Wild Light Tour Changeover Mix

Ever since 65daysofstatic has been a band, we have been doing cut-ups, unofficial remixes and bootleg releases alongside writing music of our own. In the very early days these kinds of things would appear on DIY 65 CDRs alongside our 'proper' songs. But then we started working with actual record labels, who were keen to remind us that copyright is a thing and who didn't really wanna get sued for the sake of some weird noise band from Sheffield.

So we shifted our penchant for adding artisan glitches to hyper-produced pop music, doing unasked-for remixes and drowning random songs in jungle loops into a different space. We started making changeover mixes to play between the bands at our shows instead. Always an under-appreciated moment at a gig that, the between-bands period. It's a great time to gently build some anticipation.

This year's Wild Light Decade tour was no different. We will gather our thoughts and get some sleep and maybe say something more about the tour later, but for now we will simply say - thanks everybody who came out, it was a fantastic tour. We truly have no words to explain how much we appreciated each and every one of you. And this very much includes the various people who messaged best wishes that couldn't make it to any of the shows.

So many people have asked about this mix that we are probably not going to limit it just to the Patreon. In the coming days/weeks we will throw it up on YouTube or somewhere, but it is hard to say how long it will withstand the hail of algorithmic copyright claims out there. We shall see...

Tracklisting:

1. BLACKPINK - WHISTLE
2. KENDRIK LAMAR - KING KUNTA
3. CARLY RAE JEPSEN - I REALLY LIKE YOU (65 CUT-UP)
4. BOYGENIUS - NOT STRONG ENOUGH
5. LIL NAS X - LOST IN THE CITADEL (PKSI DISTANT FRIEND BREAK INSERTION)
6. BLACKPINK/PAT BENATAR - PINK VENOM IS A BATTLEFIELD (65 CUT UP)
7. SHYGIRL/RUPAUL/DOJA CAT - TWELVE/SISSY THAT WALK/BOSS BITCH
8. MANDY, INDIANA - PEACH FUZZ
9. TRUST FUND OZU - J.K. ROWLING DISS TRACK
10. BOOM BOOM SATELLITES/CHARLI XCX - DUB ME CRAZY VER. 02 (OPTICAL REMIX)/FOREVER
11. RACHIKA NAYAR - HEAVEN COMES CRASHING
12. G.L.O.S.S. - G.L.O.S.S. (WE’RE FROM THE FUTURE)
13. SELECCION NATURAL - FROM OUT OF NOWHERE
14. KIM PETRAS - KING OF HEARTS
15. CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS - JE TE VOIS ENFIN
16. JAPAN - GHOSTS OF MY LIFE
17. LORDE - STILL SANE
18. ORBITAL - THE BOX 2
19. SOPHIE - PONYBOY
20. MAKEUP & VANITY SET - N CURATE HEAT
21. CATERINA BARBIERI - MATH OF YOU
22. HIROKI ISHIGURO - UNITY

Like most mixes, the cutups and remixes are weighted toward the first half hour because, in theory, the changeover between bands should only last that long. As the mix continues, it mostly segues into bangers that get increasingly sad. Because if you're still hearing this mix through the P.A towards the hour mark, something has gone badly wrong and maybe we should start lowering those expectations.

We will return to wrapping up the Wild Light Decade project next week... In the meantime, regards the surprisingly popular tour merch: if you couldn't make the shows or if we didn't have your size in stock at the time, there's a repress of all the designs currently in the works and you can pre-order HERE. They should start shipping in a week or so. (And remember, as patrons, you can use the secret code 'merchbot3000' to get 20% off anything.)

Oh yeah - and there was a batch of Paul's/Polinski's 'Telex From MIDI City' vinyl available at the final Berlin show too, which prompted various messages from people not in Berlin about how they could find it. If you'd like a copy of that, you can grab it via his BANDCAMP.

That's all for now. See you next week, friends. Enjoy the mix.

65.x