four mixtapes by larry hastings
released in honor of my birthday, 2018
Mix 1
Defiant Uptempo
one hour three minutes two seconds
00:00 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
00:37 Scott Danesi Total Nuclear Annihilation
from the soundtrack to the 2017 pinball machine Total Nuclear Annihilation
05:07 Birocratic Extra Fresh
stickers available
08:56 Casiopea Asayake
13:52 Pogo Aye-Aye
the rare Pogo song with commissioned vocals
17:18 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
17:29 Mint Royale Diagonal Girl
22:01 Kenji Ninuma DISCO★PRINCE
from the soundtrack to the 2005 PlayStation 2 game We Love Katamari
28:53 Boom Jinx & Andrew Bayer By All Means (Solarity remix)
35:19 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
35:37 Jeff Wayne Epilogue (Part 1)
from the 1978 concept album Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds
38:17 Stan Ridgway That Big 5-0
a meditation on Stan's 50th birthday
41:00 Pogo Nicey Nicey
remixing sounds from The Mighty Boosh
44:12 Red Hook Project Reflections
47:31 Adam Dived Into Sea (Original Remix)
I consider myself as a member of a higher community. I have forgotten how to walk and speak. I feel myself a god.
poetry from the intro to the "Real Altered" remix of "Welcome To The Pleasuredome" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
54:09 Todd Rundgren Where Does The Time Go? (Original Mix)
from the exceedingly rare 1999 release TRTV, Volume 2
(sent to subscribers of Todd's Patronet)
58:48 Pogo Hundred Acre Rain
remixing sounds from "Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search For Christopher Robin"
62:09 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
62:34 Scott Danesi Game Over
YOU FAILED
Mix 2
Loskene Downtempo Vocal
fifty seven minutes forty one seconds
00:00 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
00:23 Trevor Horn Everybody Wants To Rule The World (edit)
vocals by Robbie Williams
03:46 Michael Johnson A Changing World (Part 1)
from Lalo Schifrin's soundtrack to the 1980 movie Serial
04:47 James Hersey Miss You (HONNE Remix)
08:27 The Buggles Astroboy (And The Proles On Parade)
from the same album as the landmark pop single Video Killed The Radio Star
13:02 Jeesh Space Ranger
remixing sounds from the 1995 Pixar film Toy Story
16:18 Petula Clark Cut Copy Me
Pet and I share the same birthday
19:23 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
19:35 Carole King Chicken Soup With Rice
from the soundtrack to the 1975 children's animated television special Really Rosie
23:52 Daúde Objeto Não Identificado
my love is like a flying saucer—an unidentified object
27:02 Michael Johnson A Changing World (Part 2)
sorry, it's sampled straight from the movie
28:05 Pogo Buzzwing
remixing sounds from the 1995 Pixar film Toy Story
30:07 Michael Franks The Camera Never Lies
from his 1987 album of the same name—released three years before Adobe Photoshop 1.0
33:40 Swing Out Sister Who's Been Sleeping
from their 1999 Japan-only release Filth And Dreams
38:12 MC 900 Ft. Jesus The City Sleeps
Texan rapper who took his name from a famous sermon by Oral Roberts
43:38 Michael Johnson A Changing World (Part 2)
and yes it's really split up like this
45:45 Bob Dorough The Good Eleven
Robert Lrod Dorough, 1923-2018 — from the classic 1973 ABC children's educational cartoon short subject series Schoolhouse Rock!
48:46 Stan Ridgway Whistle For Louise
if I'd written this I wouldn't have been able to resist naming her Karen
53:10 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
53:34 Genesis Afterglow
longtime staple of Genesis live shows
Mix 3
Structure Downtempo Instrumental
fifty nine minutes forty six seconds
00:00 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
00:19 Thinkfishtank Full Circle (Winter Mix)
Well, I think it's very demoralizing when you feel helpless and inadequate.
One child described it to me last week as being "trapped in a box".
"from a really obscure cassette tape on dyslexia"
02:20 Chicane Offshore 97 (A Man Called Adam Remix)
11:20 Art Of Noise Crusoe
in celebration of my finally seeing Art Of Noise live in March 2018
14:27 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
14:38 Kazumi Watanabe Kaimon (Piano Solo Excerpt)
I hate the rest of this song, but this piano solo is amazing
15:16 Stewart Copeland Scorch
from the soundtrack to the 1999 PlayStation game Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, included here in celebration of the release of Spyro Reignited Trilogy
18:35 Solar Fields Next Waiting
25:52 Fragmentorchestra Sambita
31:19 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
31:53 Link Arcadian
a side project by music producer Mark Pritchard
41:09 Adam Bowden Summer Dancing With The Fireflies
46:50 Twentyeight The Beginning (Original Version)
51:26 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
51:32 Sync24 Wake (Live Edit)
(further edited by Larry)
Mix 4
Interphase Chill Instrumental
fifty nine minutes forty six seconds
00:00 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
00:17 Global Communication 9:25
from the landmark 1994 ambient album 76:14 by Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard
08:46 The Orb Because,Before (Sibirische Musik)
13:27 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
13:27 H.U.V.A. Network Distances
21:48 Chris Zabriskie The Theatrical Poster For Poltergeist III
Chris Zabriskie's music is all available for free online
29:08 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
29:15 Mystical Sun Blue Magnetic Ocean
36:48 Scann-Tec Flicker
41:02 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
41:19 Warp Technique History Of Dreams (Doof Remix)
49:14 Holland Patent Public Library Joe Pera Takes You On A Fall Drive (excerpt)
audio taken from the wonderful 2018 telvision show Joe Pera Talks With You
51:53 Bombay Dub Orchestra Mumtaz
55:56 Star Trek The Tholian Web (excerpt)
56:13 Huma Huma Hydra
"At 50, everyone has the face he deserves."—George Orwell