AD Presents :: Flying by Chances With Wolves / A Mixtape

Based in New York City, the DJ collective Chances With Wolves is Kenan Juska, Kray, and Mikey Palms. They broadcast a weekly show on East Village Radio, an internet radio station wedged into a nook between two storefronts in downtown Manhattan. Juska recalls “the original concept for Chances With Wolves was to present overlooked, hauntingly beautiful music of all genres.” Simple enough premise, but these guys have hardly played the same song twice in four years.

They’re at once master crate-diggers and focused googlers of rare vinyl rips, yet aren’t afraid to showcase fresh, new beats. It’s eclecticism that works: genre is obliterated and replaced by a coherent and graceful aesthetic. The show listens more like a DJ set than a radio show, hosted mostly by echoing wolf howls with quippy samples for on-air IDs. Their show archive hosts a glut of old, obscure music that’s fit for casual listening, but potentially a deep, deep rabbit hole for the curious listener. words/a spoto

Download: Flying by Chances With Wolves – A Mixtape (137mb)

Intro
Richard Caiton – Listen To The Drums
James Ray – I Got My Mind Set On You
Nancy Dupree – James Brown
Nina Simone – Baltimore
Jim Bartow & The Harlem Blues Consort – Away
Gary Schneider – Green Tambourine
Button-Down Brass  – Hurdy Gurdy Man
Maria Bryant – Don’t Touch Me Tomato
Billy Preston – Volcano
Ben Brown and the Melody Masters – Two faces of Love
Miss Johni Naylor – Red Wine for my Blues
Steve Bernard e Seu Conjunto – Rouxinol Alegre
Ofege – It’s Not Easy
Lewis Motisher – Life Is Flashing Before Your Eyes
Amanaz – Khala My Friend
The Moog Machine – Time Of The Season
Marga Benitez and The Mello-Tones – Winos on Parade
Ramsey Lewis – Hang on Sloopy
The Redwoods – Please Mr. Scientist
The Showmen – It Will Stand
Les Killi Cats – Oui, Patron
Ellie Girl with Seven Beat Sulks – Sloop John B
Love – Everybody’s Gotta Live
Magical Power Mako – Open The Morning Window, The Sunshine Comes In, The Hope Of Today is Small Bird Singing / Ruding Piano
Bill Cosby – Sunny

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