Posterboy Mixtapes: Sixty Minutes of Instrumental Cuts and Headnod Jazz

While the audio cassette has enjoyed a niche revival, it simply can not recreate the culture that it once engendered. The act of lending, tape swapping, and recording duplicates was standard for countless informal peer groups. Mixtapes were a part of this broader cassette culture, and often enjoyed particular appreciation among enthusiasts. The playback of adjacent tracks gave listeners a way to consume a curated selection outside of demos, eps, and lps. Irrespective of one’s approach, most would likely agree that when either side of a cassette reaches the end, its final track ought to be a neat fit, and not abruptly cut or split.

Being that cassette culture flourished before the internet, the tracklist was not insignificant. For a listener interested in hearing more, knowing the artist and track title might be the only tangible lead. Usually visible through the transparent plastic case, the tracklist was typically written on the j-card. Beyond its practical function, this folded card is where many would attempt to make every cassette recognisable at a glance. Like amateur musicians who recorded live sessions to cassette, mixtapes embodied a DIY ethic, and personalised the sharing of music.

Posterboy Mixtape Autumn 2023

Artist	Track	Time
Yesterdays New Quintet	Little Girl (Dakota’s Song)	00:00
Teebs	Estara (Yellow Bits Redo)	02:06
Mndsgn	Samosa	04:56
Yussef Dayes feat. Tom Misch	Rust	08:13
Badbadnotgood	Stepping Through Stars	11:58
Robohands	Future Engineering	16:12
Karriem Riggins, Derrick Hodge, James Poyser	Suite Outro	18:37
Greg Foat	Symphonie Pacifique	20:11
Flying Lotus	Enchanted	24:39
Ohbliv	Amethyst	25:30
Shigeto	In Case You Forgot	27:46
Kiefer	Miss U	30:29
Prefuse 73	Love You Bring	35:01
Third Coast Percussion, George Hurd	What Stories We Tell (V: Reminiscence)	39:39
Samiyam	Pier 4	40:33
Madlib	All Love (The Movement)	42:12
Dabrye	First Law of Nature Rock Day	43:30
Fred Ferreira	Distant Land	46:45
Sparkle Division	For Gato	50:18
Oddisee	Silver Lining	53:01

Posterboy Mixtape Spring 2023

Artist	Track	Time
DJ Muggs	Liquid Diamonds	00:00
Teebs	Shells	03:14
Ohbliv	Raw Zeta	05:42
Rejoicer feat. Sefi Zisling	Yesterday’s Forest Magic	07:33
Medline	La Planète Sauvage	10:56
Prefuse 73	Vikings Invade the Mediterranean But Don’t Leave	15:50
Jahari Massamba Unit	Hommage À La Vielle Garde (Pour Lafarge Et Rinaldi)	16:47
Stimulator Jones	La Mano	21:22
Free The Robots	Kaduwa	25:43
Hidden Orchestra	First Light (Nostalgia 77 Remix)	28:29
Ammoncontact	Good Life to Groove Merchant	31:41
Karriem Riggins	Cia	35:35
Dabrye	Nova	38:42
Shigeto	Field Day	41:50
Flying Lotus	Black Balloons Reprise (Instrumental)	45:40
Madlib	Gat Damn (Instrumental)	48:15
Knxwledge	Makeitliveforever	50:58

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