I recorded my mix using a selection of records discovered during my time in Europe; dub from Sweden and Holland, experimental groups from Mexico, Italy and Japan, UK post-punk, Portuguese (thanks to Steele and his digging trip there), Spanish, Swiss and Yugoslavian new wave and German Psych. After citing that list I realized how worldly the mix is, on that note most of my inspiration comes from traveling to foreign places, meeting the people and absorbing the cultures. During these travels I always take my recorder with me, I prefer to record the sounds of a place rather then take a photo. I find that sound has the ability to instill more emotion than the image projects. Time upon time I feel limited by my recording devices inability to capture the intensity and spectrum of these environments. Then and there the experience must stay which is beautiful in its own rite. The magic about records is they transcend the moment.…