Mittwoch Mix - over 2021 & 2022 aural vision board

Just as I did last year, here are a pair of mixes... the first an audio farewell to the last year as we send it off to hell—the second an aural vision board with the musical energy I want to bring to the next year...

another year, another mix to send it off into the flames of hell.

#	Artist	Track
1	Daniel Hart	One Year Hence
2	Tweaker	Years From Now
3	Marissa Nadler	I Started a Joke
4	Lingua Ignota	PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE
5	Patrick Q.Wright & Edward Ka-Spel	Waiting For the Cloud 2021
6	Thor & Friends	The Other Last Straw
7	Alexander Hacke	Sugarpie
8	Foetus	Time Marches On (End Remix)
9	Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld	Nur Zur Erinnerung
10	The Boyd and BIG|BRAVE	Hard Times
11	The Joy Thieves	Flock To The Stop
12	Divide and Dissolve	Mental Gymnastics (Moor Mother Remix)
13	Scott Walker + Sunn O)))	Lullaby

13 songs with the musical energy I'm hoping to bring to 2022...

#	Artist	Track
1	SUNN O)))	ASCENSION (A)
2	Herzschlager	Lazarus Moment
3	Witchcryer	When Their Gods Come for You
4	PIG	Rock n Roll Refugee (Pig Remix)
5	Phararaoh Overlord	Tomorow’s Sun
6	Einstürzende Neubauten	La Guillotine de Magritte
7	Poppet	I Shall Persevere (Gloria Gaynor)
8	The Lion’s Daughter	Burning Inside
9	Faith No More	Motherfucker (JG Thirlwell Remix)
10	Violet Cold	Be Like Magic
11	The Lord	We Who Walk in Light (featuring William Duvall)
12	The Joy Thieves	Wonder War
13	Bretwalda	All Shall Be Well (Live)

Recommended Discoveries - Yule Tunes 2021

 

If you haven't been able to tell from the eleven Yule Tunes mixes I put together this year (easily found in one spot on the Yule Tunes Page), I picked up a fair bit of holiday music this year.

From that haul, here are some tracks and albums I recommend...

Mittwoch Mix - Yule Tunes 2021 - Part Four

 

Here we are, the final Yule Tunes mixes for 2021... As a reminder you can find all the previous Yule Tunes entry at the hwæt Yule Tunes Page.

A mix of drinking songs for Xmas, because what more do you need?

#	Artist	Track
1	Purple Dialect	mistletoe flow
2	the Rory McBrides	(We Like) Eggnog!
3	Tabernacle	Bring us In Good Ale
4	Hawkestrel	Twelve Daze of Drinxmas
5	Charlie and the Tropicales	Drink A Rum
6	Golau Glau	Foolstide
7	Angry Snowmans	Drink Some Rum & Eggnog
8	THE NEW BERLIN ANTIFASCIST BRASS ENSEMBLE	Wassail Song
9	Faith and the Muse	A Winter Wassail
10	Jethro Tull	Last Man At The Party
11	Shirley Collins & Dolly Collins	The Gower Wassail
12	WHY?	Auld Lang Syne

A mellow, quiet and slightly melancholy mix of Yule Tunes for a relaxing mood.

#	Artist	Track
1	Music for Isolation	On Christmas Day It Happened So
2	Laura Cannel & Kate Ellis	One Star Awake
3	Jill Tracy	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
4	Fabio Orsi	Dead Leaves Christmas
5	Golau Glau	Night of the Star
6	Oneida	In the Court of the Christmas King
7	The Legendary Pink Dots	Hypothetical Angel
8	The Cavernous	White Christmas
9	Binaural Space	In the Bleak Midwinter
10	Midnight Syndicate	Coventry Carol
11	Eban Schletter	Silent Night
12	John Doan	Old Long Since (Auld Lang Syne)

A mix of some of my favorite Yule Tunes—a few have appeared on other mixes, but here they are in one hard to argue with mix of interesting originals and eclectic takes on Xmas classics.

#	Artist	Track
1	Purple Dialect	Yule
2	Golau Glau	Yule Cat
3	The Knife	Reindeer
4	Midnight Syndicate	Little Helpers
5	Uncle Fido	The Little Drummer Boy
6	John Zorn	Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
7	Charlie and the Tropicales	O Christmas Tree
8	Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble	Carol of the Bells
9	Husbands	right christmas
10	Jethro Tull	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
11	Pig	Blue Christmas
12	Golau Glau	The Owd Tup
13	Binaural Space	Continus Lofi Mixmas

I WANNA SCREAM OUT LOUD

 

There are days when I want music to scream along to for some kind of catharsis—this is a mix for those kinds of days…

#	Artist	Track
1	Alec Empire	XXV3
2	Allfather	Citadels
3	Underdark	With Ashen Hands Around Our Throats
4	Thou	Fucking Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean
5	Einstürzende Neubauten	Abfackeln!
6	Body Void	Laying Down In A Forest Fire
7	PIG	Find It Fuck It Forget It
8	Je$us Loves Amerika ft. Chris Connelly & Gord Young	The Great Pretender
9	Zeal and Ardor	Wake of a Nation
10	The Lion’s Daughter	All Hell is Mine
11	Panopticon	Flag Burner Torch Bearer 2020 (re recording)
12	GREEN LUNG	Born to a Dying World
13	LINGUA IGNOTA	THE SOLITARY BRETHREN OF EPHRATA

Mittwoch Mix - Yule Tunes 2021 - Part Three

 

The inevitable march of the holiday season continues, which means it's time for more Yule Tunes... As a reminder you can find all the previous Yule Tunes entry at the hwæt Yule Tunes Page.

A mix of unusual instrumentation and arrangements to add some spice to your holiday festivities—featuring bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, dulcimer, sitar, theremin and more...

#	Artist	Track
1	The Snake Charmer	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Bagpipes
2	GurdyBird	God Rest Ye Merry, Wicker Men
3	Sean Thomson	Here We Come A-Wassailing
4	Butch Ross	Trepak (The Russian Dance)
5	Thor Harris	Carol of My Balls
6	Uncle Fido	Ding Dong! Merrily on High
7	Said Fantasy	Greensleeves
8	Secret Chiefs 3	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
9	The Cavernous	We Wish You a Merry Christmas
10	Earl the Bard	Good King Wenceslas
11	Japan Theremin Old School	Ave Maria
12	Paddy Finnegan’s Green Machine	Auld Lang Syne

A lively mix of songs with instrumentation and arrangements that hearken back to centuries long ago.

#	Artist	Track
1	Daniel Hart feat. Katinka Vindelev	Be Merry, Swete Lorde
2	GreenMatthews	Bring Us In Good Ale
3	Rowan : Morrison	Corpus Christi Carol
4	Nativity Songs	Boar’s Head Carol
5	Earl the Bard	Щедрик (Shchedryk)
6	Paddy Finnegan’s Green Machine	O Tanenbaum
7	Onyx Brass	Wexford Carol
8	The Young Tradition with Shirley and Dolly Collins	Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
9	Rowan : Morrison	Als I Lay on Yoolis Night
10	Earl the Bard	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
11	Nativity Songs	O Come, O Come Emmanuel
12	GreenMatthews	The Coventry Carol

A mix of chiptune covers of Xmas classics for those nostalgic for when SNES cartridges were wrapped under the tree.

#	Artist	Track
1	LarryInc64	Sleigh Ride
2	Rush Coil	O Christmas Tree
3	8 Bit Weapon	Nutcracker
4	RushJet1	Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel
5	8-Bit Arcade	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
6	ovenrake	Deck the Halls
7	EvilWezil	Carol of the Bells
8	Brett Moots	All I Want for Xmas is You
9	LarryInc64	Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
10	8 Bit Weapon	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
11	RushJet1	Silent Night
12	Rush Coil	Auld Lang Syne

Mittwoch Mix - Yule Tunes 2021 - Part Two

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Yuletunes 2021 marches on with two more mixes... 

You can find all the previous Yuletunes here on this new Yule Tunes page.

The holiday season isn’t always bright lights and joy—here is a mix of heavy and dark Yule Tunes for your doomed celebrations.

#	Artist	Track
1	Santa Sabbath	Santa Sabbath
2	Christopher Lee	The Little Drummer Boy
3	Evil Blizzard	We Three Kings
4	Big Lich	Bargains Imprisoning Me (Holiday Single)
5	50 Helens	Santa Said This
6	I See Hawks In L.A.	God Rest Ye Merry War Pigs
7	Angry Snowmans	Ebeneezer Uber Alles
8	Krampusnacht	Krampusnacht
9	Two Minutes to Late Night	Stab Into Christmas
10	Al Jourgensen	It’s Always Christmas Time
11	Santa Sabbath	Frosty the Snowman
12	Earth	Hell’s Winter

A more traditional mix of songs both old and new featuring folk, acoustic goth and neo-folk Yule Tunes—suitable for all holiday family gatherings.

#	Artist	Track
1	Shirley Collins	The Christmas Song
2	the Pines	Chalet
3	Laura Cannell & Kate Ellis	Christmas Night
4	Thanatos	The First Noel
5	Forest Mountain Hymnal	The Snow Carol
6	Unto Ashes	King of Frost
7	All My Faith Lost…	In the Bleak Midwinter
8	Alison Cotton	Coventry Carol
9	John Doan	O Christmas Tree
10	Jethro Tull	A Christmas Song
11	Low	Silent Night
12	The Young Tradition with Shirley and Dolly Collins	The Holly Bears the Crown

Mittwoch Mix - Yule Tunes 2021 - Part One

The holidays are once again upon us, which means it’s time for some Yule Tunes. Here are my first three mixes for this year (2021), you can find last years mixes here: Xmas Sounds Part Five... 2020 Yule Tunes Mixcloud Mixes and Xmas Sounds Part Six... Low Key... 

First up is twelve tuba-tastic songs to celebrate the season...

#	Artist	Track
1	Onyx Brass	Canite Tuba
2	Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble	It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
3	Seattle Tuba Project	Feliz Navidad
4	Jim Self & Hollywood Tuba 12	Here Comes Santa Claus
5	Paul Loucas	You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (feat. Big Papi and His Reunion Band)
6	50 Helens	Good King Wenceslas
7	Jim Self & Hollywood Tuba 12	Sleigh Ride
8	Seattle Tuba Project	Happy Christmas (War is Over)
9	Paul Loucas	Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (feat. Big Papi and His Reunion Band)
10	Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
11	50 Helens	Last Christmas
12	Onyx Brass	Ave Maria

For the former teenage goths, here's a Goth-Mas mix which goes from an XMAS themed take on Every Day is Halloween to a dystopian Santa Story to a downtempo, downright depressing take on "the Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"

#	Artist	Track
1	1000 Ho-Ho Djs	(Every Day Is) Xmas
2	Golau Glau	Silver Tear
3	Osmiroid	Hexmas
4	Ethereal Delusion	All I Want For Christmas
5	The Legendary Pink Dots	Chrystopia
6	Polly Fae	Frosty the Snowman
7	Jill Tracy	We 3 Kings
8	Love Spiral Downwards	Welcome Christmas
9	Jherek Bischoff	The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)
10	Sue Hutton and Athan Maroulis	Carol of the Drum
11	Pye Corner Audio	Xmas Denied (Serf Complex)
12	Pig	Last Christmas

Finally, a more eclectic yet still irreverent mix that starts with samples from the classic bad movie Santa Claus Conquest the Martians, features a song about the XMAS film, Die Hard, has another track called "Christmas Bong", incorporates some S L O W  X M A S music, chiptune covers of 80s holiday songs and otherwise provides slightly askew takes on classic Yule Tunes.

#	Artist	Track
1	Purple Dialect	Santa Claus vs The Martians
2	Four Eyes	Everything Will Change This Christmas: The Ballad of Hans Grubar
3	The Paper Rifles	Santa’s Got the Vaccine
4	X Ray Pop	Christmas Bong
5	brend_zombley	L I T T L E  S L O W  S A I N T  N I C K
6	8-Bit Arcade	Last Christmas
7	Quintron & Miss Pussycat	Jingle Bell Rock
8	Ohmme	Wonderful Christmastime
9	Husbands	slayer ride
10	The Joyful Noise	Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)
11	50 Helens	Silver Bells
12	Sad13	Shit for Christmas