Jan 26, 2010
Top 200 Tracks of the 2000′s Pt. 8
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I
- Little Dragon – Twice
Little Dragon (Peacefrog, 2007) - Darkel – At the End of the Sky
At the End of the Sky 7″ (Source Etc, 2006) - Sebastien Tellier – La Ritournelle
La Ritournelle (Lucky Number, 2004) - Amadou & Mariam – Sabali
Welcome to Mali (Because, 2008)
II
- Coralie Clément – Samba de Mon Coeur Qui Bat
Salle des Pas Perdus (Nettwerk, 2002) - Sara Tavares – Lisboa Kuya
Balancê (Times Square Records, 2006) - Cibelle – Green Grass
The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves (Six Degrees, 2006) - Smokey & Miho – Blue Glasses
Smokey & Miho Ep (Os Afro Sambas, 2002)
III
- Amon Tobin – Deo
Supermodified (Ninja tune, 2000) - Shrift – Snow Samba
Lost in a moment (Six Degrees, 2006) - Wax Tailor - Seize the Day
Paris OST (101, 2008) - Thievery Corporation – Until the Morning
The Richest Man in Babylon (ESL, 2002)
IV
- Laika – Badtimes
Good Looking Blues (Too Pure, 2000) - Goldfrapp – Pilots
Felt Mountain (Mute, 2000) - José James – Visions of Violet
Park Bench People (Brownswood, 2008) - Madvillain – ALL CAPS
Madvillainy (Stones Throw, 2004)
V
- Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – How Long Do I Have to Wait for You?
Naturally (Daptone, 2005) - Menahan Street Band – Make the Road by Walking
Make the Road by Walking (Daptone, 2008) - St Germain – Rose Rouge
Tourist (2000) - Quantic Soul Orchestra – Terrapin
Stamped (Tru Thoughts, 2003)
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I. Sophisticated pop bordering on the erotic. All so mellow and sexy: Velvet plush synths, wispy, romantic vocals and a vaguely psychedelic haze.
II. It’s quite difficult not to imagine yourself chilling on a exotic, tropical paradise when listening to these ones. A bit on the verge of the cliché perhaps, but I’m never one to argue against music that sounds so full of warmth and joy. It’d be like kicking a puppy.
III. Highlights from our ‘chillout’ collection. We like to think these ones somehow stand above the rest, but listening to them now I realize that they haven’t aged too well. It’s really not their fault. I blame the thousands of wallpaper chillout compilations that have been released in the past 12 years that exploited their best traits beyond recognition. I have faith that someday we’ll look back and they’ll sound as good and new as they did back then.
IV. I like to think of this segment as some sort of soundtrack to a noir short. A dark city street bathed in shadows. A winding road along the ocean cliffs. The cynical, hard boiled hero. The Snazzy femme fatale. The awkward love story. You’ve seen the same film reenacted thousands of times and you wouldnt mind seeing it a thousand times more.
V. Now we’re sipping rum and dancing on the terrace… I feel like I haven’t gone out in a while and this particular playlist makes me long deeply for the summer. Save them for a warm night.
Oh great! Now I don’t have to strain your bandwitdh or my mouse clicking fingers to get the very best music I’ve never heard about from the past decade… (I’m spoiled!)
Another wonderful list… I think my head will have exploded by the time we reach the end of the top 200 tracks. Rose Rouge brought back memories of happy student days.
PS. Links for Sebastien Tellier and Goldfrapp don’t seem to be working.
madvillain in IV is good its little good and the music is lavishing in it
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IV – noir erotica, yes it is.
makes my kinky heart beat
“Sabali” is quite fun but misleading. It sounds nothing like Amadou & Mariam or even for that matter. “Snow Samba” is touchingly sweet.
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jimbo: Thanks for the heads up! Fixed now.
David: Very true. I was thinking of posting something more akin to their base sound… maybe the track ‘Chantez-chantez’ (I adore that one) or something off of ‘Dimanche a Bamako’, but I don’t know… I feel like Sabali pushes the envelope without sacrificing an ounce of the usual joy of living that they project with their music.
I guess these selections were made by Andras Fox…
I can’t wait for Moka’s stuff!!
My last comment may be misleading: I like 2000′s pt.8 more then other selections!
Thx Andrax
This is pure Moka but with tracks from albums that I like. Bossa and early IDM, little soul. It’s not the genre style, but how the combination flow that should give you a hint.
Moka likes more sustained melody over longer period of time, her preference of harmony also distinct. I can do it sometimes, but I have to imagine very weird movie to make it happen… lol. My flow is much more unstable comparatively. Genre mix is interchangable, we all know and can precisely emulate others blend.
If you can create exact same mood using 5 different genres coherently, then you pretty much figure out what MdM is doing. Easiest way is just simply sing the main melody in your head. You can do exactly what’s going on in here. The basic is not terribly exotic.
The reason and what drive, the personalities can’t be emulated. The soul. The interplay and combination of those what makes MdM chug along. … if there is a post that is…haa haa.
thanks for the list of songs . downloading only good ones
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