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The first part of Bruner’s review is organized around the three dimensions of musical sound (time, pitch, texture). It establishes that the constituent properties of music can evoke predictable main and interactive effects. For example, music pitched in minor keys tends to be perceived as sad; music played at a fast tempo tends to be perceived as arousing. – Kellaris. Handbook of Consumer Psychology. Music and Consumer. (pp. 840)

” The Metric use of Lounge ”

01. Thunderball – Solar
Modular Systems (Eighteenth Street, 2001)
02. The Lounge Lizards – The Birds Near Her House
Queen of All Ears (Strange & Beautiful, 1998)
03. Kevin Yost – Drums Delicious
Om Lounge 3 (Om Records, 2000)
04. Boozoo Bajou – Under My Sensi (Les Demon Flowers Mix)
Boozoo Bajou: Remixes (Stereo Deluxe, 2003)
05. Cut Chemist – Motivational Speaker
The Audience’s Listening (2006)
06. Cut Chemist – (My 1st) Big Break
The Audience’s Listening (2006)
07. Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft
The Very Best Of (2007)
08. Infected Mushroom – Elevation
Infected Selection by SMB (Reincarnate Music, 2008)
09. Adam Guth – Shalom
Shalom (1999)

note: This series hasn’t been updated in awhile. Here is, I think, the secret of good lounge list. It should be like soda pop. It’s sweet, bubble, readily accessible. But it should not leave after taste. It should be memorable yet forgetable. It should not have after taste since it is infinitely consumable. It is indeed very expensive, well made and not common, but at the same time cannot let the popular out of sight. So when it comes to lounge list and downtempo, it’s all about selecting the exotic and elegant that goes together with the standard. .. well, that’s for No.7. Six part standard, one part free jazz, one part pop soul and nine part MdM secret powder. I hope it works, at least as a nice late night lounge list.

see also: Imperial Lounge No.6

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