Bring along your imagination for a summery, spacey psych-pop trip guided by one of our all-time favorite DJs. The harmonies are thick, the backbeats are crisp, the sweet smell of sunshine wafts against all odds in an anti-gravity breeze.

DJ Nobody has spun a ton of soft-psych and sunshine pop mixes at dublab and elsewhere over the years; this previously un-posted session from the summer of ’03 is one of his best, offering a masterclass in 1960s and ’70s vocal and orchestral arrangement. Featured are pioneering, heavyweight studio minds like Curt Boetcher and Brian Wilson, among others.

From the inspiring, post-lysergic bliss of bands like The Millennium and Blue Aquarius to rock gems by the bizarrely beautiful Wimple Witch and Klaatu, to lesser known classics by The Beach Boys and The Mamas & Papas, Nobody serves up O.G. psych like no other.

Tracklist:

Klaatu – Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
Colin Blunstone of the Zombies – I Don’t Believe in Miracles
The Mamas & The Papas – Shooting Star
The Poppy Family – Free From the City
Tommy Roe – Moon Talk
Brian Hyland – See the Funny Little Clown
The Millenium – I’m With You
Billy Nichols – Life is Short
Tinkerbell’s Fairydust – Lazy Day
The Third Wave – Got to Get You Into My Life
Sagittarius – Would You Like to Go
Wimple Witch – Bluebell Witch
The Association – Here in Here
SRC – I Remember Your Face
Nobody – Tori Oshi
Blond – Sun in Her Hand
Mortimer – Waiting for Someone
The Peppermint Trolley Company – Baby You Come Rollin’ ‘Cross My Mind
Nirvana – All of Us (theme from The Touchables)
The Beach Boys – Be Still
Blue Aquarius – At the Feet of the Master

FROM THE VAULTS is an ongoing curation project produced by Ben Sinclair, resurfacing rare live performances and DJ sets recorded during dublab’s first ten years.

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