmonia & Eno, Invasion, Jacques Palminger, Moderat) Skream remixes of Chromeo “Night by Night”, La Roux “In for the Kill” Alexander Nut -- “Rinse 08” (Rinse)

Shackleton

Supergroovy 12”s from

Matias Aguayo “Bo Jack” (Comeme)                            Cooly G “Love Dub” (Hyperdub) Jamie Vex’d “In System Travel” (Planet Mu) Darkstar “Aidy’s Girl is a Computer” (Hyperdub)

Jamie Vex'd

Better late than never (aka cool things I originally missed in 2007/2008)

The Alps -- III (Type) Arp -- In Light (Smalltown Supersound) Christian Wallumrod Ensemble -- The Zoo is Far (ECM)

Arp

Rediscovering the wonders of...

• Coil
• Pet Shop Boys

Embarrassingly Shameful guilty pleasures:

• The xx -- s/t (Young Turks)
• Wild Beasts -- “Two Dancers” (Domino)

Other:

• The first year of wonderful cooking by my wonderful wife Charlie.
• Our krazy new kittenz (Marmite and Peanut).
• Whirlwind European adventure (Paris, Eymontiers, Peyrat-le-Chateau, Barcelona).Fill-ins on WFMU...thanks to all the regular DJs who came a knockin’.

Comments

[Jack Mello]

Sorry about a few dead links. Let's try this again, shall we?:

Grievous Angel -- http://blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com/2008/10/devotional-dubz.html

Shackleton -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WESACXsQy44

Skream/Chromeo -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHk9xyKJiqQ

Thanks!

Jack M.

[Yedna]

Why would you consider The xx a guilty pleasure?

[Jack Mello]

^^ha...just kidding around. actually, the whole notion of a guilty pleasure is kinda dumb: if you like it, you like it!