Photo: Alison Brady.

• Las 4 Monedas - Buena Suerte
  Las 4 Monedas (Altagracia, 1968)
• TNT Boys – Música del Alma
  Sex Symbols (Cotique, 1969)
• Fania All Stars - Ella Fue (She Was the One)
  Ella Fue 7″ (Fania, 1978)
• Ray and His Court - De Eso Nada Monada
  Self titled (Sound Triangle, 1973)
• Joe Cuba – Que Son Uno
  Bang Bang Push Push (Fania, 1966)
• Los Zafiros – Bossa Cubana
  Los Zafiros (Areita, 1961)

Flor y ano polis. I’ve been meaning to do a latin summer playlist for a while now, there’s so many songs I want to share that I just can’t decide on a particular genre, and thus, this one goes all over the place: boogaloo, rumba, cumbia, son, salsa and even some spanish quasi-reggae. It’s a bit eclectic but I assure you they’re all highlights in my collection, and if you have any pulse in you they’ll make you dance a little dance, lust for a sip of a tropical cocktail and daydream about an utopian caribbean paradise that never ends.

I give him all my love
That’s all I do
And if you saw my love
You’d love him too
And I love him
- And I love Him

” List for Every Loyal Readers Out There who has been Following MdM. No.1 “

01. Esther Phillips – And I Love Him
And I Love Him (1965)
02. Dimitri from Paris – Nothing to Lose {From the Party}
Sacrebleu (Yellow Productions, 1996)
03. The Dining Rooms – Milano calibro 9 (madrid de los austrias woman in the party mix)
Versioni Particolari 2 (Schema Records, 2006)
04. Cinematic Orchestra – And Relax!
Motion (Ninja Tune, 1999)
05. Nicola Conte – Jazz Pour Dadine
Jet Sounds Revisited (Schema Records, 2000)
06. Ulrich Schnauss – Nobody’s Home
Far Away Trains Passing By (Domino Recording Co., 2008)
07. Fantastic Plastic Machine – Love Is Psychedelic
Beautiful (Emperor Norton, 2001)

Note: Hi everybody. Thanks for all the nice words. That was touching. It’s been hard finding time for me, few lists that I made hasn’t been all that coherent, most ends up sitting and waiting. At MdM, I think we sort of have an unspoken pact that if we have nothing to say, then we shouldn’t post. Pace of posting and flow go up and down depending on everybody’s mood. And lately, I for one hasn’t listened to enough tracks to make nice lists to post. I don’t have much to say.

So where do we go from here? Well, I follow Moka. She is the brave leader. Frequency will not up significantly tho’. That’s a big problem.

About this list? It’s mood music. Afternoon Coffee and cigarettes types of soundtrack. It’s classic MdM’s style downtempo mood filler for breezy late spring day. I want a series of list for everybody who likes MdM. Classic MdM’s posts that people come to listen. This one comes with a tinge of melancholy, but perfectly balanced musically. Summer is coming after all. Try the Esther Phillip’s track. It’s a classic soul track.

image: MagnumVigo

I’ll be honest, I’ve been thinking about closing the motel. I keep moving places and I never know for sure how much free time I’ll get in future weeks so it becomes difficult for me to update the place as much as I did back then,  also the format for most mp3 blogs has shifted into soundcloud samples of current music. I feel the format is kind of messy to implement into MdM, when we were all about loose and free thematic playlists after all.

I’ve also been paying the hosting costs for almost two years now and it feels like clinging into nostalgia when I have only posted like 6 times in the past year. Asking for donations feels unjust for this same reason.

So, I’ll clear out the place. This is not a goodbye. It means I’ll release all my pending posts (which are quite a few), before closing out the motel. I’ll see you soon.

• WhoMadeWho – Every Minute Alone (Michael Mayer Remix)
  Every Minute Alone (Life And Death, 2011) 
• Matthew Dear- Her Fantasy (Poolside Remix)
  Her Fantasy (Ghostly, 2012) 
• Friendly Fires – Hurting (Tensnake Remix)
  Hurting Remixes (2012) 
• Mayer Hawthorne – No Strings (RAC Remix)
  How Do You Remixes (2012)
• Hot Chip – How Dow You Do? (Todd Terje Remix)
  How Do You Do? (2012)
• Rone - Belleville (Clare Moto & Tyler Pope Remix)
  La Dame Blanche (InFiné, 2009) 

Christmass is a party time, so there is a little collection of my favourites remixes from this year.
I Hope you enjoy.
And in the name of Motel de Moka members we wish you a happy holidays.

Pd.
Check my top albums here & my mixed albums here 

Image vía Snapshots 2012

• Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Stephen Stills - Man’s Temptation
  Super Session (1968)
• John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers - All Your Love
  Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (1966)
• Taste - On The Boards
  On The Boards (1970) 
• Queens Of The Stone Age – Misfit Love
  Era Vulgaris (2000) 
• Little Barrie - Bailing Out
  We Are Little Barrie (Genuine, 2007) 
• Primal Scream - Sometimes I Feel So Lonely
  Riot City Blues (2006) 

• N.E.R.D - Run To The Sun
  In Search Of (2001) 

• Pharrell & The Yessirs – That Girl
  Out Of My Mind (2007) 

• Bobby Caldwell - What You Won’t Do For Love
  Bobby Caldwell (Clouds, 1978)

• Fantastic Plastic Machine - Bossa For Jackie (Los Amigos Invisibles Remix)
  Les Plus (Readymade Records, 2001)

• James Mason - Sweet Power, Your Embrace
  Rythm Of Life (Chiaroscuro Records, 1977) 

• Everything But The Girl – Low Tide Of The Night
  Temperamental (1999) 

Pattern: Catrin Lewis.

• The Peddlers – On A  Clear Day
  Three on a Cell (1968)
• Benny Sings – Big Brown Eyes
  Art (Dox, 2011)
• Yuna – Live Your Life
  Live Your Life (Fader, 2012)
• Dorsh – Je t’aime
  Je t’aime (2012)
• Alt-J – Something Good
  An Awesome Wave (self-released, 2012)
• The Apples in Stereo – Avril en Mai
  Pop Romantique Compilation (1999)

Living in Mexico City right now and it might be the first time in my life that summer has felt dim. The sun is barely a spot we see one or two hours each day and you go to bed without feeling you’ve caught a fever. This playlist captures my current mood in this summer, in this city. File it under groovy mellowness. Cloudy with a chance of blinding rays of light. It feels good to be back.

• Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett – Mon Amour (Synthesizer & Percussion, 1974)

• Fox + Sui – Summer Storm (Taboo, 2012)

• Velcro – One Day (One Day, 2011)

• Madcliff – It Takes a Little Time (Mad cliff, 1977)

• Joseph Brunelle – Round to It (Round to It, 1981)

• Hooky – Funny old kind of Girl (Collected tales of Hooky Vol. 1, 1972)

• Richard Schneider – Hello Beach Girls (Dreamlike Land, 1977)

I’m not sorry for the absence, because i’ve learned so much in that time. I’ve seen lizards, concrete and blue water. I’ve eaten my weight in chilli many times over.

Here’s a playlist dotted with casually sincere sounds and remarks. Hawkshaw & Bennett “Lords of Library music”, Velcro, a charming and highly adequate Melbournian, Madcliff & Brunelle with their forgotten gems of late 20th century Americana.

“Hello Beach Girls” is in there for good measure. Enjoy whatever weather you’re given, overcast days usually make for better photographs.