It seems like everything bloomed and fruited early this year. The crops ripened two weeks ahead of schedule. Does that mean in our hearts we’re actually living as if it’s two weeks into September?

Here is this weeks episode of Ashta Made You A Mixtape

When I bring the music for a group, there is a period of feeling them out. Reading the room. Testing the waters. This usually happens in a sequence of 2-4 songs. Recently, I was undertaking this risky business and got quickly humbled. I realized I was in the company of those who prefer a more conventional and familiar sound. This playlist is for them.

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• 3:01, CAKE, The Distance
• 3:29, Stealers Wheel, Stuck in the Middle with You
• 3:09, Leon Bridges, Motorbike
• 2:28, Dusty Springfield, Son of a Preacher Man
• 3:07, Brenton Wood, Oogum Boogum Song
• 2:52, Funkadelic, Can You Get to That
• 4:17, Bill Withers, Lovely Day
• 3:01, King Harvest, Dancing in the Moonlight
• 3:27, Stampeders, Sweet City Woman
• 3:38, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Stir it Up
• 3:57, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Could You Be Loved
• 3:37, Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams
• 4:56, Talking Heads, This Must Be The Place
• 3:55, Outkast, Hey Ya!
• 3:48, Jamiroquai, Virtual Insanity
• 3:12, The Police, Roxanne
• 2:43, Queen, Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Hip hop, R&B, soul-sounding and rap with a healthy dose of Badu seasoning – this week on Ashta Made You A Mixtape. Every Friday night to a million people on Canada’s west coast via CHLY 101.7FM

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• 5:49, Erykah Badu, Bag Lady
• 5:45, SAULT, Masterpiece
• 3:46, Erykah Badu, On & On
• 5:27, Lauren Hill, Ex-Factor
• 4:07., KAMAUU, Mango
• 3:34, Erykah Badu, …&On
• 2:55, Thee Sacred Souls, Easier Said Than Done
• 3:14, Asulin/Roy Reemy, Do Good
• 2:40, DARGZ, Nobody (Like You)
• 4:39, Digable Planets, Jettin’
• 2:44, The Pharcyde, Moment in Time
• 3:37, A Tribe Called Quest, Check the Rhime
• 3:27, SAULT, Wildfires
• 3:10, SAULT, Somethings in the air
• 3:13, SAULT, Let Me Go
• 3:26, Black Star, Definition

This week on Ashta Made You A Mixtape; it fonky

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• 3:15, SAULT, Don’t Waste My Time
• 4:03, RIO KOSTA, Mountain Top
• 3:24, Tomode/Jules Grant, Everything is Right
• 3:36, Tayrell, Odyssey
• 3:40, Adi Oasis, Stuck in My Head
• 3:11, David Blazer, Mechanical Man
• 3:24, Moods/August Charles, Wildfire
• 2:40, The Free Label, Dancing on Your Own
• 4:04, Family Company/Shea Givens, Lookin’ For Love
• 2:20, Alexander IV/Cezanne, Burnin’
• 3:00, Cool Company, Dangerous
• 2:50, Nic Hanson/THANKYOUFATMATT, Alchemy
• 2:59, Reuben James/Theo Croker, Big People Big Music
• 3:36, Lew Apollo, Diamonds And Gold
• 2:21, CAPYAC, Keep Me Close Pt. II
• 3:06, T.J. Wilkins, Let The Cool Come Off
• 3:21, Loaded Honey/Lydia Kitto, Toyko Rain
• 2:56, Collect 200, Notorious

This week on Ashta Made You a Mixtape, it’s an hour long mix with no breaks and no yammering on. Left-field electronic, breakbeats, global grooves, indie dance, and just enough weirdness to keep your algorithm slightly concerned. Comfy like well-fitted vintage track pants, and not without all the dubious history.

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• 3:55, Nikka Costa, Like a Feather
• 3:49, Shawn Lee/Princess Superstar, Christopher Walken on Sunshine
• 4:11, The Olympians, California
• 3:13, Grapetooth, Trouble
• 3:40, Obongjayar, Just Cool
• 2:29, binki, Heybb!
• 5:25, Yin Yin, Takahashi Timing
• 4:15, Chico Mann, Dilo Como Yo
• 3:32, Foxwarren/Andy Shauf, Deadhead
• 3:45, Grandmegneto, Night Fever
• 2:51, Futuro Pelo, Swamp
• 4:08, Melenas, Bang/PB Wolf Remix
• 2:41, Obongjayar/Little Simz, Talk Olympics
• 3:59, DJ Slowz, Di San
• 4:30, Miike Snow/Mark Ronson, Animal- Ronson Remix

This week on Ashta Made You a Mixtape, I took lots of selections from my debut as Spearmint DJ and threaded in some other songs to shake your ass to. I think the first track is about cunnilingus. What do you think? Accepting feedback via the telepathic ether

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• 3:30, Metronomy, Salted Caramel Ice Cream
• 4:03, Neon Indian, Deadbeat Summer
• 3:05, Superorganism, Everybody Wants to be Famous
• 2:55, Fennec, Girl
• 3:56, Remi Wolf/Pete & Pan Remix, Hello Hello Hello
• 3:19, Ora the Molecule, Prince of the Rhythm
• 5:53, MIA/DFA, Paper Planes DFA Remix
• 3:55, Nikka Costa, Like a Feather
• 2:58, Marc Ribillet, Vibes Alright
• 1:32, Kaelin Ellis/Troy Rosenberg, Cats Groove
• 2:35, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Rollerdisco
• 3:15, Disclosure/Al Green, Feel Like I Do
• 5:18, Miami Horror/Poolside, Leila Poolside Remix
• 3:30, Neon Indian, Terminally Chill
• 4:12, Benny Sings, Big Brown Eyes
• 4:22, Cola Boyy/Domenique Dumont, Beige 70 DD Remix