Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Mittwoch Mix - New Year's and Time

 

 

Moving away from the #YuleTunes, but not too far...


It's a Yule Tunes adjacent mix, but dedicated to a New Year's Eve Party Vibe.

# Artist Track
1 Urban Surf Kings Auld Lang Syne
2 Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene New Year’s Day My Way
3 The Qualities Happy New Year to You!
4 Bacchae This Will Be Our Year
5 Unwoman New Years Day
6 Let’s Eat Grandma Happy New Year
7 Akron/Family Last Year
8 Einstürzende Neubauten Musentago
9 Tuba Skinny Last Minute Waltz
10 Rollerball Happy New Year to You!
11 Charles Brown Bringing In A Brand New Year
12 Eban Schletter Auld Lang Syne
13 Emel New Year’s Prayer

 

Adjacent to a New Year's Mix, inspired by "30 Century Man" and built around the passage of time.

# Artist Track
1 Scott Walker 30 Century Man
2 CAN Nineteen Century Man
3 Danny Elfman In Time (feat. Blixa Bargeld)
4 Pierre Omar & the Nightcruisers Time Flies
5 Josie Pace Future
6 Stephen Mallinder The Trial
7 Gazelle Twin History
8 Foetus Today I Started Slogging Again
9 The Glass Beads Time to Time
10 Zola Jesus Future Ruins
11 The Young Gods About Time (Live)
12 Wire 23 Years Too Late
13 Einstürzende Neubauten Birth Lunch Death

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Mittwoch Mix - Yule Tunes 2022 - Part Three

 

 

The final set of #YuleTunes mixes for 2022...

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

# Artist Track
1 The Snake Charmer Jingle Bell Rock Bagpipes
2 Patty Gurdy The Yule Fiddler (Christmas Time Is Coming 'Round Today)
3 Ohmme Wonderful Christmastime
4 Laura Cannell & Andre Bosman Deck the Halls
5 Sean Thomson O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
6 The Post-Timey String Band God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (over the phone)
7 GurdyBird Childermas
8 Paddy Finnegan’s Green Machine King Wenceslas
9 Tuxedomoon Weihnachtsrap
10 Said Fantasy Ding Dong Merrily On High
11 Eban Schletter Carol of the Bells
12 Tracy M. All I Want For Christmas
13 JD Pinkus Joy To the MF’n World

The inevitable mix of Xmas Jazz... Though distant enough from the usual mix of adult contemporary jazz that is pumped through retail stores from September 30th through New Year's to avoid causing service job flashbacks...

# Artist Track
1 The Qualities It’s Christmas Time
2 Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings Silver Bells
3 Charlie and the Tropicales Party For Santa Claus
4 Lars Edegran And His Santa Claus Revelers Christmas Time in New Orleans
5 The Jason Frederick Cinematic Trio Skating
6 naomi & goro winter wonderland
7 John Coltrane My Favorite Things
8 Mars Williams THE ANGELS SING WITH THE OLD & NEW GHOSTS IN THE MANGER
9 Rollerball Carol of the Bells
10 Adam Neely God Rest Ye Merry 15/16
11 John Zorn Magical Sleigh Ride
12 Ill Considered Santa claus is coming to town
13 Eric Van Thyne O Tannenbaum

A second volume of heavy and dark Yule Tunes for your enjoyment whether its a solitary sojourn from the bright lights and forced mirth of mandatory celebrations or a celebration of the long dark nights and doomed souls of Xmas time.

# Artist Track
1 Santa Sabbath Wicked Christmas
2 Angry Snowmans Slave To Saint Nick
3 Old Man Gloom Gift
4 Mule Thrower Frankincense
5 Big Lich Deck the Tombs (Deck the Halls Electrodeath Mix)
6 Cadaveric Incubator Swarming Vulgar Christmas
7 Sam Haynes Sugarplum Fear
8 Pitch Black Manor All Bagged Up
9 Professor Electric Feed My Sickness
10 Sloar+Mordor Wassailing With The Mari Lwyd
11 Blooding Mask Carol the Bells
12 Santa Sabbath Good King Wenceslas
13 Christopher Lee Silent Night


Dungeon Synth, ambient and other synth heavy Yule Tunes for a wizardly holiday flavor. A little melancholy, a little nerdy, a little cozy.

# Artist Track
1 Grandma’s Cottage snow angels
2 RævJäger В Чертогах Снежной Королевы (In the Halls of the Snow Queen)
3 The Devil & The Universe Krampus Rumble
4 Oakfather Yule Festival (Woodland Crypt cover)
5 Fabio Orsi Dead Leaves Christmas
6 The Gentleman Terrapin The Gentleman Terrapin Brings Merry Christmas to the Orphan Hares
7 The Legendary Pink Dots A Candle For Eugene
8 Krampusnacht Yuletorch
9 Hopkirk Dreary December
10 Binaural Space The Coventry One
11 Elyvilon Good King Wenceslas
12 Рабор Полночь (Midnight)
13 Midnight Syndicate Christmas At Midnight

Finally, a mix of some of my favorite Yule Tunes that didn't make it onto other mixes this year.

# Artist Track
1 Flying Bohemian Little Drummer Toy
2 Tall Tall Trees Free Jazz Drummer Boy
3 Hawkestrel Jingle Bells
4 Binaural Space Christmas Tree
5 Jethro Tull Holly Herald
6 The Gentleman Terrapin Along the Way, He Waves “Shello” to the Frogs Wassailing
7 The Grip Weeds Welcome Christmas
8 Banjo or Freakout All I Want For Christmas
9 The Soul Santas White Christmas
10 John Zorn Winter Wonderland
11 naomi & goro sleigh ride
12 The Nervous Gregorians Patapan
13 Sean Thomson Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming/O Christmas Tree
14 GurdyBird Good King Wenceslas
15 Paul Gilbert The Christmas Song
16 Butch Ross Christmastime is Here
17 Eban Schletter What Will Become of Christmas? (ft. Grant-Lee Phillips)
18 Thick Pigeon Jingle Bell Rock
19 Sound of Ceres Coventry Carol
20 Said Fantasy O Tannenbaum
21 Tee Lopes Carol of the Lost Woods
22 Uncle Fido Silent Night
23 wor_kspace jesus
24 Golau Glau God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Mittwoch Mix - Yule Tunes 2022 - Part Two


 

Here is a second batch of #Yule Tunes for 2022. As a reminder you can find all the mixes in this Yule Tunes Mixcloud playlist or at this blogger page.


 A second volume of 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 Laura Cannell & Kate Ellis Wassailing
2 Angeline Morrison and the Rowan Amber Mill Wassail
3 The Young Tradition with Shirley and Dolly Collins The Coventry Carol
4 GreenMatthews Mirie It Is
5 Unto Ashes Winter Procession
6 Jethro Tull A Christmas Song
7 John Doan Jolly Old King Wenceslas
8 The Post-Timey String Band Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming
9 Forest Mountain Hymnal The Cherry Tree Carol
10 Nativity Songs Soul Cakes / God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
11 Low Blue Christmas
12 Rowan : Morrison Christmas is Now Drawing Near at Hand
13 Unwoman Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas


A party friendly mix of funky and rocking yule tunes.

# Artist Track
1 Los Bitchos Los Chrismos
2 Voodoo Surf Tribe A Voodoo Xmas (Comfort & Joy)
3 John Zorn Santa’s Workshop
4 HE 5 Jingle Bells
5 Mariachi Death Squad Santa Vs The Luchadors
6 The Soul Santas In The Bleak Midwinter
7 Malcolm McDowell You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
8 Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene Santa’s Movin’
9 Kishi Bashi All I Want For Christmas Is You
10 Geoff Downes Linus & Lucy (Charlie Brown Christmas Theme)
11 Los Straitjackets Silent Night Rock
12 Green Wasagas Toboggan Hop
13 Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings God Rest Ye Merry Gents

I would call this mix “experimental” but I imagine most others would call it “noise”. A mix of Yule Tunes for the adventurous or for those who need to clear out the hangers-on at the end of the party...

# Artist Track
1 X Ray Pop Fuzzy Christmas
2 Helvetia Helvetia Xmas
3 Sean Thomson Joy to the World
4 Spaceship Todmorden Bells (reprise)
5 Evil Blizzard Oh Come All Ye Faithful
6 Octis Chrissthym
7 Andrew Liles Silent Night (Dead By Christmas)
8 David Thomas Broughton The Holly & The Ivy
9 Excepter Little Drummer Boy
10 Hypnopazūzu Christmas With The Channellers
11 Greg Davis 24 Hour News / Silent Night
12 Heavenly Peace Silent Blight
13 Wrong Brothers Slay Bells

A second volume of irreverent and eclectic yule tunes that treats Xmas with a healthy dose of comedic contempt and fun. 

# Artist Track
1 Dr. Colossus This Christmas (Buy Me Bonestorm or Go To Hell!)
2 Miss FD Krampus Song
3 The Real Oh My Claus
4 Two Minutes To Late Night No Presents for Christmas
5 King Automatic & Rich Deluxe Stay drunk at Christmas
6 Make Like Monkeys Mine!!! Rub-a-Dub out Santa Claus
7 Ohmme Jing-a-Ling, Jing-a-Ling
8 Biblical Proof of UFOs Christmas Carols
9 Lemon Demon CryptoSanta
10 Hilary And the Democrats I Want An Alien For Christmas
11 L&M Kingsize We Ruined Xmas
12 The Paper Chase The War Is Over
13 Alex Reed Baby It’s Cold In That Good Night


Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Mittwoch Mix - Yule Tunes 2022 - Part One

 

Unknown children, probably carolers, by Louisa Anne (née Stuart), Marchioness of Waterford - manipulated

It's the most wonderful time of the year, the time of #YuleTunes.

Here are the first four mixes of Yule Tunes I've assembled for 2022.

First is an eclectic mix of holiday tunes suitable for all audiences.

# Artist Track
1 Uncle Fido Joy to the World
2 Hazy Sour Cherry Bell of the beginning
2 8-Bit Arcade Linus & Lucy (8-Bit Vince Guaraldi Emulation)
3 Freezepop Merry Gentlemen, Having Recently Rested
4 Grisp Dancing on the north pole
5 Make Like Monkeys Becuz it’s Xmas
6 Alpha Chrome Yayo Kimonos at Christmas
7 Husbands holly jolly donut
8 Unwoman December Will Be Magic Again
9 Les Deuxluxes La Fille du Père Noël
11 Boris Last Christmas
12 Dale Crover Christmas Time Is Here
13 The Nervous Gregorians Greensleeves

Second is the second volume of Gothmas for all the former teenage goths out there who need dark, wry and bleak songs to counter all the holiday cheer.

# Artist Track
1 Pye Corner Audio Satan’s Little Helper
2 Joy to the Wham! Last Christmas Love Tore Us Apart
3 The Devil & The Universe In The Bleak Midwinter (feat. Matt Howden / Sieben)
4 Leaether Strip Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
5 Paulina Fae Madam Mistletoe
6 Tredici Bacci Emmanuelle (feat. JG Thirlwell)
7 Golau Glau Coventry Carol
8 Sue Hutton and Athan Maroulis God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
9 Lemon Demon Aurora Borealis
10 Paulina Cassidy Frosty the Snowman
11 Lycia/The Unquiet Void We Three Kings
12 Pig Happy Xmas (War is Over)
13 Jherek Bischoff Silent Night

Third is another volume of Tubamas, which does as it says on the tin, providing more bass heavy brassy holiday fun.

# Artist Track
1 Jim Self & Hollywood Tuba 12 Let It Snow (In the Jungle)
2 Seattle Tuba Project Little Saint Nick (Live on Air)
3 Daniel Ridder A Holly Jolly Christmas
4 Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble 12 Days of Housetops! (after 12 Days of Christmas)
5 Paul Loucas Deck the Hall Variations (feat. Joshua McClure)
6 Onyx Brass Weinachtshistorie, SWV 435: Herodes
7 Onyx Brass Weinachts Oratorium, BWV 248: Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben
8 Seattle Tuba Project Here Comes Santa Claus / Frosty the Snowman (Live on Air)
9 MUSIC for ISOLATION Santa Claus
10 Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
11 Daniel Ridder Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
12 Jim Self & Hollywood Tuba 12 Joy Tuba World
13 Paul Loucas Silent Night (feat. Tuba Urbana)

Fourth, another entry of 8-Bit Xmas music for your nostalgic video game holiday celebration.

# Artist Track
1 LarryInc64 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
2 8 Bit Weapon Sugarplum
3 Rush Coil Little Drummer Boy
4 RushJet1 We Three Kings
5 Nestrogen Silver Bells
6 Low-Gain Joy to the World
7 Alpha Chrome Yayo Broken Game Boy for Christmas
8 8 Bit Weapon Jingle Bells (One Horse Open Sleigh)
9 RushJet1 Greensleeves
10 Rush Coil O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
11 8-Bit Arcade Last Christmas (8-Bit Wham! Emulation)
12 LarryInc64 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
13 Tee Lopes Zelda’s Night