Zero degrees Fahrenheit. The air sounds different.

Side A of a mix tape I made for a friend but never sent.

1. Welcome — Gino Latino
2. Buffalo Gals II — Malcolm McLaren
3. Dream of Me (Based on Love’s Theme) — Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark
4. Sour Times — Portishead
5. Army of Me — Björk
6. Stars — Hum
7. Leave Them All Behind — Ride
8. Without Warning — Dokken
9. Alone Again — Dokken
10. Believe — Dig
11. Fake Plastic Trees — Radiohead
12. Beautiful World — Devo

Side B of a mix tape I made for a friend but never sent. In the 90s when I put this playlist together it wasn’t nearly so sentimental as now…

1. Talk Talk — Talk Talk
2. Kids In America — Kim Wilde
3. The Metro — Terri Nunn
4. Let the Music Play — Shannon
5. I Know There’s Something Going On — Frida
6. The Ghost in You — Psychedelic Furs
7. Perfect Way — Scritti Politti
8. Voices Carry — Til Tuesday
9. You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) — Dead Or Alive
10. Revenge of the Gardian — T99

1. Valparaiso — Elements Of Ambience
2. Forget Me Not — St Germain
3. Films — Gary Numan
4. Arpegiator — Jean-Michel Jarre
5. the slab — Slowdive
6. Man With A Gun — Jerry Harrison
7. High Roller — The Crystal Method
8. Rebel Yell (The Crystal Method Remix) — Billy Idol
9. you should see me in a crown — Billie Eilish
10. Angel — Massive Attack
11. Jezebel (Seductress Mix) — Recoil
12. Trench — FETISH
13. Blood, Milk And Sky (Miss September Mix) — White Zombie
14. Slowblow — Depeche Mode
15. The Rose Room — Caia
16. TRON Legacy (End Titles) — Daft Punk
17. Teenage Sensation — Gus Gus
18. Post Punk — The Crystal Method, Hyper & Iggy Pop
19. Black Tie White Noise — David Bowie
20. Very Cruel — Poliça

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1. Drop the Hate — Fatboy Slim
2. Come With Us — The Chemical Brothers
3. Block Rockin' Beats — The Chemical Brothers
4. Ya Mama — Fatboy Slim
5. Afrika Shox — Afrika Bambaataa/Leftfield
6. Where’s Your Head At? — Basement Jaxx
7. Acid 8000 — Fatboy Slim
8. Music [Deep Dish Dot Com Remix] — Madonna
9. Days Go By — Dirty Vegas
10. One More Time — Daft Punk
11. Xpander — Sasha

1. Moon Over Bourbon Street — Sting
2. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue — Falco
3. Thank You Boys — Jane’s Addiction
4. Kissing a Fool — George Michael
5. Sally — Sade
6. Baby Grand — Billy Joel/Ray Charles
7. Do U Lie? — Prince & the Revolution
8. Some Kind Of Lover — Apollonia 6
9. Bring Me the Disco King — David Bowie
10. Standing on the Corner of the Third World — Tears for Fears
11. San Jose — Frankie Goes to Hollywood
12. More Than This — Charlie Hunter Featuring Norah Jones
13. Bookhouse Boys [Instrumental] — Angelo Badalamenti
14. Baby — Bebel Gilberto
15. Det Du Tänker Idag Är Du I Morgon — Dungen
16. Last Night — Moby
17. Sister Moon — Sting

1. Move (You Make Me Feel So Good) — Moby
2. Feeling So Real — Moby
3. Music 4 da People — Yolk
4. Portal — Sunscreem
5. Tragedy (For You) [Neurodancer] — Front 242
6. Religion (The Prodigy Trance U Down Mix) — Front 242
7. Voodoo-U — Lords of Acid
8. Zombie — 7734
9. Panties — Xpando
10. Anthem — Brian G./DJ Spinn
11. Just One Fix — Ministry
12. Mega Dose — Disciples of House
13. Valparaiso — Elements Of Ambience
14. Mya Yadana — Tranquility Bass
15. Belgium [Deep Space Filter Mix Edit] — Megatonk
16. Mantra [Praying Mantra Mix Edit] — Material
17. Past — Sub Sub