I don’t know about you, but lately, I’ve been hitting the ‘next’ button on my itunes way too much, nothing really seems to satify my mood these days.

So, what I usually do in these cases is blog-hopping, thing that I’ve been doing for a couple days now, and I think I can say that I’ve run into some pretty interesting stuff, I think my days of loittering on the internet have paid off a bit.
What I have to present here, is a highly eclectic list… I think Im not even going to bother to put the category thingy on! It ranges from Indie, to sort of ninja-tunes, to ambient, to electronica, folk… and drinking songs… You just CANNOT go wrong here!
So, I hope this random list can hit a note somewhere in your moods…
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1. Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up To Dry
2. Bloc Party – The Prayer
3. Best Irish Drinking Song – Bog Down In The Valley
4. Felix Laband – Whistling in Tounges
5. Flying Lotus – 1983
6. Hello Stranger – Es Tu Vida
7. Julie Feeney – Autopilot
8. Men-An-Tol – Orange Juice & Vodka
9. Takeshi Terauchi & The Bunnys – Hungarian Dance No. 5
10. Trost – In Diesem Raum
11. Silversun Pickups – Checkered Floor

Post Edit: I was reading the comments right now, and you were right Undomondo…. I should put on here the blogs I’ve been surfing lately. Thank dearly to:

+ Aurgasm
+ La Blogotheque
+ Undomondo
+ Musicisart
+ Umanuvem
+ Gorilla vs. Bear

First prototype list in the series to see if I can combine all elements I want (electronica, postrock, folks, moderns). This is pure texture play without structure. (contrast, frequency spread, transition). A trial if it is at all possible to build listenable and functional list. The texture idea is first brought up by merz at merz needs guitar, I took the tortoise track and start working backward while adding all things I want. So this list is progressing to bigger sound. Also loud. I compile this list at very loud volume, using the Arvo Part as floor. Since the list has no abrupt painfull track, it’s pretty safe for gentle ears. Go ahead indulge.

Some problems: mp3 is not able to completely capture Arvo Part tracks without somewhat loosing its charm. If you notice the choir voice is not as lush. The Tortoise track is also blurry compared to newer postrock recordings, tho’ probably it’s because of original recording. The rest of electronica are fairly spiffy, with deep bass or tight high pitch. I love it.

Anyway, enjoy. this is somewhat experimental. Comments away.

“Texture No.4 (Contrast, Sound and Frequency Sculpture)”

1. Adm Collins – Long Distance Lover
(unreleased single)
2. Arvo Part – Magnificat
(De Profundis, 1997)
3. alva noto + opiate – opto file 4 (web)
(cdr040 opto files, 2001)
4. SIGNAL CENTRUM – super-structure
(cdr030 SIGNAL CENTRUM, 2000)
5. Christian McBride – Little Sunflower
(Number Two Express, 1996)
6. Skolopender – Liten Kuling Tolv (web)
(Teaterarasjens Kompressor compilation, 2003)
7. Gabby La La – Be Careful What You Wish For, Cause It Might Come True (web)
(Be Careful What You Wish For, 2005)
8. Cypress Hill – Lick a Shot
(Black Sunday, 1993)
9. Orbital – Attached
(Snivilisation, 1994)
10. Ralph Myerz – Ambivalent (web)
(Ralph Myerz(progr.) w/ Olav Øyehaug(instr.), 2003)
11. Tortoise – Glass Museum
(Millions Now Living Will Never Die, 1996)

see also: No. 3b, No. 2a, Arvo Pärt (wiki)
image: MikeParker

Effects of the listening context on responses to music largely have been neglected despite the prevalence of music listening in our everyday lives. This article reports 2 studies in which participants chose music of high or low arousal potential during (Experiment 1) or immediately after (Experiment 2) exercise or relaxation. In Experiment 1, participants preferred appropriate arousal-polarizing music over arousal-moderating music. In Experiment 2, participants preferred arousal-moderating music over arousal-polarizing music, such that their listening times contrasted clearly with those in the first study even though the same music and methods were used. Thus musical preferences interact with the listening situation, and participants’ music selections represent an attempt to optimize their responses to that situation. When motivated to maintain a state of polarized arousal, listeners use music to achieve this; when they have no such goal, they use music to moderate arousal. – Some internet mambo jumbo.

” Electronic sound for night working environment ”

4hero – loveless featuring ursula rucker
(Two Pages, 1998)
Mouse On Mars – Schnick-schnack
(Cache Coeur Naif, 1997)
Kraak & Smaak – Jolie Banane
(Boogie Angst, 2005)
D. Diggler – Somewhere Sunday
(Atomic Dancefloor, 2001)
Bjork – Scatterheart
(Selmasongs, 2000)
Lunchbox – Brown Bag
(Anyways, 2004)
Faux Pas – Barry
(The Faux Feels, 2006)

Note: Electronica Lounge list. It has very controled dynamic, so it’s perfect for late night work. It’s compiled for everybody who needs background music while pulling all nighter.

see also: No.1, Music for Airport in December
image: Trapingus Parish

1. glissandro 70 – something
(constellation / 2006 / glissandro 70)
2. shogun kunitoki – montezuma
(fonal / 2006 / tasankokaiku)
3. sunroof! – zero
(vhf / 2003 / cloudz)
4. faust – krautrock
(blue plate caroline / 1993 / vaust iv)
5. désormais – one or many wolves
(intr-version / 2005 / dead letters to lost friends)
6. caribou – bees
(domino / 2005 / the milk of human kindness)
7. l’altra – black arrow
(aesthetics / 2002 / in the afternoon)
8. kammerflimmer kollektief – lichterloh
(staubgold / 2005 / absencen)

artwork: nicole sanches

“Undun – Sinnerman”

The Guess Who – Undun (wiki)
(Canned Wheat, 1968)

Nina Simone – Sinnerman (wiki)
(Pastel Blues, 1965)

Robbers on High Street – The Fatalist (web)
(The Fatalist and Friends, 2007)

Shapes Have Fangs – What in the world (web)
(Shapes Have Fangs, 2006)

Earl Klugh – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
(Blue ‘N Soul, 1992)

Devendra Banhart – There Was Sun
(Rejoicing In the Hands, 2004)

Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (wiki)
(What’s Going On, 1971)

Note: 70′s flavor this week. It nestles comfortably between jazz, soul and rock. The melody and the singing are what drive, a temporary change from hard punk, electronica and slow core.

see also: Monday list
image: Stefski