Design and music will always go hand-in-hand. So, when my buddy Aub told me about Designers.MX, my whole world was rocked; the site features “beautifully designed mixes” from some very talented folk in the design industry. I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to create my own mix for the site, which is a total dream. I’ve always wanted to make something music-oriented for the world to see/hear, and this was a perfect way to do so.
My mix, REVOLTE, is a collection of some wild electronica, mainly hailing from France and Canada (the rest is made up of Italian, English, Australian and American varieties). The title is an homage to a song I reluctantly had to leave off the tracklist, as well as a tribute to the mix’s primarily French roots. I think it accurately communicates the overall vibe, too: fast, powerful and relentless. As it states on the site, it’s “a performance-enhancing stimulant created for working, punch-dancing and fast driving.” Like an army of power-hungry robots destroying a city with violent dance moves.
Have a listen! Even if my mix isn’t your style, you can definitely find something to love on this site. Mad props to its creators — It’s more personal than Pandora, more refined than thesixtyone and prettier than both combined.
EDIT: Since I forgot to mention it, here’s a little tid-bit on the cover art. To get across the whole electronica theme, rigid custom type was my initial plan, but it didn’t really have the “rawness” I was going for; it was much too structured for the vibe of the music. Ultimately, I decided to create some hand-painted type to reflect the feeling of the mix (bold, unrefined and a little crazy) and the blacklight-ish colors, made in Photoshop, to reflect the genre.
I had so much fun doing this mix thing, I may have to do more and stream ‘em here. (Especially since I haven’t seen much metal up on Designers.MX. Hmmm…)
I took a listen and really diggin your mix. Got me psyched to work!
So energised listening to this right now, and on the other side of the world no less.
Thanks for such a great mix!
Points
1) It’s a pretty schtoight wubsite.
2) For a second I wanted your mix to be called “Driving Angry” after the new Nick Cage experience.
3) I would have liked to see this track added.
4) Was the inspiring track “Revolt at 22h10 by Danger or “Voyager” (Revolte remix) by Daft Punk?
5) To describe my physical state after spending a day at that site: http://tinyurl.com/yaejuql (Consider face melted.)
How did the cover artwork come about? It’s very nice.
Fell upon your mix today. Instantly fell in love. Your compilation rocks my socks. Had to find some way to leave you a compliment-comment and came here. Thanks so much!
You all rock SO HARD! Thanks for the kind words; I’m so glad you guys are enjoying the mix!
@Sherm:
1) Isn’t it!?
2) If my mix could have been in 3D, I totally would have stolen that Nick Cage title.
3) What track?
4) I <3 Daft Punk, but Danger was the inspiration (I would have added his whole album, if I could)
5) YES. That's probably better than this: http://tinyurl.com/6z2vr3
@Shawn: Awesome question. I’ll make a brief edit to the post to elaborate on the art…I completely forgot to mention it!
loved your mix!!
Found the mix by browsing on the designers.mx site. The tracks are great picks all around and the image really does give feel of French electronica. A merge of modern glitch/beat styles combined with synth melodies back from the old Jarre-days. Good job! Three thumbs up, way up.
I got it. You can trick me no longer Miss Klein. I got what you are trying to say with this ‘mix’. Answer: You are trying to say that you believe in alien life-forms.
Proof:
1. The second song in the set is “We are From Venice” I have never been to Venice but I have heard it said that it is “Out of this world”. Hmm.
2. Fourth song in the mix is called “19h11″. It has been said that this arrangement of numbers and letter are the same frequency as the radar/sonar feature known to be used by many alien spacecraft. (Especially in later models.)
3. You named the mix “Revolt” backwards it spells “E.T. Lover”. Need I say more?
BOOM. Roasted.
Love your mix is great! Do you know how I can get an invite? Or could you possibly send me one!?