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DOWNLOAD: But Then There Was Music – And Love – A Selectah J Mixtape [177.0 MB – 01:13:12 – 320kbs]
TITLE: But Then There Was Music – And Love
My last three mixtapes were all about noise, how it drives me nuts and quite often makes me suicidal. As such, suicidal ideation has plagued me for many, many years. I have never made a secret of this.
Why would i?
There is nothing wrong with having these types of thoughts, especially in the fucked up world that we have created, with this way of life getting imposed on everyone.
No one gets to live in a different way. It’s capitalism, individualism, extractivism etc. all the way down, dude, all the way down to the bitter end.
Fuck that.
To be honest, i often wonder how anyone, who seems to be awake, could not have thoughts like these, at least some of the time.
Of course every actual suicide is tragic, a sad event for those left behind. Especially when young people decide to leave. But in many other cases suicide is an informed, even a reasonable choice.
No worries, i am not about to kill myself. Yet. There are still a few things that make me hold onto life. Just about.
There is of course music (hence these lame mixtapes) and love (this one is yet again dedicated to you, my love).
And there used to be other things i enjoyed. Like sex (but that now often hurts, plus we have entered the age of the pandemic, the pandemicene). And dancing (but now i only last a few minutes). And drugs (but i can’t indulge in them because i have an addictive personality). And gardening (but that is impossible with this fucking back pain). And swimming in the river in the summer (but the water is too warm now, plus too many loud assholes cramp the space). And cooking good food (but my favorite foods tend to activate my mast cells).
Indeed, it’s now just music (that can offer a brief retreat from all the noise, until the tinnitus kicks in) and most of all it is love (that makes everything still worth it).
Not hippie dippy love. Fierce deep, passionate, all-inflaming love.
But enough words.
For my last three mixtapes i wrote this long ass essays, that i am sure no one read.
This time i’ll just let the music do the talking.
A quick note on the music:
The new Boards of Canada album was obviously a huge inspiration to create this mixtape. There is some anti-war stuff in there, because fuck war. I am pretty happy with the way i was able to mix old and new music, switch between genres. The whistling section came out pretty good, i think. In voice samples i used many that are about music and its effects it has on us.
A quick note on the cover:
The covers were inspired by a drawing i made as a child, when i was maybe five or six years old. The title of said drawing is: a girl dreaming of a beatle. My talented partner, beautiful lover and all around amazing human being then created these fun puppets.
So there it is.
I hope my mixtape can offer you a brief escape from the noise.
If that’s the case, please tell a friend 😉
[Please consider supporting these artists, by following the bandcamp links (if available) below, August 7th 2026 is bandcamp friday]
TRACKLIST:
1. Aphex Twin – Avril 14th
2. Clark – Green Breaking
3. Boards of Canada – Prophecy At 1420 MHz
4. Move 78 – Aver Learns To Improvise
5. Baxter Dury – Lips
6. Skitz – Where My Mind Is At feat. Roots Manuva
7. Polar – Near The Horizon
8. Hightower Set – Departure Lounge (Smoking Area – DJ Harvey Remix)
8.1 Joey Glüten – Monde parfait (Pianocore 666 Remix acapella)
9. Boards of Canada – Deep Time
10. Tanya Tagaq – Fuck War
11. Extrabreit – Polizisten
12. The Whistling Section: Monthy Python – Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life, Ennio Morricone – For A Few Dollars More, Bobby McFerrin – Be Happy, Joe Dassin – Salut, Billy Joel – The Stranger, Kyu Sakamoto – Sukiyaki, Ottis Redding – Top Of The Bay, The Clash – Jimmy Jazz, CeeLo Green – What Part of Forever, The Roots – Tomorrow , De La Soul – Eye Know
13. Nightmares on Wax v. Adrian Sherwood – Flippin’ Eck
14. Fela Kuti & the Africa 70 – Na Poi
14.1 Queen – Love Of My Life
15. Oneness Of Juju – Poo Too
15.1 Wagon Christ – Style
16. Peaches – Be Love
17. Kneecap – Irish Goodbye feat. Kae Tempest
18. Lina Simons – Nun Spartì a Furtun
19. Boards of Canada – Sick Times
20. Timmy Thomas – Why can’t we live together
21. Daft Punk – Veridis Quo Extended Loop
22. Boards of Canada – Orange Romeda
23. Freddy The Stupid – Back To Pangea (Jazzapella Version)
24. Massive Attack – Boots on the Ground feat. Tom Waits
25. Plaid – Wondergan
26. Marshall Jefferson – Yellow Meditation For the Dance Generation (Joakim’s Horizontal Remix Instrumental)
27. Genesis Owusu – Pirate Radio
28. Nils Frahm – Says
29. Pas Content·e·s – A Bas L’Etat Policier
30. Peaches – Downtown (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)
30.1 Midland – In The Mood For Love
31. David Holmes – Hope Is The Last Thing To Die feat. Raven Violet
32. Joy Division/Bonner Kramer & Thurston Moore – Insight
SAMPLES:
Euphoria.s03, Boards of Canada – Inferno Sessions Spoken Word Intro, The Miles Davis Story.e01, For The Record: An Incomplete History of Music, Widow’s Bay.s01e04, The Christophers.2025, Balinese Trance Seance Communicating with Dead, Babies.s01e04, Boots Riley Explains Why Capitalism Is Built On Theft, Dave Grohl on The Late Show, Wednesday.s02e04, Josh Johnson, Love & Mercy.2012, Dead Mans Wire.2026, Eminem rhymes the word orange, Mother Father Brother Sister.2025, Maria Sabìna – Mazatec Mushroom Ceremony Mexico, Half Man.s01e06, Dossier 137.2025
COVER: Created by the wonderful Fr3nzIn3 thanks a loveofmylifeillion.
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