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2.07.2011
2.02.2011
It's Not Just A Dream....
This is what happens when, on rare occasion, I have some free time on a Saturday afternoon and inspiration strikes....
"Spaceman" had been in my head for a few days, prior, and stayed there as I was able to sit down at my laptop last Saturday, blowing off housework while my wife had taken our oldest daughter to her soccer match, the boys were heavy into an afternoon of Lego Rock Band, and our youngest took a nap. I sat, I surfed, I facebooked, and I started to assemble a playlist....
What evolved over the next hour or so was a mix that has left me scratching my head. Songs I've had around that I've tried, unsuccessfully, to put into other mixes. Transitions that I wouldn't ordinarily dare attempting. Genre and era hopping in exelsis. In short, a mix that somehow works. It's not a "sleep" mix, by any means, but I think it has a certain surreal, stream of consciousness about it that led to both the inclusion of the coda and the title....
Some revision was done throughout the week, including some minor changes to the running order, but for the most part, its the mix I put together last Saturday. A note about one of the songs: The Five Embers were a doo wop group from the late 50's which operated out of Owensboro, KY. I learned about them a few weeks ago from my friend, Marc, who posted on facebook that his dad had been a member of the group, as well as a link to this song. Pretty cool tidbit I learned from a friend I've had now for over twenty years, and a nice little addition to this, well, whatever it is....
NW018.
02. Sycamore Trees/LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT
03. Beat Box (diversion one)/THE ART OF NOISE
04. White Flag/GORILLAZ featuring BASHY and KANO
05. You Monopolise Me/THE OGYANTANAA SHOW BAND
06. Michael Jackson/NEGATIVLAND
07. Shambala/BEASTIE BOYS
08. Heaven Can Wait (nosaj thing remix)/CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
09. From The Air (dan the automator remix)/LAURIE ANDERSON
10. 100 Days, 100 Nights/SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS
11. My Fragile Heart/THE FIVE EMBERS
12. Move With Me (dub)/NENEH CHERRY
13. It's In Our Hands (c-level remix)/BJORK
14. Paradise Circus (gui boratto remix)/MASSIVE ATTACK featuring HOPE SANDOVAL
15. Sleepwalk/SANTO & JOHNNY
16. Siberian Breaks/MGMT
17. Not Just A Dream/UNKNOWN
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