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Odd Nosdam will clear out his closet of remixes, rarities (Oddities?), and even a few videos with the release of a collection called Pretty Swell Explode via Anticon on April 29 May 27. The package's two discs are split between an ambient EP and a full-length showcase of the producer's beat-centric skills, including reworkings (some straight remixes, some perhaps better described as "covers") of tracks by Boards of Canada, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Serena-Maneesh, and a few of Odd's Anticon labelmates.

Nos created most of the tracks on Pretty Swell Explode around the time he recorded his previous two LPs (2005's Burner and last year's Level Live Wires), and eight of them are exclusive to PSE.

Starting tonight (March 19), Odd has a handful of dates in California and Colorado.

Pretty Swell Explode 1:

01 Odd Nosdam: "Untitled Three (JBs OG Mix)"
02 Serena Maneesh: "Don't Come Down Here (Blasted Remix)"
03 Thee More Shallows: "Freshman Remix"
04 Boards of Canada: "D C (Bit)"
05 Odd Nosdam: "Hollow Me"
06 Skyrider: "No Good (Nosdam's Dub)"
07 Bracken: "(Growin' Up in the Hood) Four Thousand Style"
08 Odd Nosdam: "Wreck Time"
09 Alias & Tarsier: "Ligaya (Remix)"
10 Odd Nosdam: "Untitled Sketch [ft. Jessica Bailiff]"
11 Black Moth Super Rainbow: "Forever Heavy (Shoegangster/JB Remix) [ft. Jessica Bailiff]"
12 Odd Nosdam: "Upsetter (Don't Play That)" [vinyl only] / Ravi Zupa: "Kill Tone" [video; CD only]

Pretty Swell Explode 2:

01 Odd Nosdam: "Cut"
02 Odd Nosdam: "Perfectly Pink Path (for Dax)"
03 Odd Nosdam: "My Prayer Rug"
04 Odd Nosdam: "Bear Hug"
05 Boards of Canada: "Dayvan Cowboy (Remix)"
06 Odd Nosdam: "20th"
07 Skhoinarion: "Dayvan Cowboy (Remix)" [video; CD only]
08 Spencer Williams: "Clouded" [video; CD only]

Oddidates:

03-19 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill (DJ set) *
03-20 Berkeley, CA - Missouri Lounge (DJ set) #
03-21 San Francisco, CA - The Compound (DJ set)
03-28 Oakland, CA - Forthrite Gallery (DJ set) #
04-03 Denver, CO - Andenken ("Get It Threw Your Thick Skull" art show opening) %
04-04 Denver, CO - Draw Rings 2 ("The Return" art show opening) (DJ set)

* with Black Moth Super Rainbow
# with Jel