It was the summer of 2007 and I was hard at work as a junior software developer at a hedge fund in Chicago. The blogosphere was moving further than just tech bloggers, and there was wealth of curated music out there starting to flourish. Unfortunately, I can’t remember how I came across this compilation, but somewhere along the line I did, and it introduced me to nearly all of these songs for the first time. But this was almost two decades ago at this point, and the web rots. Things die. And so in effort to keep some sort of search alive for anyone else that listened to and enjoyed this compilation, I have decided to host the tracklisting here.

Hello Young World: Volume Two was a compilation by the producer Lushlife. Originally it was hosted at http://helloyoungworld.com in 2007, and as you can see on the Wayback Machine, it went offline as early as 2008. A the time, you could simply download the zip file of the compilation, including Lushlife’s mixes of the various songs. I downloaded it back then, but that too has been lost to time. (And if you’ve stumbled upon this page and have a copy of this file, please let me know!) There was a Volume One at some point, but that was before I had found it online, and to my knowledge, there’s no record of that anywhere other than in the PRWeb Press Release found on the Wayback Machine. This is probably because they were limited burned copies distributed in the indie music scene circa 2002 New York. (This gives me Cereal Killer from Hackers vibes, handing out his mixes on the sidewalk in front of the arcade.)

Even though this compilation included some lost-to-time mixes, I’ve put together a Spotify playlist that captures much of the essence of this rad mixtape. 📀 Lushlife presents Hello Young World: Volume Two - playlist by Ryan Heaney | Spotify

So, here’s the original text and tracklisting from Hello Young World: Volume Two, as well as some of the press release text introducing it. Enjoy!

All text below is taken from the Wayback captures of either the original site, or the PR release.

The 60+ minute mixtape highlights indie-dance records from the last several years by Bloc Party, The Shout Out Louds, Zoot Woman, and many others, alongside classic records by the likes of The Pixies, Pulp, and New Order; all blended by Lush on two turntables.

April 30, 2007 – Sometimes em-cee/producer and multi-instrumentalist, Lushlife, switches gears for a minute and offers up the second installment in his indie-dance DJ-mixed CD series, Hello Young World: Volume Two. The 60+ minute mixtape highlights party joints from the last several years by Bloc Party, The Shout Out Louds, Zoot Woman, and many others, alongside classic records by the likes of The Pixies, Pulp, and New Order; all blended by dude on the ones and twos with impeccable musicality. If that weren’t enough, he throws the soon-to-be summer anthem, The Gilded Age (on which he plays drums, synths, and sings), from his new rock group Ordinaire into the mix. Best of all, the entire 22 track disc is being made available here completely free as an internet download (complete with album art). Get your copy of Lushlife’s definitive summertime party jawn Hello Young World: Volume Two.

‘Hello Young World: Volume Two’ Track Listing:

01/ Intro - Stars
02/ Hard To Beat - Hard-Fi
03/ Information First - Zoot Woman
04/ If I Ever Feel Better - Phoenix
05/ Walking With The Ghost - Tegan and Sara
06/ Saturdays - Cut/Copy
07/ The Gilded Age - Ordinaire
08/ Ten AM Automatic - The Black Keys
09/ Regret - New Order
10/ The Comeback - Shout Out Louds (Tommie Sunshine Remix)
11/ Churches - New Musik
12/ Mercury Tears - Chromeo (Lushlife Edit)
13/ Debaser - The Pixies
14/ Common People - Pulp
15/ The More You Live, The More You Love - Flock of Seagulls
16/ Come On Lets Go - Paul Weller
17/ In Between Days - The Cure
18/ Huddle Formation - The Go! Team
19/ Two More Years - Bloc Party (MSTRKRFT Remix)
20/ The Sporting Life - The Decemberists
21/ Float On - Modest Mouse (Lushlife Edit)
22/ Girlfriend in a Coma - The Smiths

Click the image to the left or click here to download Hello Young World: Volume Two.

Hello Young World: Volume Two is burned as 128 kbps/16-bit MP3 files with metadata which allows for seamless playback in most current software (iTunes, Windows Media Player etc.) and MP3 Playback Devices (iPod, Creative etc.). To burn a CD of Hello Young World: Volume Two please ensure that the ‘disc-at-once’ setting (DAO) is selected in the settings in your burning software for seamless playback on audio CD.

For more information contact info@helloyoungworld.com

Volume one in the Hello Young World series was an outcropping of the 2002 NYC rooftop party series of the same name, where 500 limited edition discs were pressed and circulated. With Hello Young World: Volume Two, Lushlife is building and broadening the compilation’s breadth to include some of the best indie -party records of the last twenty years. If that weren’t enough, he throws the soon-to-be summer anthem, ‘The Gilded Age’ (on which Lushlife himself plays drums, synths, and sings), from his new group ‘Ordinaire’ into the mix.

Best of all, the entire 22 track disc is being made available completely free as an internet download (complete with album art) from www.helloyoungworld.com.

About Lushlife:

Lushlife is the present moniker of recording artist Rajes Haldar. As Lushlife, Haldar has released several artist albums to critical acclaim. His first, ‘Order of Operations’ (released in 2006), peaked at #6 on the Japanese charts, and was covered in The Independent, The Times of London, and was highlighted as an iTunes Indie Spotlight album. Lushlife may be best known, however, for his Kanye West vs. The Beach Boys mash-up album, which was leaked to the internet in the Summer of 2005. The album, entitled ‘West Sounds’, was downloaded well over 2 million times before being served a cease and desist order. With production underway on his next major artist album, Lushlife, is continuing to build his online presence with the April 2007 free download e-release of his second indie-dance DJ-mixed compilation album - ‘Hello Young World: Volume Two’.