This is an overview of my mixtapes and music discoveries on different platforms in January.

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Spotify: 30 picks

My selection of this month contains tracks from 2019 till 2021 and also a lot of Belgian artists. You can find a full tracklist (sorted by release date) at the bottom of this page. This playlist contains different music genres: indie, rock, alternative dance, chillout, soul, urban,…

These songs are also added to the following playlists. Click on the link if you want to follow these playlists on Spotify.

• Krisix Music Discovery – Monthly updated and overwritten by the 30 songs of that month.
• Home Stereo – All of the songs of my monthly selection are added to this general playlist.
• Home Stereo: Belgium Edition – Only the Belgian songs are added to this general playlist.

Made in Belgium: Highlight

There are many Belgian artists in the top 30 list above, but I want to highlight one in particular. Go check out this new EP from Leon Mills if you like alternative dance and melodic music for the after hours. He is an old classmate of mine and his new music sounds really good!

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Blog Overview: Mixtapes

Due to Covid-19 there are still no live performances. So I record a lot of mixtapes at home. Here are three DJ sessions from the last month. You can find a full mixtape overview of January and tracklists from each mixtape on this page: https://krisixmusicdiscovery.com/2021/01/

Hip Hop Mixtape 6: Hip hop, rap and R&B tracks from Eminem, Xzibit, Jay-Z, 2Pac, Terror Squad and many more. Mostly beats (by Dr. Dre) from the 2000s and the new single from 50 Cent.

Groove Is On, Mixtape 2: A DJ session full of indie-dance, house, disco vibes and electronic beats. Tracks from Portugal. The Man, Groove Armada, Deee-Lite, Daft Punk, and many more.

Moments, Mixtape 2: Progressive trance, house and breaks from 2002 till 2008. Tracks from Envio, Origene, Suncreem, Ridgewalkers, Mike Foyle, Perry O’Neil and many more.

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DJ Mixes: picks from Mixcloud, Soundcloud

While preparing the future baby room I enjoyed these mixtapes by other DJs.

De La Soul on WhoSampled: Hip hop music uses a lot of samples. This mixtape by Chris Read is a tribute to the debut album of De La Soul. It includes album tracks, the original songs which they sampled, alternative versions and more. A trip down hip hop history.

TPD 5 by Cemode: Progressive trance classics in the mix by Cemode, mixed with vinyl.

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Youtube

Woop woop, a full live performance of Daft Punk in 2007 was recently added on YouTube.

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Spotify: tracklist Music Discovery 2021.01

This is the Spotify playlist sorted by release date. Those in bold are Belgian artists.

Black Pistol Fire	Never Enough	29/01/2021
Weezer	Grapes Of Wrath	29/01/2021
Imelda May, Noel Gallagher, Ronnie Wood	Just One Kiss	27/01/2021
Leon Mills	Decade	25/01/2021
Bicep	Apricots	22/01/2021
Faithless, Caleb Femi, Nathan Ball	I Need Someone (Alok Remix – Edit)	22/01/2021
GOOSE	Viper	22/01/2021
London Grammar	Lose Your Head (CamelPhat Remix)	22/01/2021
Balthazar	On A Roll	21/01/2021
Royal Blood	Typhoons	21/01/2021
The Vaccines	No One Knows	20/01/2021
Fontaines D.C.	A Hero’s Death (Soulwax Remix)	19/01/2021
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio	Careless Whisper	15/01/2021
Ross from Friends	Burner	14/01/2021
Lana Del Rey	Chemtrails Over The Country Club	11/01/2021
The Haunted Youth	Teen Rebel	8/01/2021
50 Cent, NLE Choppa, Rileyy Lanez	Part Of The Game	30/12/2020
Maggie Rogers	Celadon & Gold	18/12/2020
Hydrogen Sea	These Days	11/12/2020
Aili, Transistorcake	Dansu	27/11/2020
Great Mountain Fire	Look Up	20/11/2020
Rhye	Black Rain	28/10/2020
RHEA	Anything To Love You	23/10/2020
grandson	Dirty	23/09/2020
Kari Faux	While God Was Sleepin’…	24/03/2020
If Anything Happens To The Cat	Blind Spots	20/03/2020
Jaguar Jaguar	My Guess	17/01/2020
MEYY	Angelic Lies	25/10/2019
Neal Francis	Changes, Pts. 1 & 2	20/09/2019
BOg, GHEIST	Venere (Fideles Remix)	8/07/2019