Last week I asked my Twitter followers for their submission to a newTwitter mixtape or Twixtape for short:
What’s your perfect summer song for 2009?
There was about 50 responses or so and I had a great time collating as many tracks as I could for the mixtape below. There’s some crackers and belters right here: That Classixx Phoenix remix, the Alice in Wonderland electronic song, Atmosphere’s summery jam, the stupendous ‘So Far to Go’ from J Dilla, the clattering boogie funk of Dam Funk, an excellent tune from Wave Machines, an acoustic Yeah Yeah Yeahs a classic from Martha Reeves and the Vandellas and up-to-date indie hits from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Girls.
If I didn’t include your song, it’s because time or legalities didn’t allow it. Enjoy the mixtape. Hopefully, some of these songs will soundtrack your summer..
- Pogo – Alice [My pick – Nialler9 ]
- Phoenix – Lisztomania (Classixx remix) [@Darraghdoyle]
- The Field – The More That I Do (Foals remix) [@Gavin_E]
- Atmosphere – Sunshine [@amartin520]
- Air France – Beach Party [@PastaPrimavera]
- Central Line – Walk Into Sunshine [@Cubikmusik]
- J Dilla – So Far To Go (feat. Common & D’Angelo) [@CormacMoylan]
- Dam Funk – Hood Pass Intact [@Magooo]
- Mayer Hawthorne – Maybe So, Maybe No [@Yermam]
- Martha and the Vandellas – Heatwave [@Chas Taylor]
- Classixx feat. Jeppe – I’ll get You [@Julscho]
- Menahan Street Band -Montego Sunset
[@DJCoolC72] - Benot Pioulard – Triggering Back [@SweetOblivion]
- Wave Machines – Keep the Light On [@Garymc]
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Hysteric (Acoustic) [@Tomlau]
- When Saints Go Machine – Fail Forever [@Coillfhada]
- Dananananaykroyd – Black Wax [@NiamhSandwich]
- Health – Die Slow [@Flynnduism]
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Young Adult Friction [@Tomlau – Tom gets two picks cos I love this song as well.]
- Girls – Lust for Life [@Seewhatyouhear]
- The Chapters – Videotape [@Gilchey]
- St. Vincent – Actor [@Egoeccentric]
- The 5th Dimension – Aquarius (Let the Sunshine In) [@AstonishingSodApe]
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the cohost of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, event curator and producer of gigs, parties & events.