The Restless Thrum

 

I have done several train mixes over the years. They basically come about because I hear a tune and think - Hey, that would be great in a train mix. So it was with this one. I heard the track "A.O.E." by Portico Quartet and I knew immediately that I need to build a mix around it.

This mix differs from most of my other train mix(except one) because it's mostly a jazz influenced mix. Berlin-school sequencers have been replaced by a drum kit and synth washes are now horns. I folded in some recordings of trains and subways but I didn't want to over do it so I kept to 3 spots in the mix.

Links to all the albums used in order of how they appear in this mix:

• https://porticoquartet.bandcamp.com/album/monument
• https://nickgarbett.bandcamp.com/album/the-glider
• https://snowpalms.bandcamp.com/album/land-waves
• https://tangents.bandcamp.com/album/new-bodies
• https://elskavonjohnhayes.bandcamp.com/album/du-nord
• https://nalasinephro.bandcamp.com/album/space-18
• https://porticoquartet.bandcamp.com/album/terrain
• https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DCDQG7K/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp
• https://bellorchestre.bandcamp.com/album/house-music
• https://eremiterecords.bandcamp.com/album/mandatory-reality
• https://danielbrandt1.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-something
• https://alapastel.bandcamp.com/album/ceremony

 

The mix has some good energy and I could see it being a great companion for bike riding.

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

 

• 00:00    Portico Quartet - A.O.E. (Monument 2021)
• 05:30    Nick Garbett & Mike Majkowski - Aerial (The Glider 2021)
• 11:35    Snow Palms - Kojo Yakei (Land Waves 2020)
• 15:08    Tangents - Terracotta (New Bodies 2018)
• 21:20    Elskavon & John Hayes - Vermilion (Du Nord 2020)
• 23:23    Nala Sinephro - Space 6 (Space 1.8 2021)
• 26:50    Portico Quartet - Terrain: III (Terrain 2021)
• 36:30    Olafur Arnalds - Undir (re:member 2018)
• 39:27    Bell Orchestra - Movement (House Music 2021)
• 45:00    Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society - Shadow Conductor (Mandatory Reality 2019)
• 52:42    Daniel Brandt - Eternal Something (Eternal Something 2017)
• 58:45    Alapastel - Transmission (Ceremony 2021)
• 64:16    end