Mixtape: Mistral/Sirocco

Almost four years into this mixtape thing, I'm finding that the mixes I most love doing are the ones from foreign lands. I'm sure there's a frustrated-traveler aspect to it, but whatever the case such mixes are triple-fun for me. This spur-of-the-moment decision focuses on pop music from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea: France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and I think Morocco. There's also one from Portugal, which technically is on the other side of the Strait of Gibraltar from the Mediterranean, but we'll just call them part of the exchange program. It's more or less in chronological order ('60s thru 'early 80s), and also gleefully mindless of the distance between the sacred and profane. This one's a kick and a half, no joke. Enjoy.

Tracklist: 

Purple Submarine Orchestra - En Route!

Johnny Dorelli - Montecarlo

Isabelle - Dis-Moi Poupeé

Andrés Pajares - Dracula Ye Ye

Τζένη Βάνου - Σε βλέπω στο ποτήρι μου (I See You in My Glass)

Christophe - Reviens Sophie

Alberto Staïffi - Ya Mustafa

Karim Shukry - Take Me Back to Cairo

Damascus Musical Group - Raksat Al Mindill

Jean-Jacques Perrey - La Gavotte Des Vers Luisants

Lole y Manuel - Tu Mira

Georges Garvarentz - Hashish Party

Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier - Psyche Rock

Dynastie Crisis - Faust 72

Selda Bağcan - Nem Kaldi

Tullio De Piscopo - Fastness

Jean-Pierre Sabar - Vai Vai

Omar Khorshid - Raksat El Kheyl

Pedro Gonzalez - El Samurai

Piero Umiliani - Le Ore Che Contano

Enrique y Ana - La Gallina Cocoua

Marie et les Garçons - Tokyo Pekin

Lio - Marie Antoinette

Enzo Jannacci - Giovanni, Telegrafista

Ihsan Al-Munzer - Come My Love

Abdel Halim Hafez - Dehk Wa Laab

Luboš Fišer - And the Last