Welcome to the first installment of YeahYal, a mixtape in several formats for your listening pleasure and convenience. Each episode will be just shy of three hours to power you through a long work session or, if you don’t feel like working, just hanging out.
Episode One consists of 43 tracks (41 on streaming due to licensing restrictions… more on that for another time) and is fully mixed as a podcast (see next post) and Soundcloud episode. For your listening pleasure, I don’t speak over the episode (I hate when DJ’s do this) so you can just put it on and enjoy it interruption free.
Unmixed versions are in easy-to-add playlists for Spotify and Apple Music.
This episode’s highlighted track:
Bullion - God Only Knows (Remix) from Songs in the Key of Dee
This track comes from London UK producer Bullion (aka Nathan Jenkins), who deftly combines Dilla’s unique production style and drums with beautifully chopped Brian Wilson melodies (two of my favorite artists) from The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds album.
The setlist:
Artist / Song Name / Album / Year
Bullion / God Only Knows / Pet Sounds: In The Key Of Dee / 2007
Steve Lacy / Dark Red / Steve Lacy's Demo - EP / 2017
Royksopp / Daddy's Groove / Daddy's Groove - Single / 2013
Bullion / Yawn / Heaven Is Over - EP / 2020
Thompson Twins / Lay Your Hands On Me (James Farber Remix) / Thompson Twins Greatest Mixes / 1988
Pat Lok / Late.Nite / Corazon / 2019
Jerry Paper / Feed Me Sweet Sounds / Feels Emotions / 2014
Sly & The Family Stone / Loose Booty / Small Talk (Bonus Tracks Edition) / 1974
De La Soul / Let, Let Me In / De La Soul Is Dead / 1991
Candi Staton / You Got the Love / The Best of Candi Staton / 1972
Dapayk & Padberg / Island (feat. Caro) / Black Beauty Remixes, Pt. 2 / 2008
Cannibal Ox / Ox out the Cage (Instrumental) / The Cold Vein (Deluxe Edition) / 2001
Chaka Khan / Like Sugar / Hello Happiness / 2019
Eddie Murphy / Party All the Time / How Could It Be / 1985
Foxy Brown / Big Bad Mama (feat. Dru Hill) / DJ Bring That Back / 1996
Buddy Ross / Running Around / Running Around - Single / 2016
J Dilla / Baby (Instrumental) / The Shining / 2006
ccc / Sleeping / Revolved / 2005
Portishead, Nick Ingman & Orchestra / Half Day Closing / Portishead / 1997
Sevdaliza / Libertine / Ison / 2017
Georgia / Started Out / Started Out - Single / 2018
Datarock / Computer Camp Love / Computer Camp Love - EP / 2002
Das Racist / Shorty Said (Gordon Voidwell Remix) / Shut Up, Dude / 2010
Gordon Voidwell / Ivy League Circus / Ivy League Circus - Single / 2009
Heaven 17 / Let's All Make a Bomb / Penthouse and Pavement / 1981
LA Priest / Party Zute - Learning to Love / Inji / 2015
Moderat / Therapy / II / 2013
Nathan Fake / The Sky Was Pink (Holden Remix) / The Sky Was Pink - EP / 2004
Neon Bunny / (Now) / Self-titled / 2018
Zapp / Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing) / Zapp II / 1982
Petit Prince / Une étoile en parade / Je vous embrasse - EP / 2019
Vancouver Sleep Clinic & Drew Love / Closure / Therapy Phase 01 - EP / 2018
Flume & Chet Faker / Drop the Game / Lockjaw - Single / 2013
Yaz / Situation / Upstairs at Eric's / 1982
Patawawa & Dopla / Alive / Alive - Single / 2018
Nu Shooz / I Can't Wait / Poolside / 1986
Steve Monite / Only You / Only You / 1984
Timex Social Club / Rumors / Vicious Rumors / 1986
JBAG / Mogadisco / Mogadisco - EP / 2013
Parcels / Withorwithout / Parcels / 2018
Bob Moses / Enough to Believe / Battle Lines / 2018
Lamb / Trans Fatty Acid (Kruder & Dorfmeister Remix Edit) / K & D Sessions / 1998
Kruder & Dorfmeister / Swallowed the Moon / “1995” / 2020
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Hope you enjoy! Please reach out if you have any questions or comments (I realize this is an unconventional type of substack so I’m curious to hear people’s thoughts)!