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“That mix is fun!” - Chad “Toy Baron” Phillips, Kidrobot

“WHAT MIX WAS THAT??????????” (actually referring to the Diplo mix) - Prof. Tom Quickel, UCLA

“Sweet Jesus, that’s smooth.” - Andrew Keh, New York Times
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This mixtape provided the soundtrack for our van ride to the Ichinomiya Keirin races, aka 12 dudes smashed in a van. I would like to say this mix aided German Thomas’ high precision, yet super smooth, Autobahn-esq driving, which got us there just in time to see our Keirin Rider friend Yuki Kusaka win the first race.

Smooth Sailing is a special mixtape I made and distributed privately to an exclusive group of individuals. And now, due to overwhelming demand, it’s being made available to the public, for the greater good. Please enjoy the smoothitude.

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Made it to an official keirin race outside of Nagoya and got to go back stage with the winner of the first race, our boy Yuki. No time to talk, gotta ride 75 miles in the rain to our next destination.

I arrived in Tokyo on Friday, a few days early, and it feels so good to be back here. With the pitiful state of air travel these days I was pleasantly surprised to (more…)