‘Tis midnight now.  The bend and broken moon,
Batter’d and black, as from a thousand battles,
Hangs silent on the purple walls of Heaven.
~Joaquin Miller, Ina

• Cerati / Melero -Cozumel
  Colores Santos (1992)
• Dj Krush-Big City Lover
  Krush (Shadow Records, 1994)
• Thom Yorke-Black Swan
  The Eraser (XL, 2006)
• Modeselektor-Edgar
  Happy Birthday! (BPitch Control, 2007)
• Motor City Drum Ensemble-Raw Cuts # 6
  Raw Cuts Vol.1 (Timothy Really, 2009)
• Fudge Fingas-It’s about time
  Prime Numbers 3 (Prime Numbers, 2010
• Outkast-Prototype
  Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (La Face, 2003)

And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares that infest the day
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs
And as silently steal away.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Day Is Done

This Midnight Tempo is a jump to beats more rythmical but no in another tune, all is arund the midnight.
It’s bed time with the right mood.

One summer night, out on a flat headland, all but surrounded by the waters of the bay, the horizons were remote and distant rims on the edge of space.  Millions of stars blazed in darkness, and on the far shore a few lights burned in cottages.  Otherwise there was no reminder of human life.  My companion and I were alone with the stars:  the misty river of the Milky Way flowing across the sky, the patterns of the constellations standing out bright and clear, a blazing planet low on the horizon.  It occurred to me that if this were a sight that could be seen only once in a century, this little headland would be thronged with spectators.  But it can be see many scores of nights in any year, and so the lights burned in the cottages and the inhabitants probably gave not a thought to the beauty overhead; and because they could see it almost any night, perhaps they never will.
Rachel Carson

• Mlle Caro & Franck Garcia - Soldiers
  Left (Buzzin’ Fly Records, 2010)
• Zoot Woman-It’s Automatic
  Living In A Magazine (Wall Of Sound, 2001)
• Popnoname -Hello Gorgeous
  Hello Gorgeous  (Kompakt, 2010)
• The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart-Higher Than The Stars (Saint Etienne Remix)
  Higher Than The Stars (Slumberland Records, 2009)
• Ada-Lovestoned
  Adaptations (Kompakt, 2009)
• Massive Attack-Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix)
  Heligoland Remixes (The Vinyl Factory, 2010)
• Arandel-#1
  In D  (Infiné Music, 2010)

This is the first of the “Midnight tempo” series. You can find some rhytmical pop sound to surfing or traveling  across the midnight. 
See you in the next time.  While enjoy it.   

Photo: Twentyeight

Photo: Nickolas Muray via GEH.

Allez donc vous faire bronzer
Sur la plage, sur la plage.

• Allen Toussaint - St. James Infirmary
  The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch, 2009)
• Paris Combo - Señor
  Living Room (Tinder, 2000)
• Sacha Distel - Allez Donc Vous Faire Bronzer
  Allez Donc Vous Faire Bronzer (La Voix de son Maître, 1968)
• Sisters Love - Give Me Your Love
  Give Me Your Love (1973; reissue on Soul Jazz, 2006)
• Dusty Springfield - Spooky
  Spooky 7″ (1970)
• Kinobe - Slip Into Something More Comfortable
  Slip Into Something More Comfortable 7″ (Pepper, 2000)

An all-weekend getaway to the beach. A subtle and clumsy dance on the pool. I love this Nickolas Muray photograph. I had no idea they had such bright, colourful photographs in 1932. I’d love to lie and tell you I created this playlist inspired by it. Maybe I will.
I created this playlist inspired by today’s photograph. Manouche jazz, soul funk, rare groove… it’s a nice, vibrant soundset for warm summer days. It might just scare the rain away.