MIXTAPE CHALLENGE: LCD Soundsystem

In "Mixtape Challenge" my obsessive categorizing and rearranging of music is put to the test.

This challenge is to create a LCD Soundsystem mix in five to nine tracks. All killer, no filler.

DJ Responsible's LCD Soundsystem Mix:

1) You Wanted a Hit
2) All My Friends
3) Dance Yrself Clean
4) Tribulations
5) North American Scum
6) Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
7) All I Want
8) Someone Great
9) Home

DJ Responsible's defense:

LCD Soundsystem are at their best when they are given room to meditate, and, much like their excellent live shows, when they patiently build momentum with the steadfastness of their approach. I almost included the eleven-minute, pummeling "Yeah (Pretentious Version)" for that very reason, as well as the hypnotic "Us v. Them," but these tracks ended up just missing the cut. Not to be overly modest, but my mix perfectly captures LCD's strengths with a sandwich of brilliantly long-winded opening and closing threesomes: the eternal "All My Friends" and "Someone Great" (off Sound of Silver) inter-spliced with the best tracks from This Is Happening, resulting in a time capsule of definitive turn-of-the-decade indie electro-pop. The mid-section, a masterfully tightknit 1-2-3 powerpunch, also manages to incorporate some of James Murphy's best lines ("And for those of you who still think we're from England/We're not, no"). Only missing is LCD's more meandering concoctions ("Losing My Edge," "Pow Pow") and their more alt-type sound ("Drunk Girls," "Watch the Tapes"). Unfortunate but necessary sacrifices, I'll admit.