Take #20 - Eternal Habits Of The Spotted Mind (2025)

Martin van Zeelandt / TCD
May 12
4 min read

Monday has come, and is nearly gone. One day closer to the eternal life, right? Hopefully that's years away from us, but you'll never know. At least we've survived this Monday, sitting indoors, roasting and sweating. But at least we've got some quality music coming at us through our speakers. Rígur Lárus is back with the twentieth instalment of his extremely successful and quirky mix series. And the twentieth is dedicated to a comedian/actor called Jim Carrey. You might have heard from him....

Jim Carrey is a funny lad. But he's played in so much more. Including the quirky film ''Eternal Sunshine Of The Mind'', which was a bit of a different film, compared to his 'standard' films. A bit more serious. I even liked him in that Big Brother-esque film, which name I've forgotten. He's not my favourite actor, but one I would not avoid. And that's putting it mildly. A good choice to have for your twentieth instalment.

The cover image does freak me out slightly. It looks slightly ominous, right? It looks like my dreams, made into an image. Impressive, Rígur Lárus, very impressive. But it's not just the image that does damage, it also the mix. Rígur Lárus always finds the coolest songs out there. Some so unknown, I could not even find them. He does what he wants, and if it means that he has to dive deep into the underground to find the tracks that will get us moving, he will. And for his latest mix he has deep again.

And boy, does this mix cause a stir! It certainly does. And I'm glad to have found it. Well, technically speaking I didn't find it, Rígur Lárus was so kind to notify me of the new mix. Bless his cotton socks.

BUILD UP

01. Ian Brown - F.E.A.R. (UNKLE Remix)

02. Hyle - Rager (Original Mix)

03. New Order - Crystal (Lee Coombs Remix)

04. Julia Linkogel - Escape (Original Mix)

05. Kevin Di Serna, Santor - Blessway

06. Double Touch - Pomelo (Original Mix)

07. Ark Nomads, Bohm (ofc) - Waiting For You (OIBAF & Gulec Extended Remix)

08. Fahlberg - There's Hope In Your Eyes (Original Mix)

09. AFFKT - Krat (Original Mix)

10. Sam Rose - Altitude (Extended Mix)

11. Anturage & Alexey Union - Engage

12. Franz Matthews - Symmetric Dance (Sarah Wild Remix)

13. Bedrock - Heaven Scent (Rodriguez Jr. Remix)

14. Alfa Romero - ORACLE (Extended Mix)

15. Eelke Kleijn feat Emily Roberts - Watching Over Me (Extended Mix)

16. Pole Position - Every Single Way (Original Mix)

SETTING THE MOOD

17. Sparkly Pony - Right Now

18. Airscape - Cruising 2010 (Exposure Remix)

19. Pretty Pink - Unconditional (Extended Mix)

20. Slam feat Tyrone 'Visionary' Palmer - Lifetimes (Full Length)

21. Arude, Sincz, Losless - Humanity (Original Mix)

22. Musumeci, SamH3 - 7LL (Original Mix)

23. Brigado Crew, Peces Raros - Declive (Extended Mix)

24. Thodoris Triantafillou, Addie Manson - Feel So Good (Extended Mix)

25. Julia Linkogel - Orbital (Original Mix)

26. Blord - The Eye (Original Mix)

27. Dukwa - Wooden Mask

28. Einmusik, Solee - We Talk About Dreams (Original Mix)

29. Mumbai Science - Radiate (Original Mix)

30. Colyn, Innellea - Set Me Free (Extended Mix)

31. Noizu - Vogue (Avalon Rokston Remix)

32. CamelPhat & Vomee - Renewal (Extended Mix)

33. Kiko - World Cup (Extended Mix)

FINAL TERRITORY

34. Losless - The Surge

35. Vintage Culture & Goodboys - Chemicals (Colyn Remix)

36. Henri Bergmann & Jono Stephenson feat Layla Benitez - Memory Leak (Extended Mix)

37. Solee - Aries (Original Mix)

38. Black Light Smoke - Last Song Before Sunrise

39. Fel C, ID ID - Whispers (Original Mix)

40. Pisetzky - Nebula Fever Dream (Original Mix)

41. Thomas Schumacher - Ficken? (#3 Original Remastered)

42. Rebecca Delle Piane - Ammore

43. Luke Garcia, Colossio - I Can't Forget (Original Mix)

44. ENØS & Saintbull - Anubis (Original Mix)

45. ID - ID

46. Ida Engberg - Pink Monkeys

47. Add-Us - Hiding Faces

48. Röyksopp & Barker & Baumecker feat Susanne Sundfor - Running To The Sea (True Electric)

49. Coast 2 Coast - Home (Original Mix)

50. Estiva - Feel Alive

51. Nils Hoffmann & Kasbo & Vancouver Sleep Clinic - Running In A Dream (Jon Gurd Extended Mix)

52. Ida Engberg - Nothing Feels The Same

53. RÜFÜS DU SOL - Innerbloom

Thank God for copy & paste. This would have taken me ages to bloody type. But it's now here, and it ain't going nowhere.

So Rígur Lárus split the mix into three sections. The BUILD UP, SETTING THE MOOD, and FINAL TERRITORY. But to me it's just one glorious mix, and its purpose is clear. It is to make you dance, make you feel enlightened. And it surely did that to me. It might have been a long and arduous mix to create, but the end result is really beautiful. And you can even state which section is your favourite.

Mine is 'BUILD UP'. That's got the best records in them. ''There's Hope In Your Eyes''. Come on, nothing can top that record. That is just pure eargasms in a song. I am getting goose bumps listening to this song. That song closely follows ''Blessway'' and ''Pomelo''.

Overall, this mix is sick. The intro is OK, not the best he's made (nothing can beat Rob Lowe's intro), but when it comes to the tracks and the mix itself, this is a masterpiece. He takes his time, and when he releases it, you know it will hit you hard. This is pornographic stuff for music lovers. He always delivers, and he takes his time to create perfection. And the 20th is no different to the previous 19.

I can't wait for more. But the guessing game is, who will be the next Hollywood star?

Oh. Jim Carrey's best bit? Doing the vocal bits on The Weeknd album. That was amazing!!!