-- LAST “SHUFFLE UP'd 8” UPDATE: 24MAY2023 A good backyard bbq playlist should consist of the kind of songs that get heads nodding and toes tapping and maybe a few booties thinking about shaking, but it should also not be so overpowering with the 'party vibes' that it makes it hard to carry a conversation on while you go for a second helping of 'slaw. This playlist is 5+ hours of those kind of vibes. Listen/Follow On SPOTIFY This backyard bbq playlist gets refreshed with different tracks on a somewhat regular basis, with new additions added near the top & older tracks removed from the b ..read more

* Providing the A's to the 5 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Q's today is Carlota Flâneur, a music-maker out of Barcelona who recently dropped a lovely album called ‘Uncertainty’ — AND/BUT — providing the Q’s this time, via a High Five For collaboration thing, is Cole Mitchek from smallsongs, who also happens to be in Spain right now and who also happens to have recently recorded a lovely live session + conversation with Carlota Flâneur that you should check out over on the You Tubes… but, first, some recommendations from off the top shelf: #1 - WHAT IS THE ONE ALBUM (OR EP OR SONG) THAT YOU THINK SHOULD ..read more

When trying to think of a manageable format for making hour long-ish mixes on a recurring basis, my brain eventually wandered over to the efficient old music sorting system I had set up in iTunes back when I was running a 24/7 internet radio stream called 'Mix Tape Radio'… which, eventually, lead me to an idea: What if I take the 'randomized playlist' system that I used back in the day to create new “shuffle’d up” programming blocks to upload to my old internet radio station… and what if I instead use that organizing system to shuffle me up a selection of 95 'mix tape radio approved' songs th ..read more

I had the idea of making Mixcloud mixes based on a ‘19 from Year / 20 from Year’ format for awhile (as there’s a good ring to that + it makes for a perfect mix cd length), but it wasn’t until participating in one of those “post 4 albums that came out when you were 14” social media things… View fullsize View fullsize …and then it occurred to me that maybe it’d be a fun HI54 project to go back through EVERY YEAR that I’ve been alive and make a mix out of the music that came out during that calendar timeframe. And not only would it be a nice mix of nostalgia & discovery/rediscovery for my e ..read more

* Providing the A's to the 5 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Q's today is MindsOne (rep’d today by mc’s KON Sci and Tronic) + RizzyBeats — a bunch of music-makers out of Wilmington, North Carolina who just dropped a 2023 revival of 2006 debut record, The Time Space Continuum Redux, out now on the always dependable Fort Lowell Records (and you can catch the track ‘Changeling (Shapeshifter)’ on the HI54 Mix CD ‘HIP • STIR • HOP') // Artist photo by Ryan Ellis #1 - WHAT IS THE ONE ALBUM (OR EP OR SONG) THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE THE VERY NEXT MUSICAL THING THAT EVERYONE PRESSES PLAY ON THE NEXT TIME THEY FIND ..read more

-- LAST “SHUFFLE UP'd 8” UPDATE: 12MAY2023 An ongoing shuffle of 95 tracks that capture some of the vibes that bounce around the air when, like myself, you find yourself kicking about in a mountain town (or 'Mountown' for short / easier hashtagging). LISTEN/FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY This playlist gets refreshed on a somewhat regular-ish basis with different tunes/artists that capture that certain vibe you’ll often find bouncing around the air in a mountain town (based on my own homemade mountown vibe detector), with new additions added near the top & older tracks removed from the bottom to keep ..read more

Intro/Outro words by Jeremy/@HI54LOFI If, like me, you happen to live in (or near) the charming little mountain town of Kimberley, British Columbia, the hot local topic du jour the last month or so has been the proposed ‘Marysville McDonalds’ (which, because we’re in North America, would also be a combination gas station, because of course). Sure, we have other local topics that local people prefer to talk about in casual conversation (for example: isn’t it quite nice to live around all this natural beauty, eh?), BUT, no topic has been quite as ‘hot’ or as ‘du jour’ lately as the recent push ..read more

a-sides by Adrianne Lenker and Buck Meek “Beautiful interplay of twin guitars, two wonderfully harmonised voices delivering songs with something to say. ‘a-sides’ has much to discover, cleverly crafted by so little. An amazing achievement.” - Hassles If you like what you hear, consider adding this record to your own Bandcamp Collection, where you can write your own little review. You should also check the Bandcamp Collection of the above fan that's saying the above words (their name is linked), odds are good you'll discover even more gems to add to your own Bandcamp collection. Because i ..read more

When trying to think of a manageable format for making hour long-ish mixes on a recurring basis, my brain eventually wandered over to the efficient old music sorting system I had set up in iTunes back when I was running a 24/7 internet radio stream called 'Mix Tape Radio'… which, eventually, lead me to an idea: What if I take the 'randomized playlist' system that I used back in the day to create new “shuffle’d up” programming blocks to upload to my old internet radio station… and what if I instead use that organizing system to shuffle me up a selection of 95 'mix tape radio approved' songs th ..read more

-- LAST “SHUFFLE UP'd 8” UPDATE: 28APR2023 Sometimes, the easiest way to go back in time is to just put a time capsule collection of musical vibes in the headphones, close your eyes and drift away. You might even say that this is the only way to travel back in time. I don't know much about time travel, if I'm being honest. Listen/Follow on SPOTIFY This playlist features a handpicked range of 60s jams that’ll literally make you more groovy (not that kind of “literally”), and the selection is tweaked on the regular, with new additions added near the top & older tracks removed from the bot ..read more