Category: mixed ramblings

At last…

…I sat down to compile another northernlights. Quite a few tracks are from bands on Finnish record label Fonal records. If you want to hear more of TV-Resistori, Eleanoora Rosenholm and Risto, as well as loads of other new Finnish stuff, there is an electronic jukebox available on the Fonal website at http://www.fonal.com/news.php. Just be [...]

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Posted by yari on June 28, 2009
Northern Lights and beyond

Here’s a random collection of stuff, including some interesting Icelandic tunes by FM Belfast, Seabear and a brand new single from Emiliana Torrini. Plus that irresistible Mummers-track March of the dawn – not that they are from anywhere near Iceland, but the song most definitely has a strong affinity with Bjork so I [...]

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Posted by yari on September 17, 2008
Northern Lights VI

If you’re a normal, healthy person you may have wondered what Karin Dreijer was up to before the days of The Knife. The answer is noisy and occasionally brilliant indie band Honey is Cool, who had a great deal of critical if not commercial success in Sweden during the 90s.
The other band that deserves two [...]

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Posted by yari on September 19, 2007
stolen from dax, mixed with mixmeister

so, what happens when you end up with a few choice house cuts from a friend in london and some new mixing software to try out? you can’t resist the temptation to marry one with the other. sometimes, as with when a new culinary creation goes in oven, you know that the results can be [...]

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Posted by kiterae on September 2, 2007
organising cd’s when playing out

i’ve been grappling with the problem of how to prepare and organise cd’s for playing out ever since my numarks started venturing into clubs and bars. given that a friend who has moved to cd mixing recently asked me how i organise my cd’s, i’m thinking this may be a larger problem. so, in case [...]

Posted by harry covert on May 21, 2007