For the past six weeks, DiS has been running a special competition in association with the folks at Mixcloud to celebrate the launch of the BlackBerry Torch.
We have been compiling a mixtape each week and with 1 week left of the competition, we thought it high time we compiled them all in one article. To enter our mix lovers competition, to be picked at random to win a BlackBerry Torch and £100 to spend in Rough Trade, all you need to do is share any of the below Mixcloud mixes on Twitter or like them on Facebook.
We've also been asking you to make mixtapes to some suggested themes and loads of you (and bands like Metronomy and worriedaboutsatan) have already submitted your mixes. In our mix makers competition, the top 10 most listened mixes will go into a final round to be judged by the DiS editorial team, and the best mix will win a Pacemaker (an awesome pocket-sized MP3-player-like DJ device). You have one week left in which to make your mix and enter it, just remember to tag it DiSis10, like these folks have done.
You'll find lots more info about this competition on Mixcloud, here.
Here are those mixes DiS has made over the past few weeks...
Some New Music Tips for 2011
Tracklisting
- Bear Mask Hazel Brown (Demo)
- James Blake Bills Bills Bills (By Destiny’s Child)
- Nicki Minaj Roman’s Revenge Feat. Eminem
- Factory Floor A Wooden Box
- Blondes Moondance
- worriedaboutsatan You’re In My Thoughts
- Lanterns On The Lake Lungs Quicken
- Under Alien Skies Bloodsport
- Let’s Buy Happiness Devil Show
- memoryhouse Heirloom
Some Songs of 2011
Tracklisting
- Noveller Almost Alright
- Memoryhouse Lately (Deuxième)
- Emeralds Science Centre
- James Blake CMYK
- Kelis Acapella - Bright Light Bright Light Symphonic Mix
- The Futureheads Acapella
- Perfume Genius Mr Peterson
- Yeasayer Ambling Alp - Memory Tapes Remix
- Gold Panda Same Dream China
- Pantha Du Prince Stick To My Side - Four Tet Remix
- Sleigh Bells Rill Rill - George Lenton Mix
- White Hinterland Icarus
- Blondes Spanish Fly
Sean's Favourite Label of Past 10 Years: Matador Records
Tracklisting
- Cat Power Names
- Interpol Hands Away
- Seachange News From Nowhere
- Kurt Vile Freak Train
- Pretty Girls Make Graves The Teeth Collector
- Sonic Youth Antenna
- Cat Power Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
10 Years in... New York
We asked Amanda Tannen, Hamilton Leithauser, Chris Keating, and Lio Kanine for their favourite New York songs from the last ten years. These were their picks:
- The Strokes Last Nite
- Elef.Ant Bokkie
- Suckers Afterthoughts And TV
- Grizzly Bear Deep Sea Diver
- Longwave I Know It's Coming Someday
- Jeffrey Lewis Don't Be Upset
- Chairlift Bruises
- LCD Soundsystem Disco Infiltrator
- Oxford Collapse The Boys Go Home
Some Favourite Songs of Past 10 Years
Tracklisting
- Mercury Rev Snowflake In A Hot World
- Dan Deacon The Crystal Cat
- Jaydiohead 99 Anthems
- Thom Yorke Harrowdown Hill
- LCD Soundsystem All My Friends (John Cale Version)
- Colder Losing Myself
- Phoenix Love Like A Sunset (Animal Collective Remix)
- Saul Williams PG
- School Of Seven Bells Iamundernodisguise
- Gang Gang Dance House Jam
- Murder Of Rosa Luxemburg Welcome Lost Souls
- Errors Cutlery Draw (Feat. George Pringle)
Children of Eno - 6Mix for BBC 6Music
Tracklisting
- Nine Inch Nails - 2 Ghosts 1
- Valgeir Sigurosson - Focal Point
- The Field - A Paw in My Face
- Gold Panda - Quitter’s Raga
- HEALTH - We Are Water
- Mount Kimbie - Maybes
- Liars - The Other Side of Mt Heartattack