Date: 03/12/2013
01 Kronos Quartet - The Beatitudes - Nonesuch
02 Die Vögel - Mesmerize - Pampa
03 Apparat - Sweet Unrest - Mute
04 DJ Koze - Nices Wölkchen (Robag Wruhme Remix) - Pampa
05 Mount Kimbie - Made To Stray (DJ Koze Remix) - Warp
06 Jon Hopkins - Abandon Window - Domino
07 Si Schroeder - C4 - Trust Me I'm a Thief
08 Marvin Gaye - Marvin's Message to the CBS Records Staff - Columbia
09 Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing Rehearsals - Columbia
10 Azeda Booth - Ran - Absolutely Kosher
11 Ken Nordine - Looks Like It's Going to Rain - Two Bass Hits
12 Jullian Gomes (feat. Bobby) - Love Song 28 (Charles Webster Remix)
13 Ricoshëi - Perfect Like You - Pampa
14 Gilb'r - Nuage de L'onde - Versatile
15 Lawrence - Serpentine - Cocoon
16 Four Tet - Parallel Jalebi - Text
17 Lali Puna - Move On (Baths Remix) - Morr
18 Matana Roberts - Amma Jerusalem School + For This Is - Constellation
19 Homeboy Sandman - Musician - Stones Throw
20 Blu & Exile - So(ul) Amazin' (Steel Blazin') - Sound in Color
21 Abida Parveen - Menda Dil Ranjhan Rawal Mange
The calendar only flipped to December a few days ago, but it seems that much of the music world has already begun to set its sights on the end of the year. More specifically, everyone seems to be looking back at the last 11 months and evaluating what pieces of music were amongst the year's best. XLR8R is no different, and when our list of 2013's best releases surfaces during the next few weeks, there's little question that Amygadla, the long-awaited sophomore LP from DJ Koze, will make the cut. It's been a big year for the veteran German producer, which is why we thought he would be an excellent candidate to put together the final XLR8R podcast of 2013. Over the past decade, DJ Koze has built up a reputation as a sort of lovable oddball, and this exclusive mix will do nothing to contradict that image. Much like his own work, the podcast is loosely rooted in house and techno, but its 70-plus minutes of music also reaffirm that Koze isn't someone who's afraid to color outside the lines. Armed with a playful spirit and a genuine sense of humor, Koze seems as comfortable dropping esoteric spoken word and bizarre outtakes from Marvin Gaye as he does stringing together warm slices of rich, organic house music. Oh yeah, he also manages to slip in a couple of conscious hip-hop tracks along the way. In short, it's not the average podcast, but it's not like we expected something "normal" with DJ Koze at the helm.
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