Curiously, the mix CD is still an aural stalwart in today's DJ-driven culture. So how to define a truly great compilation? I had hoped that Seth Troxler might contribute a quote to this blog, about ...

It was a chilly evening in 2006. My eighth-grade boyfriend and I were trading Christmas gifts in our local park by moonlight. We were shivering but dealing, because when you’re 13 and in search of ...

A Compact Disc (CD) format that contains both data and audio. The data are stored in track 1, and audio is stored in the remaining tracks. Newer audio CD players will skip the first track upon ...

You know that wave of nostalgia that hits you when a certain song comes on the radio? It's like your brain just hailed a cab to another place in time, and you're just happy to go along for the ride — ...

Yeah. Sure. Great idea. If you guys still listen to CDs, which I’ll bet you don’t. Why does everyone feel the need to keep making mixtapes when we all have iPods and Pandora? I hate to rain on your ...

The mix is true to its name, starting softly, almost inaudibly, in the first Dan Deacon song and then building, well, voice. It rises and falls, with gentle, folky love songs and stronger, more ...

This past year, when DJ Quote wasn’t mixing things up on the air with Troubleshooter Tom Martino, he was issuing CDs at a frenzied pace. Taking the game to a whole new level, Quote’s discs have been ...

Call Super is releasing a one-off mix CD for Dekmantel’s in-house label. Marking the first mix compilation release via the Dutch label, A Rhythm Protects One spans 12 unreleased tracks and seeks to ...

Hernan Cattaneo has been responsible for some legendary mix CDs down the years, and he's back at it again as part of the much-revered Balance series. On October 25th he will bring his Balance tour to ...

If you're going to all the work to create an excellent mixed CD, don't dumb it down by just scribbling the name on it. I have a fairly large MP3 collection, which includes all types of music. I like ...