mmarz 135 | ben croze: summer abroad

mmarz 137 | max salty: fall back

There's just something about that first chill in the air, hailing the arrival of autumn, that makes @maxsalty ravenously crave shoegaze, dreampop, and indie rock. This mix is his ode to the strange emotional potency of autumn, featuring simple, bittersweet indie songs with crisp, windy exteriors and warm inner cores. Ideal listening for a chilly, contemplative solo walk through a changing landscape... 🍂 Tracklist: mmarzmix.com/137

mmarz 136 | travis trew: love tempo

We're back this week with an exuberant 80s-centric mix by interior designer Travis Trew, who has returned to mmarz to serve up "a musical jello salad chock-full of tender bleepy-bloopies." Press play for an hour of eccentric, candy-coated new wave gems that feel like unearthed cult classics — or the soundtrack to a long-lost summer flick written by Éric Rohmer and directed by John Waters. Tracklist: mmarzmix.com/136

mmarz 135 | ben croze: summer abroad

This week, we're excited to share Ben Croze's mmarz debut, an hour-long mixtape full of smooth tunes for a bright summer afternoon. Whether you're spending the season at home or far away, take this time to open the windows, sit back, and let the breeze in... Tracklist: mmarzmix.com/135

mmarz 134 | scremes: incense incognita

We're back this week with a thoughtful guest mix by writer Shawn Cremer, aka @scremes, who offers the following words to all who press play: "Pause before we begin. Take a deep inhale. Yes, you. Come here. Venez. Open your senses to the music of Incense Incognita. She begins with top notes of muscatel and vetiver, do you smell that? It blooms. In the middle comes rain-soaked moss and smooth black stones. Close and damp and muddy sweet. It seeps. It sings. Then, rolling through to drier ground, where kopal smoke drifts through the eucalyptus trees at night. Perhaps we’ll go in for a drink. Come back for another inhale. The base notes. The anchors that linger. Follow your nose into the depth of the music. The hinoki cedar and the night blooming cereus float over the sweet steam of oolong. Exhale." Tracklist: mmarzmix.com/134

mmarz 133 | max salty: falling

mmarz resident @maxsalty is back with a special mix for Valentine's Day. This mix is an attempt to capture the indescribable feeling of falling for someone, with all the excitement, tenderness and humility that entails. Press play for a dreamlike hour of songs that are bittersweet, imperfect and full of surprises. 💙 Tracklist: mmarzmix.com/133