Endless Blue

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Endless Blue, a trip-hop and downtempo fusion duo, was formed in 2003 by Minneapolis-based musicians Nick Mitchell and Laura Hillman Mitchell. Endless Blue's music blends sultry and soulful melodies with vintage synths, jazz-filled bass lines, bluesy guitar riffs, and lo-fi beats. Over the last 20 years Endless Blue has collaborated with numerous musicians and has recorded 13 albums and EPs with a combination of original tracks and covers in Endless Blue's signature style. Listeners can expect song themes tackling everything from relationships, identity, loss, and mental health.

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Jamuary 2025 - Day 28 - Bedside 28.01.2025 5:20

Got pretty caught up in this one. More full take guitars to get more playing nuance.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 25 - Glass Groove 25.01.2025 3:46

Experimenting with some new tools, just a quick psych jam with big-ass phaser solo.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 26 - Blue Room 25.01.2025 4:27

This one starts very quiet but does not stay that way... Did full tracking for the guitars and bass, as looping would have made it hella boring. Getting those performance nuances makes it work.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 24 - Normalcy 24.01.2025 5:41

Extra slow on this one, extra minimal. But found some awesome reverb honey that glues it all together.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 22 - More Noisy 22.01.2025 4:51

Thought experiment - can you do slowcore with a swing? Ehhhhhhh kind of seems not, it quickly turns into something else. Anyway this dream pop rock thing is what I came up with.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 21 - Beautiful Season 21.01.2025 4:15

Revisited a track from Jamuary 2024 and laid down a scratch vocal track. Been stewing on this one for months, glad to finally have it worked up!

Jamuary 2025 - Day 20 - Snap Crackle 20.01.2025 4:06

And now for something COMPLETELY different! A little 80's style electro rap. Wanted to give the style a whirl, I'm thinking of doing a DAWless et in the style. Super fun stuff, I was digging it!

Jamuary 2025 - Day 19 - Debris 19.01.2025 4:56

No one can ever understand inspiration, least of all me. This is a good one.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 17 - Longink 17.01.2025 4:39

Another improv ambient thingie, this time in a different time signature to make it feel a bit lumpy.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 18 - Dropping Off 17.01.2025 5:07

Fighting with my instruments and rig today, but I was able to power through with a sort of retro rock kind of slowcore thing.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 16 - Falling (Julie Cruise Cover) 16.01.2025 5:30

I had been working on this one in '23, seemed appropriate to finish it today. Put a real baritone guitar in there instead of the original Emulator II sample 'cause I think this one is going in the live set.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 15 - Blind Dog 15.01.2025 4:38

Wrote the piano part originally on Day 3 of Jamuary 2024, built it into a real song today. Got my proper Robert Smith on now that I have a baritone.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 14 - Book Club 14.01.2025 5:06

Had a little extra time with this one, which let me play the parts live instead of looping. Had the idea for the main baritone part banging around my head all day, but then it came out completely different. Piano came next -- chorus part was really my favorite.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 13 - Seltza 13.01.2025 4:30

Dragged myself to the studio kicking and screaming and did this thing. Chorus chord progression is pretty neat.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 12 - Redflag 12.01.2025 4:58

Improv ambient thing

Jamuary 2025 - Day 11 - Got A Hunger 11.01.2025 3:32

Not really sure how to classify this one, the most "song" jam I've done so far in 2025.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 10 - Showfloor 10.01.2025 5:26

Hit the Julie Cruise knob pretty hard on this one. Started with the bass line and immediately grabbed the baritone and the whammy bar. Wrote itself really.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 9 - Sideswipe 09.01.2025 5:26

A little under the weather today so keeping it in the box. Just a little something that all came together from playing with weird instruments.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 6 - Reendtroducing 06.01.2025 4:11

Quick one before I travel. Cellos and violas, yadda yadda yadda

Jamuary 2025 - Day 7 - Elaborate 06.01.2025 5:31

Banked this one the day before Jamuary started knowing I would have a missed day. A little on the Angelo Badalamenti side of slowcore.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 5 - Slinky 05.01.2025 2:46

Poor time management left me needing to just crank one out. A little slap bass, one of those weird "hollowed out" beats, and here we go.

Jamuary 2025 - Day 4 - Upgrades 04.01.2025 4:23

Added violas this time and got it done in under 2 hours!

Jamuary 2025 - Day 3 - Pitch Instability 03.01.2025 4:07

Kind of a 12 bar dark shoegaze thing that came out of nowhere