The Fountain Glitch

PODCAST #79 The Fountain Glitch

Friends,

The latest mix, The Fountain Glitch, was conceived after my initial encounter with the opening track by Russian-born electronica producer, CoH (apparently pronounced, 'son,' by means of Cyrillic and Latin alphabets).  My buddy, Irek, was blasting it through his speakers at our arthouse and I immediately went to his iPod to check out the artist and song title.  The record seamlessly moves through rhythm with a hint of melody lurking behind the static, which to me embodies the idea of 'glitch.'  

The fountain is in essence the Funky Soul Burner, here.  I often wonder, "Am I doing enough with each mix?  Do I really offer anything new?  Is there any creativity involved with it?  Or am I just making variations on themes with a limited range in taste of music?"  I wrestle with these thoughts often in my work, as an artist / business owner and in this very hobby of making mixes.  With these thoughts, I kept arriving at the idea and vision of a fountain.  

A marble or stone fixture with an exact container of water.  The water spurts at the top, full of force, inertia, freedom, wanting to be something new and different.  But that hope, if water were to actually 'hope' or 'want,' ultimately ends back in the contained pool below with like form.  The water has arguably changed, but remains as the same substance with the same 'ambition' or 'desire' to be shot out through the top again, free & hopeful.  

A bit existential, I know, but that's where the glitch is:  the ripple effect, the change, a similar wave or molecule, but different; the feeling of new while embodying the same form.  There's a comfort in that feeling of being a molecule, of a form, of a finite entity.  There's still creation in its limitations, and that's a good thing.

So, here is the latest mix, and I hope it serves you well and brings you your glitch, your fountain, whatever container you find your comfort in, your peace.

Wish you well in your holiday,

jeff

1. (0:00:16) CoH ANNUM PER ANNUM (PART 2)
2. (0:05:50) Tortoise ALMOST ALWAYS NEARLY ENOUGH 
3. (0:08:28) Shankar accompanied by Zakir Hussain & Vikku Vinayakram RAGA ABERI 
4. (0:13:58) Goapele MONEY 
5. (0:17:50) Fat Freddy's Drop FLASHBACK (JAZZANOVA'S MASHED BAG MIX) 
6. (0:21:31) Casual feat. Del the Funky Homosapien DELTRON Z MEETS RAPGOD 
7. (0:23:49) Metronomy THE BAY 
8. (0:28:31) Spektrum I'VE DONE IT NOW (LAYO & BUSHWACKA REMIX) 
9. (0:35:22) MKTRKRFT easy love 
10. (0:40:50) The Chemical Brothers BAHNHOF RUMBLE 
11. (0:43:10) Trans Am 4,738 REGRETS 
12. (0:46:54) Atlas Sound WASHINGTON SCHOOL  
13. (0:50:10) Yuck SUICIDE POLICEMAN 
14. (0:53:20) Paper Tiger FREEZER 
15. (0:58:38) Dub Trio ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS 
16. (1:02:20) Cayetano LIKE A FOOL 
17. (1:04:31) Ojos de Brujo feat. Miguel Campello de Elbicho SULTANAS DE MERAILLO 
18. (1:08:25) Cunninlynguists MY HABIT (I HAVEN'T CHANGED) 
19. (1:10:26) Johnny Cash AIN'T NO GRAVE