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Clapsandwhistles specializes in personalized mixes. It's also a venue to share new music, rad covers or anything that might be considered as GOOD music. Disclaimer: I don't own any of the music posted in this blog. If you want anything taken down, please contact me.

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Left Hand Free

01.  What Kind of Man by Florence and the Machine 02.  Btsk by MS MR 03.  Don't Wanna Dance by MØ 04.  Youth Knows No Pain by Lykke Li 05.  Left Hand Free by Alt-J 06.  You'll Find A Way by Santogold 07.  Black Out Days by Phantogram 08.  Inhaler by Foals 09.  In Time by The Black Keys 10.  You Know I'm No Good by Amy Winehouse 11.  Under The Gun by Electric Guest

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A friend requested for tunes similar to Florence + The Machine. It was a challenge because it’s hard to categorize Florence’s music into one genre. I played with the idea of artists that dabble into dark themes like MSMR or Lykke Li and it spun out to full on rock (Alt-J/The Black Keys). Its music that has a lot of character and grit which is the essence of Florence’s music for me. This mix embodies all of that, I hope you enjoy this one.

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Melodies & Desires

I get caught up in your heartstrings...

Lately, these songs have been warming my heart, I want to share them so you can listen to what pulls my heartstrings.

01. Lykke Li - Melodies & Desires 02. Alt-J - Pusher 03. Slow Club - Everything Is New 04. White Lies - Only Ones Who Know (Arctic Monkeys Cover) 05. Cat Power - Half Of You 06. Iron & Wine - Joy 07. Angus & Julia Stone - Just a Boy 08. The Cure - Close To Me (Acoustic) 09. Alice Jemima - By Your Side 10. Devendra Banhart - Baby 11. The Kooks - Young Folks 12. Passion Pit - Where The Sky Hangs 13. Odessa - I Will Be There 14. The Submarines - Brightest Hour

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The Art of Persuasion

I could be your escape Take you to a place Where there's no time, no space

Another downtempo mix with a few surprises in between. 01. Alina Baraz & Galimatias - Fantasy 02. Young & Sick - Breathe (Télépopmusik Cover) 03. Navy - Slow 04. BABE - Make It Real (Vestige Remix) 05. Troye Sivan - Happy Little Pill (Casper Zazz Remix) 06. Alina Baraz - The Art of Persuasion (esta. Remix) 07. French Kiwi Juice - Lying Together 08. The Weeknd - Often (Kygo Remix) 09. Tinashe - Vulnerable (esta. Remix) 10. Nao - So Good LISTEN ON 8TRACKS // ON SOUNDCLOUD // ZIP

Recommended to fans of: Majestic Casual, The Sound You Need

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Wasted Love

Don't care what they say, it hurts so good I don't wanna stop, I know I should But let's do it again

I've always wanted to make a dance mix that is infused with melancholy. The idea is to make a mix along the lines of Robyn's Dancing On My Own, an opportunity came when my friend, Hauvre requested for an EDM mix. It's a 10-track progressive house mix to satiate your dancing whims and your feels. 1. Banks - Change (The Chainsmokers Remix) 2. Adventure Club - Wonder Featuring The Kite String Tangle 3. Steve Angello - Wasted Love Featuring Dougy 4. The 1975 - Settle Down (EMBRZ Remix) 5. Ellie Goulding - Beating Heart (Vindata Remix) 6. Disclosure - You & Me Featuring Eliza Doolittle (Flume Remix) 7. ZHU - Faded 8. Ellie Goulding - Goodness Gracious (Chainsmokers Extended Remix) 9. Röyksopp & Robyn - Do It Again 10. Cash Cash - Take Me Home Featuring Bebe Rexha LISTEN ON 8TRACKS

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THIRSTDAY

good girls do bad things sometimes

The art of kissing will always fascinate me. The deed itself is so intimate and everything that goes along with it imparts you with a sense of who they are. The way their body moves to mirror your action, the way they place their hands in your face, your neck or your waist, they way they grab your hair or the way they pull you in closer. Each and every person has their way of doing it and it's waiting to be unfold with every touch.

1. Meiko - Bad Things (DNTST Rework) 2. Tove Lo - Stay High (Hippie Sabotage Remix) 3. The Weeknd - Often 4. Shlohmo & Jeremih - Bo Peep (Do U Right) 5. Janelle Monae & Miguel - Primetime 6. Banks - Goddess 7. Majid Jordan - A Place Like This 8. Alina Baraz - Paradise 9. Creep - You Featuring Nina Sky 10. Marian Hill - Lovit

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Hunger Of The Pine 11 dark electronic tracks for those deep and lingering thoughts 01. Alt-J - Hunger of the Pine 02. Glass Animals - Love Lockdown (Kanye West Cover) 03. Banks - Drowning 04. Morning Ritual - So Cold 05. Laura Welsh - Bound (Kanye West Cover) 06. Andrea Balency - You've Never Been Alone 07. XXYYXX - About You 08. ASTR - Part Of Me 09. OZZIE - U 10. James Blake - Life Round Here 11. Chet Faker - To Me

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On the album art: The photo was taken from a moving car in Tagaytay. The text on top of the photo is handwritten. It's a line from Alt-J's Hunger of the Pine which means, "A great hope has crossed my fear." and it was taken from a poem called L’Espoir en Dieu by Alfred de Musset.

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Long Walks & Recorded Talks Sealing the summer with a deep house mix. Quoting a Brit named James, "so fucking deep", as he took over my music during our last night in Bangkok. I did not really mind since it gave me leave to talk to more people without worrying about the background music. We all bonded over our shared predicament of staying in because of the curfew and our very limited supply of alcohol. Here's to summer nights of gripping conversations with strangers, worn out maps but still getting lost and long walks with my favorite people in search for a secret "fertility" shrine. We found it with unrelenting "D"etermination. Hello danslecielinfini and debriefingtheboys! 01. Bondax - Giving It All 02. Chris Malinchak - If U Got It 03. Sub Focus - Close Featuring MNEK 04. Disclosure - Voices Featuring Sasha Keable 05. Mausi - Move (Friend Within Remix) 06. Tinie Tempah - Trampoline (Shift K3y Remix) 07. Gorgon City - Ready For Your Love 08. Kidnap Kid - Animaux 09. Gorgon City - Intentions Featuring Clean Bandit 10. Duke Dumont - I Got U Featuring Jax Jones 11. Seinabo Sey - Younger (Kygo Remix) 12. Klingande - Jubel LISTEN ON 8TRACKS || OR ON SOUNDCLOUD || OR ON SPOTIFY

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ENDLESS SUMMER (EDM Mix)

When I met you in the summer To my heartbeat's sound We fell in love As the leaves turned brown

1. NONONO - Pumpin Blood (The Chainsmokers Remix) 2. Capital Cities - Safe And Sound (Dzeko & Torres' Digital Dreamin Remix) 3. Sandro Silva - Let Go Tonight (Justin Prime Remix) 4. Clean Bandit - Rather Be (Cash Cash X Valley Remix) 5. Calvin Harris - Summer (Extended Mix) 6. Empire Of The Sun - Celebrate (Tommy Trash Remix) 7. Bastille - Pompeii (Audien Remix) 8. Ellie Goulding - Hanging On (I See MONSTAS Remix) LISTEN ON 8TRACKS || OR ON SOUNDCLOUD || ZIP

As requested by danslecielinfini, this is for her and her hypeman!

Keeping it short just the way I like my summer flings,

K

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DRIFT | painting stories with our lips

trucks and buses passing me by flickering lights blinding me from left to right thoughts dragging into days, into months transcending fumes keeping me afloat striking a balance between your warmth, your indifference drifting into consciousness of what never was

1. Alina Baraz - Drift 2. Nicole Millar - Taken 3. Tove Lo - Stay High Featuring Hippie Sabotage (Habits Remix) 4. Sasha Keable - Careless Over You (Genius Vision) 5. Vindata - All I Really Need (Regulated Edition) Featuring Kenzie May 6. Banks - Before I Ever Met You (Sohn Remix) 7. Josef Salvat - Hustler 8. Jaymes Young - Moondust 9. Banks - Brain 10. London - Rhoes 11. Jhené Aiko - From Time (Full Crate Remix) 12. Vok - Before 13. Sylvan Esso - Coffee 14. Garden City Movement - Move On

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Don't let your mind wander too far...

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KALEIDOSCOPE LOVE || SUMMER MIX (deep house/nu-disco/future garage)

The 80F weather in Manila has been killing my spirit lately. My iced coffee intake has doubled to counter the heat and I've been cooling off with these deep house tracks during my commute. I mixed a little bit of future garage (Disclosure/Duke Dumont) and topped everything with some easy breezy nu-disco tracks to transport me to my happy place.

01. AlunaGeorge - Kaleidoscope Love (Kaytranada Edition) 02. The xx - Chained (Liar Remix) 03. Lane 8 - The One Featuring Patrick Baker 04. Mar - Man x Woman 05. Duke Dumont - Need U (100%) Featuring A*M*E 06. Disclosure - F For You 07. Darius - Hot Hands 08. Bondax - Gold (Snakehips Remix) 09. Moon Boots - Don't Ask Why Featuring Kyiki 10. Miami Horror - Real Slow Featuring Sarah Chernoff 11. Banks - Warm Water (Snakehips Remix) 12. Perseus - Shadow Of The Beast 13. Tinashe - 2 On (TOKiMONSTA Remix) Featuring Schoolboy Q 14. Aaliyah - Rock The Boat (Question Remix)

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Don't let the heat get to you!

K

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HIP HOP FRIDAYS || 2 On (TOKiMONSTA Remix) by Tinashe

Live fast, die young that's my choice

The original production by DJ Mustard was taken to another level by TOKiMONSTA, a producer from LA. The remixed was flipped and reversed the right way but still leaving the "ratchet" intact and splicing Tinashe's vocals to match the faster tempo. This is me ending the weekday on a high note.

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YOU DESERVE ROUNDS TONIGHT X PREGAME MIX

a precursor to a GOOD night

01. Miguel - How Many Drinks? Featuring Kendrick Lamar 02. The Weeknd x Kanye West - Drunk In Love 03. Drake - Show Me A Good Time 04. Jay-Z - BBC 05. Childish Gambino - V. 3005 06. Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) (Extended Version) 07. Kirko Bangz - Drank In My Cup 08. Beyoncé - Partition (Radio Edit) 09. Rihanna - Pour It Up (RL Grime Remix) 10. DJ Snake & Lil Jon - Turn Down For What 11. Kid Ink - Show Me Featuring Chris Brown 12. Far East Movement - The Illest Featuring Riff Raff LISTEN ON 8TRACKS || OR ON SOUNDCLOUD || ZIP

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Gravitational Pull (Slow Dance Mix)

Secrets I have held in my heart Are harder to hide than I thought Maybe, I just wanna be yours

A Valentine's Day special for everyone! My friend and I talked about making a mix that will attract the right person into our lives. I've been curating this mix for almost 3 months now using Come As You Are as a starting point and handpicking several favorites such as John Martyn's cover of Glory Box and Arctic Monkeys' I Wanna Be Yours and making last minute changes to incorporate The Moon Song from Spike Jonze's Her. I like how it turned to be so coherent and the whole feel of the mix is one for swaying, the intimate kind. So here's to attracting the person you truly want, the one you imagine slow dancing with! 01. Yuna - Come As You Are (Nirvana Cover) 02. Alina Baraz - Make You Feel 03. Rhye - Open 04. John Martyn - Glory Box (Portishead Cover) 05. James Vincent McMorrow - Cavalier 06. Air - Playground Love 07. Jeff Buckley - I Want Someone Badly 08. Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You 09. Chet Faker - Love And Feeling 10. StarRo - Hold On, We're Going Home Featuring Iman Europe 11. Arctic Monkeys - I Wanna Be Yours 12. Ray LaMontagne - Let It Be Me 13. Cat Power - I Found A Reason (Velvet Underground Cover) 14. Karen O & Ezra Koenig - The Moon Song 15. The Perishers - Nothing Like You And I

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Run Deep, Run Wild

My heart's on fire You light me up, and I can't cool down Your love is wild

Remember those times when someone asks you to describe yourself. I try to avoid the question like a plague because it can only result to borderline bragging or saying nothing at all amidst the existentialist thoughts running through my head. Wouldn't it be easier to reply with a mix that embodies my personality? Here's a mix to celebrate my 24 years of existence. I've made countless mixtapes over the years and they are mostly requests from my friends, for past flings and whatnot but never for myself. I can truly say that this mix is entirely for my amusement, a compilation of songs that makes me want to dance. It's something I would play in my party and it's a mixture of old and new favorites. LISTEN ON 8TRACKS || ZIP Think of me when you listen to this. Or if you feel like dancing!

P.S. The cover was made by hand and went through post-processing, the mix was intended to be published on my actual birthday but I got carried away by the sea.

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A Sunday Kind of Love I'm always fond of Sundays. There's something so refreshing about it and I love filling it with an abundance of warmth and love. This is a short compilation that starts of slow like easing into the day, followed by a slight change of tempo and finishing it with a progression to end the day with a high note. This mix was built around Augustana's Sunday Best and it was requested by happinessisathree-letterword. I hope you enjoy it, dear! LISTEN ON 8TRACKS || ZIP

P.S. It's 10 mins before midnight in MNL. It's still Sunday!

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Pretty Thoughts by Alina Baraz

One day, you'll be the face of a stranger

The moment I heard this tune, a mix of emotions flowed through me. I have never been so overwhelmed by something so incredibly simple but a well-constructed piece of music. The suttle yet delicate production of Galimatias blends so well with Alina Baraz's sweet voice. I had to literally listen to it 10 times in a row because I can't get enough of it. Other notable favorites from Alina is Drift and Make You Feel.

Recommended to fans of: Banks, Lana Del Rey and London Grammar

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Top Records of 2013

Here are my top records of 2013! They are not in any particular order, it's hard ranking these after narrowing it from a selection of 20 or so records that I absolutely enjoyed this year. These 10 records are top quality that were on heavy rotation and I'd like to share some notable tracks from each album that you might enjoy as well. I'm doing something completely devoid of a lengthy review because tl;dr, right?

Foals, Holy Fire

Out of the Woods, Milk & Black Spiders, Everytime and My Number

Arctic Monkeys, AM

I Wanna Be Yours, No. 1 Party Anthem, One For The Road (I am tempted to put all of the tracks)

Drake, Nothing Was The Same

From Time featuring Jhene Aiko, Come Thru and Hold On, We're Going Home

Disclosure, Settle

Latch featuring Sam Smith, Help Me Lose My Mind featuring London Grammar and You & Me featuring Eliza Doolittle

Lorde, Pure Heroine

Buzzcut Season, Glory and Gore, Royals and Team

Rudimental, Home

Powerless featuring Becky Hill, Right Here featuring Foxes and Not Giving In featuring John Newman & Alex Clare

HAIM, Days Are Gone

The Wire, Falling and Running If You Call My Name

Rhye, Woman

Open, Last Dance and The Fall

Tegan & Sara, Heartthrob

Drove Me Wild, I'm Not Your Hero and Goodbye, Goodbye

Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampire of the City

Everlasting Arms, Ya Hey and Diane Young

What's on your top 10 list of favorite records for 2013?