The Adventure Handbook

Here at The Adventure Handbook we don’t shun the Christmas mixtape, we embrace it. For us its as essential as the roast potatoes and gravy and our Christmas day just isn’t complete without a steady stream of festive-themed songs blasting from the stereo. So here it is for your consideration The Adventure Handbook presents The Christmas Mix; 20 of the best seasonal hits that will make your Christmas day pop. We feel Christmas and with this mix you can feel it too. Enjoy!

ADVENTURE TAPE # 009 | THE CHRISTMAS MIX by The Adventure Handbook on Mixcloud

Listen: Tape No.20 – Live from Buenos Aires

Patrick Saracino

I fell in love with Buenos Aires immediately after arriving… Living here is a day by day prospect which makes for an immensely rich culture of art, resistance and consequently, amazing music.

Listen: Tape No.19 – Everything is Possible

David Byrne

Founded in 1988 by musician David Byrne (Talking Heads), Luaka Bop was initially started as vehicle for David’s passion for world music with its sole purpose to be a means to release a few Brazilian compilations.

Listen: Tape No.18 – Life in Transit

Oliver Markota

Oliver Markota is a pilot for a Japanese airline (one of the good ones) and when he isn’t flying to and from your favourite destinations he lives in one of your favourite cities, Tokyo. Is a airline pilot’s life the dream or an endless battle with the effects of chronic jet lag?

Listen: Tape No.17 – The Sounds of Hipgnosis

Aubrey Powell

Listen to a musical celebration of some of the acts that Hipgnosis created album art for, including ELO, Ween, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, T Rex, 10CC, Peter Gabriel, Wings and more

Listen: Tape No.16 – Nkechi Anele’s Exploration Music

Nkechi Anele

Some of the songs I have chosen for this mixtape are quite delicate, and I think this suits the idea of exploring new places with excitement but also a bit of apprehension.

Listen: Tape No.15 – Conrad Greenleaf’s Voyage Through the Galaxy

Conrad Greenleaf

Conrad Greenleaf is an inner-west Sydney based musician who plays synth, guitar and other things in psych-pop band Richard In Your Mind. He has recently released a solo album called ‘Modern Emotions’

Adventure Tape

Editor’s Pick

Finally free in the wilds of the American West

Story | USA

VIDEO Watch: IMERSÃO with Morgan Jouquand

Video | Portugal

3000 miles on the thin white line. If you want to ‘see’ a country, do it by bike...

Story | USA

Muster in the dust – The rough beauty of the Australian outback

Interview | Australia

Watch: It’s Better In The Wind with Scott Toepfer

Video | USA

Hunting the hunters – South African Rhino Poachers

Interview | South Africa

Listen: Tape No.14 – Milk!

Milk! Artists

A crushing 10+ hour drive to another capital city is an Australian music scene necessity, a decent playlist is the only thing keeping your mind off being crammed in a car filled with gear.

Listen: Tape No.13 – Going The Distance

Us The Band

A crushing 10+ hour drive to another capital city is an Australian music scene necessity, a decent playlist is the only thing keeping your mind off being crammed in a car filled with gear.

Listen: Tape No.12 – Traversing the Inspiration Travel Tundra

Liam McGorry

This mixtape is made up of songs that my friends have put on in the tour van or played to me on tour, unwittingly blowing my mind along the way, and inspiring me to go down different rabbit-holes in search of more new and interesting music.

Listen: Tape No.11 – NYC with Ryan Caesar from Pearls

Ryan Caesar

Pearls have just returned from a jaunt to the USA. New york for CMJ to be specific. Myself and James spent a few extra weeks there, embarrassing ourselves with over enthusiasm as green Australian boys are wont to do. The songs I’ve chosen are my NYC playlist. Stuff I was listening to while I was there and was finding exciting.

Listen: Tape No.10 – Solo Drives with Nick Sowersby

Nick Sowersby (Sunbeam Sound Machine)

Driving and music go hand in hand. If it wasn’t terrible for the environment I’d almost exclusively listen to music whilst driving around. I’ve discovered a lot about music while driving: How to feel badass driving around Seaford in a 1995 Toyota Camry; How amazing Veckatimest is from start to finish; how to sing harmonies on long solo drives.

Listen: Tape No.8 – Campfire Tales with Leigh Senior

Leigh Senior

In the play list I have included some songs for leaving, arriving…songs that lead you out of a small country town and into the possibilities of a clean sky. The endless horizon is liberating and also confronting as you attempt to define yourself not by your normal surroundings but by the tired reflection in the car window and thoughts rattling round.

Listen: Tape No.7 – Globetrotters with Edo & Dyl from Milwaukee Banks

Edo & Dyl

We’ve both travelled overseas individually, but never together… so when we put together the theme for this mixtape we were both discussing the music we listened to in our headphones on those trips. Songs and albums that became synonymous with experiencing a certain part of another city or discovering life in a different culture.

Listen: Tape No.6 – Summit

David Boyson Cooper

Winter 2013/14 was when I got really into climbing mountains. Those drowsy 6am car journeys north, when we would be half asleep, half looking at the weather and the scenery are a part of the experience I came to enjoy, and these tracks are the soundtrack to these memories.

Listen: Tape No.5 – Cooking with Rough

Pete Curtis a.k.a 'Rough'

If you have ever worked in a commercial kitchen for even a second you would know that they are different from other working environments. Kitchens rely on hard work, staff who will show up no matter what, maybe a bit of goey from time-to-time and most

Listen: Tape No.4 – Behind the Wheel with Matt Lief Anderson

Matt Lief Anderson

This playlist is a few songs that fit into my drives across America. It starts out being really meditative and slowly builds to keep you from falling asleep at the wheel. If you get tired, go to the last song and fast forward to 7:30 and crank it till your ears bleed.

Listen: Tape No.3 – Beach Bum with Imogene Barron

Imogene Barron

I really like being alone, some people may say a little too much (I tend to disagree) whether I’m cracking tinnies on an empty beach in the middle of nowhere, singing at the top of my lungs (extremely badly) or dancing in front of the neighbors cat.

Listen: Tape No.2 – Backseat Driver with Ryan Kenny

Ryan Kenny

Here is a taste of what it’s like to be on the road with me for twenty-four hours. Minus my long winded tales of heartbreak. It’s 6am, you’ve just hopped in the car and it’s rolling slowly down a dirt road. Each song represents a new hour on the clock.

Listen: Tape No.1 – On Tour with Joel Byrne

Joel Byrne

When I hear some of these tracks I get reminded, in a weird way, of a distinct moment from a past adventure. It is very true that Adventure and music really do go hand in hand and for me, now I as I try to recall those moments; it’s almost like not being able to remember one without the other.

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Listen: Tape No.9 – Christmas with The Adventure Handbook