For Canadian-born, London-based artist Caribou — aka Dan Snaith — life over the last few years has been "incredible," and he wanted to say thanks.
But instead of sending out flowers and thank you cards, Snaith is giving music fans one of their very favourite gifts: a mixtape.
This isn't just any mixtape, however; it's a sprawling, 1,000-song mix that runs the gamut from Nina Simone to My Bloody Valentine to Four Tet, and from Kanye West to Serge Gainsbourg to Kraftwerk.
"As you can imagine, music has been a central love of my life since I was a teenager and over the years I've been introduced to a lot that has stayed with me. I've collected the majority of that music here – and I thought sharing it with you seemed like one way I could say thanks," writes Snaith in a Facebook post.
"I'm sure some things are under-represented or over-represented, but roughly speaking this is a musical history of my life."
Snaith recommends that people listen to the mix on shuffle, as he did not order it in any way. He also invites followers to share music they like "in the hope this becomes a dialogue rather than a monologue."
Note that if you listen via the embedded player, you will only get the first 200 tracks, as YouTube has a 200-track limit. But you can access all 1,000 tracks here.
by Jennifer Van Evra via Electronic RSS
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