It’s always a great day when Lane 8 drops a new mix.
Every year since the winter 2013, the Colorado deep house don has been known to release four mixes from his revered seasonal mixtape series. Outside of that, fans can expect the producer to release one to two other mixes to fill in the time between seasons with a few extra hours of melodic bliss. While just coming off the back of his Spring 2020 mixtape a month ago, Lane 8 has stepped up to the table to provide a surprise three-hour mix, which he deems “Groundhog Day, a mixtape” to brighten everyone’s quarantine up just a little bit.
In typical Lane 8 fashion, he kicks it off with an unreleased collaboration “Roll Call” alongside Anderholm before heading into a bevy of unreleased and newly released cuts from Yotto, Local Dialect, and Arche as well as selects from Four Tet and Matador. Additionally, Lane 8 debuts a number of remixes from what seems to be a remix-album-in-the-making for his latest LP, Brightest Lights, from the This Never Happened roster. Overall, the Groundhog Day mixtape is Lane 8 at his best: an eclectic assortment of house tones and textures jam-packed in a seamless three-hour audio journey.
Tracklist:
Lane 8 & Anderholm – Roll Call [This Never Happened]
KiNK – Leko (Session Victim Remix) [Burek]
Local Dialect – Perseus [Zerothree]
Lane 8 – Sunday Song (Rylan Taggart Remix) [This Never Happened]
Deeparture – Fuselage [This Never Happened]
Yung Yotto – Tarantia [Out of Office]
Lane 8 – Brightest Lights ft. Polica (Paraleven Remix) [This Never Happened]
Kolsch – Sleeper Must Awaken [Kompakt]
Josh McKenzie – In Your Eyes [This Never Happened]
Artche – Second Chance [Stress Records]
Lane 8 – Bear Hug [This Never Happened]
John Dahlback – Hustle Up (Paul Thomas Remix) [Nero Recordings]
Four Tet – Love Salad [Text Records]
Solanca – Flor Roja [This Never Happened]
ID – ID
Sultan & Shepard – Banya [This Never Happened]
Lane 8 – Keep On [Anjunadeep]
Artche – Two Minds [Stress Records]
Solanca – Calatheas Chant [This Never Happened]
Matador – Bush [Astralwerks]
Goom Gum – Hollow [Fly Boy]
Lane 8 – Yard Two Stone ft. Jens Kuross (Sultan & Shepard Remix) [This Never Happened]
Moon Boots – WTF (Tinlicker Remix) [Anjunadeep]
Lane 8 – Don’t Let Me Go ft. Arctic Lake (Avoure Remix) [This Never Happened]
Josh McKenzie – NCFTos [This Never Happened]
Lane 8 – Shooting Arrows ft. Polica (Matt Fax Remix) [This Never Happened]
PRAANA – Samasta [This Never Happened]
Massane – Not Alone [This Never Happened]
Tommy Baynen – Laminar Flow [Colorize]
Sultan & Shepard – Guaba [This Never Happened]
TMA – Aitne (Monkey Safari Remix) [Hommage]
Frere – Often Wrong (Tourist Remix) [Monday Records]
Mind Against – Walking Away [Afterlife]
MOGUAI – Impereal [mau5trap]
Kevin Saunderson – Oombah (Themba’s Herd Extended Remix) [KMS]
BAILE & Nuage – Murmur [This Never Happened]
Photo credit: Michael Drummond