Compiled with a story in mind, LOOKER is a three-part dystopian musical... that you can dance to. Inspired by campy 80's electro, the production of "Future St." at DTLA's The Broad, and the neo-sci-fi cult film LOOKER (starring Susan Dey), it's a mix I've (very) slowly been compiling for about three years; collecting odd tracks here and there, putting them in a folder, waiting for the right time to sort through it all. It wasn't until Kotelett and Zadak released "Solaya" that I felt I finally had all the pieces of the puzzle to tell a comprehensive story. By the time it came to assembling it, I actually had about 120 tracks in the folder, from which these 37 tracks stood out to best achieve the narrative in mind. LOOKER is a love letter to the magical kind of loneliness that comes with, specifically, city living ("Melancholy Replicant"), the pitfalls of striving for physical perfection and feeling you have to pretend your life is perfect to the outside world ("Looker"), and the subsequent losing of oneself as you succumb to the detachment that these and other modern issues bring ("Diamond Veins"). But, like most of my mixes, it has a triumphant ending that comes with being a survivor.... which, at about three hours running time, anyone who gets through the mix can call themselves. :-D
SEQUENCE 1: FUTURE ST. (1hr, 10mins - from 0:00 to 1:09.00)
(Main Theme) Melancholy Replicant (Original Mix) - Infinity Night
Energy feat. Agata (Extended Mix) - Felix Da Housecat, Clarian, Agata
Ready 4 Love (Original Mix) - Lifelike & Kris Menace
I Wanna Take You Home - Patrick Cowley
Square (Original Mix) - Matt Mendez
(Vander’s Theme) Give It Up - Evelyn Champagne King, Brad Fiedel
Magic (Original Mix) - Duodisco
Help Me (Remix) - Diamn
Touch Blue Original Mix) - Scraps
The Voice of Dru - Doctor Dru
No G.D.M. (Headman & Rob Insinna 2016 Rework) - Gina X
I Could Give You (A Mirror) [Alternative Version] - Eurythmics
When Love Goes Away (Original Mix) - Dionigi
Midnight (Original Mix) - Terr
For Losers (Nadia Ksaiba Remix) - S.R. Krebs
SEQUENCE 2: DIAMOND VEINS (50mins - 1:09:00-2:00:01)
Diamond Veins feat. Sarah Rebecca (Original Mix) - French 79
In The Flood (Original Mix) - Oliver Winters
Mirror Me Feat. C.A.R (Original Mix) - Maceo Plex, C.A.R.
Saltspring (Original Mix) - Sean Roman
Home Little Computer (Original Mix) - Dionigi
Spellbound (Koelnmaschine vs. Kitbuilders RMX) - Kitbuilders
Los Hombres (Ivan Jack Vocal Mix) - Babert, Dinero, Ivan Jack
Maskindans feat. Det Gylne Triangel (Erol Alkan Rework) - Todd Terje
I Want U (The Hacker Remix) - DJ Hell
Tomboyz (Original Mix) - Marc Houle
Mean & Evil (Original Mix) - The Chosen Two
SEQUENCE 3: LOOKER (51mins - 2:00:01-2:51:48)
Looker - Sue Saad & the Next
Solaya (Original Mix) - Kotelett & Zadak
Stranger Things (dubspeeka Remix) - D. Ramirez, Denney
This Emptiness Is Mine (Kiki Remix) - Eating Snow
Car Car Car (Phil Kieran's Autobahn Remix) - DJ Hell
Take a Chance feat. Little Dragon (Kölsch Remix) - Flume
M25 (Original Mix) - Brynjolfur
Crave Dave (Original Mix) - Kotelett & Zadak
Diamond Veins feat. Sarah Rebecca (Blowsom Remix) - French 79
(Closing Theme) Melancholy Replicant - Infinity Night