Follow the Light

June 27, 2009 at 2:34 am

winterlight

“Goethe’s final words: ‘More light’. Ever since we crawled out of that primordial slime, that’s been our unifying cry: ‘More light’. Sunlight. Torchlight. Candlelight. Neon. Incandescent. Lights that banish the darkness from our caves, to illuminate our roads, the insides of our refrigerators. Big floods for the night games at Soldier’s field. Little tiny flashlights for those books we read under the covers when we’re supposed to be asleep. Light is more than watts and candles. Light is metaphor.” Chris Stevens, Northern Exposure (1990)

  1. Bibio - Lover’s Carvings (’Ambivalence Avenue’, Warp Records, 2009)
  2. Toquinho - Carolina Carol Bela (’Toquinho’, 1987)
  3. Controller 7 - Follow the Light (’Left Handed Straw’, 6months, 2000)
  4. Rotary Connection - I am the Black Gold of the Sun (’Hey Love’, 1971)
  5. Ellen Mcilwaine - Jimmy Jean (’We the People’, 1973)
  6. Maelstrom - Petrichor (Eskimo Recordings, 2008)
  7. Tangoterje - Diamond’s Dub (G.A.M.M. 2007)
  8. Leo’s Sunship - I’m Back for More (’We need each other’, 1978)

Part one of a ‘Light versus Dark’ playlist. It’s winter in Melbourne, so this list is my sonic equivalent of sunshine - something to keep me warm. There are a few favorites here: Bibio’s new album is excellent, ‘Carolina Carol Bela’ is sublime, and Terje’s edit of Paul Simon is my ultimate hanging-off-a-balcony-at-sunset song. This list certainly geared toward summer.

Pic: Author’s.

Posted by AndrasFox in Motel de Moka, folk, hip hop -

14 Comments »

  1. Joel said, June 27, 2009 @ 9:54 am

    Thanks for that Chris Stevens quotation. I always forget how much I was moved by that show.

  2. squashed said, June 27, 2009 @ 12:56 pm

    andras, you definitely live at the wrong end of the planet. It’s friggin hot in here. :D

  3. AndrasFox said, June 27, 2009 @ 1:03 pm

    Glad you share my love for northern exposure Joel - it’s funny just how many times i’m drawn to excellent philosophical notions told by a fictional character.

  4. DMC said, June 28, 2009 @ 3:41 am

    Nice mix!..And yes like you i’m in OZ..well Sydney…damn winter…keep the great music flowing ….love this Site. :)

  5. camila said, June 29, 2009 @ 2:36 am

    hey
    very nice list as always, but, toquinho’s song is with jorge ben, they compose it together, i couldnt find out the year, but i think is before 80’s for sure……

  6. jungle said, June 29, 2009 @ 4:28 am

    Nice tracks and playlist,nice picture and excerpt… very mdm compliant!
    I liked Maelstrom to the most

  7. AndrasFox said, June 29, 2009 @ 5:10 am

    thanks Camila - you’re certainly right about the release date, I just went with the limited info i could find on discogs. Discogs doesn’t list a vinyl LP pressing - if you find out let me know! i’d love to hunt a copy down.

  8. george massouris said, June 29, 2009 @ 4:25 pm

    i’m in melbourne also…perfect cool list

  9. todd said, June 29, 2009 @ 9:03 pm

    Haa! I didn’t know that one of the moka mob were in/from Australia!

    Music sounds fine up here in sunny Darwin!

  10. camila said, June 30, 2009 @ 7:52 am

    so, here we go:

    carolina, carol bela.
    jorge ben & toquinho, 1970.

    the name of the vinyl is toquinho, 1970.
    a link for it: http://rs319.rapidshare.com/files/198842270/Toqunho70-zl.zip

    warm regards from a brazilian living in istanbul….. and loving moka’s lists…..
    bjs

  11. Steve said, June 30, 2009 @ 2:39 pm

    i just bought the new single from The Used and its SICK! its called “blood on my hands” and if you havent heard it yet you need to go to theused.net RIGHT NOW and listen….ive seriously had it on repeat all morning lol

  12. Scottish Friction said, June 30, 2009 @ 6:06 pm

    love the Northern Exposure quotes. and the music on that show was superb also!

    remember this song?
    http://www.zshare.net/audio/62064224622bc315/

    p.s. that Bibio song is sublime

  13. AndrasFox said, July 3, 2009 @ 12:01 am

    unbelievable scott! when i think of good music from the show, i think of that. co-incidentally, i found a copy of that in a thrift store a couple weeks back.

  14. Lope said, July 14, 2009 @ 2:37 am

    Never heard of Rotary Connection, but what a wonderful song. I must check out this band in more detail. Thank you!

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