YeahYal Mixtapes

For full setlist visit 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 de...

For full setlist visit 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 . ¿Listo? This episode’s highlighted track: Track 5 Cleo Sol - Why Don’t You * 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 t...

For full setlist visit 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 * 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...

For full setlist visit 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 * 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...

For full setlist visit yeahyal.substack.com Episode 33, packed onto a FULLY MIXED 45 song mixtape. This episode’s highlighted track: Track 22 Suzanne Kraft - Never Heated * 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 sol...

For full setlist visit yeahyal.substack.com Summer is here so chill out with this FULLY MIXED 38 song mixtape. This episode’s highlighted track(s): Track 6 and 12 Rose Droll - Sleep Easy* Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist Rose Droll explores the emotional aftermath of heartbreak in “Sleep Easy,” a standout track from her second full-length album, With Strangers . Over a looped acoustic guitar and...

For full setlist visit yeahyal.substack.com Episode XXXI, packed onto a FULLY MIXED 43 song mixtape. This episode’s highlighted track: Track 14 Royal Otis - Oysters in My Pocket * New South Wales group, Royal Otis developed a small following when their early 2022 Bar n Grill EP cleverly combined jangly, indie and psychedelic rock on tracks like the catchy Oysters in My Pocket. Leveraging technique...

For full setlist visit yeahyal.substack.com Uh-huh Honey, enjoy this FULLY MIXED 46 song mixtape. This episode’s highlighted track: Track 11 Talaboman - Dins El Llit (Superpitcher Remix)* Dins El Llit is an incredible auditory journey created by the deep-house minimalist super group, Talaboman (consisting of electronic masters, John Talabot of Barcelona and Axel Bowman of Stockholm). To add to the...

For full setlist visit yeahyal.substack.com It's dangerous to go alone, take this: The Legend of YeahYal , a FULLY MIXED 46 song mixtape. This episode’s highlighted track: Track 4 Sneaks - Look Like That * Washington, DC multi-instrumentalist/producer/poet Eva Moolchan, aka Sneaks, is a minimalist post-punk artist known for witty blends of chants and spoken-word vocals over beds of lo-fi bass, dru...

For full setlist visit yeahyal.substack.com This new mix has 45 tracks FULLY MIXED. This episode’s highlighted track: Track 2 Automatic - Skyscraper * Hailing from Los Angeles, the absolutely brilliant three piece band Automatic consist of Izzy Glaudini (synths, lead vocals), Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) and Halle Saxon (bass, vocals). The trio channel acts like Le Tigre whilst also carrying the tor...

For full setlist visit yeahyal.substack.com Mix 13 got skipped last year and I never got around to releasing it… but now that a convicted felon is being inaugurated on Martin Luther King Jr. Day it’s clear we live in a dystopian universe where many things don’t seem to matter, including superstitions. So slip on your eye-masks and check out for a bit. This new mix has 40 tracks FULLY MIXED. This e...

For full setlist visit yeahyal.substack.com This new mix has 45 tracks FULLY MIXED. This episode’s highlighted track: Track 7 Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Edge of the Edge Each gaining notoriety as psychedelic masters from their individual bands Animal Collective and Spaceman 3, Noah Lennox and Peter Kember went on to improve upon their sounds on solo projects as Panda Bear and Sonic Boom, respective...

Congratulations USA, 51% of you wanted a totalitarian regime and you got one. Big up to disinformation, ignorance, apathy, and the inability to critically reason! Here’s a mix to listen to while we all reflect on what we can do in the next four years. Specially packed with a free epiphany for all by the end. The setlist: Artist / Song Name / Album / Year Brian Eno / Silence / Drums Between the Bel...

For full setlist visit yeahyal.substack.com This new mix has 49 tracks FULLY MIXED. This episode’s highlighted track: Track 37 Psychic Mirrors - Obatala (Souls on Fire) ​​Following the release of their debut LP, Nature of Evil, The Psychic Mirrors frontman, Mickey de Grand IV, began producing tracks for acclaimed artists such as SZA, ABRA, and Denzel Curry, serving their infectious hybrid of spook...

The setlist: Artist / Song Name / Album / Year Marvin Gaye / Let's Get It On (Flight Facilities Remix) / Let's Get It On Single / 2022 Warpaint / Disco//Very (Richard Norris Remix) / Keep It Healthy & Disco//Very (Remixes) / 2014 HIGHLIGHTED TRACK: Pachanga Boys / Time / Girlcatcher - EP / 2012 Arthur Wimble / Love's So Dumb / Love's So Dumb - Single / 2021 ODESZA / The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye...

The setlist: Artist / Song Name / Album / Year Giraffage / Green Tea (feat. Angelica Bess) / Too Real / 2017 Daphni / Cos-Ber-Zam Ne Noya (Daphni Mix) / Jiaolong / 2012 Django Django / Firewater / Django Django / 2012 MonoMono / The World Might Fall Over / Give the Beggar a Chance / 1971 Metronomy, Naima Bock & Joshua Idehen / With Balance / Posse, Vol. 2 - EP / 2024 Nite Jewel / What Did He Say /...

The setlist: Artist / Song Name / Album / Year Mick Jenkins / Drowning (feat. BADBADNOTGOOD) / The Healing Component / 2016 Sudan Archives / Selfish Soul / Selfish Soul / 2022 Little Simz / Point and Kill (feat. Obongjayar) / Sometimes I Might Be Introvert / 2021 Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul / Ceci n'est pas un cliché / Topical Dancer / 2022 Toro y Moi / Postman / MAHAL / 2022 Evelyn King / Lov...

41 tracks FULLY MIXED in the “double-sided, double-density 5.25”podcast above. This episode’s highlighted track: Andy Pickett - Paid The anthem of freelancers everywhere, “Paid” is a straightforward, catchy plea for prompt remuneration on services rendered. With its throbbing bass stabs that accentuate piano and echoing vocals pleading for payment, “Paid” pays homage to the late 70s and early 80s...

39 tracks FULLY MIXED in the podcast above (also available on Soundcloud ). This episode’s highlighted track: En Attendant Ana - Wonder With “Wonder,” Parisian indie rockers En Attendant Ana do a brilliant job channeling elements of Neu!, The Mamas and the Papas and Stereolab to create a jangly guitar fever dream that’s somehow both melancholic and inspirational, simultaneously. Taken from the 202...

37 tracks FULLY MIXED in the podcast above (also available on Soundcloud ). UNMIXED playlist on Spotify and Apple Music This episode’s highlighted track: HVOB - Azrael Austrian electronic minimalists HVOB, or Her Voice Over Beats (I’ve also seen the “B” representing “Boy” or “Band”), consists of Anna Müller and Paul Wallner. The duo offer up Azrael, a pulsating, yet somehow melancholy, banger that...

Ni-Ni-Ni-Ninteen 40 tracks FULLY MIXED in podcast above (also available as Soundcloud episode). UNMIXED playlists on Spotify and Apple Music . This episode’s highlighted track: Cat Power - Bad Religion Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power built her career developing innovative reinterpretations of great songs and in general, my thoughts on artists “covering” songs is predominantly negative—these are usual...

Eighteen 39 tracks FULLY MIXED. (Also available as Soundcloud episode). Also available as UNMIXED playlists on Spotify and Apple Music . This episode’s highlighted track: Wildcookie - Serious Drug Serious Drug begins with a samba-like, scattershot sample that provides the backdrop for vocalist Anthony Mills’ funky falsetto; his lilting voice lets us know that “cocaine is a serious drug” by name ch...

Happy New Year! This mix has a few tracks from artists (Rasmus Møbius, Eddy Grant and 7A3) that are not available on streaming unfortunately. 🤷 This episode’s highlighted track: Simian - Never Be Alone Forming as university students from Manchester, England in 2000, the psychedelic electronic pop experimentalists Simian (consisting of James Ford, Jas Shaw, Alex MacNaghten and Simon Lord) made a n...

The setlist: Artist / Song Name / Album / Year Domenique Dumont  /  Sans cesse, mon chéri  / Miniatures de auto rhythm / 2018 Against All Logic  /  Now U Got Me Hooked  / 2012 - 2017 / 2018 Indeep  /  Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life  / Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life / 1983 Jessie Ware  /  What’s Your Pleasure?  / What's Your Pleasure? / 2020 Georgia Anne Muldrow  /  Ciao  / oLIGARCHY sUCKS! / 201...

The setlist: Artist / Song Name / Album / Year José González / Teardrop / In Our Nature / 2007 Charlotte Gainsbourg / Hey Joe / Hey Joe - Single / 2013 Air / So Light Is Her Footfall (Metronomy Remix) / So Light Is Her Footfall - EP / 2010 Brenda Lee / If You Love Me (Really Love Me) / Emotions / 1961 Natalie Bergman / Talk to the Lord / Mercy / 2021 Tristesse Contemporaine / I Didn't Know / Trist...