Melting Pot + Cut Chemist – 14th Year Anniversary Mix!!! (Playlist Added!)

As was the case for our 7^th anniversary, this 14^th anniversary felt special, especially after returning all of the older posts back home to this website where they belonged. And so, it felt like the time to have another anniversary mix, featuring tunes from over the years, mixed together by one of my favorite DJs.  This time around, more or less I think through complete divine intervention, our anniversary mix was put together by the one and only Cut Chemist.

For this mix, I chose 3 songs from each of the 14 years of Melting Pot, 42 songs total, and delivered them to Cut Chemist with the only rule being that he had to use some part of each of those songs in the final mix. When he finished the soon to be legendary mix you’re about to hear, he had this to say:

“I haven’t done a mix in a while but I can’t think of a better occasion to get back on the bike.  I had no idea what direction to take, I just let the music guide me through every turn.  The songs literally told me what they wanted me to do.  Michael did the heavy lifting with his incredible selections that span across the globe and it was an honor to collaborate with him.  Enjoy and celebrate this Melting Pot of music and emotion!”

For me at this very moment, less than 24 hours from hearing this mix for the first time myself, I don’t even have the words to describe it or say what it means to me to have this mix actually be a reality.  I just want y’all to listen to this 55+ minute masterpiece (preferably with headphones or on a solid car stereo on a long drive), and have your mind blown in exactly the same way I had mine blown to smithereens when I first heard it.  I’ll have MUCH MORE to say about this mix in time, but for now, just dig on it…DIG ON IT!!!

Cut Chemist – Melting Pot 14th Anniversary Mix

Playlist:

1. Ness Harding – Parting Of Man
2. The Forefront – Incantation
3. The Peppos and Jones Straightjacket Band – Humanity
4. Son Hak Rei – Dry Leaves
5. John Klemmer – My Love Has Butterfly Wings
6. Flow – Here We Are Again
7. Erasmo Carlos – Minha Gente
8. Gilberto Gil – Era Nova
9. Sass – I Only Wanted To Love You
10. The Heads – Digging Your Head
11. The Racket Squad – Sweet Little Smoke 
12. Research 1-6-12 – Lookin’ In My Toaster
13. Dennis Oliveri – I Cry In The Morning
14. Alan Parker – Blue Shadow
15. Yukio Hashi – Shikaku Dou (Thug Road)
16. Lotus – Lotus (Second & Third Impression)
17. Ame Son – Reborn This Morning On The Way Of…
18. Lotus – Lotus (Third Impression)
19. Arnold Bean – I Can See Through You
20. Leigh Stephens – Another Dose Of Life
21. Mike Riccardelli & Dick Dowling – New Rhythm Patterns
22. Bobby Walker – Can’t Stop Loving You
23. Ismael Diaz – Capricornio
24. Jun Mayuzumi – Yagi-Bushi 
25. The Main Attraction – Everyday 
26. Edip Akbayaram & Dolstar – Daglar Dagladi Beni
27. William Fischer – Eguntto Batez 
28. Odyssey – No One Else Pt. 1
29. Thom Macke – Lonely Weekends
30. Shades Of Black Lightning – Yesterday’s Dream
31. Mike Riccardelli & Dick Dowling – New Rhythm Patterns
32. Toni Tornado – Me Libertei
33. Fred Cancio – Can’t Get Enough
34. Luiz Gonzaga Jr. – Galope
35. Antonio Carlos e Jocafi – Hipnose
36. Tatsuro Yamashita – Dancer
37. Nancy Priddy – You’ve Come This Way Before
38. The Forefront – Incantation
39. Tobruk – Heart Of A Sound Spirit
40. Modulos – Dulces Palabras
41. Rotary Connection – Life Could
42. Jazz Minstrels – Poopin’ The Sloop
43. Juan Pablo Torres y Algo Nuevo – Son y Propulsion 
44. Los Van Van – Llegue Llegue
45. Sylvia Tella – Stars In Your Eyes