15-Min Flash Mix E11: Don Aaron Opens A Wormhole Into His Vintage Fantasy Zone

Welcome to Don Aaron’s fantasy zone (Credit: Masta Rudy)

On episode 11 of the 15-Min Flash Mix, we’re hitting rewind and slipping into a wormhole to the past. When it comes to these flashback journeys, Don Aaron (FKA don.a.a.ron) has been one of the scene’s go-to navigators with spot-on coordinates. For 15 minutes, he now takes you on a quick trip through his sonic reminiscence, passing by sights and sounds that enter his whimsical sensorium.

Don Aaron has been steering the ship of his pursuits for a few years now. His gutsy endeavour of nostalgia drips with influences from chill-wave, vaporwave, city pop and r&b, and he’s explored this in his two albums, F A C T S, and the recently-released FREEDOM?. If you want to know this mastermind even better, you can even check out this interview feature we did with him.

Don Aaron keeps it deliciously retro for the 15-Min Flash Mix (Credit: Masta Rudy)

For the 15-Min Flash Mix, Don Aaron has orchestrated a blissful languor of instrumental bliss, much like the soundtrack of a vintage, neo-noir short film. You’ll come across chubby basslines, glistening synths, sensual trumpets and crooning vocal soundbites, all passed through a charmingly lo-fi filter that perpetuates the illusion. Don Aaron even tosses in a couple of his originals in this mix to leave you further immersed in his fantasy zone. This is Don Aaron with the 15-Min Flash Mix.

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