The title of this mix (which comes from a great album by Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood) intends not to separate animality from humanity but to recognize that they are one and the same. Here are utterances that transcend the apocryphal distinctions between species: raw, primal, even harrowing at times, but always genuine, much more so than “words” could ever be.

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00:00. Lorenzo Abattoir – “First Act” from Disincarnazione (Flag Day, 2023)

05:26. Rudolf Eb.er & Will Guthrie – “Hilt VII” from Hilt (Fragment Factory, 2022)

08:06. The Bears – “August 22 2000” from First Single (Omnium Gatherum, 2000)

08:47. Patrick Farmer & David Lacey – Pictures of men. [excerpt] (Copy for Your Records, 2013)

11:56. Dogeeseseegod – “Million Orb Face” from Try Put Your Hand Right Through Me (Choccy Monk, 2013)

13:23. This Is Yvonne Lovejoy – “Leg Dentist” [excerpt] from Decapitatío (My Dance the Skull, 2020)

15:02. Lutto Lento – “Duch Pierwszy” [excerpt] from Duch Gór (Sangoplasmo, 2012)

19:15. Alice Kemp – “Spore Tongue for a Rotting May Queen” from Fill My Body with Flowers and Rice (Fragment Factory, 2016)

27:14. Barn Sour – “Snaffle Bit” from Conté for Dick (72 Fold Mane, 2019)

29:44. Micro_Penis – “UNGG” from Süra Wald (Choccy Monk, 2022)

33:59. Daniel Löwenbrück – “Grievance Studies” [excerpt] from Gavøl (Tochnit Aleph, 2024)

36:06. Mathieu Ruhlmann & Banks Bailey – “Beautiful in His Voice” from Anáádiih (3LEAVES, 2011)

A sequel of sorts to Cooped Up, this collection of tracks traces the acceptance of profound absurdity and incoherence with regard to one’s existence, as well as the fragile and queasy yet undeniably peaceful state of mind that arises once the platitudinal farces of meaning, pleasure, and purpose are finally set aside for good—or it’s just something to relax/fall asleep to, if you’re in a particularly strange mood. Take your pick.

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00:00. Black Dice – “Head Like a Door” [excerpt] from Lost Valley (Tigerbeat 6, 2002)

03:59. Michael Barthel – “Verbündete” from Ververbüntede (Coherent States, 2019)

08:26. Sister Iodine – “Les Île” from Helle (Textile, 2007)

16:40. Breeze – “Comfortably Dumb” from Car Masters (Music for People, 2020)

19:47. Pumice – “Murupara” [excerpt] from Land (Soft Abuse, 2014)

25:58. Spectral Park & Kot Kot – “Tuman” [excerpt] from Spectral Park & Kot Kot (Goaty Tapes, 2018)

27:21. Weyes Blood – “Many Voices in the Sand (Transversal Desert Contact)” from Strange Chalices of Seeing (self-released, 2007)

31:32. 1/3 Octave Band – “The System Likes You” [excerpt] from The System Likes You and Wants to Be Your Friend (PseudoArcana, 2005)

35:08. Karnites – “Search” [excerpt] from Pop After Birds (self-released, 2020)

37:05. Mosquitoes – “VS” from Vortex Veering Back to Venus (Feeding Tube, 2019)

You can make music too! Confine yourself to a room with some trusted lunatic loves. Bash some metal garbage cans, scream your takeout order from last night over and over again, stomp on a thrift store guitar until it begs you to stop, use your human body as the highly mobile vehicle of destruction that it is. You’d be surprised at the amount of completely unmarketable trash you can generate. But hey, if it’s quality trash, someone—probably just me, but hey, I’m someone—will listen to it and put it on a mix.

Note: Be prepared for some jarring transitions. Maybe this will teach you to always stay on your toes.

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00:00. Akke Phallus Duo – “Kendal Black Drop” from An Insatiable Demand for Tea (Devastation Wreaked by) (Tanzprocesz, 2015)

06:37. Global Distance – “I’m Dancing (My Troubles Away)” from Lover’s Cove (Human Conduct, 2012)

10:22. Roman Nose – “Ty Tryst” from Roman Nose (Singing Knives, 2018)

14:46. A Band – “All Good Things” from April Twelfth Nineteen-Ninety-Two (self-released, 1992/2009)

17:39. Micro_Penis – “Chimio” from Tolvek (Doubtful Sounds, 2015)

20:25. Katz Mulk – excerpt from side B of Katzenungen (Sacred Tapes, 2017)

24:42. Bren’t Lewiis Ensemble – “Hummus” from Out Patience (Butte County Free Music Society, 2011)

28:31. Can – “Peking O” [excerpt] from Tago Mago (United Artists, 1971)

32:22. Prick Decay – “Sneaker Pimp” from Guidelines for Basement Non Fidel (Very Good, 1995/2016)

36:41. Psychic Sounds Ensemble – “Batch 2” [excerpt] from Sonic Fermentations (Psychic Sounds, 2019)

The sound of domestic self-isolation gone horribly wrong. Junk and trash thrashed out of sheer desperation, degradation of language, slow but deliberate descent into panic and madness. Let’s hope it doesn’t happen to any of you. Thots and preyers.

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00:00. Usurper – 2nd untitled track from Fishing for Tripe (Chocolate Monk, 2013)

04:28. Derek Bailey & Han Bennink – “Who Is That” from Derek Bailey & Han Bennink (Incus, 1972)

08:28. Laurie Tompkins – “War” from Heat, War, Sweat Law (Slip, 2016)

12:14. Territorial Gobbing – “Went” from Stud Mechanism (Cadmus Tape, 2019)

18:00. Textile Orchestra – “The Beginning of the End” [excerpt] from For the Boss (Beta-lactam Ring, 2009)

21:09. The New Blockaders & Putrefier – “Tiras Abrasivas” from Schleifmittelbögen (Birthbiter, 2007)

24:46. Micro_Penis – “Lorsque la lune est pleine je le sens vraiment” from Tolvek (Doubtful Sounds, 2011)

28:53. Animal Collective – “Panic” from Here Comes the Indian (Paw Tracks, 2003)

33:28. Taku Unami – 2nd part of “Whistler Vanished in Wind” from The Whistler (Erstwhile, 2017)

35:02. Boredoms – “Used CD” from Super Roots (WEA, 1993)