James Curcio

<p>This mix was probably inspired by spending 3 years writing and researching <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/MASKS-Artists-Artifice-James-Curcio/dp/1789381088" title="MASKS: Bowie &amp; Artists of Artifice">MASKS: Bowie &amp; Artists of Artifice</a></em> (especially the themes that come up in this long-form blog post, <a href="https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2020/03/17/masks-all-the-way-down/" title="Masks All The Way Down">Masks All The Way Down</a>). But it’s not a “Bowie mix” as such: mortality, futility, transience, being lost in the simulacra, isolation during coronavirus... and some great beats. Everything in our lives feel so fragile now, but of course the truth is it always was. The outro track is an original remix of Nine Inch Nail’s “Me I’m Not” that I did like 10 years back, and some live studio outtakes from a mushroom party.<br/></p> <ol> <li><a href="https://www.musicglue.com/iamx/products/stardust-single-mp3" title="IAMX">IAMX</a> “Stardust (Video Mix)”</li> <li><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/no-plan-ep/1191638191" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a> “No Plan”</li> <li><a href="https://forestswords.bandcamp.com/album/compassion" title="Forest Swords">Forest Swords</a> “Panic”</li> <li><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/nothing-has-changed-deluxe-edition/927103011" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a> “Love is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix)”</li> <li><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/sl%C3%B8r/1049335300" title="Eivør">Eivør</a> “Í tokuni” (<a href="https://lyricstranslate.com/en/i-tokuni-mist.html" title="Í tokuni (English translation)">lyrics translation</a>)</li> <li>David Bowie “<a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/the-motel/amp/" title="The Motel">The Motel</a>/<a href="https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/tag/sunday/" title="Sunday">Sunday</a>”</li> <li><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/zenit-single/1469606176" title="Onuka">Onuka</a> “Zenit (intercut with sections of Davi Bowie’s ‘Sunday’)” (<a href="https://www.musixmatch