YeahYal Mixtapes

Mix 37

For full setlist visit yeahyal.substack.com [https://yeahyal.substack.com] Episode 37 takes a picture so it will last longer—in fact, an additional hour to make up for the long delay, consisting of 59 songs total. This episode’s highlighted track: Track 55 Nils Frahm - Says Hamburg-born, Berlin-based composer Nils Frahm has made a career out of dissolving the boundary between modern classical performance and electronic sound design, building a cult following through his hybrid setups of grand pianos, analog synthesizers, vintage instruments, and tape-era outboard gear. From his 2013 live album Spaces on the Erased Tapes label, “Says” pairs a looping, arpeggiated analog synth pattern generated from his custom rig with a moody, melodic, reverb-drenched piano. The piece evolves almost entirely through gradual filter movements and subtle layering, slowly opening the harmonic spectrum over its eight-minute runtime. Recorded live, it captures not just the sound but the physical presence of the room, with Frahm shaping and automating the tones in real time. The effect is hypnotic, somewhere between Steve Reich’s phase minimalism and the analog glow of early Tangerine Dream. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Frahm perform a few times and always leave a little stunned. His shows feel part recital, part laboratory experiment, featuring rare instruments like the glass armonica,* played by gliding wet-gloved fingers across the rims of rotating glass bowls, not unlike rubbing the tops of wine glasses. His music trades virtuoso flash (though he is an exceptionally skilled player) for something far more immersive: texture, space, and the emotional power of small sonic shifts unfolding over time. Even without the visual spectacle, “Says” builds and blooms with such dramatic force that by its final moments it’s hard not to erupt in awe as the sound reaches its towering climax. *Invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761. The setlist: Artist / Song Name / Album / Year Amiina / Sexfaldur [https://song.link/us/i/1587385802] / Kurr / 2007 Thomas de Pourquery / Back from the war [https://song.link/us/i/1725297619] / Let the monster fall / 2024 Sault / I.L.T.S. [https://song.link/i/1808467504] / 10 / 2025 Little Carlos / Got to Be Free [https://song.link/i/1544102833] / Presents: How & Little - T.M.F. / 2020 ESG / Dance [https://song.link/i/1668437351] / Come Away with ESG / 1983 SHADED / Naughty Mofo [https://song.link/i/1679112576] / Naughty Mofo - Single / 2023 Connie Francis / Pretty Little Baby (可愛いベイビー) - Japanese Version [https://song.link/i/1592560092] / Connie Francis Sings Greatest Hits In Japanese / 1962 SBTRKT & Little Dragon / Wildfire [https://song.link/i/1591643480] / SBTRKT / 2011 Count Basic / Speechless Drum & Bass [https://song.link/i/157026554] (Kruder & Dorfmeister Remix) / Conversions: A K&D Selection / 1996 Dionne Warwick / Heartbreaker [https://song.link/i/362557558] / Heartbreaker / 1982 Daphni / Carry on [https://song.link/i/1288503519] / Joli Mai / 2017 The Invisible / K-Town Sunset [https://song.link/i/1102893864](feat. Connan Mockasin) / Patience / 2016 Tricky / Overcome [https://song.link/i/1444028924] / Maxinquaye / 1995 Elias Rahbani / Dance of Maria [https://song.link/i/1499326203] / Mosaic of the Orient / 1974 Bobby O / She Has a Way [https://song.link/i/1457751000] / Freedom in an Unfree World / 1983 Rhye / Hymn [https://song.link/i/1436209737] / Hymn - Single / 2018 Joubert Singers / Stand On the Word [https://song.link/i/289662310] (Larry Levan Mix) / Electric Chair Saved My Life / 1985 Andrea Laszlo De Simone / Ricordo tattile [https://song.link/i/1845131562] / Una Lunghissima Ombra / 2025 Mac DeMarco / Holy [https://song.link/i/1816172970] / Guitar / 2025 The Brian Jonestown Massacre / Anemone [https://song.link/i/1480764755] / Their Satanic Majesties’ Second Request / 1996 Flora Hibberd / Fern [https://song.link/i/1750770956] / Swirl / 2025 The Walkmen / We’ve Been Had [https://song.link/i/80919065] / Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone / 2002 The Brothers and Sisters / Lay Lady Lay [https://song.link/i/1436375355](feat. Edna Wright) / Dylan’s Gospel / 1969 Belle and Sebastian / Piazza, New York Catcher [https://song.link/i/1589218710] / Dear Catastrophe Waitress / 2003 Ramblin’ Jack Elliott / Diamond Joe [https://song.link/i/272170949] / Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Sings Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers and Cowboy Songs / 1976 El Shab Arab / Lw Kan [https://song.link/i/1548192660] / Lw Kan / 1976 Camille Yarbrough / Take Yo’ Praise [https://song.link/i/1508047374] / The Iron Pot Cooker / 1975 Rose Droll / Opening Doors [https://song.link/i/1724919046] / With Strangers / 2024 Skeeter Davis / What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied) [https://song.link/i/258620507] / The Essential Skeeter Davis / 1967 Chrome Sparks / Marijuana [https://song.link/i/1412937662] / Marijuana - Single / 2018 Ty Segall / Imaginary Person [https://song.link/i/1799333429] / Melted / 2010 Mhaol / Pursuit [https://song.link/i/1839208935] / Something Soft / 2024 Prince Buster / Madness [https://song.link/i/1230251949] / I Feel the Spirit / 1963 Erasmo Carlos / É Preciso Dar um Jeito, Meu Amigo [https://song.link/i/1443818072] / Carlos, Erasmo / 1971 Night Beats / Nightmare [https://song.link/i/1680188497] / Rajan / 2023 Girls At Our Best! / Politics! [https://song.link/i/1622467839] / Pleasure / 1981 The Damned / Morning Bird [https://song.link/i/324282886] / New Rose / 1977 Melissa Manchester / You Should Hear How She Talks About You [https://song.link/i/271622446] / Hey Ricky / 1982 Aera / Future Holds [https://song.link/i/1684736858] / Fever - EP / 2023 Bill Nelson / When Your Dream of Perfect Beauty Comes True [https://song.link/i/1444057141] / The Love That Whirls / 1982 Beck / Rowboat [https://song.link/i/1667967455] / Stereopathetic Soulmanure / 1994 Micah P. Hinson / Beneath the Rose [https://song.link/i/958224278] / Micah P. Hinson & the Gospel of Progress / 2005 Razzy Bailey / I Hate Hate [https://song.link/i/410793053] / Color My World / 1973 The Honeydrippers / Impeach the President [https://song.link/i/1641992605] / Impeach the President / 1973 Jorge Cafrune / No Soy de Aquí... Ni Soy de Allá [https://song.link/i/1534747543] / Esenciales / 1973 Olivia Newton-John / Magic [https://song.link/i/1440743079] / Xanadu / 1980 The Donkeys / Lower the Heavens [https://song.link/i/324637802] / The Donkeys / 2004 Dave Van Ronk / He Was a Friend of Mine [https://song.link/i/1440947185] / Folksinger / 1962 Earth, Wind & Fire / That’s the Way of the World [https://song.link/i/532975791] / That’s the Way of the World / 1975 Neil Young / Separate Ways [https://song.link/i/1503329433] / Homegrown / 2020 Elizabeth Cotten / Freight Train [https://song.link/i/85122616] / Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes / 1912 Kingsley Bucknor / You Gotta Keep on Luvin’ Me [https://song.link/i/1569766290] / Just U and Me - EP / 1985 Suki Waterhouse / To Get You [https://song.link/i/1747998281] / Memoir of a Sparklemuffin / 2024 Ashley Wass / 3 Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent [https://song.link/i/1729120643] / Black & White / 2024 Nils Frahm / Says [https://song.link/i/1453571333] / Spaces / 2013 Pastor T.L. Barrett & The Youth for Christ Choir / Nobody Knows [https://song.link/i/1253758537] / Like a Ship (Without a Sail) / 1971 Shana Cleveland / Face of the Sun [https://song.link/i/1447290856] / Night of the Worm Moon / 2019 Crowded House / Into Temptation [https://song.link/i/1443523931] / Temple of Low Men / 1988 Aphex Twin / #3 [https://song.link/i/280649444]/ Selected Ambient Works, Vol. II / 1994 ________ Add our playlists on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4XlxcTmvnFbfgWYzXubcwB] and Apple Music [https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/yeahyal-37/pl.u-38oWqkbCWWYde] to spice up your streaming algorithm. ________ Mix also available on Soundcloud [https://soundcloud.com/yeahyal/yeahyal37?si=4f628b8458854b2db1197a024b5886d4&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing]. This is a public episode. 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Mix 36

For full setlist visit yeahyal.substack.com [https://yeahyal.substack.com] It’s time for the delayed Episode 36, consisting of 49 songs FULLY MIXED in the podcast above, or on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yeahyal-mixtapes/id1741821300]. ¿Listo? This episode’s highlighted track: Track 5 Cleo Sol - Why Don’t You [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_in_the_Dark]* Gaining notoriety as a member of the enigmatic collective SAULT, London native Cleo Sol has since carved out a niche of her own, bringing a fresh, airy take to the 90s neo-soul lineage that shapes her sound. From her 2020 album Rose in the Dark, “Why Don’t You” moves with a serene sense of inevitability as Sol’s whisper-soft reassurances drift over billowing, reverb-laden piano chords and plate-saturated percussion. Produced by longtime collaborator Inflo, the track carries a faint gospel shimmer, framing vocals that feel delicately singular even as they echo Jill Scott’s emotional tenderness and Erykah Badu’s unhurried phrasing. What makes “Why Don’t You” so distinctive is its effortless catchiness, especially considering there isn’t a proper hook or chorus to speak of. Where most tracks would make a dramatic sprint toward catharsis, Sol chooses patience, letting the song unfurl in slow motion. Only towards the end do the swelling strings and backing vocals step forward, resolving into a soft, mantra-like chant of “sometimes we fall in love… love is always in us,” before slowly and gracefully fading away. The setlist: Artist / Song Name / Album / Year Dur-Dur Band / Dooyo [https://song.link/us/i/591846079] / Dur-Dur Vol. 5 / 1985 Duisclosure / Dooyo (Disclosure Remix) [https://song.link/us/i/1843991894] / Dur-Dur Band - Dooyo Remix / 2025 Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three / The Roof Is on Fire [https://song.link/us/i/1486150879](Us Hitmix) / Request Line / The Roof Is on Fire / 1984 U.S. Girls / Running Errands (Yesterday) [https://usgirls.bandcamp.com/album/running-errands] / Running Errands - Single / 2025 Cleo Sol / Why Don’t You [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_in_the_Dark]/ Rose in the Dark / 2017 Automatic / Black Box [https://automatic-band.bandcamp.com/album/is-it-now] / Is It Now? / 2025 Heaven 17 / (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(We_Don%27t_Need_This)_Fascist_Groove_Thang] / Penthouse and Pavement / 1981 Tom Trago / Ignorance [https://song.link/us/i/1838536529] / Ignorance - Single / 2025 Röyksopp / Poor Leno [https://song.link/us/i/1049806638] / Melody A.M. / 2001 Scott Lavene / Prettiest Peach [https://scottlavene.bandcamp.com/track/prettiest-peach] / Prettiest Peach - Single / 2022 Ratatat / Seventeen Years [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratatat_(album)] / Ratatat / 2004 Kourosh Yaghmaei / Gole Yakh [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gol-e_Yakh] / Gole Yakh / 1991 Mos Def / The Embassy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ecstatic] / The Ecstatic / 2009 Altın Gün / Goca Dünya [https://altingunband.bandcamp.com/album/goca-du-nya] / On / 2017 Natalie Bergman / Gunslinger [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Bergman] / My Home Is Not In This World / 2025 Alex Chilton / Jumpin’ Jack Flash [https://www.discogs.com/master/454895-Alex-Chilton-Free-Again-The-1970-Sessions] / Free Again: The “1970” Sessions / 2002 L’OK Jazz & Franco / Annie Ngai nalinga [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Luambo] / 1966-1968 / 1968 Babe Ruth / The Mexican [https://www.discogs.com/master/68828-Babe-Ruth-First-Base?srsltid=AfmBOoo8Z_thdnsTWYnSwEgWC988zh2bJ_o2xcqd3r03zFMK9nwqGxzN] / First Base / 1972 Oby Onyioha / Enjoy Your Life [https://song.link/us/i/1790767647] / I Want To Feel Your Love / 1981 Jeff Kaale / Cookie [https://song.link/us/i/1576931581] / Best Of / 2018 Earl Sweatshirt / TOURMALINE [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Laugh_Love_(Earl_Sweatshirt_album)] / Live Laugh Love / 2025 Herman Jones / Gimme Your Love [https://album.link/us/i/1840244025] / Smiling / 2025 World Party / Is It Like Today? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang!_(World_Party_album)] / Bang! / 1993 Asha Bhosle / Udi Baba [https://song.link/us/i/1274611587] / Vidhaata (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / 1982 Sweet Baboo / Let’s Go Swimming Wild [https://song.link/us/i/1707018267] / Ships / 2013 Sydney Rose / Turning Page [https://open.spotify.com/artist/5vx4pDmiFDyKMhuOIgpiRv] / Turning Page - Single / 2020 Neu! / Hallogallo [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neu!_(album)] / Neu! / 1972 Rosie & The Originals / Angel Baby [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Baby_(Rosie_and_the_Originals_song)] / Angel Baby / 1961 Dianilis / Kamukamo Shikamo Nidomokamo [feat. Lufca] [Spanish Version] [https://open.spotify.com/track/3sYFzD2EgQyey3eXdbPG7L] / Kamukamo Shikamo Nidomokamo (From “Mono No Aware”) - Single / 2025 Cameo / Shake Your Pants [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameosis] / Cameosis / 1980 Toots & The Maytals / 54-46 Was My Number [https://www.discogs.com/master/666607-Toots-And-The-Maytals-Sweet-And-Dandy] / Sweet & Dandy / 1969 The Budos Band / Up From the South [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Budos_Band] / The Budos Band / 2000 G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid / Play That Beat Mr. D.J. [https://www.discogs.com/release/43616-GLOBE-Whiz-Kid-Play-That-Beat-Mr-DJ?srsltid=AfmBOooC7OWB2fZgCCbW82L_3r0_S-4v-i9J79hKQMsqrCgu0PVARcLA]/ Play That Beat Mr. D.J. - EP / 1983 Portishead / Toy Box [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_Box] / Glory Box - EP / 1995 Paul Nero / Pitzi Cats [https://www.discogs.com/release/5766791-Paul-Nero-Nero-Fiddles?srsltid=AfmBOordOl3CEJ3E7k4BDRf48GSXLkxWQe-G7up71Cpq4G3CbPUmt29x] / Nero Fiddles / 1951 Action Bronson / Easy Rider [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Wonderful_(Action_Bronson_album)] / Mr. Wonderful / 2014 DARGZ / The Only Way [https://dargz.bandcamp.com/album/friends-family] / Friends & Family / 2025 Lokkhi Terra & Dele Sosimi / Afro Sambroso [Rampa Version] [https://rampakeinemusik.bandcamp.com/track/afro-sambroso-rampa-version]/ Afro Sambroso (feat. Francesco Chiocci) - Single / 2020 Can / Vitamin C [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ege_Bamyasi] / Ege Bamyasi / 1972 Daughter of Swords / Morning In Madison [https://daughterofswords.bandcamp.com/album/alex] / Alex / 2025 Beacon / Our House [https://soundcloud.com/beaconmusicnyc/beacon-our-house] / Our House - Single / 2022 Simian / Drop & Roll [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry_Is_What_We_Are] / Chemistry Is What We Are / 2001 Melanie / People in the Front Row [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_in_the_City]/ Garden in the City / 1971 Kevin Morby / Beautiful Strangers [https://kevinmorby.bandcamp.com/album/beautiful-strangers-b-w-no-place-to-fall] / Beautiful Strangers - Single / 2016 Karen Dalton / Something On Your Mind [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_My_Own_Time_(album)] / In My Own Time / 1971 Ingrid and the Ministers / Last Train Blues [https://ingridandtheministers.bandcamp.com/album/last-train-blues] / Last Train Blues - EP / 2024 King Harvest / Dancing In the Moonlight [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_in_the_Moonlight] / Dancing In the Moonlight - Single / 1970 Hermanos Gutiérrez / El Bueno Y El Malo [https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/el-bueno-y-el-malo] / El Bueno Y El Malo / 2022 Funkadelic / Maggot Brain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggot_Brain] / Maggot Brain / 1971 ________ Add our playlists on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4XlxcTmvnFbfgWYzXubcwB] and Apple Music [https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/yeahyal-36/pl.u-mJy8AN4I66NyR] to spice up your streaming algorithm. ________ Mix also available on Soundcloud [https://on.soundcloud.com/BZnTlXbDmIpHcOWoxd]. 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Mix 35

For full setlist visit yeahyal.substack.com [https://yeahyal.substack.com] Episode 35, the antepenultimate swan song, consisting of 42 songs FULLY MIXED as a 42 song mixtape. This episode’s highlighted track: Track 8 Baxter Dury & JGrrey - Allbarone [https://song.link/us/i/1804058680]* London-born Baxter Dury has long specialized in a peculiar strain of louche, half-sung storytelling—perfecting the art of sounding simultaneously blasé while deeply wounded, like someone narrating his own downfall with a smirk. And while the soulless UK pub chain All Bar One is usually the domain of team-building send-offs, coworker birthday rounds, and awkward blind dates, its sterile, Venti latte-adjacent cocktails make the perfect backdrop for Dury’s vision: a drunken mess slumped on the sidewalk outside, wondering how the night went sideways. Occupying space between sleaze and sophistication, somewhere on the spectrum between Serge Gainsbourg’s smoky cabaret drawl and John Cooper Clarke’s acerbic street poetry, “Allbarone,” is Baxter at his most mordant: clipped, sardonic vocals narrating brittle egos and dimly lit escapades. Paul Epworth’s lean, hypnotic production lends a disco buoyancy that contrasts Dury’s narrative detachment while JGrrey’s ghostly turn as the absent date provides the song’s catchy hook, her teasing restraint underscoring his desolate humor. “Allbarone” works as both elegy and satire: proof that All Bar One isn’t where good nights happen—it’s where they go to die. The setlist: Artist / Song Name / Album / Year Jordache Commercial / 1980’s Total Control / Flesh War [https://song.link/us/i/1462320860] / Typical System / 2014 Bill Wyman / (Si, Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star [https://song.link/us/i/1018928019] / Bill Wyman / 1982 HERO / Rot in Pieces [https://song.link/us/i/1810314129] / Cry Baby - EP / 2019 Captain Sensible / Wot [https://www.discogs.com/release/1265933-Captain-Sensible-Wot?srsltid=AfmBOooKw8_fFLLTbhBXoshgNmcJ-kXikiJOMWwBFgKLvQ1jYAclLtyt]/ Wot! / 1982 Proper Monday Number / High horse (DFA DJ Edit) [https://song.link/us/i/1804194487] / High horse / 2025 Kasabian / Reason Is Treason [https://song.link/us/i/254328909] / Kasabian / 2004 *Baxter Dury & JGrrey / Allbarone [https://song.link/us/i/1804058680] / Allbarone / 2025 Mantronix / Needle To the Groove [https://song.link/us/i/341928119] / The Album / 1985 Daphni / Xing Tian [https://song.link/us/i/1288503975]/ Joli Mai / 2017 Loaded Honey / Lessons [https://song.link/us/i/1804962777] / Love Made Trees / 2025 Harvey Mason / Groovin' You [https://song.link/us/i/1299321321] / Groovin' You / 1979 INXS / Don't Change [https://song.link/us/i/828785139] / Shabooh Shoobah / 1982 The Shacks / Trip To Japan [https://song.link/us/i/1736522976] / Big Crown Vaults Vol. 2 / 2021 Bahamadia / Uknowhowwedu [https://song.link/us/i/724462482] / Kollage / 1996 Nick Hakim / Bet She Looks Like You [https://song.link/us/i/1219744641] / Green Twins / 2017 Air / Talisman (Vegyn Version) [https://song.link/us/i/1806144065] / Blue Moon Safari / 2024 Belle and Sebastian / I Fought In a War [https://song.link/us/i/1669033822] / Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like a Peasant / 2000 Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce / It's My Beat [https://song.link/us/i/1496425308] / It's Tee Time / 1988 Hannah Cohen / Earthstar [https://song.link/us/i/1786587486] / Earthstar Mountain / 2025 Weval / The Weight [https://song.link/us/i/1445005149] / The Weight / 2019 Betty Padgett / Rocking Chair [https://song.link/us/i/1517732123] / Betty Padgett / 1975 Mike Mareen / Dancing In the Dark (Galactica Remix) [https://song.link/us/i/1296252895]/ Dance Control / 1984 Company B / Fascinated [https://song.link/us/i/272497460] / Company B / 1987 Talking Heads / City of Dreams [https://song.link/us/i/124910915]/ True Stories / 1986 The Kinks / Have a Cuppa Tea [https://song.link/us/i/1642495710] / Muswell Hillbillies / 1971 The Chemical Brothers / Wide Open [https://song.link/us/i/1440828021] (feat. Beck) / Born in the Echoes / 2015 Okay Temiz / Penguin [https://song.link/us/i/547119957] / Drummer of Two Worlds / 1975 Quincy Jones / Summer In the City [https://song.link/us/i/1443997497] / You've Got It Bad Girl / 1973 Alan Braxe & Fred Falke / Intro [https://song.link/us/i/1671455530] / Running - Single / 2000 Paul Young / Come Back and Stay (12" Mix) [https://song.link/us/i/285770032] / No Parlez / 1983 Anna St. Louis / Understand [https://song.link/us/i/1414568270] / If Only There Was a River / 2018 The Black Heart Procession / Blue Tears [https://song.link/us/i/1120068180] / 2 / 1999 Barbara Lewis / Windmills of Your Mind [https://song.link/us/i/1468025618] / The Many Grooves of Barbara Lewis / 1969 Kraftwerk / The Model [https://song.link/us/i/726157363]/ The Man-Machine / 1978 Todd Terje / Strandbar (Disko) [https://song.link/us/i/1034813726]/ Strandbar - Single / 2013 Flight Facilities / Crave You (feat. Giselle) [https://song.link/us/i/1771694856] / Down to Earth / 2010 MorMor / Pass the Hours [https://song.link/us/i/1460256891]/ Some Place Else - EP / 2018 The English Beat / Mirror in the Bathroom [https://song.link/us/i/1714521033] / I Just Can’t Stop It / 1980 Wells Fargo / Watch Out! [https://song.link/us/i/1192489678] / Watch Out! / 1977 Villagers / Everything I Am Is Yours [https://song.link/us/i/961761676] / Darling Arithmetic / 2015 Hans Zimmer / God Yu Tekem Laef Blong Mi [https://song.link/us/i/212409027] / The Thin Red Line (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / 1999 Bob Dylan / My Back Pages [https://song.link/us/i/198162855] / Another Side of Bob Dylan / 1964 ________ Add our playlists on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4XlxcTmvnFbfgWYzXubcwB] and Apple Music [https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/yeahyal-35/pl.u-d2b0GVYCRRLDY] to spice up your streaming algorithm. ________ Mix also available on Soundcloud [https://soundcloud.com/yeahyal/mix-35?si=9c5980b6164e4229ae76fa97dd18bca6&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing]. This is a public episode. 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Mix 34

For full setlist visit yeahyal.substack.com [https://yeahyal.substack.com] Episode 34, a mix for a world that feels sdrawkcaB. FULLY MIXED as a 45 song mixtape. This episode’s highlighted track: Track 38 John Carroll Kirby - Mates [https://song.link/us/i/1680637667]* Los Angeles based keyboardist, composer, and sideman to the stars (Solange, Frank Ocean, Harry Styles, etc.), John Carroll Kirby has steadily built a reputation and vibe all his own: part tropicalia, part jazz fusion, part video game cutscene. “Mates,” from his 2023 album Blowout, feels like a walk through that world’s sun-dappled village square, where everything is oddly pleasant and nothing particularly urgent. With soft congas weaving in and out of flute stabs and a lazily wandering synth bass line, “Mates” feels like it could easily fit as a score to a mid-’90s educational CD-ROM game; it’s upbeat, catchy and somehow endearingly kitsch. Flecks of processed vibraphone glisten at the edges, evoking both Exotica-era Martin Denny and the smoother corners of Herbie Hancock’s 1970s output. But what makes “Mates” quietly arresting is its tonal attitude—it never rushes, never insists, simply vibes with charm and winking confidence. There’s no drop, no real hook, no urgency at all, just a mellow shimmer of groove and harmony that just glides… add in a few bell-like textures and you’re somewhere between Haruomi Hosono’s Paraiso, Mac DeMarco minus all the phaser delay, and a Miami Vice deep cut remixed for massage therapy. ________ The setlist: Artist / Song Name / Album / Year Erykah Badu / Amerykahn Promise [https://song.link/us/i/1440793818] / New Amerykah, Pt. 1 (4th World War) / 2008 The Bar-Kays / (Busted) [https://song.link/us/i/1641551729] / Propositions / 1982 Edwin Birdsong / Cola Bottle Baby [https://song.link/us/i/1469239593] / Edwin Birdsong / 1979 U.S. Girls / Only Daedalus [https://song.link/us/i/1654143542] / Bless This Mess / 2023 Minako Yoshida / Chokkai [https://song.link/us/i/1536910967] / FLAPPER / 1976 Elton John / Honky Cat [https://song.link/us/i/1440910661] / Honky Château / 1972 Ratatat / Crips [https://song.link/us/i/1540685503] / Ratatat / 2004 Little Simz / Young [https://song.link/us/i/1794880979] / Lotus / 2025 Q-Tip / Let's Ride [https://song.link/us/i/279722167] / Amplified / 1999 Christy Essien Igbokwe / Take Life Easy [https://song.link/us/i/1724671920] / One Understanding / 1979 Cold Crush Brothers & Fantastic Freaks / Basketball Throwdown [https://song.link/us/i/781219058] / Wild Style (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / 1983 Edan / Funky Voltron [https://song.link/us/i/125302161] (featuring Insight) / Beauty And The Beat / 2005 Willie Mitchell / Groovin' [https://song.link/us/i/1185729301] / Solid Soul / 1969 Brick / Dazz (Dazz Disco Mix) [https://song.link/us/i/795610992]/ Good High / 1976 Parcels / IknowhowIfeel [https://song.link/us/i/1420158343] / Parcels / 2018 The Doobie Brothers / Minute By Minute [https://song.link/us/i/1110557401] / Minute By Minute / 1978 GZA / Liquid Swords (Instrumental) [https://song.link/us/i/1537029857] / Liquid Swords / 1995 The Hue / Slick [https://song.link/us/i/1457135167] (feat. Ladybug Mecca) / Aurora / 2016 Bob James / Take Me To the Mardi Gras [https://song.link/us/i/1404206038] / Two / 1975 Lloyd Charmers & The Aces / Reggae Recipe [https://song.link/us/i/1575191427] / The Original Reggae Hitsound of Desmond Dekker & the Aces / 1985 Frank-N-Dank / Ma Dukes (Instrumental) [https://song.link/us/i/598684085] / 48 Hours Instrumentals / 2013 Dawn Penn / You Don't Love Me (No No No) [https://album.link/us/i/1768965037] / Come Again / 1996 Joe Cocker / Woman to Woman [https://song.link/us/i/1444192958] / Joe Cocker / 1972 Baxter Dury & JGrrey / Return Of The Sharp Heads [https://album.link/us/i/1814628752] / Return Of the Sharp Heads / 2025 Tame Impala / Let it Happen (Soulwax Remix) [https://song.link/us/i/1440876460] / Currents B-Sides & Remixes - EP / 2015 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band / We've Got Tonight [https://song.link/us/i/1440888261]/ Stranger In Town / 1978 The Roots (feat. D’Angelo and Erykah Badu) / The 'Notic [https://song.link/us/i/279366602] / Men In Black (The Album) / 1997 Kindness / Gee Up (Instrumental) [https://song.link/us/i/1199462807]/ World, You Need a Change of Mind / 2012 Cedar Walton / Road Island Red [https://song.link/us/i/1800279062] / Mobius / 1975 / Tyler, The Creator / HEAVEN TO ME [https://song.link/us/i/1679455199]/ CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST: The Estate Sale / 2023 Okonski / Exitus [https://song.link/us/i/1719679368] / Trio Session Demos - EP / 2024 Mort Garson / Swingin' Spathiphyllums [https://song.link/us/i/1454691603] / Mother Earth's Plantasia / 1976 Lyn Collins / Think (About It) [https://song.link/us/i/1437194915] / Think (About It) / 1972 Ghost Town DJs / My Boo (Hitman's Club Mix) [https://song.link/us/i/1111653406] / My Boo (Hitman's Club Mix) / 1996 Blood Orange (feat. Caroline Polachek) / Chosen [https://song.link/us/i/716767535] / Cupid Deluxe / 2013 DJ Shadow / This Time (I'm Gonna Try It My Way) [https://song.link/us/i/1660654722]/ The Outsider / 2006 Donny Hathaway / A Song for You [https://song.link/us/i/281714129] / Donny Hathaway / 1971 *John Carroll Kirby / Mates [https://song.link/us/i/1680637667] / Blowout / 2023 Laura Groves / Dream Story [https://song.link/us/i/1459302545]/ Committed Language - EP / 2015 Tangerine Dream / Love On a Real Train [https://song.link/us/i/1531937624] (Risky Business) / Hyperborea / 1983 Cymande / Brothers On The Slide [https://song.link/us/i/1783198649]/ Promised Heights / 1974 Cat Power / Love & Communication [https://song.link/us/i/1589276871] / The Greatest / 2006 Khruangbin / Summer Madness [https://song.link/us/i/1763224106] / Summer Madness - Single / 2020 ________ Add our playlists on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4XlxcTmvnFbfgWYzXubcwB] and Apple Music [https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/yeahyal-34/pl.u-V9D74zKCdd3EL] to spice up your streaming algorithm. ________ Mix also available on Soundcloud [https://on.soundcloud.com/P8udjFOmixB5crouo2]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yeahyal.substack.com [https://yeahyal.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Mix 33

For full setlist visit yeahyal.substack.com [https://yeahyal.substack.com] Episode 33, packed onto a FULLY MIXED 45 song mixtape. This episode’s highlighted track: Track 22 Suzanne Kraft - Never Heated [https://song.link/us/i/1024860111]* Los Angeles electronic producer, DJ, and experimentalist Diego Herrera—better known as Suzanne Kraft—is known for his prodigious, eclectic dance tracks and wide-ranging collaborations. On “Never Heated,” from his 2015 debut solo album Talk From Home, Herrera channels a thoughtfully chilled-out vibe, layering sparse interjections of Wurlitzer keys and picked bass guitar over the minimalist pulse of a drum machine’s click-tempo and sporadic soft clap. Reminiscent of both Haruomi Hosono and The Durutti Column, “Never Heated” feels at once ethereal and funky, with distant vocal harmonies floating above the meandering bassline and hazy keys. But what gives it its distinctive allure is the unconventional time signature—an intriguing 8/4 structure, where the electronic clap/snare lands only on the seventh and eighth beats of every fourth measure, adding a subtle, unexpected twist to an otherwise laid-back arrangement. Vibe out… ________ The setlist: Artist / Song Name / Album / Year Enya / Boadicea [https://song.link/us/i/253330577] / The Celts / 1987 James Booth / Dawn [https://song.link/us/i/1048833475] / Human Rites / 2015 Axel Boman / Purple Drank [https://song.link/us/i/845103008] / Holy Love - Single / 2010 Calvin Harris / Acceptable In the 80's [https://song.link/us/i/256277985] / I Created Disco / 2006 Breakwater / Release the Beast [https://song.link/us/i/1791139896] / Splashdown / 1980 Daft Punk / Da Funk [https://song.link/us/i/696885792]/ Homework / 1995 David Bowie / Shake It [https://song.link/us/i/1475002928] / Let's Dance / 1983 Faith Evans / Love Like This / Keep the Faith / 1998 Cocteau Twins / Fifty-Fifty Clown [https://song.link/us/i/258199726] / Heaven Or Las Vegas / 1990 The Chemical Brothers (feat. Mazzy Star) / Asleep From Day [https://song.link/us/i/714174366] / Surrender / 1999 Wire / Heartbeat [https://song.link/us/i/1328869625] / Chairs Missing / 1978 Chic / Soup for One [https://song.link/us/i/915471206] / Soup for One (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / 1982 The Delfonics / Ready or Not Here I Come [https://song.link/us/i/250106310] / Sound of Sexy Soul / 1969 Jessie Ware / Adore You [https://song.link/us/i/1563411314] / What’s Your Pleasure? / 2019 Berlin / No More Words [https://song.link/us/i/1492372771] / Love Life / 1984 Barbara Tucker / Beautiful People (Original Club Mix) [https://song.link/us/i/1437540397] / Beautiful People - EP / 1994 MADVILLA / Pleasure [https://song.link/us/i/1463414861] / Pleasure - Single / 2019 Harry Romero / Revolution (Deep in Jersey Mix) [https://song.link/us/i/1782595924] / Revolution - Single / 2018 Prince / Controversy [https://song.link/us/i/1544294165] / Controversy / 1981 Nilüfer Yanya / Hey [https://song.link/us/i/1459333739] / Extraordinary Renditions / 2016 Hannah Cohen / Summer Sweat [https://song.link/us/i/1786587489] / Earthstar Mountain / 2025 *Suzanne Kraft / Never Heated [https://song.link/us/i/1024860111] / Talk from Home / 2015 Lindsey Buckingham / Holiday Road [https://song.link/us/i/1019370043] / Holiday Road / 1983 Bicep / Apricots [https://song.link/us/i/1531704822] / Isles / 2020 Disclosure / You & Me (feat. Eliza Doolittle) [Rivo Remix] [https://song.link/us/i/1721345202] / You & Me [Rivo Remix] - Single / 2023 deadmau5 & Kaskade / I Remember / [https://song.link/us/i/1715025767] Random Album Title / 2008 Django Django & MAN POWER / Home (Man Power's Alternative Analogue Dub) [https://song.link/us/i/1803132393] / Home / 2025 Beck / Soldier Jane [https://song.link/us/i/1487863345] / The Information / 2006 Lalo Schifrin / Danube Incident [https://song.link/us/i/1443835382] / More Mission: Impossible / 1969 Portishead / Scorn [https://song.link/us/i/1626391254] / Glory Box - EP / 1995 El Michels Affair / Tearz (feat. Lee Fields & The Shacks) [https://song.link/us/i/1491199545] / Return To the 37th Chamber / 2017 Myd / Moving Men (feat. Mac DeMarco) (Metronomy Remix) [https://song.link/us/i/1654041659]/ Born a Loser / 2022 Justice vs. Simian / We Are Your Friends [https://song.link/us/i/1663629931] (YeahYal Dub Mix) / We Are Your Friends / 2006 Whistleface / Intimate [https://song.link/us/i/1603325543] / Intimate - Single / 2021 Stevie Nicks / Stand Back [https://song.link/us/i/219394103] / The Wild Heart / 1983 The Clash / Ghetto Defendant [https://song.link/us/i/685586131]/ Combat Rock / 1982 Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy / Mam Yinne Wa [https://song.link/us/i/1162537638] / Mam Yinne Wa - Single / 2016 A Tribe Called Quest / Whateva Will Be [https://song.link/us/i/1173106805] / We Got It from Here... / 2016 Groove Holmes / The Red Onion [https://song.link/us/i/99457809] / New Groove / 1973 The Smile / Wall Of Eyes [https://song.link/us/i/1711359466] / Wall of Eyes / 2023 This Mortal Coil / Song to the Siren [https://song.link/us/i/545247466] / It'll End in Tears / 1984 Mac DeMarco / Chamber Of Reflection [https://song.link/us/i/799685701]/ Salad Days / 2014 Shigeo Sekito / The Word 2 [https://song.link/us/i/1463527038]/ Special Sound Selection - The Word / 2018 Carly Simon / Coming Around Again [https://song.link/us/i/299602964] / Coming Around Again / 1987 Spiritualized / Shine a Light [https://song.link/us/i/1502472991] / Lazer Guided Melodies / 1992 ________ Add our playlists on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4XlxcTmvnFbfgWYzXubcwB] and Apple Music [https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/yeahyal-33/pl.u-DdANWVNT990md] to spice up your streaming algorithm. ________ Mix also available on Soundcloud [https://soundcloud.com/yeahyal/mix33]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yeahyal.substack.com [https://yeahyal.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]