[017] - august 2011 - lemonade

When working on this mix the image of a girl in sunglasses and a big gaudy hat (like this: http://bit.ly/njcrSf) drinking lemonade kept popping in my head. Perhaps it was the really nice San Francisco weather (and our bizarre fashion sense) that influenced my track selection and visual associations. The first few tracks of this mix open with a very very delicate, breezy, and sunny feel - the flute sounds at 11:34 [Marvin Zeyss - Hannah] is one of my favorite parts. The mid section just touches on trippy with reverberated sounds floating by and a little more drive. The mix rounds itself out with a housey-influenced sound - a sound I don't explore that much as overbearing housey high-hats can get on my nerves. However, the prominent organ sounds complemented by round beautiful bass on the last few tracks (like Roberto Rodriguez - I Keep Thinking of You @ 38:00) fit nicely into my vision of sitting outside on a summer afternoon sipping on a cool, sugary glass of lemonade...