5. MIXED MESSAGES
By Mata Hari
By Mata Hari
for Sock Free Hideaway
ANOTHER YEAR, another amazing mix. We're back in the sand dunes, but, without the technicolour ambience, this time the vibe is more spillage on the Persian rug, outside the tent, inside an antiquated television set. Mata Hari has been irrepressible in sharing her love of slightly strange, exotic, other era, musical gems, and isn't afraid of vocals. It's great to hear so many abstract voices. Passion and attention to detail help make this mix unique and I owe her a big thank you for taking us on this wondrous musical journey, so, pull down the futon, put a straw in your fizzy pop, take a sip and forget you exist for 53 minutes. Well, just slightly over 53 minutes.
"My greatgrandmother started the family record collection with Billie Holiday records.
My grandmother would only listen and still only listens to Prince, oh and now
his new girlband too of course. Just only Prince related stuff, so Kate Bush and Vanity 6 are cool too. My mother used to dj at gaybars and then play YMO, Lil louis, Malaria!, James Chance, Salt 'n' Pepa everything...They told me I wasn't able to sleep without watching MTV first as a baby and wanted to become a jazz dancer like Madonna and Janet at two, that last part was caught on camera, so that I do know for a fact. At five I made mixtapes for my walkman to walk through my pretty tough - used needling findings on in the bushes - hood, that I just remember, Smurfen house, Captain Jack, Güngör Bayrak, my youth, all on there. At seven I used to record a fake radio show with my cousin on tape at my grandmother's place. At ten I was burning mixtapes on cds for classmates, sleepover-birthday-party stuff mostly though with Aaliyah, Destiny's Child, TLC and everything dancehall overrepresented, I'm sorry, that I didn't always buy records, that I started while in high school, never bought enough though. Recently I have decided it to be ok being an obsessive record hoarder - something i never dared getting myself into, because I know myself - so I started selling my twenty years of vintage clothes hoarding, finally, to make room for infinite records."
