While he’s best known as the beat conductor behind Ben Gibbard’s short-lived Postal Service project, some of Jimmy Tamborello’s best work has been under his Dntel alias, from Sub Pop’s recently reissued Life is Full of Possibilities LP to the new album that drops through DJ Koze’s Pampa imprint on June 5th. Lighter on the guest appearances than his last record—an effort that featured key members of Grizzly Bear, Bright Eyes, Lali Puna, Rilo Kiley and more—Aimlessness drops a couple sample-driven duets (with Baths on “Still” and Nite Jewel on “Santa Ana Winds”) alongside shifting shades of house, dub, glitchy dance grooves, Krautrock and classical.

In the following exclusive mix, Tamborello takes us back to where it all started with a collection of music that was cut in the early ’90s, back when he was still in high school and favoring rave-on records over the guitar-guided angst of grunge…