Neu Mix #15: Salt Cathedral

Roughly translated, ‘umami’ means ‘pleasant savoury taste’.

Salt Cathedral have named their DIY Weekly exclusive mix ‘Umami vol. 1’. But it’s more than pleasant. It’s occasionally sweet, too. Not to say they’ve missed the mark, or anything. The band actually told us this mix goes well with cooking, or arranging Ikea furniture. But this mix is more inclined towards the Brooklyn group’s skittish, imaginative take on music. Furniture, too. If needs be.

Their very own ‘Brooklyn Treasure’ (an exclusive track) closes the mix, lending an ever-fidgeting, childlike sense of wonder to the mix. It’s a feeling that’s ever-present in ‘Umami’ / ‘pleasant savoury taste vol 1’. Little Dragon and Miles Davis don’t usually crop up on the same tracklist, but together they help segue something clever and brilliantly oddball. Salt Cathedral fit said description to a T, so it’s no wonder they’ve gone gung-ho in the high spirited, boundless energy stakes for ‘Umami vol 1’.



TRACKLIST
1. Little Dragon - A New
2. Mum - On The Old Mountain Radio
3. Four Tet - She Moves She
4. Aphex Twin - Flim
5. Ta-ku - Kill Time
6. Dorival Caymmi - Berimbau
7. Elis Regina - Roda
8. Joao Gilberto - O Sapo
9. Joao Y Astrud Gilberto - Samba de Minha Terra
10. Miles Davis - The Maids of Cadiz
11. Duke Ellington and John Coltrane - In a Sentimental Mood
12. Flying Lotus ft Laura Darlington - Auntie’s Lock/Infinitum
13. Salt Cathedral - Brooklyn Treasure

DIY Neu Mix #15 - Salt Cathedral by Diy on Mixcloud