Bonnaventure has gotten his “shit” together and actually produced some music in hopes he could share it with the world. In the past I have decided not to share my music with Manalogue, considering it “shameless self promotion” and being self-conscious about putting product out to such a large market. I can hide no more, and must scream my intentions from the blogtops!

Bonnaventure (the writer) is BONNAVENTURE JAMES (the musician). I will be playing a few dates going in to June, and hopefully more in to July and August. The first place you can catch me is on the upstairs stage at the epic MAMMOTH CAVE music fest in Lethbridge, Ab. My set is at 3:20 sharp, and will be a small part of history as the venue HENOTIC will close indefinitely. After that, I will be playing with CdT and DIGITS at BROKEN CITY on May 13! Even further down the road are some summer festival dates of my own, but I’d like to save that for another post as nothing is 100% official yet.

In the mean time, I hope you can escape your weekday shackles and break free. Take to the road and enjoy some life and music. While you’re out there, enjoy this mix I made for just this intended purpose.

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Bonnaventure James – Get Lost in Music (a disco, IDM, chillwave, house mix)

This mix is mostly vinyl that I have been collecting for the past little while and contains alternate versions of some classic tunes (The idea of a 12” club mix floors me every time) and some fun newer stuff. I really hope you enjoy this and aren’t immediately annoyed by the extended version of Blondie’s Rapture. Check out the track listing after the jump!

The Who – Eminence Front
Blondie – Rapture (12” Mix)
Kraftwerk – Musique Non Stop
Wendy Carlos – Time Steps
Ducktails – On The Boardwalk
Four Tet – Reversing
Felt Letters – Lone Wolf No Club
HEALTH – Perfect Skin (Curses! Remix)
New Order – Blue Monday (12” Mix)
Patrick Cowley feat. Sylvester – Do You Wanna Funk?
LCD Soundsystem – Tribulations (Shallow Version)