Jun 7, 2007
Imperial Lounge No.4
‘Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury. ‘
- ‘Coco’ Chanel
“ Here is a summer lounge list.”
01. The Sea and Cake – Lost In Autumn
The Sea and Cake (Thrill Jockey, 1995)
02. Donovan – Enchanted Gypsy
A Gift From A Flower To A Garden (Collector’s Choice, 1967)
03. DJ Espionage – Cellular Antiquity
10,000 Lanterns (DJ Espionage, 2007)
04. Jazzanova – Caprice (Extended Spirit)
Belle Et Fou Compiled by Jazzanova (Sonar Kollektiv, 2007)
05. Miho Hatori – Barracuda
ecdysis (2005)
06. Deee-Lite – What Is Love
World Clique (1990)
07. Gilberto Gil – Procissao
Tropicália: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound (Soul Jazz, 2006)
08. 13th Floor Elevators – Don’t Fall Down
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (Collectables, 1966)
09. Supreme Beings Of Leisure – Golddigger
Supreme Beings Of Leisure (Palm Pictures, 2000)
Note: This list is not as dubious as it looks. In fact it’s pretty hard to balance and make a good lounge list with mix between bossa, rock and folks. No really, they are all in there. Count it. There is electronica too in it. The plug would be: “It’s the perfect style mash for this season”. You don’t need to go on expensive vacation after listening to this list. hah. Okay joking aside, the basic idea is to make a lounge list that really luxurious, mellow, gracefull, somewhat whimsical and pop-ish but not cheap. The side effect, this could be a generic muzak in Tokyo’s Hilton lobby, but … too much abstract music make my head hurt.
see also: 1,2,3a
image : from Lipstick panic. (click on that blog, It’s been linking to MdM like crazy. btw, I never know shopping can be so exquisitely complicated), 2, 3
btw, the sea and cake track has huge “silent filler” at the end. But I am too lazy to cut it out and re-upload.
well… sorry about that.
uhm, yeah. I should also tone down the bling factor. lol.
Also: you can check DJ Espionage album here :
djespionage – Ten Thousand Lanterns (2007)
http://strictlybeats.blogspot.com/2007/06/djespionage-ten-thousand-lanterns-2007.html
i like jazzanova but i think nicola conte makes a better job at it
listen to “we shell soul ” by the Lyres (boston combo)
A big cover of the elevators tune
great blog
from mallorca spain
That Donovan album, “For Little Ones’ has been an all-time fave of mine ever since it first appeared in the original A Gift From A Flower To A Garden 2-LP set.
I recently found a CD version of For Little Ones at a library and managed to make a copy much to my delight.
I think it’s also my favourite piece of acoustic guitar recording.
It really is a masterwork, not a spec out of place.
I have heard it countless times over 40 years and still I can listen to it again and have some fresh unexpected visual world open up from a hitherto unnoticed lyric.
Maybe it’s because it was made for little kids, but there is a wide-open quality to it, I can let all my screens down and just let it roll through.
fk-
I wish Nicola Conte records another album. Where is he anyway? hmm..
Hi Alev-
must be really hot up there by now.
David-
yeah, that album is timeless. A bit underated for folks. But don’t worry. there will be plenty of 60,70,80′s post coming once I get myself up to speed with that ‘best of indies’ posts.
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