Thom Yorke – Black Swan (Christian Vogel Spare Parts Remix)
Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti – Fright Night (Nevermore)
Tangerine Dream – The Dream Is Always The Same
Disasterpeace – Dying A Meaningful Death
Yes, this playlist does have video game music on. Little skits from Castlevania, Contra and a metal rendition of a Megaman track. The two halves of this playlist reflect my working day. For once, I”™ll let the music speak for itself. Have a great week and I”™ll catch you all next Monday.
Right, gotta get this done a bit quick today as I”™m swamped. I”™m now out of the loop for a week whilst I move house and attend 2000trees so I thought I”™d give you a bit of personal love with today”™s playlist. Yes, it”™s one of mine. I”™ve also split it into two acts. The first act is something designed to drag you out of the fuzzy haze of a drizzly Monday. The great British summertime. It”™s a bit of a slow burner, but stick with it and you”™ll soon be moving your feet to the beat.
The second half of the playlist continues in the same vein as the end of the first, however it tails off into the hauntingly vacant. There are a couple of fantastic new tracks on today”™s creation as well as a couple of classics.
Thom Yorke – Black Swan (Christian Vogel Spare Parts Remix)
Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti – Fright Night (Nevermore)
Tangerine Dream – The Dream Is Always The Same
Disasterpeace – Dying A Meaningful Death
Yes, this playlist does have video game music on. Little skits from Castlevania, Contra and a metal rendition of a Megaman track. The two halves of this playlist reflect my working day. For once, I”™ll let the music speak for itself. Have a great week and I”™ll catch you all next Monday.
Theme From Belle et Fou (Danny Krivit Edit) – Jazzanova
She Said What? (feat. J Live) – The Quantic Soul Orchestra
Clara Meets Atjazz – Nowhere (I Can Go) – Clara Hill
Honest (Jazzanova”™s Honestly Yours Remix) – Metropolitan Jazz Afair
Down In The Village – Quasimode
Hot Pot – Mop Mop
A Fly In The Hand (DJ Vadim Mix) – Alice Russell
(I Got) Somebody New – Sonar Kollektiv Orchester
So Good Today – Ben Westbeech
Found Something New – Unity
Familiar Ground – The Cinematic Orchestra, Fontella Bass
In Harmony With The Elements – Lars Bartkuhn
Funky Goldman – SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS
My playlist today is stuff I”™ve been listening to for the last couple of weeks. Some of it”™s new, some of it is obscure. Hopefully all of it is funky and will bring a smile to your face.
Favourites include Jazzanova, who are a band I”™ve got all the time in the world for. They”™ve recently stepped back into the studio, so it”™s only right they”™ve got me salivating enough to feature them pretty heavily on my playlist in one form or another.
I”™m also a pretty massive fan of Japanese jazz fiends, SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS – honestly, if you even remotely like modern jazz/funk/soul, check them out. You won”™t be disappointed. My favourite track of theirs is Mars(which would have been on this playlist if I”™d not already featured it before).
A lot of credit for this playlist goes to an ex-housemate of mine, Ryan French, who got me into the majority of stuff that features. Big love, stranger. Still waiting for you to make us a playlist, though”¦ ;)
Weekend, woop! If you”™ve not yet planned anything, some of the Spotisfaction crew will be attending the Midsummer Fiesta in Cheltenham”™s Montpellier tomorrow – if you”™re going, come search us out and we”™ll chill in the sun together, a blissed out posse of music-loving nerds. It promises to be a wicked day out, with live music by Waiting For Kate, The Divine Secret and others.
Theme From Belle et Fou (Danny Krivit Edit) – Jazzanova
She Said What? (feat. J Live) – The Quantic Soul Orchestra
Clara Meets Atjazz – Nowhere (I Can Go) – Clara Hill
Honest (Jazzanova”™s Honestly Yours Remix) – Metropolitan Jazz Afair
Down In The Village – Quasimode
Hot Pot – Mop Mop
A Fly In The Hand (DJ Vadim Mix) – Alice Russell
(I Got) Somebody New – Sonar Kollektiv Orchester
So Good Today – Ben Westbeech
Found Something New – Unity
Familiar Ground – The Cinematic Orchestra, Fontella Bass
In Harmony With The Elements – Lars Bartkuhn
Funky Goldman – SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS
My playlist today is stuff I”™ve been listening to for the last couple of weeks. Some of it”™s new, some of it is obscure. Hopefully all of it is funky and will bring a smile to your face.
Favourites include Jazzanova, who are a band I”™ve got all the time in the world for. They”™ve recently stepped back into the studio, so it”™s only right they”™ve got me salivating enough to feature them pretty heavily on my playlist in one form or another.
I”™m also a pretty massive fan of Japanese jazz fiends, SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS – honestly, if you even remotely like modern jazz/funk/soul, check them out. You won”™t be disappointed. My favourite track of theirs is Mars(which would have been on this playlist if I”™d not already featured it before).
A lot of credit for this playlist goes to an ex-housemate of mine, Ryan French, who got me into the majority of stuff that features. Big love, stranger. Still waiting for you to make us a playlist, though”¦ ;)
Man In A Garage – Cold Cut (Nick Franglen Lemon Jelly Remix)
The Diamond Sky – The Chemical Brothers
Arched Maid Via DJ – Aphex Twin
Babel – Massive Attack
Plotinus – Squarepusher
Debase – Mike Flowers (Aphex Twin Remix)
Frictional Nevada (Venetian Snares)
100 Knives – Mirah (The Philippians Remix)
Di Blurb:
If there”™s a drum sample longer than 4 bars here I”™ll be surprised. Put simply, I love Breaks. I love live music too, hopefully as my recent The Acoustic Sessionplaylist might go to show, but there are a myriad of ways to express rhythm. The faster, the more syncopated, the more protracted, stuttered and cut up, the closer we get to describing the difference between what we mean by music and what we mean by sound. There”™s often a tendency to suggest that if the drums aren”™t real the music isn”™t ”˜human”™. Lets move away from that; inspiration runs deeper and more transcendent than that. Photek is probably the most distinctive of the junglist producers (until admittedly selling out with his latest Form and Function Volume 2 release), and Aleph 1 is a classic from his debut Modus Operandi (1997, Virgin/Science). Tight drum programming, paranoid synths and jazz-inflected double-bass lines setthe tone for the mixlist I think.
If you haven”™t gathered from my other playlists by now, I”™m a big Aphex Twin fan. The guy is just inspired and it”™s probably fair to say by now one of the most important names in electronica ever. His re-cut of Beck”™s Devil Haircut here, entitled Richard”™s Hairpiece – shows how creatively unhinged he really is. I have no idea how he created this track from the source material. I couldn”™t do it. Phenomenal.
Babel is my favourite track from the recent Massive Attack album Heligoland (2009, Virgin). Funked up electronica, you”™re sucked in by the groove at the start, and as the track progresses the drums build in increasing layers of distortion, intensifying the groove.
Plotinus is, in my opinion, one of Squarepusher”™s greatest creations. Jazz percussion and bass are built upon with acid synths and drill ”˜n”™ bass drumlines. 7 and a half minutes of layer upon layer with perfect craftsmanship, until at the Golden Section, it hangs on a bass chord for a second before dropping the chorus progression with a final blast of intensity. Goosebumps every time.
Venetian Snares is starting to rival Aphex Twin on the ”˜inspiration”™ front, and I could not expound enough on the delights to be found on the life-changing Rossz Csillag Alatt Született (2005, Planet Mu). Unfortunately that album isn”™t on Spotify, so I went for the ultra-dynamic Frictional Nevada from the also brilliant Hospitality (2006, Planet Mu).
The Philippians remix of Mirah”™s beautiful 100 Knives finishes the mixlist. If people have stuck with the mix until now, I thought I owed you a warm ending to bring us back to Earth, and this track is gorgeous.
Top of the afternoon to you good folk. How are things out there? Everyone feeling fresh? [Doesn”™t wait for an answer] FANTASTIC. Dave is out of the office today, something about going on a day trip. Hope it rains.
So much is happening at the moment, we”™ve expanded our editorial team, done a quick interview for Amazing Radio and been working on plenty of behind the scenes tweaks and super secret spy stuff all to bring you the best Spotisfaction experience we possibly can. It”™s been a struggle, to be honest. We never really envisioned much of a future for Spotisfaction, but here were are, 5 months later, still slogging away at our dream. Speaking of dreams, I had this really strange dream about zombies and Russian battleships. It was neat. It”™s reminded me that I need to start pleading with you all for new playlists. Please, if you have a playlist you”™d like to submit, do it. You know the score – submit it directly using the little pen icon on the top right of this page or shoot it over in an email to spotisfaction@gmail.com. If you don”™t, you”™ll have to put up with another week of playlists from myself.
Anyway, without further delay, here is today”™s playlist. A breakbeat playlist crafted by James TAE simply entitled “Breakbeat”, with the tagline: “Breaks, Breakbeat, Breakcore, Break-yo”™-neck-brup!”
Man In A Garage – Cold Cut (Nick Franglen Lemon Jelly Remix)
The Diamond Sky – The Chemical Brothers
Arched Maid Via DJ – Aphex Twin
Babel – Massive Attack
Plotinus – Squarepusher
Debase – Mike Flowers (Aphex Twin Remix)
Frictional Nevada (Venetian Snares)
100 Knives – Mirah (The Philippians Remix)
Di Blurb:
If there”™s a drum sample longer than 4 bars here I”™ll be surprised. Put simply, I love Breaks. I love live music too, hopefully as my recent The Acoustic Sessionplaylist might go to show, but there are a myriad of ways to express rhythm. The faster, the more syncopated, the more protracted, stuttered and cut up, the closer we get to describing the difference between what we mean by music and what we mean by sound. There”™s often a tendency to suggest that if the drums aren”™t real the music isn”™t ”˜human”™. Lets move away from that; inspiration runs deeper and more transcendent than that. Photek is probably the most distinctive of the junglist producers (until admittedly selling out with his latest Form and Function Volume 2 release), and Aleph 1 is a classic from his debut Modus Operandi (1997, Virgin/Science). Tight drum programming, paranoid synths and jazz-inflected double-bass lines setthe tone for the mixlist I think.
If you haven”™t gathered from my other playlists by now, I”™m a big Aphex Twin fan. The guy is just inspired and it”™s probably fair to say by now one of the most important names in electronica ever. His re-cut of Beck”™s Devil Haircut here, entitled Richard”™s Hairpiece – shows how creatively unhinged he really is. I have no idea how he created this track from the source material. I couldn”™t do it. Phenomenal.
Babel is my favourite track from the recent Massive Attack album Heligoland (2009, Virgin). Funked up electronica, you”™re sucked in by the groove at the start, and as the track progresses the drums build in increasing layers of distortion, intensifying the groove.
Plotinus is, in my opinion, one of Squarepusher”™s greatest creations. Jazz percussion and bass are built upon with acid synths and drill ”˜n”™ bass drumlines. 7 and a half minutes of layer upon layer with perfect craftsmanship, until at the Golden Section, it hangs on a bass chord for a second before dropping the chorus progression with a final blast of intensity. Goosebumps every time.
Venetian Snares is starting to rival Aphex Twin on the ”˜inspiration”™ front, and I could not expound enough on the delights to be found on the life-changing Rossz Csillag Alatt Született (2005, Planet Mu). Unfortunately that album isn”™t on Spotify, so I went for the ultra-dynamic Frictional Nevada from the also brilliant Hospitality (2006, Planet Mu).
The Philippians remix of Mirah”™s beautiful 100 Knives finishes the mixlist. If people have stuck with the mix until now, I thought I owed you a warm ending to bring us back to Earth, and this track is gorgeous.
Today”™s playlist is a blissed out treat from young starlet, Steve Hatch. It”™s his first Spotisfaction (d”™awwww bless) so be kind, and let him know what you think of his mix in the comments.
We all need to ride the Chillwaves from time to time”¦most of these tracks aren”™t chillwave, you could dispute if some of them are chill at all, but they work for me.
Stand outs (although this really does work better as a mix) –
”˜Toro Y Moi – Blessa”™ & ”˜Washed Out – Feel It All Around”™ embody what I”™d consider Chillwave, blissed out indie that sounds like it was made for the kind of summer we”™re having (gonna sit in a field and get my mexican light beer w/ lime on y”™all).
Bon Iver/Sufjan/Jose Gonzalez are obvious choices for chill acoustic tracks, but that”™s only because they work and they”™re damn good.
Chemical Brothers/Bonobo/Chromeo bring an electronic vibe. The Bonobo track is absolute GOLD. ChemBros track ”˜Hoops”™ was the first I heard that made me take them seriously. The Chromeo remix is a slow starter but it really is worth sticking with.
Black Moth Super Rainbow & Tobacco are my obscure choices, if you aren”™t hooked within 10secs, you probably won”™t ever be”¦
All capped off with a classic Mogwai track, which to this day makes me think of a Film4 advert that was on about 5-10 years ago”¦.
Afternoon, all. It”™s been a fun Monday”¦ somewhat of an oxymoron, I know. Lots of cool stuff going on behind the scenes at Spotisfaction Towers (where Thom and I sit behind a curtain, using a lot of elaborate magic tricks and props to make ourselves seem awesome). Hopefully we”™ll have more info later this week.
You might have seen our recent foray into supplying all manner of content for you fine individuals. If you ever fancied yourself as a writer; if you have a killer idea for a regular/semi-regular feature; if you have a wicked one-off article or review you”™re dying to get off your chest; or if you just straight up want to be part of our awesome crew, please get in touch!
Today”™s playlist is a blissed out treat from young starlet, Steve Hatch. It”™s his first Spotisfaction (d”™awwww bless) so be kind, and let him know what you think of his mix in the comments.
We all need to ride the Chillwaves from time to time”¦most of these tracks aren”™t chillwave, you could dispute if some of them are chill at all, but they work for me.
Stand outs (although this really does work better as a mix) –
”˜Toro Y Moi – Blessa”™ & ”˜Washed Out – Feel It All Around”™ embody what I”™d consider Chillwave, blissed out indie that sounds like it was made for the kind of summer we”™re having (gonna sit in a field and get my mexican light beer w/ lime on y”™all).
Bon Iver/Sufjan/Jose Gonzalez are obvious choices for chill acoustic tracks, but that”™s only because they work and they”™re damn good.
Chemical Brothers/Bonobo/Chromeo bring an electronic vibe. The Bonobo track is absolute GOLD. ChemBros track ”˜Hoops”™ was the first I heard that made me take them seriously. The Chromeo remix is a slow starter but it really is worth sticking with.
Black Moth Super Rainbow & Tobacco are my obscure choices, if you aren”™t hooked within 10secs, you probably won”™t ever be”¦
All capped off with a classic Mogwai track, which to this day makes me think of a Film4 advert that was on about 5-10 years ago”¦.
Air conditioning. It”™s a tale of two extremes for me today – either it”™s completely off and I feel like a packet of microwave-steamed vegetables, or it”™s on so high that the condensation dripping on my face is threatening to give me legionnaires.
Got a few reviews incoming today and early next week, just so you know. If you like what you see and want to write one of your own, just give us a shout.
Today”™s playlist is one I”™ve been looking forward to for a while, but it took a little bit of bullying to finally coerce it out of its author. Hope you enjoy.
Last night we posted our Glastonbury 2010 review, and we hope you enjoyed it. Remember, we”™d love for you to comment and are always hungry for a good ol”™ debate or just a bit of incessant banter. We”™re also looking for a few more contributors to help us generate some awesome content. If you think you could crack out the odd review or news post for us, or if you have a feature idea that you have a major passion for, please do get in touch.
Today”™s playlist is by Andy McKenzie, who first submitted a mix to us earlier this year. Thanks for this one, you balding git <3
Living is a problem because everything dies – Biffy Clyro
Cannonball – The Breeders
Young cardinals – Alexisonfire
Sunny days (Sesame Street) – Fall silent
B.Y.O.B. – System Of A Down
Almost easy – Avenged Sevenfold
Ace of spades – Motorhead
What can I do? – Poptart Monkeys
Over my head – Lit
I”™m on the Run – The Sewergrooves
Who the fuck? – Graham Coxen
Heart shaped box – Nirvana
My generation – The Who
Juneau – Funeral For A Friend
Fallen leaves – Billy Talent
When I argue I see shapes – Idlewild
Everlong – Foo Fighters
It”™s been a summer – New FOund Glory
Cute without the ”˜e”™ – Taking Back Sunday
The Curse of curves – Cute Is What We Aim For
Lost in stereo – All Time Low
Five becomes four – Yellowcard
Longview – Green Day
All the small things – Blink-182
Pure morning – Placebo
Well thought out twinkles – Silversun Pickups
Y control – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Seven nation army – The White Stripes
Life to lifeless – Killswitch Engage
A box full of sharp objects (Live) – The Used
Right so here is another mix for you all, this time it”™s guitar based and again there should be something for everyone here.
So for me some of the standout tracks are as follows:
Cannonball by The Breeders. EPIC does not describe this track well enough, this is one of those tracks that once you hear it, it gets stuck in your head for days. Also if you have not heard it before then where the hell have you been?!
Sunny Days by Fall Silent a metal cover of the Sesame Street theme tune. This one was on regular rotation when I was at Uni.
Who the Fuck? by the musical genius Graham Coxen. Taken from his first album, “The Sky Is Too High”, this is a perfect low-fi track, Coxen played all the instruments himself and I suggest you check out all his solo work.
Fallen Leaves by Billy Talent, another of those songs that gets under your skin and stuck in your head.
When I Argue I See Shapes by Idlewild. Idlewild are one of my favourite bands and unfortunately they seem to not be as well known as they deserve.
Everlong by Foo Fighters. Man to I have some history with this song”¦ Every and I mean EVERY time I hear this it has the same effect on me, one that I can only describe as your first Prozac high, the rush from the back of your brain to the front.
Well Thought Out Twinkles by Silversun Pickups. Again another band that should be bigger, this track has to be one of their best.
A Box Full Of Sharp Objects (Live) by The Used. I had to pick this live track because of Spotify”™s shitty licensing as the album this is originally from is not available (like so much, unfortunately). [Editor – Andy has since found the regular version :)]
Afternoon! 79 playlists”¦ Crikey. Time flies, and all that. I remember getting to 5 playlists and thinking “Whoa, we”™ve managed a whole week! Badass!”.
Last night we posted our Glastonbury 2010 review, and we hope you enjoyed it. Remember, we”™d love for you to comment and are always hungry for a good ol”™ debate or just a bit of incessant banter. We”™re also looking for a few more contributors to help us generate some awesome content. If you think you could crack out the odd review or news post for us, or if you have a feature idea that you have a major passion for, please do get in touch.
Today”™s playlist is by Andy McKenzie, who first submitted a mix to us earlier this year. Thanks for this one, you balding git <3
Living is a problem because everything dies – Biffy Clyro
Cannonball – The Breeders
Young cardinals – Alexisonfire
Sunny days (Sesame Street) – Fall silent
B.Y.O.B. – System Of A Down
Almost easy – Avenged Sevenfold
Ace of spades – Motorhead
What can I do? – Poptart Monkeys
Over my head – Lit
I”™m on the Run – The Sewergrooves
Who the fuck? – Graham Coxen
Heart shaped box – Nirvana
My generation – The Who
Juneau – Funeral For A Friend
Fallen leaves – Billy Talent
When I argue I see shapes – Idlewild
Everlong – Foo Fighters
It”™s been a summer – New FOund Glory
Cute without the ”˜e”™ – Taking Back Sunday
The Curse of curves – Cute Is What We Aim For
Lost in stereo – All Time Low
Five becomes four – Yellowcard
Longview – Green Day
All the small things – Blink-182
Pure morning – Placebo
Well thought out twinkles – Silversun Pickups
Y control – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Seven nation army – The White Stripes
Life to lifeless – Killswitch Engage
A box full of sharp objects (Live) – The Used
Right so here is another mix for you all, this time it”™s guitar based and again there should be something for everyone here.
So for me some of the standout tracks are as follows:
Cannonball by The Breeders. EPIC does not describe this track well enough, this is one of those tracks that once you hear it, it gets stuck in your head for days. Also if you have not heard it before then where the hell have you been?!
Sunny Days by Fall Silent a metal cover of the Sesame Street theme tune. This one was on regular rotation when I was at Uni.
Who the Fuck? by the musical genius Graham Coxen. Taken from his first album, “The Sky Is Too High”, this is a perfect low-fi track, Coxen played all the instruments himself and I suggest you check out all his solo work.
Fallen Leaves by Billy Talent, another of those songs that gets under your skin and stuck in your head.
When I Argue I See Shapes by Idlewild. Idlewild are one of my favourite bands and unfortunately they seem to not be as well known as they deserve.
Everlong by Foo Fighters. Man to I have some history with this song”¦ Every and I mean EVERY time I hear this it has the same effect on me, one that I can only describe as your first Prozac high, the rush from the back of your brain to the front.
Well Thought Out Twinkles by Silversun Pickups. Again another band that should be bigger, this track has to be one of their best.
A Box Full Of Sharp Objects (Live) by The Used. I had to pick this live track because of Spotify”™s shitty licensing as the album this is originally from is not available (like so much, unfortunately). [Editor – Andy has since found the regular version :)]
Join us after the break for the tracklist and Paul”™s blurb. Paul says:
I”™m off to Barcelona next week to got to the Primaverasound 2010 music festival. I thought it would be a good idea to post a playlist with some of the bands I am most looking forward to seeing whilst there. Perhaps others can post similarly themed playlists for any other festivals they may be attending soon. Here it is:
The Big Pink – Dominos
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Failure
Beak> – Pill
Pavement – Passat Dream
Broken Social Scene – Fire Eye”™d Boy
Wire – Too Late
The Fall – Theme From Sparta F.C.
Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
Pixies – Wave Of Mutilation
Condo Fucks – Watcha Gonna Do About It
Ganglians – Hair
Atlas Sound – Walkabout
Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
Orbital – Belfast
Gary Numan – Are ”˜Friends”™ Electric
Real Estate – Basement
Los Campesinos – There Are Listed Buildings
Bis – Eurodisco
The Charlatans – Sproston Green
Beach House – Norway
Lee Perry And The Upsetters – Enter The Dragon
Low – California
Mission Of Burma – Spider”™s Web
Wild Beasts – We Still Got The Taste Dancing On Our Tongues
Unfortunately the organisers have seemed fit to put Pavement and Mission Of Burma on at the same time, grrrr.
Sorry for the super late update today – Thom and I had a ridiculously busy day at work, which isn”™t much of an excuse but will have to do. We”™ve got more of our VFTA: Broken Social Scene series incoming tomorrow, as well as a write-up of the gig by our competition winner, Rhys.
Today”™s playlist was submitted to us by Paul Pritchard on May 20th, but we”™ve been unable to run it until now. Consider it a retrospective instead of a preview.
Join us after the break for the tracklist and Paul”™s blurb. Paul says:
I”™m off to Barcelona next week to got to the Primaverasound 2010 music festival. I thought it would be a good idea to post a playlist with some of the bands I am most looking forward to seeing whilst there. Perhaps others can post similarly themed playlists for any other festivals they may be attending soon. Here it is:
The Big Pink – Dominos
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Failure
Beak> – Pill
Pavement – Passat Dream
Broken Social Scene – Fire Eye”™d Boy
Wire – Too Late
The Fall – Theme From Sparta F.C.
Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
Pixies – Wave Of Mutilation
Condo Fucks – Watcha Gonna Do About It
Ganglians – Hair
Atlas Sound – Walkabout
Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
Orbital – Belfast
Gary Numan – Are ”˜Friends”™ Electric
Real Estate – Basement
Los Campesinos – There Are Listed Buildings
Bis – Eurodisco
The Charlatans – Sproston Green
Beach House – Norway
Lee Perry And The Upsetters – Enter The Dragon
Low – California
Mission Of Burma – Spider”™s Web
Wild Beasts – We Still Got The Taste Dancing On Our Tongues
Unfortunately the organisers have seemed fit to put Pavement and Mission Of Burma on at the same time, grrrr.
In other news, if you”™d like to become a contributor to Spotisfaction, we”™re always looking for feature writers, reviewers and people that can comb the web to collate interesting music news. We”™re also looking for an art director. If you want to get involved in our lovely little site, please get in touch. We still want your playlists and one-off articles or reviews if you don”™t want to sign a contract in blood / formally become part of the team, too!
Take it easy, sleazies. See you tomorrow night.
[David]
Above are a collection of songs by Broken Social scene, bands whose members comprise them, their support act on Saturday, and a small selection of artists on their Arts & Crafts label. Enjoy. And please buy a ticket to see these guys at some point on their tour if you can possibly make it.
Safe, blood. Tomorrow evening, a bunch of us are going to Birmingham”™s O2 Academy for the first Spotisfaction Meet-up. We”™re going to see Broken Social Scene and Sky Larkin, and it”™s going to be a fantabulous time. If you”™re in the area, I believe there are still tickets available – come along and I”™ll buy you a beer (I originally typo”™d ”˜bear”™, which would have been a much better incentive).
In other news, if you”™d like to become a contributor to Spotisfaction, we”™re always looking for feature writers, reviewers and people that can comb the web to collate interesting music news. We”™re also looking for an art director. If you want to get involved in our lovely little site, please get in touch. We still want your playlists and one-off articles or reviews if you don”™t want to sign a contract in blood / formally become part of the team, too!
Take it easy, sleazies. See you tomorrow night.
[David]
Above are a collection of songs by Broken Social scene, bands whose members comprise them, their support act on Saturday, and a small selection of artists on their Arts & Crafts label. Enjoy. And please buy a ticket to see these guys at some point on their tour if you can possibly make it.
Greetings Spotisfactioneers (ha! take that spellcheck!). I bring today”™s playlist to you whilst in an over-excited pre-Glastonbury funk. To celebrate, I”™ve included a song from the band I”™m most looking forward to seeing there: Broken Social Scene. To anyone catching them at their own show, I salute you.
Anyway, to business: the title of this playlist comes from the ambiguous opening line of my opening song, Tame by the Pixies, probably the archetype of the Pixies often stolen quiet-verse-loud-chorus dynamic.
I first came across Manchester Orchestra at the Reading Festival a couple of years ago. I”™m not sure how to describe them but have been meaning to rave about them for a while so give them a listen. This is followed by a tune from Wilt, the band born from the ashes of Kerbdog. A song called ”˜Dave You were Right”™ shouldn”™t be this affecting (it sounds like someone conceding defeat in a pub argument) but it packs an emotional punch.
”˜Margaret Yen”™, is my favourite song by Northampton”™s My First Tooth, whom we had the pleasure of seeing at a recent Cheltenham Underground night. For a four-piece they”™re very versatile and well worth checking out.
To end, we have songs from the two bands that got me through winter with the insanity kept to a minimum (Bright Eyes and Death Cab For Cutie), followed by two for the summer. ”˜Mouthful of Cavities”™ is best enjoyed on a guilty, hungover Sunday afternoon in bed when you know you should be frolicking (or some more manly pursuit, chopping trees perhaps) in the sun. Malcolm Middleton”™s ”˜Death, Love, Depression, Death”™ rounds things off nicely, the double-M”™s jarring Scottish accent the perfect antidote to the countless mediocre bands who sing in a horrifying, soulless mid-Atlantic brogue.
Greetings, those of you who haven”™t been lucky enough to get to Glastonbury this year. I feel your pain. Out of the four of us here at Spotisfaction Towers, there can only be one! This time around the one who gets to head to Glastonbury was James TAE. He best enjoy it”¦
Anyway, today”™s playlist comes from Dan Base of The Cheltenham Underground. He is one of the lucky ones off to Glasto and as he felt bad for those not going, he put this playlist together, entitled “Hips Like Cinderella”. Enjoy.
Greetings Spotisfactioneers (ha! take that spellcheck!). I bring today”™s playlist to you whilst in an over-excited pre-Glastonbury funk. To celebrate, I”™ve included a song from the band I”™m most looking forward to seeing there: Broken Social Scene. To anyone catching them at their own show, I salute you.
Anyway, to business: the title of this playlist comes from the ambiguous opening line of my opening song, Tame by the Pixies, probably the archetype of the Pixies often stolen quiet-verse-loud-chorus dynamic.
I first came across Manchester Orchestra at the Reading Festival a couple of years ago. I”™m not sure how to describe them but have been meaning to rave about them for a while so give them a listen. This is followed by a tune from Wilt, the band born from the ashes of Kerbdog. A song called ”˜Dave You were Right”™ shouldn”™t be this affecting (it sounds like someone conceding defeat in a pub argument) but it packs an emotional punch.
”˜Margaret Yen”™, is my favourite song by Northampton”™s My First Tooth, whom we had the pleasure of seeing at a recent Cheltenham Underground night. For a four-piece they”™re very versatile and well worth checking out.
To end, we have songs from the two bands that got me through winter with the insanity kept to a minimum (Bright Eyes and Death Cab For Cutie), followed by two for the summer. ”˜Mouthful of Cavities”™ is best enjoyed on a guilty, hungover Sunday afternoon in bed when you know you should be frolicking (or some more manly pursuit, chopping trees perhaps) in the sun. Malcolm Middleton”™s ”˜Death, Love, Depression, Death”™ rounds things off nicely, the double-M”™s jarring Scottish accent the perfect antidote to the countless mediocre bands who sing in a horrifying, soulless mid-Atlantic brogue.
Baila Baila feat Stereo:type – Deekline and Wizard
Caesar – I Blame Coco, Robyn
Audacity of Huge – Simian Mobile Disco
Electronic Battle Weapon 8 – Chemical Brothers
Vision One – Royksopp
Vampires – Touche
It Starts – Alex Metric
Paper Romance – Groove Armada
Havanna Sex Dwarf – Booka Shade
This is our night – Sander Kleinenberg
Koko”™s song – Silicone Soul
Take me into your skin – Trentmoller
Ecstasy – JJ
Miss you – Trentmoller
Running through woodland – Message to Bears
Hey all,
This one was quite a long time in the making, it”™s been roadtested quite a bit!
Not loads to right about these, a journey into finding new music for me, starts on a hip-hop inspired tip, including a track i love from Mos Def with a great guest rap from Slick Rick. Moving through more of a dancey middle and a chilled out ending.
Not much to report today – Thom”™s on holiday and I”™m off ill (read: sat around in my pyjamas drinking far too much tea and watching the football), so I”™ll keep this brief. I”™ll be posting some pictures from behind-the-scenes at Glastonbury this evening, so do come back later!
Today”™s playlist is from the mighty John Brobyn. Honestly, I think it”™s ace and hopefully y”™all will too.
Baila Baila feat Stereo:type – Deekline and Wizard
Caesar – I Blame Coco, Robyn
Audacity of Huge – Simian Mobile Disco
Electronic Battle Weapon 8 – Chemical Brothers
Vision One – Royksopp
Vampires – Touche
It Starts – Alex Metric
Paper Romance – Groove Armada
Havanna Sex Dwarf – Booka Shade
This is our night – Sander Kleinenberg
Koko”™s song – Silicone Soul
Take me into your skin – Trentmoller
Ecstasy – JJ
Miss you – Trentmoller
Running through woodland – Message to Bears
Hey all,
This one was quite a long time in the making, it”™s been roadtested quite a bit!
Not loads to right about these, a journey into finding new music for me, starts on a hip-hop inspired tip, including a track i love from Mos Def with a great guest rap from Slick Rick. Moving through more of a dancey middle and a chilled out ending.
Dave managed to spill soup all over his laptop. What an idiot. Of course, this means no more Spotisfaction updates from him until his machine dries out. Let”™s all take 5 minutes out to laugh at his misfortune.
Dave managed to spill soup all over his laptop. What an idiot. Of course, this means no more Spotisfaction updates from him until his machine dries out. Let”™s all take 5 minutes out to laugh at his misfortune.
Afternoon, folks! Today”™s playlist comes courtesy of Simon Mogg, whose previous playlist was one of my favourite concepts: “The Evolution of Moggy (in music)”. Fortunately, for today”™s submission he”™s guaranteed us no nu-metal or PJ & Duncan”¦
Remember that we”™re running a competition to win a ticket for Broken Social Scene”™s show in Birmingham on Sat 26th June – if you”™ve not entered yet, tweet us your favourite feel-good song with the #compisfaction hashtag. See here for full info!
Hit the link for the track listing and Moggy”™s blurb.
Damien Rice ”“ Amie
Johnny Cash ”“ Hurt
Amon Tobin ”“ Four Ton Mantis
Harry J Allstars ”“ Liquidator
David Bowie ”“ Life On Mars?
Flipron ”“ Flush It
Saul Williams ”“ Black Stacey
Maxim ”“ Spectral Wars
Jurassic 5 ”“ CONCRETE SCHOOLYARD
Beastie Boys ”“ Shadrach
Sublime ”“ KRS-One
Gorillaz ”“ Clint Eastwood (Phi Life Cypher Version)
RJD2 ”“ Ghostwriter
Flogging Molly ”“ Float
Brigham Young University Vocal Point ”“ Super Mario
The Puppini Sisters ”“ Spooky
Special AKA ”“ Gangsters
Desmond Dekker ”“ You Can Get It If You Really Want
Reel Big Fish ”“ Drunk Again
Everlast ”“ Black Jesus
Bill Withers ”“ Lean On Me – Single Version
Newton Faulkner ”“ People Should Smile More
Paolo Nutini ”“ Pencil Full Of Lead
Nick Drake ”“ Black Eyed Dog
65daysofstatic ”“ Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here
John Martyn ”“ May You Never
Ben E. King ”“ Stand By Me
The Proclaimers ”“ King Of The Road
Steve ”“ I Am Here (Falling Down Album Version)
Mitch Benn ”“ Steal This Song
So this is a slightly different style of playlist than my last. This time its a selection of music that I like to listen to when I can”™t move at all. Would be nice for summer in the garden.
Here are a few stand out tracks.
Johnny Cash ”“ Hurt
This track is just plain awesome. You dont often hear tracks that are a vast improvement on their original. But this one is.
Amon Tobin ”“ Four Ton Mantis
Discovered this in a car advert. But dont hold that against it. It has a nice quality to it.
Flipron ”“ Flush It
This band are dark. When I was playing them at one point “the wife” asked me to turn it off because it was depressing her. Gotta love music that creates emotion.
Beastie Boys ”“ Shadrach
I like the Beastie Boys. Any group that goes from Punk to Hiphop in their career appeal to me. This is one of their best tracks if you ask me.
RJD2 ”“ Ghostwriter
I love this track. No other comment its just awesome.
Brigham Young University Vocal Point ”“ Super Mario
hahahahahahahahahaha. Brilliant. Goes with the trade too.
65daysofstatic ”“ Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here
Shame its the live track but i love the way this track builds. It ends in a creshendo of noise. Love it.
The Proclaimers ”“ King Of The Road
I like the Proclaimers. I”™m not ashamed.
So there it is. I love all of these tracks. I”™d of commented on all of them but that just ends up with a lot of writing.
Quick straw poll – would you prefer playlist updates such as this one in the morning or afternoon? Let us know via Twitter (@spotisfaction).
Afternoon, folks! Today”™s playlist comes courtesy of Simon Mogg, whose previous playlist was one of my favourite concepts: “The Evolution of Moggy (in music)”. Fortunately, for today”™s submission he”™s guaranteed us no nu-metal or PJ & Duncan”¦
Remember that we”™re running a competition to win a ticket for Broken Social Scene”™s show in Birmingham on Sat 26th June – if you”™ve not entered yet, tweet us your favourite feel-good song with the #compisfaction hashtag. See here for full info!
Hit the link for the track listing and Moggy”™s blurb.
Damien Rice ”“ Amie
Johnny Cash ”“ Hurt
Amon Tobin ”“ Four Ton Mantis
Harry J Allstars ”“ Liquidator
David Bowie ”“ Life On Mars?
Flipron ”“ Flush It
Saul Williams ”“ Black Stacey
Maxim ”“ Spectral Wars
Jurassic 5 ”“ CONCRETE SCHOOLYARD
Beastie Boys ”“ Shadrach
Sublime ”“ KRS-One
Gorillaz ”“ Clint Eastwood (Phi Life Cypher Version)
RJD2 ”“ Ghostwriter
Flogging Molly ”“ Float
Brigham Young University Vocal Point ”“ Super Mario
The Puppini Sisters ”“ Spooky
Special AKA ”“ Gangsters
Desmond Dekker ”“ You Can Get It If You Really Want
Reel Big Fish ”“ Drunk Again
Everlast ”“ Black Jesus
Bill Withers ”“ Lean On Me – Single Version
Newton Faulkner ”“ People Should Smile More
Paolo Nutini ”“ Pencil Full Of Lead
Nick Drake ”“ Black Eyed Dog
65daysofstatic ”“ Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here
John Martyn ”“ May You Never
Ben E. King ”“ Stand By Me
The Proclaimers ”“ King Of The Road
Steve ”“ I Am Here (Falling Down Album Version)
Mitch Benn ”“ Steal This Song
So this is a slightly different style of playlist than my last. This time its a selection of music that I like to listen to when I can”™t move at all. Would be nice for summer in the garden.
Here are a few stand out tracks.
Johnny Cash ”“ Hurt
This track is just plain awesome. You dont often hear tracks that are a vast improvement on their original. But this one is.
Amon Tobin ”“ Four Ton Mantis
Discovered this in a car advert. But dont hold that against it. It has a nice quality to it.
Flipron ”“ Flush It
This band are dark. When I was playing them at one point “the wife” asked me to turn it off because it was depressing her. Gotta love music that creates emotion.
Beastie Boys ”“ Shadrach
I like the Beastie Boys. Any group that goes from Punk to Hiphop in their career appeal to me. This is one of their best tracks if you ask me.
RJD2 ”“ Ghostwriter
I love this track. No other comment its just awesome.
Brigham Young University Vocal Point ”“ Super Mario
hahahahahahahahahaha. Brilliant. Goes with the trade too.
65daysofstatic ”“ Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here
Shame its the live track but i love the way this track builds. It ends in a creshendo of noise. Love it.
The Proclaimers ”“ King Of The Road
I like the Proclaimers. I”™m not ashamed.
So there it is. I love all of these tracks. I”™d of commented on all of them but that just ends up with a lot of writing.
Joy Wants Eternity ”“ Above The Clouds Lies Eternal Sun
Moonlit Sailor ”“ The Fog Is Lifting
And So I Watch You From Afar ”“ A Little Bit Of Solidarity Goes A Long Way
Codes In The Clouds ”“ Don”™t Go Awash In This Digital Landscape
Pg.lost ”“ Jura
Caspian ”“ Ghosts Of The Garden City
Exxasens ”“ Sky In Red
Collapse Under The Empire ”“ Conscious Of Thirty-Nine
Signal Hill ”“ Stunning Clarity
Long Distance Calling ”“ Black Paper Planes
Jakob ”“ Malachite
Beware Of Safety ”“ The Difference Between Wind & Rain
Goonies Never Say Die ”“ Everyone Comes To Life
Followed By Ghosts ”“ A Mirthful Experience
Because Of Ghosts ”“ Burn It To The Ground, For Now
The Seven Mile Journey ”“ Theme For The Oddmory Philosophies
Saxon Shore ”“ Replacement Driver
Destroyalldreamers ”“ Souvlaki Space Station
This Is Your Captain Calling ”“ Lullaby
Tristeza ”“ Golden Hill
Mogwai ”“ Hunted By A Freak
Maybeshewill ”“ Seraphim & Cherubim
Ef ”“ Ett
MONO ”“ Follow The Map
Daturah ”“ 9
Post rock. Not everyone”™s favourite genre. By those that are not fans it has been politely described to me as elevator music and impolitely in terms that I will not post here. For those of you that like lyrical genius you wont find much here as this is a genre where lyrics are entirely optional but whose style can range from the truly ambient to the extremely experimental. I meandered into this genre following my shoegaze indie tastes and so tend to prefer the more ambient end of the genre but my playlist was more created by what I was able to find on Spotify rather than being able to choose all my favourites as there were a few missing but I think overall it”™s not a bad representation of the genre.
Catch you all again soon and I hope you enjoy the sing along!
It”™s all go here right now. There are big changes afoot, such as the introduction of deadlines here at Spotisfaction Towers. Working on Spotisfaction is now a bit more like a real job, except I enjoy it and it doesn”™t pay my rent.
Okay, I”™m going to keep it short and sweet today as I”™ve gotta get back to the grindstone. Today”™s playlist has been crafted by Kevin Atkinson, a regular reader/listener who is, quite frankly, our rock. You could say he is our post-rock. But that would probably be taking a joke too far.
Joy Wants Eternity ”“ Above The Clouds Lies Eternal Sun
Moonlit Sailor ”“ The Fog Is Lifting
And So I Watch You From Afar ”“ A Little Bit Of Solidarity Goes A Long Way
Codes In The Clouds ”“ Don”™t Go Awash In This Digital Landscape
Pg.lost ”“ Jura
Caspian ”“ Ghosts Of The Garden City
Exxasens ”“ Sky In Red
Collapse Under The Empire ”“ Conscious Of Thirty-Nine
Signal Hill ”“ Stunning Clarity
Long Distance Calling ”“ Black Paper Planes
Jakob ”“ Malachite
Beware Of Safety ”“ The Difference Between Wind & Rain
Goonies Never Say Die ”“ Everyone Comes To Life
Followed By Ghosts ”“ A Mirthful Experience
Because Of Ghosts ”“ Burn It To The Ground, For Now
The Seven Mile Journey ”“ Theme For The Oddmory Philosophies
Saxon Shore ”“ Replacement Driver
Destroyalldreamers ”“ Souvlaki Space Station
This Is Your Captain Calling ”“ Lullaby
Tristeza ”“ Golden Hill
Mogwai ”“ Hunted By A Freak
Maybeshewill ”“ Seraphim & Cherubim
Ef ”“ Ett
MONO ”“ Follow The Map
Daturah ”“ 9
Post rock. Not everyone”™s favourite genre. By those that are not fans it has been politely described to me as elevator music and impolitely in terms that I will not post here. For those of you that like lyrical genius you wont find much here as this is a genre where lyrics are entirely optional but whose style can range from the truly ambient to the extremely experimental. I meandered into this genre following my shoegaze indie tastes and so tend to prefer the more ambient end of the genre but my playlist was more created by what I was able to find on Spotify rather than being able to choose all my favourites as there were a few missing but I think overall it”™s not a bad representation of the genre.
Catch you all again soon and I hope you enjoy the sing along!
Cardinal Rules – Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Guyamas Sonora – Beirut
Great Lakes – Telekinesis
Loose Lips – Wooden Shjips
Half Asleep – School Of Seven Bells
Riders On The Storm – New Stereo Mix – The Doors
Spotisfaction // The 405 Playlist ”™Morning to Night”™ I (Oliver) decided to create a playlist comprised of ten songs which accurately portray a day in my life. We start with utter confusion, like someone is dragging me out of the water. This soon flows into a more peaceful existence as the birds try and do their best to wake me up.
We then move onto the mad rush of trying to get to where I need to be, which is generally work. Cue an ebb and flow of adrenaline and inevitable tiredness, which soon leads back to the mad rush home and food. Where do we end up? Right we started. Mad confusion and a storm courtesy of The Doors.
Everybody get excited. We”™ve got a bit of a treat for you this afternoon. Today”™s playlist is by our friend Oliver Primus, founder and editor over at http://www.thefourohfive.com/. The 405 is an online Music/Art/Film magazine packed with the latest reviews, interviews, news, mixtapes, features & much more. I don”™t want to sound too mushy, but it”™s genuinely one of our favourite reads and I really encourage you to check them out.
Please take a look at our news post below this article for a couple of Spotisfaction announcements.
Cardinal Rules – Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Guyamas Sonora – Beirut
Great Lakes – Telekinesis
Loose Lips – Wooden Shjips
Half Asleep – School Of Seven Bells
Riders On The Storm – New Stereo Mix – The Doors
Spotisfaction // The 405 Playlist ”™Morning to Night”™ I (Oliver) decided to create a playlist comprised of ten songs which accurately portray a day in my life. We start with utter confusion, like someone is dragging me out of the water. This soon flows into a more peaceful existence as the birds try and do their best to wake me up.
We then move onto the mad rush of trying to get to where I need to be, which is generally work. Cue an ebb and flow of adrenaline and inevitable tiredness, which soon leads back to the mad rush home and food. Where do we end up? Right we started. Mad confusion and a storm courtesy of The Doors.
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free – Nina Simone
September – Earth, Wind & Fire
Move On Up – Curtis Mayfield
Ok, so I”™ve always loved Motown, Soul and old R&B music but apart from going to the odd Motown/Northern Soul night back in my home town 5 years ago and the odd night at Komedia in Brighton, I”™ve rarely properly looked up artists from that era so I decided to take it upon myself to educate my ears and to look stuff up for a playlist.
I was mainly inspired by the first song Wade in the Water by Marlena Shaw, which is horribly overlooked, which my flatmate played me (he”™s obsessed with this kind of music but I did not cheat and ask him for suggestions!) and so it kind of went on from there.
I think the biggest revelation for me on the list was Minnie Riperton. I watched a program years ago about her but never remembered who she was. So to dig up some of her tracks was amazing. As was Marlena Shaw. I think when you listen to those songs they speak for themselves in regards to how brilliant they are. I find it surprising they aren”™t as famous as say Nina Simone or Aretha Franklin because they clearly had some major hits in their time.
Song such as ”˜War”™ and ”˜I Just Want To Make Love To You”™ also are stand outs. Not even musically but culturally with obviously those coke (or was it pepsi?) adverts and ”˜War”™ which I suppose, rather regrettably, I knew from the Rush Hour films, both bring back quite funny memories. Also finding out who the artists were that sang all these songs was fascinating.
This time I tried to include some random interludes by artists as well. Mainly inspired by listening to The Score by Fugees the other day. I loved the interludes between songs on that album so I thought I would be cool to hear some on a playlist as well. The bizarre Gill Scott-Heron interlude being my favourite.
All in all, this has been my favourite playlist I have put together. I recommend you don a 60s inspired outfit, do the Watusi and enjoy a Martini for this one! I really hope you like it as much as I do.
Afternoon, kids. World Cup day, wooo! We”™re split at Spotisfaction Towers – personally, I”™m ridiculously excited and am now pretty much resigned to a month of lounging on the sofa to the despair of my ever patient wife (no change there, then). Thom, on the other hand, would rather gouge his eyes out with a rusty spoon than watch a bunch of girly blokes poncing around. Horses for courses, I guess, but I”™m totally the one in the right here”¦ I”™ve managed to luck out in the sweepstakes this time around – in the two I”™m participating in, I”™ve drawn England and Italy. Not the best, but better than Algeria and USA so in your face Pat, HAH!
Anyway, to business.
We”™ve got a few announcements to make next week and, to be honest, we really hope you like them. I don”™t want to give away too much, but we”™ve listened to your feedback and are ready to roll out some pretty cool things for you all. Come back next week for the scoop :)
Today”™s playlist is, quite simply, a pleasure. I always look forward to Woody”™s mixes and this one doesn”™t disappoint. I think it”™ll put a smile on your face. Unless your heart is cold and dead, or you”™re Rorschach from Watchmen. Freaks.
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free – Nina Simone
September – Earth, Wind & Fire
Move On Up – Curtis Mayfield
Ok, so I”™ve always loved Motown, Soul and old R&B music but apart from going to the odd Motown/Northern Soul night back in my home town 5 years ago and the odd night at Komedia in Brighton, I”™ve rarely properly looked up artists from that era so I decided to take it upon myself to educate my ears and to look stuff up for a playlist.
I was mainly inspired by the first song Wade in the Water by Marlena Shaw, which is horribly overlooked, which my flatmate played me (he”™s obsessed with this kind of music but I did not cheat and ask him for suggestions!) and so it kind of went on from there.
I think the biggest revelation for me on the list was Minnie Riperton. I watched a program years ago about her but never remembered who she was. So to dig up some of her tracks was amazing. As was Marlena Shaw. I think when you listen to those songs they speak for themselves in regards to how brilliant they are. I find it surprising they aren”™t as famous as say Nina Simone or Aretha Franklin because they clearly had some major hits in their time.
Song such as ”˜War”™ and ”˜I Just Want To Make Love To You”™ also are stand outs. Not even musically but culturally with obviously those coke (or was it pepsi?) adverts and ”˜War”™ which I suppose, rather regrettably, I knew from the Rush Hour films, both bring back quite funny memories. Also finding out who the artists were that sang all these songs was fascinating.
This time I tried to include some random interludes by artists as well. Mainly inspired by listening to The Score by Fugees the other day. I loved the interludes between songs on that album so I thought I would be cool to hear some on a playlist as well. The bizarre Gill Scott-Heron interlude being my favourite.
All in all, this has been my favourite playlist I have put together. I recommend you don a 60s inspired outfit, do the Watusi and enjoy a Martini for this one! I really hope you like it as much as I do.
