​For the next installment of Obsessive Compulsive Frequency (OCF), eskuché takes a page from 80s and 90s pop-culture by making a mixtape with Los Angeles’ own DJ/producer duo, Cosmic Kids. This new initiative hails the physical cassette as a mode of expression many of us from the pre-CD days warmly remember; one that required thoughtfully selecting songs for a friend or a loved one and recording them directly to tape giving the final product a unique sound. Who can forget that infamous hiss or worn out wobble after years of heavy rotation?

Appropriately, Cosmic Kids’ contribution is less about the music they’re currently known for - groovy, deep house and high-energy electronic dance - and more about their influences from adolescence as well as what they’ve personally got on repeat. Akin to what you might hear on an old unmarked TDK buried deep in a box somewhere, listeners will be treated with some hidden gems rekindling a love affair with some nostalgic tracks and maybe even the tape format itself. Be sure to check out the behind-the-scenes/interview video eskuché produced to shed some light on how Dan Terndrup and Ron Poznansky crafted the mix.

 

OCF Mixtape #1 is limited to 300 copies and will be available starting February 22nd at select retail outlets for free with the purchase of a pair of eskuché headphones. For those who have long since abandoned their cassette player, the tape will also also be accessible in digital format so you can listen to it on other devices. The series will continue

on with a variety of artist alignments and personalities ranging from more recording artists and DJs to journalists and tastemakers.

 

Here is a list of halo retailers that will be carrying the OCF Mixtape #1: Amoeba Music Hollywood, Origami Records(LA), Turntable Lab (NY+LA), American Rag (LA), Other Music (NY), Digital Fix (NY), Waterloo Records (Austin), Groove Records (Nashville), Nomads (SF) and Easy St. Records (Seattle). On-line buyers can also find it at 80sPurple.com and InSound.com