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JUNE 2024 MIXTAPE

Hey there,

I hope you're doing well! All is good over here, the switch to part-time work is going well so far, and although these transitions come with an adaptation period, I'm already feeling a positive change. I'll keep it short this time, but I promise to be back with a longer personal update in a couple of weeks.

This month, we turn the focus on psychedelic rock and krautrock. The mixtape's overall mood is spacey, swirly and exploratory, with a fierce section of high-energy tracks towards the middle.

Some songs feature unconventional structures, extended instrumental parts and repetitive rhythms. Others are simpler, more smoothing and gentler on the ear.

We start with ethereal soundscapes and wrap up along the same notes. Everything in between is a blend of hazy psychedelia and raw intensity that slowly builds up toward a climax before retracting in silence.

Inflection point: ‘Daytime Coma’ by Archive

Special mention goes to Rebecca Baby’s soaring voice and tremolo on ‘Brazil’.

This mixtape was not that easy to sequence. It took a couple of tries, but I've reached the point of diminishing returns, and it's now ready to go. Let me know what you think!

This month's prompt: What are your favorite hours of the day and why?

I hope you enjoy the selection,

Choucri

ROCK • PSYCHEDELIC ROCK • KRAUTROCK

1 hr 43 min | 20 songs

Featuring Slowdive, Aboukir, Lulu Van Trapp, The Verve, Motrik and others.

You're spending the night engaged in action painting, using your whole body to interact with a large canvas, flinging paint onto it with spontaneous brushwork.

REVISIT PAST JUNE MIXTAPES

AMBIENT • SOUL • JAZZ • INSTRUMENTAL

Featuring Laurence Pike, Annette Peacock, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Singtronics and others.

You haven't drawn in a while. Maybe you're not good at it, but you feel like grabbing a sheet of paper and stimulating your imagination for a bit.

PSYCHEDELIC ROCK • KRAUTROCK • COSMIC JAZZ

Featuring Jesus On Heroin, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Heliocentrics, The Stones Roses, Public Service Broadcasting and others.

For a long bike ride in the summer, cycling through nature, heading to a nearby lake to wind down after a strenuous cruise.