Crimson Blaze

Today is Dog Mom's day, so be sure to celebrate! It's also my brother's birthday. In unrelated news, the wormhole covers keep coming, and so do the wormhole mixtapes - even if nobody out there has cracked what the titles mean yet. This one leans hard into the early 80s, which wasn't really a plan so much as where the tracks kept landing. There's some cold wave, some post-punk, a little industrial edge, and then some mutant disco sneaks in and it doesn't even feel wrong. The pick here is the mood more than the genre. It's that slightly dangerous, slightly danceable feeling that a certain era did really well. And yes, Grandpa got his groove in there too.

Crimson Blaze

01 Sole Patrol - Step On It

02 The Tardy Disconesians - Grandpa Got The Groove

03 Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (Hithouse Mix)

04 Dominatrix - The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight

05 Mr Blackout Bean - Brewtal Awakening

06 Shriekback - My Spine (Is The Bass Line)

07 Voice Farm - Free Love

08 Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band - I'm An Indian, Too

09 Jaxine - Jack Me Free (Less Summer Mix)

10 The Cure - Hot Hot Hot!!!

11 Visage - Fade To Grey (12'' Version)

12 Depeche Mode - See You

13 Felix Da Housecat w-Miss Kittin - Silver Screen Shower Scene

14 Yello - The Race (Razormaid Remix)

15 ABC - Poison Arrow (US Jazz Mix)