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So happy to share a 3rd mix (1 more to go!) for McGill’s University’s radio station CKUT in Montreal for the “If you got ears” programme at the kind request of guest-host Jean Cousin who not only makes music as Joni Void but also runs his own excellent Everyday Ago label and like me is a passionate listener and mix-maker. Mixes are time-consuming and after 3 hours of selection already (you can still listen to the mixes I made for NTS, Dublab and Dublab.es – all links in the mix section), I really had to think hard about what this new one-hour mix could be.. and as I always, I ended up being pushed to revisit the music I love and have sometimes forgotten, and feeling grateful for the chance.

So this is a 60s special. You don’t need me to explain to you how important and utterly unique that decade was for music. I personally truly fell in love with music as an art form (as opposed to something I loved listening to on the radio, but had no clue about it being a composed, performed and recorded artifact) when I first heard The Beatles’ “A day in the life”. If I had to choose one song that changed my life this would be it – in a very literal way since I credit *that* song and no other for making me want to make music.

The mix will be archived on the programme’s page straight after broadcast and later on the Everyday ago mixcloud.

60S SPECIAL TRACKLIST
Michael Yonkers – Tripping Through The Rose Gardens
The 13th Floor Elevators – Don’t Fall Down
Cold Sun – Twisted Flower
Red Crayola – Hurricane Fighter Plane
Silver Apples – Oscillations
The Electric Prunes – I Had Too MuchTo Dream Last Night
Love – My Little Red Book
The Factory – Gone
Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera – Mother Writes
The Poets – Some Things I Can’t Forget
The Human Expression – Every Night
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – I Won’t Hurt You
The Troggs – Our Love Will Still Be There
The Zombies – Leave Me Be
Arthur Lee Harper- Open Up The Door
The Kinks – I Go To Sleep (Demo)
The Peep Show – Morning
The Factory – Path Through The Forest (Demo)
The 13th Floor Elevators – May The Circle Remain Unbroken
The Troggs – Love Is All Around
The Beatles – A Day In The Life

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