You probably know by now that we like making mixtapes here at Wake the Deaf, and we’re constantly looking for new ideas and themes for them. This is going to be one of the more experimental (and probably less successful) attempts. The basic theme of the mix is speech. The songs had to contain some sort of spoken element and otherwise be instrumental. The idea was that this would create this weird, surreal collection of experimental (primarily electronic) music which would have no vocals other than the sound of people talking or making some sort of speech. I have been sitting on the idea for a long time and I’m still not convinced it works, but what the hell? Here goes. The title of the mix was taken from a quote from Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle:
“People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order, so they’ll have good voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say.”
Tracklisting:
1. One – La Dispute
2. Bosnia – Prairies
3. Apex Of Excitement – Ethan M.
4. Giant Zero – Arrange
5. Most Of Us Are Maniacs Through Which The Universe Is Looking At Itself – Bewildered Hallelujah
6. Greywolf – USF
7. Dream. – of Architects
8. Her Favourite Song – Birkwin Jersey
9. Thin City – Matthew A. Wilkinson
10. Witch Dream – Dustin Wong
11. Waterpunches – PhaRo
12. I Felt Like I Understood It – Stupid Loser
13. I Saw A Body Floating Above Jerusalem – Cuddle Formation
14. Phthalo Blue – Lone
15. Black Hole – Man Meets Bear
16. Robot 30931 Feel Existential Despair – Neat Beats
17. Mrs Morris – Charles Spearin
18. Light At The End Of The Tunnel – Cloud Cult
19. Like Totally – Gold Panda
20. Have You Passed Through This Night? – Explosions In The Sky
As usual this mix is meant as a small taster, go out and support the bands by buying music and going to shows.