AM & Shawn Lee have sent us three mixtapes that we’re delighted to debut over the coming days which encompass tracks from the duo’s personal record collections.
They’ve split the tracks up into three mixes: the “Secret Process Mixtape” (a mix of American Moog funk, Eastern Euro Sound Library, and synth bliss), the “Golden Image Mixtape” (a mix of American Cosmic funk, Italian Soundtrack, and British Sound Library), and the “Blasto Mixtape” (a mix of Italo funk, American Soul, and Psych Boogie.) Now, onto Mix 1!
THE SECRET PROCESS MIXTAPE | “A mix of American Moog funk, Eastern Euro Sound Library and synth bliss. I got a lesson book and CD from Carol Kaye at one of her bass seminars in LA and when I popped this thing in it was whack! All these excerpts (from cassette?) of her teaching and talking…needles to say I had to intro with it and follow with a much slept on LP from Hugo Montenegro. It’s a Stevie Wonder Moog cover album. Montenegro did a few of these and they are all brilliant. I picked it up for $2.00!
The mix continues with music both Shawn Lee and I have a mutual obsession with…library music. We picked from a bunch of different stuff from British to German and even American library. The final track, “Secret Process,” is from an Omnimusic record which was an American library company. Super hard to find LPs as most of the stuff on this mix is.”
—AM
THE SECRET PROCESS MIXTAPE:
Seminar 80’s – Carol Kaye
Too High – Hugo Montenegro
Anxiety – Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra
Passing Clouds – Dick Hunter Five
Crystals – Wolfgang Stadele
Back From Wonderland – Mladen Franko
Distant Voices – Nick Frazer
Secret Process – Doug Wood
AM & SHAWN LEE TOUR DATES
9/26 – Santa Barbara, CA at Soho
9/27 – Pomona, CA at Glasshouse
9/28 – San Francisco, CA at The Independent
9/29 – Los Angeles, CA at Abbot Kinney Festival
9/30 – San Diego, CA at The Griffin
10/1 – Phoenix, AZ at Rhythm Room
10/3 – Austin, TX at Empire Control Room
10/4 – Dallas, TX at Dada
10/6 – Tulsa, OK at The Vanguard
10/8 – Denver, CO at The Marquis Theater
PHOTO: DURAN CASTRO
