Making a Mixtape in 2020

I’ve been repairing cassette decks all week and that reignited an itch to make a good old fashioned mixtape.

I know it seems silly to make a mixtape on a cassette in 2020, but for me it’s an interesting way to document a certain time in life. Some of these songs are Bandcamp purchases I made to help support artists during a pandemic. Other songs were discovered during long walks around the neighborhood.

What will it be like to listen back in 5, 10, 20+ years and remember this time?

Track list below:

Side A:

1. Serge Gainsbourg & Michael Colombier – Requiem Pour Un Con
2. Jorge Ben – Ponta de Lance Africano
3. Fatback Brother Bill Bill Curtis – Dance Girl
4. The Meters – Thinking
5. Bar-Kays – Don’t Stop Dancing
6. La Clave – Move Your Hands
7. Ramsey Lewis – In The City
8. União Black – Yeah Yeah Yeah
9. Tim Maia – Rodesia
10. The Three Pieces – Shortnin’ Bread

Side B:

1. Chicago Underground Quartet – Batida
2. Earth Wind & Fire – On Your Face
3. Miriam Makeeba – For What It’s Worth
4. Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience – Ambassa Lemdi
5. Roy Ayers – Soulful & Unique
6. Sampa the Great – Made Us Better
7. wingclipper – camphor