xford’s very own Hugo Manuel, aka Chad Valley, is next in line to contribute a mix to La.Ga.Sta’s new series of mixtapes based on our co-drivers favourite year in music. Every month we invite a producer/dj/artist to choose his favourite year in music and give us a mixtape with tracks only from that year. For May, we asked Chad Valley to “drive through” his favourite year, and he went with the year of his birth, 1986. Let’s take a long ride with his classy “1986” mixtape full of all-time favourite songs. Bast it above, and ride with us.

TRACKLIST

01. The Housemartins – People Get Ready
02. The Human League – Love Is All That Matters (Extended Mix)
03. Nu Shooz – Point Of No Return
04. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Field Work (feat. Thomas Dolby)
05. New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
06. Con Funk Shun – She’s Sweet
07. Mr Fingers – Can You Feel It
08. Janet Jackson – Funny How Time Flies When You’re Having Fun
09. The SOS Band – Even When You Sleep
10. Pet Shop Boys – Love Comes Quickly
11. Peter Gabriel – This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds) (feat. Laurie Anderson)
12. Toto – I’ll Be Over You
13. Paul Simon – Homeless

Chad Valley’s third album “Imaginary Music” is out now via Cascine. Buy it here.

Artwork: Monoscopic