mixtape archive

apd transmissions

we put these songs in this order on purpose.

Maxell cassette with handwritten apd transmission squared label
latest transmission

apd transmission²

a mixtape is a small argument about what should happen next. transmission² starts with new order’s “5 8 6” and refuses to behave from there. synth-pop slips into ska, the shadows get longer, and punk eventually kicks the door in. bowie’s “starman” gets the last word. twenty-two tracks. start at the beginning. the detours are the point.

choose an apd mixtape as the free tape with your walkman and you’ll get a physical cassette copy. our mixtapes are given as free gifts for promotional use only. they’re not for sale.

press play. keep the order.

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the running order.

22 tracks / transmission²
  1. 01New Order - 5 8 67:30
  2. 02Pet Shop Boys - A Man Could Get Arrested4:20
  3. 03Book Of Love - Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls4:47
  4. 04Depeche Mode - Something to Do3:48
  5. 05The B-52's - Whammy Kiss4:21
  6. 06Genesis - Illegal Alien4:37
  7. 07English Beat - Mirror In the Bathroom3:04
  8. 08UB40 - All I Want To Do (live)5:05
  9. 09The Police - On Any Other Day2:57
  10. 10The Clash - Ghetto Defendant4:44
  11. 11Trans-X - Living On Video4:31
  12. 12Nitzer Ebb - Lightning Man4:58
  13. 13Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection4:16
  14. 14The Cure - A Strange Day5:04
  15. 15The Charlatans - Then4:12
  16. 16Joy Division - Warsaw2:25
  17. 17Pixies - Break My Body2:07
  18. 18Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve?)2:35
  19. 19The Damned - New Rose2:45
  20. 20U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday4:40
  21. 21Public Image Ltd - (This is Not a) Love Song4:32
  22. 22David Bowie - Starman4:18