2025 MIX”TAPE”!!!
HOLY FLIPPING HOTDOGS, IT’S DONEEEEEEEE!
IF YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PAGE AT ALL, YOU KNOW THE 2025 MIX HAS BEEN “IN PROGRESS” FOR A FEW MONTHS.. REALLY WHAT’S BEEN IN PROGRESS IS THE WRITE-UP THAT ACCOMPANIES THE COLLECTION OF SONGS. *AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE PROJECT AT ALL - THIS IS JUST A COLLECTION OF SONGS THAT WERE ALL RELEASED IN 2025 THAT I LIKE AND WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, ALONG WITH A DOCUMENT EXPLAINING GENERALLY WHY.
YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO READ THE WHOLE DOCUMENT, SEEING AS IT CAME OUT AT 53 PAGES IN LENGTH, BUT BELOW ARE LINKS TO VARIOUS WAYS TO ACCESS THESE THINGS.
(I PUT A KANYE SONG ON THE MIX, SO I KNEW I’D HAVE TO WRITE A BIT EXTRA ABOUT WHY I DID THAT BASED ON HIS CONTROVERSIAL BEHAVIOR. WHAT I WAS CAUGHT VERY MUCH NAIVELY ABOUT WAS HOW MUCH WRITING WOULD COME OUT OF THAT, AND HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE. FIVE MONTHS. FROM DECEMBER 2025 WHEN I BEGAN UNTIL TODAY, APRIL 21, 2026. GRANTED I DIDN’T WORK ON IT ON A RIGOROUS SCHEDULE AFTER JANUARY FADED, AS IT WAS SO TEDIOUS FOR ME, BUT NOW IT’S DONE AND YOU CAN HAVE A LOOK AND LISTEN AT WHATEVER YOU LIKE. I FEEL AN IMMENSE SENSE OF RELIEF AND EXCITEMENT TO MOVE ONTO OTHER PROJECTS NOW. I HOPE YOU’LL AT LEAST TAKE A LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT TO GET AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT AND SOME INFO ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS, EVEN IF YOU DON’T GO DEEP INTO THE PHILOSOPHICAL HOLE I TRAVERSED IN THE KANYE ENTRY.)
THANKS FOR BEING HERE. I HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD 2025 (CHALLENGING, I KNOW). HERE’S TO BETTER DAYS IN THE FUTURE, SOON! 💗
The completed, sequenced 2025 mix as a downloadable .zip file, with write-up: CLICK HERE to get it (download via Dropbox)
CLICK HERE for playlist via Apple Music
Spotify version is HERE
*note: Apple and Spotify versions do not have final track as the band, WU LYF, has removed their music from streaming. You can find it via this link to their bandcamp page.
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B. other
1. I should probably tell you I released some music this year
a. a whiff trophy EP called “Same Thing I Did Yesterday”
b. started an electronic music project called JayDuster
THANKS AGAIN AND BE WELL. -NIK, APRIL 21, 2026. SEATTLE.