On Ice

I miss the mixtape era. From the pause mixtapes I made in high school for girls to the high concept ones we toiled over as The Bangers, there is nothing quite as fun as being held hostage by a curated selected of songs glued together to tell a story. On Ice was my ode to the golden era of hip hop. The lesser known tracks that provided the instrumental for my teen years with some blends of a handful of genre-defining tracks. If you grew up on hip hop in the late 80s or early 90s there is a good chance this will hit you right in the feels.

While I composed the mix in Ableton, the point was to recreate this mix as a 3 deck vinyl-only performance set even though we were using Serato for all of our gigs at this point. I limited myself to 3 tracks, only used records from the collection and did as little processing as possible in the program. I never actually worked this out live for whatever reason but those limitations gave this mixtape a feel different to others we put together at the time.

Enjoy!