First off: This is not a Valentine’s Day Mixtape!

No.

THIS IS THE STORY OF A LIFE IN LOVE, TOLD BY MUSIC!

THIS IS ATD21!

THIS IS LOVE LIFE!

Yes, I stayed up all night again, recording three and a half songs, countless mashups and remixes, , drinking Pepsi and JD and braving the madness that comes from not sleeping, to craft you this beautiful pink piece of High Concept… Travel with me, from the cradle to the grave, in a life of loving and, when favour intervenes, being loved too. This thing runs deep like a abyss.

A big thank you to  Lee Smilex for the bass on The Saturday Boy and Optimax for the guitar on Brickbat. The call was answered! Music was transferred from miles away via thin air! J’adore Abite Dons Le Future!

I dedicate this to Charlotte, the love of my life, and to you, dear readerlistener, without whom there would be none of this. How ace are we? Making Love… out of nothing at all.

Word to Jim Steinman. Pow! Right, it’s time for me to do something romantic, like The Hoovering. Love has driven weaker men to stranger acts. And its still got along way to drive me. Anyway. I hope you enjoy this thing.

PAX!

ATD21: Love Life
Tracklisting:

Akira The Don – Love

Akira The Don – The Saturday Boy ft Billy Bragg

Dion & The Belmonts – A Teenager In Love

Akira The Don – Burgerdate ft Dion & The Belmonts

Slick Rick – A Teenage Love

B.o.B. – 16 Teen ft T-Pain

Akira The Don – Growing Pains ft Bob Dylan, Babybird & Sebastian Bach

Akira The Don – Delusions Of Granddad ft Extreme, De La Soul & LL Cool J

Akira The Don – To Err ft The Human League

Belle & Sebastian – Mayfly

The Smiths – Ask

Usher – Love In This Club

Andrew W.K. – Let’s Go On A Date

Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – I’ve Had (The Time Of My Life)

Jilted John – Going Steady

Jilted John – Jilted John

Pulp – Stacks

Babybird – If You’ll Be Mine

Akira The Don – Fools Rush In ft Babybird, Tom Waits, E, The Divine Comedy

Akira The Don – Fools Rushing ft My Chemical Romance, Clipse, Babybird & Busta Rhymes

Bonnie Tyler & Jim Steinman – Making Love Out Of Nothing At All (Akira The Don Remix)

Envy – The Best You Ever Had

Ghostface Killah – Never Be The Same Again

Akira The Don – Plenty More Fish In The Sea Etc ft Roxette & Super Furry Animals

Pheonix – If I Ever Feel Better

Bjork – It’s Oh So Quiet (Live At Taratata 117)

Tom Waits – Bend Down The Branches

Dead Prez – Mind Sex

Prince Get off

Akira The Don – Solidify You Love ft Ashford & Simpson, yeah yeahs Yeahs, Queen & Joey2Tits

Akira The Don – Babydoll (Snippet)

Firehouse – Finally Found The Love Of A Lifetime

Akira The Don – Brickbat