Hopefully, by the time this post goes up, I’ll be en route to the airport (yes, again) on my way home to Memphis, TN to visit ma famille for a few days. One of the interesting things about Memphis is that it’s the home of blues, not to be mistaken for the country music hub, which is Nashville, TN. Back in the day, Memphis used to be one of the major the go-to place if you wanted to get started in the music industry, particularly as an artist from the South. Nowadays, Atlanta and Nashville have taken over as the southern musical hotspots, but Memphis still has come out with some interesting music as of late, albeit more in the rap genre than blues or jazz.

But this post isn’t so much about Memphis as it is Mondays. I recognize that Mondays are hard, particularly the Monday after a long weekend of partying to welcome in the New Year. Often viewed with a lot of anger and filed away in the stress-inducing zone, Mondays are rarely one’s favorite day. But I am hoping to add a little bit of joy into the first official work day of the week (AND of the year!) with a little mix from none other than Little Boots.

Little Boots wasn’t always famous. She, too, had her moment of discovery, mainly thanks to the bloggers who supported her from the beginning and a whole lot of drive. Her style and musical talent didn’t hurt either, of course, helping her become one of the most popular breakout musical European stars in the States in recent years. Her success here is particularly marked by the fact that electronic music and anything with a hint of such a genre took a long time to become established in the U.S., despite the fact that most of the popular music we listen to here involves electronic musical production in the background. Neverless, stubborn U.S. audiences have embraced Little Boots, for the most part, and are helping her continued growth in the music industry.

With all that said, I proudly present some of Little Boots OLD OLD OLD work, all the way from 2008, before she was rocking out in videos and was simply some icy blonde tickling the keys for internet audiences. This is a mix she created back in the day that, while short, is a nice blend of mellow tracks with a few sassy notes to accent your early Monday morning vesting. Enjoy getting dressed to this!

Computer Fairlyand Mixtape

tracklist:

 B-Beat Girls – “Same Man”
Hercules And Love Affair – “You Belong” (Riton remix)
Purple Crush – “Physical Attraction”
 Popular Tyre – “Febbre del Discotheque”
The Black Ghosts – “Repetition Kills” (Emperor Machine Dub)
Trans-X – “Living on Video”
Leon Jean Marie – “Bring It On” (Little Boots Remix)

- Retail DJ