Since the release of his debut 7" single in 2010, this project spearheaded by Seattle native Justin Vallesteros has steadily won over fans with a lush and bittersweet style of dream-pop that has shone brightly on two albums released via premiere NYC-based indie label Captured Tracks. Craft Spells' exclusive mix for Midnight In A Perfect World stitches together tracks from all over the world both new and old and exposes a love for warm beats, soft tones, nostalgic melodies, and nocturnal grooves, an ideal mixture for night cruising.
| Artist | Song |
| Craft Spells | Intro |
| Slick Rick | Behind Bars (Instrumental) |
| Everything But The Girl | Before Today |
| Low Hermanos | Birth of 3000 |
| J-Walk | Soul Vibration |
| Sidewinder | Plain Song |
| Ranking Dread | Nuh Trouble Natty Dread |
| Fishmans | Night Cruising |
| Saint Etienne | Railway Jam |
| Boa | Duvet (Cyberia Mix) |
| FPM | Beautiful Days (feat. Yoshie Nakano) |
| Orbital | Halcyon + On + On |
| Dean Blunt | Five |
| Suzanne Kraft | Two Chord Wake |
| Gwenno | Stwff |
| The Radio Dept. | Down Down Down (Liminals Remix) |
| Herbert | I Hadn't Known (I Only Heard) |
| Stereolab | Fluorescences |
| Craft Spells | Interview / Outro |
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