This mix started with one album - Goats & Distortions 5 by Dictaphone. It's one of my 2021 favorites. The mix began with one song from that album, not knowing where it would go but the vibe was sort of off-kilter. Then I heard a new album on Lost Tribe Sound, Departures by mastroKristo, and I knew where the mix would go.
This mix features a lot of wind instruments, although I'm not sure exactly what any of them are - clarinet, sax, soprano sax, oboe? A lot of the tracks are a bit askew, this is not smooth jazz. The music is atmospheric, moody, odd but the tracks all work perfectly together.
All the music is from 2021, some from a few of my favorite albums of the year. I've already mentioned Dictaphone - Goats & Distortions 5. Another fav is Pino Palladino & Blake Mills - Notes with Attachments. Then there are two albums from Lost Tribe Sound that haven't been released yet but they will both be on my year-end favorites list, mastroKristo - Departures and Alapastel - Ceremony.
