donthink: Safe Bet

A luscious and vibrant sound was my aim for this mix, titled ‘Safe Bet’ because I wanted to create an introduction to downtempo / electronic music in a way that may captivate and grow interest. To subtly build an unfamiliar atmosphere and give hints of more to explore.

Classical tendencies, strings especially, sweet beats, glitchy cinematic effects and jazzy grooves fill the air. Mixed in 2003 while DJ’ing at ErrorFM as I hoped to inspire people with new music from around the world.

donthink – Safe Bet (63min):

  1. Xploding Plastix – Dieci
  2. Mujaji – Siempre (Jon Kennedy Remix)
  3. Bonobo – Change Down
  4. Jon Kennedy – Brown Acid
  5. Bathysphere – Where’s Vicky (Quantic Mix)
  6. Caural – Sipping Snake Blood Wine (Savath & Savalas Remix)
  7. The Cinematic Orchestra – All Things To All Men ft Roots Manuva
  8. Broadway Project – Beauty
  9. Yenara – When Mountain Meets The Sea
  10. A Guy Called Gerald – Humanity ft Louise Rhodes (Funkstörung Remiks)
  11. Daedelus – Minor Detour
  12. King Seven – Hidden
  13. Opiate – Pk 50
  14. Hint – Count Your Blessings (Bonobo Mix)
  15. Florian Ross – Piano Interlude

Posted by Kyle on Wednesday, November 10th, 2010 under aurgasm special, electronic.

25 Responses to “donthink: Safe Bet”

  1. L.N. Hammer said on November 10th at 11:39 am :

    Sweet. This was just was I was needing to listen to this morning. Thanks!

  2. Paul Irish said on November 10th at 1:25 pm :

    This mix is probably the best downtempo mix I’ve ever encountered. We’re lucky to have Kyle here at Aurgasm.
    So tremendous.
    <3

  3. George Morris said on November 10th at 3:08 pm :

    Fabulous…But how do you buy it?
    Pressing the shopping cart button gives you Amazon but they klaim not to have it..
    Help

  4. Matt Duncan said on November 10th at 9:11 pm :

    Amazing mix! Aurgasm continues to amaze me with every post

  5. Kyle said on November 11th at 8:49 am :

    @George Morris: currently not for sale, but i’ll look into this.. maybe it can happen

  6. imfresherthanyou said on November 11th at 12:03 pm :

    I’m loving this one guys, thanks!

  7. AmbeJL said on November 11th at 6:58 pm :

    Just save it to your desktop and its yours.

  8. Norah said on November 12th at 3:02 am :

    love love love Lou Rhodes. You should post stuff by Lamb. I find that there are still so many people out there who’ve never heard of them.

  9. Dangerscouse said on November 13th at 1:27 am :

    I’m currently going through a divorce, which is never gonna be nice, but this mix totally calmed me down after another round of unreasonable behaviour from the soon to be ex-Dangerspouse….

    Fantastic mix, as usual Aurgasm have sorted me out again!! Cheers.

  10. Keyser Söze said on November 13th at 9:11 am :

    very nice mix indeed.

  11. Michelle said on November 16th at 4:31 am :

    Gorgeous. Well done, sir! :)

  12. Shannon said on November 23rd at 12:01 pm :

    For those of you looking to purchase this–It appears iTunes has a free podcast of this beautiful piece. Happy listening. :)

  13. SoundOfConfusion said on November 29th at 8:38 pm :

    Fantastic mix, especially that first track. Kicks the whole thing off rather nicely.
    Chee

  14. shawn said on November 30th at 2:57 pm :

    I am loving this mix! Great to listen to for the first snowfall of the year!

  15. Mitxmember said on December 8th at 11:16 am :

    TOTALLY love it! absolutely awesome. I’d really like to have it on my iPod… any ideas on how to get it?

  16. One8becomes2zeros said on December 13th at 9:19 am :

    Fantastic mix!

    Mitxmember, Just right click on the link and ‘save as’

    Cheers

  17. SheRMaN said on January 6th at 1:55 pm :

    Gracias!! Lovely_in_BuenosAires

  18. PVG said on January 11th at 8:35 am :

    Just right click the track and save link as… mp3

  19. Carlyndarlyn said on January 12th at 12:26 pm :

    I’m trying to find the first track “dieci” by xploding plastix. I love it…but where is it from? I’ve looked through their discography and I can’t find it anywhere… Any ideas would be appreciated

  20. Kyle said on January 13th at 3:49 pm :

    @Carlyndarlyn, “Dieci” is a song from their demo cd that leaked onto the internet before The Donca Matic Singalongs. there was no track listing, and it was track 10, so Dieci i named it. XP informed Aurgasm that the original title is “Rattlechaser” and (edit) it is now available on Amazon ~ thanks @Bizarre

  21. jspanella said on February 2nd at 9:42 pm :

    If the first tract Dieci is ever made available for purchase please post some kind of link. It is really wonderful.

  22. JBZ said on February 14th at 5:28 pm :

    I linked to your mix, so if it’s not ok just let me know and I’ll remove it. If you’d like to check the specific posting GoTo: http://cad-vs-bim.blogspot.com/2011/02/watching-them-watching-me.html

    Otherwise Thanks in advance!!!
    -J

  23. john said on February 21st at 7:32 pm :

    hey i love this check it if its not for sale whats the deal with maybe a download please could use it on the ipod ya know that site btw is my buddies he is a producer in progress electronic music anyways let me know

  24. Bizarre said on March 1st at 6:59 pm :

    @jspanella, as Kyle mentioned, the track “Dieci”is called “Rattlechaser” the album it appears on is available on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Devious-Dan-Ep/dp/B003A9A882/
    It’s my favorite track as well. It reminds me of Maurice Ravel’s Bolero.

  25. Shane said on June 27th at 10:25 am :

    I found this a few months ago when it was posted and I still listen to it all the time! I’m in the process of looking for some of these artists Fantastic! Thank you for getting me learned

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