Author: The Spotisfaction Team

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Morning kids. How good was yesterday”™s playlist? Good god-damn. Well played, Fozz, well played.

Today”™s playlist looks equally as sharp and comes courtesy of Mr. Ben Hawling. I, for one, am very excited about this one – even the S Club Juniors track. Yep, that”™s right, I said it. I”™m a queen, I don”™t even care.

With that shocking revelation, Imma hand over to Ben now.

Godspeed!

David
(Twitter)

Get the playlist RIGHT HERE WOWOWOWOWW

1. One More Time – Daft Punk
2. Ready To Go – Boy Kill Boy
3. Across The Avenue – Howling Bells
4. Courtesy Laughs – Phoenix
5. We Never Change – Coldplay
6. Michael Douglas – Neon Neon
7. Break My Stride – Blue Lagoon
8. Nicotine And Gravy – Beck 9.
Our Mutual Friend – Daisy Chapman
10. Jane – Ben Folds Five
11. Must Be Dreaming – Frou Frou
12. The Gospel Of Goro Adachi – The Boxer Rebellion
13. Maybe – 6 Day Riot
14. True To Life – Royksopp
15. Brother Sport – Animal Collective
16. Do It All Over Again – Spiritualized
17. Paris (Aeroplane Remix) – Friendly Fires
18. Like Spinning Plates (Live) – Radiohead
19. Direct To Helmet – The Spinto Band
20. Perfect Lovesong – The Divine Comedy
21. Eyes As Candles – Passion Pit
22. Not Even Jail – Interpol
23. I Believe In Symmetry – Bright Eyes
24. Different Names For The Same Place – Death Cab For Cutie
25. Jeds Other Poem (Beautiful Ground) – Grandaddy
26. Wish I Stayed (Demo) – Ellie Goulding
27. One Step Closer – S Club Juniors
28. Being A Girl – Mansun

Ahhh here goes (said in Keenan and Kel style”¦”¦”¦..):

The glorious playlist that you are currently listening to represents, quite simply, all my pasts and futures.

I was trying to think of a really smart, over arching statement to adequetly sum up my general thought direction, but then my noodles had finished boiling, so everything else in the world suddenly didnt matter. Anyway, half the songs on here have been with me through thick and thin, and have moulded my life in bizzare, yet beautiful ways. The other half are tunes that have hit me between the eyes in recent times, and are screaming to be heard and adored. If you”™re really that interested, the tracks that have acted as my parachutes through the years include, ”˜One More Time”™ by Daft Punk, which incidentally is my favourite ever song for the soul purpose that always seems to playing when i”™m at my most happiest, and makes me smile out loud! Also, ”˜Like Spinning Plates”™ by Radiohead, as makes me feel like I”™m completly relaxed upon a mesh of lasers, and calms the storms in my head, seriously. And ”˜Being A Girl”™ by Mansun, simply because anything that this band have ever done pretty much sums up what my mind looks and sounds like; every glitchy, sparkly, muddled bit of it.

So there you go. No fancy bullshit. This playlist is my life as it has been, is, and will be, i hope! Nuff said!

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date March 17, 2010

Morning kids. How good was yesterday”™s playlist? Good god-damn. Well played, Fozz, well played.

Today”™s playlist looks equally as sharp and comes courtesy of Mr. Ben Hawling. I, for one, am very excited about this one – even the S Club Juniors track. Yep, that”™s right, I said it. I”™m a queen, I don”™t even care.

With that shocking revelation, Imma hand over to Ben now.

Godspeed!

David
(Twitter)

Get the playlist RIGHT HERE WOWOWOWOWW

1. One More Time – Daft Punk
2. Ready To Go – Boy Kill Boy
3. Across The Avenue – Howling Bells
4. Courtesy Laughs – Phoenix
5. We Never Change – Coldplay
6. Michael Douglas – Neon Neon
7. Break My Stride – Blue Lagoon
8. Nicotine And Gravy – Beck 9.
Our Mutual Friend – Daisy Chapman
10. Jane – Ben Folds Five
11. Must Be Dreaming – Frou Frou
12. The Gospel Of Goro Adachi – The Boxer Rebellion
13. Maybe – 6 Day Riot
14. True To Life – Royksopp
15. Brother Sport – Animal Collective
16. Do It All Over Again – Spiritualized
17. Paris (Aeroplane Remix) – Friendly Fires
18. Like Spinning Plates (Live) – Radiohead
19. Direct To Helmet – The Spinto Band
20. Perfect Lovesong – The Divine Comedy
21. Eyes As Candles – Passion Pit
22. Not Even Jail – Interpol
23. I Believe In Symmetry – Bright Eyes
24. Different Names For The Same Place – Death Cab For Cutie
25. Jeds Other Poem (Beautiful Ground) – Grandaddy
26. Wish I Stayed (Demo) – Ellie Goulding
27. One Step Closer – S Club Juniors
28. Being A Girl – Mansun

Ahhh here goes (said in Keenan and Kel style”¦”¦”¦..):

The glorious playlist that you are currently listening to represents, quite simply, all my pasts and futures.

I was trying to think of a really smart, over arching statement to adequetly sum up my general thought direction, but then my noodles had finished boiling, so everything else in the world suddenly didnt matter. Anyway, half the songs on here have been with me through thick and thin, and have moulded my life in bizzare, yet beautiful ways. The other half are tunes that have hit me between the eyes in recent times, and are screaming to be heard and adored. If you”™re really that interested, the tracks that have acted as my parachutes through the years include, ”˜One More Time”™ by Daft Punk, which incidentally is my favourite ever song for the soul purpose that always seems to playing when i”™m at my most happiest, and makes me smile out loud! Also, ”˜Like Spinning Plates”™ by Radiohead, as makes me feel like I”™m completly relaxed upon a mesh of lasers, and calms the storms in my head, seriously. And ”˜Being A Girl”™ by Mansun, simply because anything that this band have ever done pretty much sums up what my mind looks and sounds like; every glitchy, sparkly, muddled bit of it.

So there you go. No fancy bullshit. This playlist is my life as it has been, is, and will be, i hope! Nuff said!

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Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0mHZAfh9wUNWWCea0CBWGy

I”™m really looking forward to this one. What am I saying? I look forward to all of them. I”™m hoping that I”™m going to get down and craft one of these myself this week, my head is spinning to listen to new music. I had the pleasure of meeting today”™s guest at a Cheltenham Underground night and I have to say, he was pretty awesome. Much sexier and more charming than David. Anyway, plug in and listen to this stuff.

Also, submissions people. PLAEZ CAN WE HAZ MOAR SUBMISSIONS. I”™m going to do an overhall of everything at the weekend, so making submissios is going to be easier going forward. In fact, big ideas – coming soon. Right, I”™m gonna drink this here orange juice and listen to todays mix. Over to Fozz. Oh, and serious respect for the blurb. You are winner.

Thom
(Twitter)

Playlist is here
Tracklist below:

1. RÃ¶yksopp ”“ What Else Is There? (TrentemÃ¸ller Remix)
2. Mvsevm ”“ French Jeans (Dada Life Remix)
3. Late of the Pier ”“ Bathroom Gurgle (Breakbot Remix)
4. Deadmau5 & Kaskade ”“ I Remember (Caspa Remix)
5. MSTRKRFT ”“ Heartbreaker (Wolfgang Gartner Remix)
6. The Priors ”“ What You Need (Hey Champ Remix)
7. Fever Ray ”“ Triangle Walks (Rex the Dog Remix)
8. Heartsrevolution ”“ Ultraviolence (Vitalic Remix)
9. Florence + The Machine ”“ You”™ve Got the Love (The xx Remix)
10. RÃ¶yksopp ”“ Happy Up Here (Boys Noize Remix)
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs ”“ Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
12. Hawa ”“ Dance
13. Delphic ”“ This Momentary (Le Matos Remix)
14. Tiga ”“ Sex O”™Clock (Matthias Aguayo Remix)
15. Matt & Kim ”“ Daylight (Troublemaker Remix feat. De La Soul)
16. Nneka ”“ Heartbeat (Chase & Status We Just Bought a Guitar Mix)
17. Massive Attack ”“ Paradise Circus (Breakage”™s Tight Rope Remix)
18. Annie ”“ Anthonio (Designer Drugs Remix)
19. Gossip ”“ Heavy Cross (Fred Falke Remix)
20. The Kills ”“ Cheap and Cheerful (Sebastian Remix)

OK, so Dave asked me to come up with a playlist for this malarkey a while ago so I thought I”™d throw a handful tracks together and see what happens. While the previous playlists have had some awesome tracks in them I felt that a few more remixes were needed. I know the rules say to try and keep things varied, and most of these tracks are quite electro, but I though I”™d push the boat out. A lot of the stuff in my list has been blogged about fairly recently on the Hype Machine and, to be honest, I”™m quite surprised that I managed to find a lot of it on Spotify. I don”™t really have any personal reasons for choosing any of the tracks other than the fact that I think they sound freakin”™ kick-ass. Simple as. So crank up the volume and enjoy.

I thought I”™d kick things off with TrentemÃ¸ller”™s remix of “What Else Is There?” by RÃ¶yksopp, which is probably my favourite track in the list. I first heard TrentemÃ¸ller”™s album “The Last Resort” a couple of years ago and was instantly hooked by the haunting minimalistic and downtempo beats. I”™m also a big fan of RÃ¶yksopp, so the combination of the two was destined for awesomeness.

I”™ve listened to a few Breakbot remixes lately and I find that they can be very hit-and-miss. Fortunately, this remix of “Bathroom Gurgle” by Late of the Pier really hits the spot for me. In a non-sexual way that is.

The Hey Champ remix of “What You Need” is a down-right sublime track. If this doesn”™t bring back memories of lazy summer days, supping on a beer then nothing will.

I tried to avoid duplicating artists in my list, but there are so many awesome remixes of various RÃ¶yksopp songs out there that I just had to include the Boys Noize remix of “Happy Up Here” as well. Hell, I could probably make an entire playlist consisting purely of RÃ¶yksopp remixes, but I thought that might be pushing my luck just a little bit.

“Dance” by Hawa is not a remix but is actually a rather quirky cover of “D.A.N.C.E.” by Justice, done brilliantly in a 1960s soul-funk style. I stuck it somewhere near the middle of the list to break things up a bit and so that I could say I”™d added a bit of variety!

I”™m really not a massive fan of Tiga in the slightest, I think he can be an arrogant and irritating, and this also tends to manifest itself in his music. But I must admit that there is something annoyingly catchy about “Sex O”™Clock”, and this remix of it certainly improves on the original.

“Paradise Circus” is off the “Heligoland” album, the latest offering from Massive Attack, and luckily the version of the album on Spotify comes with Breakage”™s remix.

The Sebastian remix of “Cheap and Cheerful” by The Kills has been around for a couple of years now, but it is an old favourite of mine so I thought I”™d tack it onto the end just to round things off nicely.

Over and out.

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date March 16, 2010

I”™m really looking forward to this one. What am I saying? I look forward to all of them. I”™m hoping that I”™m going to get down and craft one of these myself this week, my head is spinning to listen to new music. I had the pleasure of meeting today”™s guest at a Cheltenham Underground night and I have to say, he was pretty awesome. Much sexier and more charming than David. Anyway, plug in and listen to this stuff.

Also, submissions people. PLAEZ CAN WE HAZ MOAR SUBMISSIONS. I”™m going to do an overhall of everything at the weekend, so making submissios is going to be easier going forward. In fact, big ideas – coming soon. Right, I”™m gonna drink this here orange juice and listen to todays mix. Over to Fozz. Oh, and serious respect for the blurb. You are winner.

Thom
(Twitter)

Playlist is here
Tracklist below:

1. RÃ¶yksopp ”“ What Else Is There? (TrentemÃ¸ller Remix)
2. Mvsevm ”“ French Jeans (Dada Life Remix)
3. Late of the Pier ”“ Bathroom Gurgle (Breakbot Remix)
4. Deadmau5 & Kaskade ”“ I Remember (Caspa Remix)
5. MSTRKRFT ”“ Heartbreaker (Wolfgang Gartner Remix)
6. The Priors ”“ What You Need (Hey Champ Remix)
7. Fever Ray ”“ Triangle Walks (Rex the Dog Remix)
8. Heartsrevolution ”“ Ultraviolence (Vitalic Remix)
9. Florence + The Machine ”“ You”™ve Got the Love (The xx Remix)
10. RÃ¶yksopp ”“ Happy Up Here (Boys Noize Remix)
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs ”“ Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
12. Hawa ”“ Dance
13. Delphic ”“ This Momentary (Le Matos Remix)
14. Tiga ”“ Sex O”™Clock (Matthias Aguayo Remix)
15. Matt & Kim ”“ Daylight (Troublemaker Remix feat. De La Soul)
16. Nneka ”“ Heartbeat (Chase & Status We Just Bought a Guitar Mix)
17. Massive Attack ”“ Paradise Circus (Breakage”™s Tight Rope Remix)
18. Annie ”“ Anthonio (Designer Drugs Remix)
19. Gossip ”“ Heavy Cross (Fred Falke Remix)
20. The Kills ”“ Cheap and Cheerful (Sebastian Remix)

OK, so Dave asked me to come up with a playlist for this malarkey a while ago so I thought I”™d throw a handful tracks together and see what happens. While the previous playlists have had some awesome tracks in them I felt that a few more remixes were needed. I know the rules say to try and keep things varied, and most of these tracks are quite electro, but I though I”™d push the boat out. A lot of the stuff in my list has been blogged about fairly recently on the Hype Machine and, to be honest, I”™m quite surprised that I managed to find a lot of it on Spotify. I don”™t really have any personal reasons for choosing any of the tracks other than the fact that I think they sound freakin”™ kick-ass. Simple as. So crank up the volume and enjoy.

I thought I”™d kick things off with TrentemÃ¸ller”™s remix of “What Else Is There?” by RÃ¶yksopp, which is probably my favourite track in the list. I first heard TrentemÃ¸ller”™s album “The Last Resort” a couple of years ago and was instantly hooked by the haunting minimalistic and downtempo beats. I”™m also a big fan of RÃ¶yksopp, so the combination of the two was destined for awesomeness.

I”™ve listened to a few Breakbot remixes lately and I find that they can be very hit-and-miss. Fortunately, this remix of “Bathroom Gurgle” by Late of the Pier really hits the spot for me. In a non-sexual way that is.

The Hey Champ remix of “What You Need” is a down-right sublime track. If this doesn”™t bring back memories of lazy summer days, supping on a beer then nothing will.

I tried to avoid duplicating artists in my list, but there are so many awesome remixes of various RÃ¶yksopp songs out there that I just had to include the Boys Noize remix of “Happy Up Here” as well. Hell, I could probably make an entire playlist consisting purely of RÃ¶yksopp remixes, but I thought that might be pushing my luck just a little bit.

“Dance” by Hawa is not a remix but is actually a rather quirky cover of “D.A.N.C.E.” by Justice, done brilliantly in a 1960s soul-funk style. I stuck it somewhere near the middle of the list to break things up a bit and so that I could say I”™d added a bit of variety!

I”™m really not a massive fan of Tiga in the slightest, I think he can be an arrogant and irritating, and this also tends to manifest itself in his music. But I must admit that there is something annoyingly catchy about “Sex O”™Clock”, and this remix of it certainly improves on the original.

“Paradise Circus” is off the “Heligoland” album, the latest offering from Massive Attack, and luckily the version of the album on Spotify comes with Breakage”™s remix.

The Sebastian remix of “Cheap and Cheerful” by The Kills has been around for a couple of years now, but it is an old favourite of mine so I thought I”™d tack it onto the end just to round things off nicely.

Over and out.

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Playlists

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Good morning, people.

Today is a bit alfresco. Got a few playlists lined up for the week but we need more. I haven”™t been keeping up with the music the last week or so, so I”™m dependant on you guys submitting lists for me to listen to so I can broaden my horizons and be inspired.

The line up for the week looks to be Sean Ferguson today, Fozz tomorrow and Ben Hawling on Wednesday, with one from Dave or myself on Thursday. We”™ll leave Friday open for now and see how things go.

Dave is actually ill today, so big love to the David, who is probably sat at home in his pants AS I TYPE. Hotness. Oh but today, I”™ll post Seans. He hasn”™t had time to write out the blurb, or even a tracklist as he”™s rock and roll, so I”™ll do that when I get some time later. In the meantime, get submitting us some more music you music whores!

Peace and fucking, believe.

Thom
(Twitter)

Sean”™s playlist is here, with tracklistings to follow.

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date March 15, 2010

Good morning, people.

Today is a bit alfresco. Got a few playlists lined up for the week but we need more. I haven”™t been keeping up with the music the last week or so, so I”™m dependant on you guys submitting lists for me to listen to so I can broaden my horizons and be inspired.

The line up for the week looks to be Sean Ferguson today, Fozz tomorrow and Ben Hawling on Wednesday, with one from Dave or myself on Thursday. We”™ll leave Friday open for now and see how things go.

Dave is actually ill today, so big love to the David, who is probably sat at home in his pants AS I TYPE. Hotness. Oh but today, I”™ll post Seans. He hasn”™t had time to write out the blurb, or even a tracklist as he”™s rock and roll, so I”™ll do that when I get some time later. In the meantime, get submitting us some more music you music whores!

Peace and fucking, believe.

Thom
(Twitter)

Sean”™s playlist is here, with tracklistings to follow.

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Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1zb9OB9xcuRD0GttrYQUPM

So, after working with Thom and I forever, our friend Whit is leaving the country. It makes us sad. We love you, Whit, so it was only fitting that we post this beautiful poem to send you off. I”™ll hand over to Whit for today”™s playlist – fly true, young one.

Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
”˜Cause I saw the end before we”™d begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what”™s mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won”™t stop there,
I am here for you if you”™d only care.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I”™ve kissed your lips and held your hand.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I”™ve been addicted to you.

[x2]
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

I am a dreamer and when i wake,
You can”™t break my spirit – it”™s my dreams you take.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be
I”™ve seen you cry, I”™ve seen you smile.
I”™ve watched you sleeping for a while.
I”™d be the father of your child.
I”™d spend a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We”™ve had our doubts but now we”™re fine,
And I love you, I swear that”™s true.
I cannot live without you.

[x2]
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

And I still hold your hand in mine.
In mine when I”™m asleep.
And I will bare my soul in time,
When I”™m kneeling at your feet.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

I”™m so hollow, baby, I”™m so hollow.
I”™m so, I”™m so, I”™m so hollow.
I”™m so hollow, baby, I”™m so hollow.
I”™m so, I”™m so, I”™m so hollow.
Cries like a baby

David
(Twitter)

Get the playlist here!!

Therapy? ”“ Diane

Jeff Buckley ”“ Last Goodbye

Ani DiFranco ”“ Gravel

Green Day ”“ Paper Lanterns

Opeth ”“ Soldier of Fortune

Inquisition ”“ We”™ve Got a Bomb

Third Eye Blind ”“ Jumper

Clawfinger ”“ Biggest & The Best

Dead Kennedys ”“ California Uber Alles

Avail ”“ Simple Song

Ann Beretta ”“ Angry All the Time

Face to Face ”“ Disconnected

Gwar ”“ Saddam A GoGo

Propagandhi – ”¦And We Thought the Nation States Were a Bad Idea”¦

The Ataris ”“ In This Diary

Papa Roach ”“ Scars

The Smashing Pumpkins ”“ Mayonaise

No Use For A Name ”“ Why Doesn”™t Anybody Like Me?

Faith No More ”“ Easy

EMF ”“ Unbelievable

Soul Asylum ”“ Somebody to Shove

Moby ”“ That”™s When I Reach For My Revolver

Alkaline Trio ”“ Stupid Kid

Everlast ”“ What It”™s Like

Frank Turner ”“ Long Live the Queen

Harvey Danger ”“ Flagpole Sitta

SR-71 ”“ Politically Incorrect

Eels ”“ Beautiful Freak

The thing that”™s always drew me to music is the fact that it”™s so emotive. That, to me, is its primary purpose. To draw up some sense of emotion, whether based around the lyrics, the music, the beat, or the memories associated with the song. Whether I”™m taken back to a time in my life, thinking back on a person, or just finding a song that seems to have been written for me, by me, or even about me, through the highs, through the lows, music has always been my never waiving partner. There”™s old friends that you go a length of time never hearing, ones you listen to on repeat, and ones that draw up such powerful emotions, you prefer not to hear them at all.

The playlist below is based around the songs that evoke the most emotion out of me. Each one represents a significant feeling, milestone, event, or person in my life, hence the varied nature across genres and decades.

Due to the personal nature behind each selection, I”™m not going to delve into a breakdown of each song, as per the norm. I”™m just going to ask you to sit back, give it a listen, and come to your own conclusions.

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date March 12, 2010

So, after working with Thom and I forever, our friend Whit is leaving the country. It makes us sad. We love you, Whit, so it was only fitting that we post this beautiful poem to send you off. I”™ll hand over to Whit for today”™s playlist – fly true, young one.

Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
”˜Cause I saw the end before we”™d begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what”™s mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won”™t stop there,
I am here for you if you”™d only care.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I”™ve kissed your lips and held your hand.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I”™ve been addicted to you.

[x2]
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

I am a dreamer and when i wake,
You can”™t break my spirit – it”™s my dreams you take.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be
I”™ve seen you cry, I”™ve seen you smile.
I”™ve watched you sleeping for a while.
I”™d be the father of your child.
I”™d spend a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We”™ve had our doubts but now we”™re fine,
And I love you, I swear that”™s true.
I cannot live without you.

[x2]
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

And I still hold your hand in mine.
In mine when I”™m asleep.
And I will bare my soul in time,
When I”™m kneeling at your feet.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

I”™m so hollow, baby, I”™m so hollow.
I”™m so, I”™m so, I”™m so hollow.
I”™m so hollow, baby, I”™m so hollow.
I”™m so, I”™m so, I”™m so hollow.
*Cries like a baby*

David
(Twitter)

Get the playlist here!!

Therapy? ”“ Diane
Jeff Buckley ”“ Last Goodbye
Ani DiFranco ”“ Gravel
Green Day ”“ Paper Lanterns
Opeth ”“ Soldier of Fortune
Inquisition ”“ We”™ve Got a Bomb
Third Eye Blind ”“ Jumper
Clawfinger ”“ Biggest & The Best
Dead Kennedys ”“ California Uber Alles
Avail ”“ Simple Song
Ann Beretta ”“ Angry All the Time
Face to Face ”“ Disconnected
Gwar ”“ Saddam A GoGo
Propagandhi – ”¦And We Thought the Nation States Were a Bad Idea”¦
The Ataris ”“ In This Diary
Papa Roach ”“ Scars
The Smashing Pumpkins ”“ Mayonaise
No Use For A Name ”“ Why Doesn”™t Anybody Like Me?
Faith No More ”“ Easy
EMF ”“ Unbelievable
Soul Asylum ”“ Somebody to Shove
Moby ”“ That”™s When I Reach For My Revolver
Alkaline Trio ”“ Stupid Kid
Everlast ”“ What It”™s Like
Frank Turner ”“ Long Live the Queen
Harvey Danger ”“ Flagpole Sitta
SR-71 ”“ Politically Incorrect
Eels ”“ Beautiful Freak

The thing that”™s always drew me to music is the fact that it”™s so emotive. That, to me, is its primary purpose. To draw up some sense of emotion, whether based around the lyrics, the music, the beat, or the memories associated with the song. Whether I”™m taken back to a time in my life, thinking back on a person, or just finding a song that seems to have been written for me, by me, or even about me, through the highs, through the lows, music has always been my never waiving partner. There”™s old friends that you go a length of time never hearing, ones you listen to on repeat, and ones that draw up such powerful emotions, you prefer not to hear them at all.

The playlist below is based around the songs that evoke the most emotion out of me. Each one represents a significant feeling, milestone, event, or person in my life, hence the varied nature across genres and decades.

Due to the personal nature behind each selection, I”™m *not* going to delve into a breakdown of each song, as per the norm. I”™m just going to ask you to sit back, give it a listen, and come to your own conclusions.

Tags Playlists, Whit Tye

Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2JAygBvssz8YkOMu52UdOC

I had coleslaw for breakfast today. Apologies for the delayed update, it”™s been a crazy ride for the last few days. The below playlist is a few tracks I cobbled together that I fancied listening to today. Blurb to follow.

Oh and also, the last few playlists have been fantastic. A huge thank you to everyone who has submitted. Please submit more so I can take more days off and listen to your awesome tastes in music. Much love.

Playlist lives here

Tracklisting

The Whitest Boy Alive – Burning

Kings Of Convenience – Singing Softly To Me

Erlend Oye – Sheltered Life

Broken Bells – The High Road

MGMT – The Youth

Nathan Fake – The Sky Was Pink (James Holden Remix)

Xploding Plastix – Treat Me Mean, I Need The Reputation

Ellen Allien – Do Not Break

T. Raumschmiere – Zartbitter

The Mars Volta – Son et Lumiere & Inertiatic Esp

Pixies – Break My Body

Screaming Trees – Butterfly

Suede – Filmstar

Terrorvision – Josephine

Fang Island – Daisy

Ungdomskulen – Idunno

Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey

Serena Maneesh – Drain Cosmetics

My Bloody Valentine – When You Sleep

Explosions in the Sky – Magic Hours

Broken Social Scene – Ibi Dreams Of pavement (A Better Day)

Quick justification run down then. It will be quick, as times are a-busy at present. Here we go. Be warned – this is quick. For reasons I can”™t go into I”™m not going to be so wordy today. My mouthbox is all broked up.

Interest in the Whitest Boy Alive and Kings of Convenience stem from my love for Erlend Ã˜ye. Maybe it”™s the subtle voice, but it seems to work with so many applications. This triple slice of honesty is enough to kick off the slightly more chilled and introspective playlist.

Broken Bells put out their first album this week. “The High Road” has been on constant rotation on my personal playlists for a while now. I”™ve always been a sucker for Mercer”™s voice and this track showcases just what it is I love about it beautifully.

I”™m not a regular passenger on the MGMT express train, but “Youth” is so the song to curl up to, all starcrossed, in a quiet bar without a care in the world :-)

Xploding Plastix”™s “Treat Me Mean, I Need The Reputation” has no place on this list. I”™ve been meaning to put it on one of my Spotisfactions for a while. It”™s just a slice of buttered chaos-on-toast of drums, bass and some a piano straight from the ball room of hell. Oh, also, it kills any “chilled vibe” this playlist had with a spastic hammer.

“Idunno” by Ungdomskulen really grabbed me when I heard it last week. It just sounds like a guitar rendition of a theme you”™d find on Rygar on the NES. Nobody can pronounce the band name though.

Serena Maneesh – “Drain Cosmetics” is a wicked track. These guys are starting a tour with The Depreciation Guild this month I think. I think these guys are pretty special and definitely worth a listen.

Yes, it”™s short. It”™s not fantastically descriptive. I will make great pains to go into more detail for my next post. Think you can do better? Prove it and submit some playlists. I know there are a few of you out there who have expressed interest in a playlist and haven”™t sent on yet. Please, please do. And the playlists we”™ve had thus far have been fantastic and I want to thank each and every one of you personally with words and a drink. This is fact. Submit playlists, get beer. Until next time, bye.

Thom
(Twitter)

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date March 11, 2010

I had coleslaw for breakfast today. Apologies for the delayed update, it”™s been a crazy ride for the last few days. The below playlist is a few tracks I cobbled together that I fancied listening to today. Blurb to follow.

Oh and also, the last few playlists have been fantastic. A huge thank you to everyone who has submitted. Please submit more so I can take more days off and listen to your awesome tastes in music. Much love.

Playlist lives here

Tracklisting

The Whitest Boy Alive – Burning
Kings Of Convenience – Singing Softly To Me
Erlend Oye – Sheltered Life
Broken Bells – The High Road
MGMT – The Youth
Nathan Fake – The Sky Was Pink (James Holden Remix)
Xploding Plastix – Treat Me Mean, I Need The Reputation
Ellen Allien – Do Not Break
T. Raumschmiere – Zartbitter
The Mars Volta – Son et Lumiere & Inertiatic Esp
Pixies – Break My Body
Screaming Trees – Butterfly
Suede – Filmstar
Terrorvision – Josephine
Fang Island – Daisy
Ungdomskulen – Idunno
Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey
Serena Maneesh – Drain Cosmetics
My Bloody Valentine – When You Sleep
Explosions in the Sky – Magic Hours
Broken Social Scene – Ibi Dreams Of pavement (A Better Day)

Quick justification run down then. It will be quick, as times are a-busy at present. Here we go. Be warned – this is quick. For reasons I can”™t go into I”™m not going to be so wordy today. My mouthbox is all broked up.

Interest in the Whitest Boy Alive and Kings of Convenience stem from my love for Erlend Ã˜ye. Maybe it”™s the subtle voice, but it seems to work with so many applications. This triple slice of honesty is enough to kick off the slightly more chilled and introspective playlist.

Broken Bells put out their first album this week. “The High Road” has been on constant rotation on my personal playlists for a while now. I”™ve always been a sucker for Mercer”™s voice and this track showcases just what it is I love about it beautifully.

I”™m not a regular passenger on the MGMT express train, but “Youth” is so the song to curl up to, all starcrossed, in a quiet bar without a care in the world :-)

Xploding Plastix”™s “Treat Me Mean, I Need The Reputation” has no place on this list. I”™ve been meaning to put it on one of my Spotisfactions for a while. It”™s just a slice of buttered chaos-on-toast of drums, bass and some a piano straight from the ball room of hell. Oh, also, it kills any “chilled vibe” this playlist had with a spastic hammer.

“Idunno” by Ungdomskulen really grabbed me when I heard it last week. It just sounds like a guitar rendition of a theme you”™d find on Rygar on the NES. Nobody can pronounce the band name though.

Serena Maneesh – “Drain Cosmetics” is a wicked track. These guys are starting a tour with The Depreciation Guild this month I think. I think these guys are pretty special and definitely worth a listen.

Yes, it”™s short. It”™s not fantastically descriptive. I will make great pains to go into more detail for my next post. Think you can do better? Prove it and submit some playlists. I know there are a few of you out there who have expressed interest in a playlist and haven”™t sent on yet. Please, please do. And the playlists we”™ve had thus far have been fantastic and I want to thank each and every one of you personally with words and a drink. This is fact. Submit playlists, get beer. Until next time, bye.

Thom
(Twitter)

Tags Playlists, Thom Lavelle

Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/52GgTWvbVV9BsgIKu9DDSd

Morning ladies and gents. Today is a very special day. The most special, in-fact. So super-special it”™s making my knees tingle. No, not Christmas”¦ That”™s right! It”™s Kev”™s birthday!

Even though the norm is to receive presents on your birthday instead of giving them yourself, Kev”™s kindly made us a wicked playlist. I”™ll hand over to him nao.

Happy birthday dude. Don”™t drink too much tonight.

David
(Twitter)

Get the playlist here!

The Levellers – 15 Years

Grant Lee Buffalo – Wish You Well

Buffalo Tom – Taillights Fade

Ride – Drive Blind

Sonic Youth – The Sprawl

Cocteau Twins – Persephone

Lush – Ladykillers

Carter USM – Bloodsport For All

The Wonder Stuff – Don”™t Let Me Down, Gently

James – Ring The Bells

Ned”™s Atomic Dustbin – Grey Cell Green

Eat – First Time Love Song

New Model Army – Green And Grey

The Wedding Present – Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)

Dinosaur Jr. – Blowing It

Jesus Jones – I”™m Burning

Teenage Fanclub – Pet Rock

Screaming Trees – Shadow Of The Season

Pop Will Eat Itself – Wise Up Sucker

The Soup Dragons – I”™m Free

Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Throwing Muses – Bright Yellow Gun

Split Enz – I See Red

INXS – The Swing

Big Pig – Charlie

Hunters & Collectors – Do You See What I See?

Midnight Oil – Bedlam Bridge

Crowded House – Into Temptation

What can I say about this playlist?

No seriously what can I say about this playlist as I don”™t know where to start, I haven”™t written anything more than a sarcastic comment or two in a journal in the call logging system at work in quite some time but I”™ll see what I can do.

This measly collection of songs is a bit of a trip down memory lane for me, it”™s entitled “Old School” because I am old and this is some of the stuff I listened to when I was in school and started me on the musical journey that I am currently travelling.

I start with the Levellers for the reason that they were the first band I ever saw live and this track is the first song of theirs that I ever heard so it seemed like a logical choice.

From there I proceed to meander through the world of independent music from the late 80s and early 90s, my reasons for choosing many of the tracks is simply because I haven”™t listen to those artists for a while, others are there because when I think back to that time I simply couldn”™t leave them out, inevitably there are some that I couldn”™t find on Spotify and there are many, many more that I have left out simply because I had to keep the length of the playlist down.

There is a mix of shoegaze, grunge, alternative, grebo, madchester, indie, techno, punk, dance and many more made up genres that leads me to think my tastes were more diverse back then than I gave myself credit for. Many of these you may know but hopefully there will be some that are new to you as well.

The ending is more of a playlist within a playlist, those of you who know me know that there is quite an antipodean streak through my musical collection and here is where all that started. I was a bit disappointed by the selection of Hunters & Collectors available on Spotify so this isn”™t their best track but the best from what I had to choose from.

And to finish? Well who else could I end on than the mighty Crowded House. I am a huge fan of the Finns and could write a whole blurb on them alone but I will keep that for another day and just let their music speak for them.

So have a listen and enjoy”¦”¦.

or don”™t”¦”¦..

it”™s entirely up to you really

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date March 10, 2010

Morning ladies and gents. Today is a very special day. The most special, in-fact. So super-special it”™s making my knees tingle. No, not Christmas”¦ That”™s right! It”™s Kev”™s birthday!

Even though the norm is to receive presents on your birthday instead of giving them yourself, Kev”™s kindly made us a wicked playlist. I”™ll hand over to him nao.

Happy birthday dude. Don”™t drink too much tonight.

David
(Twitter)

Get the playlist here!

The Levellers – 15 Years
Grant Lee Buffalo – Wish You Well
Buffalo Tom – Taillights Fade
Ride – Drive Blind
Sonic Youth – The Sprawl
Cocteau Twins – Persephone
Lush – Ladykillers
Carter USM – Bloodsport For All
The Wonder Stuff – Don”™t Let Me Down, Gently
James – Ring The Bells
Ned”™s Atomic Dustbin – Grey Cell Green
Eat – First Time Love Song
New Model Army – Green And Grey
The Wedding Present – Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
Dinosaur Jr. – Blowing It
Jesus Jones – I”™m Burning
Teenage Fanclub – Pet Rock
Screaming Trees – Shadow Of The Season
Pop Will Eat Itself – Wise Up Sucker
The Soup Dragons – I”™m Free
Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Throwing Muses – Bright Yellow Gun
Split Enz – I See Red
INXS – The Swing
Big Pig – Charlie
Hunters & Collectors – Do You See What I See?
Midnight Oil – Bedlam Bridge
Crowded House – Into Temptation

What can I say about this playlist?

No seriously what can I say about this playlist as I don”™t know where to start, I haven”™t written anything more than a sarcastic comment or two in a journal in the call logging system at work in quite some time but I”™ll see what I can do.

This measly collection of songs is a bit of a trip down memory lane for me, it”™s entitled “Old School” because I am old and this is some of the stuff I listened to when I was in school and started me on the musical journey that I am currently travelling.

I start with the Levellers for the reason that they were the first band I ever saw live and this track is the first song of theirs that I ever heard so it seemed like a logical choice.

From there I proceed to meander through the world of independent music from the late 80s and early 90s, my reasons for choosing many of the tracks is simply because I haven”™t listen to those artists for a while, others are there because when I think back to that time I simply couldn”™t leave them out, inevitably there are some that I couldn”™t find on Spotify and there are many, many more that I have left out simply because I had to keep the length of the playlist down.

There is a mix of shoegaze, grunge, alternative, grebo, madchester, indie, techno, punk, dance and many more made up genres that leads me to think my tastes were more diverse back then than I gave myself credit for. Many of these you may know but hopefully there will be some that are new to you as well.

The ending is more of a playlist within a playlist, those of you who know me know that there is quite an antipodean streak through my musical collection and here is where all that started. I was a bit disappointed by the selection of Hunters & Collectors available on Spotify so this isn”™t their best track but the best from what I had to choose from.

And to finish? Well who else could I end on than the mighty Crowded House. I am a huge fan of the Finns and could write a whole blurb on them alone but I will keep that for another day and just let their music speak for them.

So have a listen and enjoy”¦”¦.

or don”™t”¦”¦..

it”™s entirely up to you really

Tags Kevin Atkinson, Playlists

Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5rQfkdBzneMFYtLmjgjxFI

“Out of some desire to do something other than sit around and rot, the men known as David Prowse and Thom Lavelle decided to sit around and rot whilst swapping Spotify playlists and blogging about them”¦”

Well hello there. It”™s Tuesday. By now you should all know how I feel about Tuesdays. But today is different. Today we have the quite amazing Jo Hawling to save us from what is quite possibly the worst day of the week, generally speaking. I”™ll hand over to her”¦ now.

Playlist is here

Thom
(Twitter)

Jo says:
Thought you could use a lick of retro so here”™s a free pass to a very good summer that I spent in headphones, blissfully ignorant of the outside that is. Designed to drag you from apathy to bliss via angst, what? and random.

Dusty nuggets include ”˜Twinkle”™ by whipping boy which is like so the most, ”˜Teen Age Riot”™ by Sonic Youth which is a ninja head butt, ”˜Girl at the bus stop”™ by my drug hell which hooks you with hookness and ”˜Halcyon and on and on”™ by orbital which is stealth and soul and quite simply, music to fuck to.

Enjoy
xJo

Playlist

Twinkle – Whipping Boy

La Tristesse Durera (scream to a sigh) – Manic Street Preachers

Volcano Girls – Veruca Salt

36 Degrees – Placebo

Lenny Valentino – The Auteurs

The Only Living Boy in New Cross – Carter USM

Jesus Christ – Longpigs

Snakedriver – Jesus and Mary Chain

The Killing Moon – Echo and the Bunnymen

Thinking About You – Radiohead

Gigantic – Pixies

Guacamole – Super Furry Animals

Cantina Band – Ash

Happy Sad – Pizziacato Five

Girl at the Bus Stop – My Drug Hell

Percolator – Stereolab

Star Fruits Surf Rider – Cornelius

Teen Age Riot – Sonic Youth

Sometimes – My Bloody Valentine

The First Big Weekend – Arab Strap

Leave them all behind – Ride

Halcyon And On And On – Orbital

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date March 9, 2010

“Out of some desire to do something other than sit around and rot, the men known as David Prowse and Thom Lavelle decided to sit around and rot whilst swapping Spotify playlists and blogging about them”¦”

Well hello there. It”™s Tuesday. By now you should all know how I feel about Tuesdays. But today is different. Today we have the quite amazing Jo Hawling to save us from what is quite possibly the worst day of the week, generally speaking. I”™ll hand over to her”¦ now.

Playlist is here

Thom
(Twitter)

Jo says:
Thought you could use a lick of retro so here”™s a free pass to a very good summer that I spent in headphones, blissfully ignorant of the outside that is. Designed to drag you from apathy to bliss via angst, what? and random.

Dusty nuggets include ”˜Twinkle”™ by whipping boy which is like so the most, ”˜Teen Age Riot”™ by Sonic Youth which is a ninja head butt, ”˜Girl at the bus stop”™ by my drug hell which hooks you with hookness and ”˜Halcyon and on and on”™ by orbital which is stealth and soul and quite simply, music to fuck to.

Enjoy
xJo

Playlist

Twinkle – Whipping Boy
La Tristesse Durera (scream to a sigh) – Manic Street Preachers
Volcano Girls – Veruca Salt
36 Degrees – Placebo
Lenny Valentino – The Auteurs
The Only Living Boy in New Cross – Carter USM
Jesus Christ – Longpigs
Snakedriver – Jesus and Mary Chain
The Killing Moon – Echo and the Bunnymen
Thinking About You – Radiohead
Gigantic – Pixies
Guacamole – Super Furry Animals
Cantina Band – Ash
Happy Sad – Pizziacato Five
Girl at the Bus Stop – My Drug Hell
Percolator – Stereolab
Star Fruits Surf Rider – Cornelius
Teen Age Riot – Sonic Youth
Sometimes – My Bloody Valentine
The First Big Weekend – Arab Strap
Leave them all behind – Ride
Halcyon And On And On – Orbital

Tags Jo Hawling, Playlists

Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2jIFje2tQvS283r92lgBkO

“Out of some desire to do something other than sit around and rot, the men known as David Prowse and Thom Lavelle decided to sit around and rot whilst swapping Spotify playlists and blogging about them”¦”

Morning beautifuls. Today”™s playlist is a bit hit or miss, I think. Wanted to showcase some of the, perhaps, lesser known bands I”™ve been listening to over the last couple of months. If you enjoy any of them, check them out – a lot of them have more stuff on Spotify.

Get the playlist here!

The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage

Local Natives – Shape Shifter

LindstrÃ¸m & Prins Thomas – Note I Love You + 100

Soap&Skin – Turbine Womb

Ohbijou – Cliff Jumps

Ramona Falls – Salt Sack

Forest Fire – Fortune Teller

Volcano Choir – Island, IS

Mew, Mathias Friis-Hansen – Hawaii

The Big Pink – Velvet

YACHT – Psychic City – Edit

Mos Def – Quiet Dog

The Pastels, Tenniscoats – Vivid Youth

King Creosote – No Way She Exists

Emmy The Great – We Almost Had A Baby

Slaraffenland – The Right Place

Stars, The Most Serene Republic – Ageless Beauty

Animal Collective – My Girls

Nacho Patrol – Africa Space Program

The xx – Basic Space (Sampha Remix)

Kelpe – Yippee Space Ghost

The Phenominal Handclap Band – 15 to 20 – The David E. Sugar 5Â 10 Replay

Invisible – OK

Feist – 1234 – Van She Remix

The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage – Fred Falke Remix

Â

Blurb to follow later”¦

Love, etc.
David
(Twitter)

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date March 8, 2010

Morning beautifuls. Today”™s playlist is a bit hit or miss, I think. Wanted to showcase some of the, perhaps, lesser known bands I”™ve been listening to over the last couple of months. If you enjoy any of them, check them out – a lot of them have more stuff on Spotify.

Get the playlist here!

The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage
Local Natives – Shape Shifter
LindstrÃ¸m & Prins Thomas – Note I Love You + 100
Soap&Skin – Turbine Womb
Ohbijou – Cliff Jumps
Ramona Falls – Salt Sack
Forest Fire – Fortune Teller
Volcano Choir – Island, IS
Mew, Mathias Friis-Hansen – Hawaii
The Big Pink – Velvet
YACHT – Psychic City – Edit
Mos Def – Quiet Dog
The Pastels, Tenniscoats – Vivid Youth
King Creosote – No Way She Exists
Emmy The Great – We Almost Had A Baby
Slaraffenland – The Right Place
Stars, The Most Serene Republic – Ageless Beauty
Animal Collective – My Girls
Nacho Patrol – Africa Space Program
The xx – Basic Space (Sampha Remix)
Kelpe – Yippee Space Ghost
The Phenominal Handclap Band – 15 to 20 – The David E. Sugar 5Â 10 Replay
Invisible – OK
Feist – 1234 – Van She Remix
The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage – Fred Falke Remix

Blurb to follow later”¦

Love, etc.
David
(Twitter)

Tags David Prowse, Playlists

Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7piQrXklyT2f3ZiOqACDZp

Friday! Your sweet embrace nourishes and renews. To gear us up for a great weekend, we”™ve got a super-special collaborative playlist to check out and contribute to!

Step 1: Find the playlist (hint: it”™s here).
Step 2: Add your tracks.
Step 3: ????
Step 4: Profit!

To keep it a bit manageable, try to limit yourself to a mere handful of banging tracks. No genre limitations, no having to flow correctly from the previous song (although you can if you like) – the only rule is that you have to love the tracks you contribute :)

Peace, love and shiny stuff.

David
(Twitter)

PS. Got 4 guest mixes coming your way very soon (woopwoopwoop keep submitting bishes), and another couple from Thom and David. Rawr.

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date March 4, 2010

Friday! Your sweet embrace nourishes and renews. To gear us up for a great weekend, we”™ve got a super-special collaborative playlist to check out and contribute to!

Step 1: Find the playlist (hint: it”™s here).
Step 2: Add your tracks.
Step 3: ????
Step 4: Profit!

To keep it a bit manageable, try to limit yourself to a mere handful of banging tracks. No genre limitations, no having to flow correctly from the previous song (although you can if you like) – the only rule is that you have to love the tracks you contribute :)

Peace, love and shiny stuff.

David
(Twitter)

PS. Got 4 guest mixes coming your way very soon (woopwoopwoop keep submitting bishes), and another couple from Thom and David. Rawr.

Tags Collaborative, Playlists

Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0mdzPMvuBi5LLFN37wMp2q

Whoa. We”™ve had a nice influx of playlists from you decent folks and a fair few more in the pipeline, so huge, massive, monumentally large thanks to you all. Didn”™t think this little idea would catch on, so freaking aces to see our inbox filling with quality playlists! I hope you”™re enjoying building your lists as much as we enjoy listening to them.

Remember, if you want to submit one (or another one, if you”™ve already done one) then see here.

Today is Battinski”™s birthday, so in honour of the grumpy bastard being really old we”™re posting his playlist today. Happy birthday, dude.

David
(Twitter)

Get the playlist here.

Mr. Scruff – So Long

Speech Debelle – Spinnin”™ – Radio Edit

Ty – Mind Made Up

Ther Herbaliser, What What – The Blend

DJ Format, Abdominal – Rap Machine

Ther Herbaliser, Blade – Time 2 Build

Chipmunk – Chip Diddy Chip

Speech Debelle – The Key

Mark b, Blade – Building A Rep

Ol”™ Dirty Bastard – Shimmy Shimmy Ya – Remastered LP Version

Roots Manuva – Witness (1 Hope)

DJ Food, Ken Nordine – The Ageing Young Rebel – Gentle Cruelty

Speech Debelle – Searching

Up, Bustle & Out – Y Ahora Tu

Ty – Don”™t Watch That (Knickers, Y-Fronts and Jockstraps)

Mr. Scruff, Brantax – Vibrate

Dynamic Syncopation, Mass Influence – 2 Tha Left

DJ Format – Hit Song

Baby J, Blade, Laurissa – Mumps

Jurassic 5 – Jurass Finish First

Method Man, Ghostface Killah – Afterparty

I”™m not one for blurb necassarily, but here goes.

This playlist is a mix of beats and rhymes generated because I listen to different styles depending my mood. This is my getting stuff done with a groove mix but also to prove that hiphop isn”™t just a flat Stereotype of nizzas and wizza and busting caps in grasses while blunting your 40”¦.

A lot of these artists are UK based which is a bit of a chance to show off some homegrown talent, although Abdominal is Canadian I think, he”™s closely linked with the excellent DJ Format. I”™ve been listening to Ty since he appeared on a Sprung Mountain Bike video many many moons ago. There”™s 1 potentially quite controversial track in there, but its a tune I really like and compared to the rest of this artists work, I think it stands out. See if you can guess which one.

I”™ve also taken the opportunity to lace the playlist with Speech Debelle, who to many will just be the unknown who won the Mercury Music Prize, but i really think if you haven”™t hear her music before, its a great example of why she deserved that prize rather than the music press”™s constant cooing of the like of Kasabian (who I actually like but really don”™t understand the exessive hype).

I”™ve tried to spread the music out so if you can resist listening on shuffle give it a go, but I”™ll forgive you if you can”™t (as I”™m a shuffle junkie myself a lot of the time). Some Acid Jazz and even some poetry creeps to give your mind a break from the lyric onslaught and for you impatient types, its a little shorter at a scant 1.4 hours”¦

Peace

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date March 4, 2010

Whoa. We”™ve had a nice influx of playlists from you decent folks and a fair few more in the pipeline, so huge, massive, monumentally large thanks to you all. Didn”™t think this little idea would catch on, so freaking aces to see our inbox filling with quality playlists! I hope you”™re enjoying building your lists as much as we enjoy listening to them.

Remember, if you want to submit one (or another one, if you”™ve already done one) then see here.

Today is Battinski”™s birthday, so in honour of the grumpy bastard being really old we”™re posting his playlist today. Happy birthday, dude.

David
(Twitter)

Get the playlist here.

Mr. Scruff – So Long
Speech Debelle – Spinnin”™ – Radio Edit
Ty – Mind Made Up
Ther Herbaliser, What What – The Blend
DJ Format, Abdominal – Rap Machine
Ther Herbaliser, Blade – Time 2 Build
Chipmunk – Chip Diddy Chip
Speech Debelle – The Key
Mark b, Blade – Building A Rep
Ol”™ Dirty Bastard – Shimmy Shimmy Ya – Remastered LP Version
Roots Manuva – Witness (1 Hope)
DJ Food, Ken Nordine – The Ageing Young Rebel – Gentle Cruelty
Speech Debelle – Searching
Up, Bustle & Out – Y Ahora Tu
Ty – Don”™t Watch That (Knickers, Y-Fronts and Jockstraps)
Mr. Scruff, Brantax – Vibrate
Dynamic Syncopation, Mass Influence – 2 Tha Left
DJ Format – Hit Song
Baby J, Blade, Laurissa – Mumps
Jurassic 5 – Jurass Finish First
Method Man, Ghostface Killah – Afterparty

I”™m not one for blurb necassarily, but here goes.

This playlist is a mix of beats and rhymes generated because I listen to different styles depending my mood. This is my getting stuff done with a groove mix but also to prove that hiphop isn”™t just a flat Stereotype of nizzas and wizza and busting caps in grasses while blunting your 40”¦.

A lot of these artists are UK based which is a bit of a chance to show off some homegrown talent, although Abdominal is Canadian I think, he”™s closely linked with the excellent DJ Format. I”™ve been listening to Ty since he appeared on a Sprung Mountain Bike video many many moons ago. There”™s 1 potentially quite controversial track in there, but its a tune I really like and compared to the rest of this artists work, I think it stands out. See if you can guess which one.

I”™ve also taken the opportunity to lace the playlist with Speech Debelle, who to many will just be the unknown who won the Mercury Music Prize, but i really think if you haven”™t hear her music before, its a great example of why she deserved that prize rather than the music press”™s constant cooing of the like of Kasabian (who I actually like but really don”™t understand the exessive hype).

I”™ve tried to spread the music out so if you can resist listening on shuffle give it a go, but I”™ll forgive you if you can”™t (as I”™m a shuffle junkie myself a lot of the time). Some Acid Jazz and even some poetry creeps to give your mind a break from the lyric onslaught and for you impatient types, its a little shorter at a scant 1.4 hours”¦

Peace

Tags Battinski, Playlists

Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5U3PdYy07rNRanix3qXouh

Fantastic. Now we”™re starting to get some submissions. Today”™s playlist is bought to you by JB and I”™m really looking forward to this one. I”™ll hand you over to him now”¦

Playlist is here

Thom
(Twitter)

JB says:
The GZA”™s Liquid Swords was the only way I could think to start this mix, firstly because I love Hip and Hop and mostly because the intro is the most awesome intro to a song I”™ve heard. It also starts a rather sombre first half of the mix.

I can”™t remember when I first heard RJD2 but loved a fair few of his tracks straight away, The Horror seemed to fit quite well with the somewhat dark intro to the previous song

The Roots are great normally, but I think the addition of Erykah Badu to this track really lifts it to another level.

Next up Massive Attack”™s new one, I haven”™t stopped listening to Paradise Circus since I first heard it before Christmas, absolutely love it, certainly in my top 3 massive attack songs. Also has a very NSFW video at: http://vimeo.com/8195617

Paradise Circus helpfully helps move the mix from hip-hop more into melancholic female vocal tracks, the first I will mention is Paranoid Android by Sia, I was originally going to include Sunday by Sia but stumbled across this whilst looking for the other one, and really enjoyed this unusual take on a certain bands well known track.

Next up a touch of Icelandic female vocals from someone who isn”™t Bjork”¦Emiliana Torrini, who I had been listening to for quite a while, this is taken from one of her early and IMHO best albums.

Skipping forward a bit to Drumming Song, only really got into Jack Beats fairly recently, great big wobbly bass on nearly everything they do, and a turning point in the mix as it speeds up somewhat for a while.

Had to squeeze a bit of High Contrast on here as well, great remix of Adele”™s Hometown Glory far better than the original.

Then The Go! Team, who are quite hard to categorize really, suffice to say much more upbeat for this half of the mix, hard to choose a track of theirs to go one, well worth listening to the album if you”™ve not heard them before!

Uffie was a bit of a joke on my part, used to listen to a few tracks of hers a long time ago, everyone else hated her, and I could see why, but for some reason found it kind of catchy, went to see what she had done since that point, and quite liked this, will probably still annoy quite a few people lol.

Swinging back into hip-hop a few classics from Biggie and Jurassic 5.

Finally rounding up with something that has guitars in, always loved Good News for People Who Love Bad News, so good to include a famous track, and finally ending with the good old Postal Service.

Full tracklist below:

GZA – Liquid Swords

RJD” – The Horror

Roots Manuva – Movements

The Roots & Erykah Badu – You Got Me

Massive Attack – Paradise Circus

Cat Power – The Greatest

Sia – Paranoid Android

Emiliana Torrini – Dead Things

The Cinematic Orchestra – To Build A Home

The Pharcyde – Runnin”™

MSTRKRFT feat John Legend – Heartbreaker

Florence + The Machine – Drumming Song (Jack Beats Remix)

Adele – Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll

Basement Jaxx – Hey U (High Contrast Remix)

The Go! Team – Ladyflash

Uffie – MCs Can Kiss

The Notorious B.I.G. – Everyday Struggle

Jurassic 5 – What”™s Golden

Jurassic 5 – Swing Set

Bonobo – Ketto

Coldcut – Timber

Mogwai – Auto Rock

Modest Mouse – Float On

The Postal Service – Such Great Heights

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date March 3, 2010

Fantastic. Now we”™re starting to get some submissions. Today”™s playlist is bought to you by JB and I”™m really looking forward to this one. I”™ll hand you over to him now”¦

Playlist is here

Thom
(Twitter)

JB says:
The GZA”™s Liquid Swords was the only way I could think to start this mix, firstly because I love Hip and Hop and mostly because the intro is the most awesome intro to a song I”™ve heard. It also starts a rather sombre first half of the mix.

I can”™t remember when I first heard RJD2 but loved a fair few of his tracks straight away, The Horror seemed to fit quite well with the somewhat dark intro to the previous song

The Roots are great normally, but I think the addition of Erykah Badu to this track really lifts it to another level.

Next up Massive Attack”™s new one, I haven”™t stopped listening to Paradise Circus since I first heard it before Christmas, absolutely love it, certainly in my top 3 massive attack songs. Also has a very NSFW video at: http://vimeo.com/8195617

Paradise Circus helpfully helps move the mix from hip-hop more into melancholic female vocal tracks, the first I will mention is Paranoid Android by Sia, I was originally going to include Sunday by Sia but stumbled across this whilst looking for the other one, and really enjoyed this unusual take on a certain bands well known track.

Next up a touch of Icelandic female vocals from someone who isn”™t Bjork”¦Emiliana Torrini, who I had been listening to for quite a while, this is taken from one of her early and IMHO best albums.

Skipping forward a bit to Drumming Song, only really got into Jack Beats fairly recently, great big wobbly bass on nearly everything they do, and a turning point in the mix as it speeds up somewhat for a while.

Had to squeeze a bit of High Contrast on here as well, great remix of Adele”™s Hometown Glory far better than the original.

Then The Go! Team, who are quite hard to categorize really, suffice to say much more upbeat for this half of the mix, hard to choose a track of theirs to go one, well worth listening to the album if you”™ve not heard them before!

Uffie was a bit of a joke on my part, used to listen to a few tracks of hers a long time ago, everyone else hated her, and I could see why, but for some reason found it kind of catchy, went to see what she had done since that point, and quite liked this, will probably still annoy quite a few people lol.

Swinging back into hip-hop a few classics from Biggie and Jurassic 5.

Finally rounding up with something that has guitars in, always loved Good News for People Who Love Bad News, so good to include a famous track, and finally ending with the good old Postal Service.

Full tracklist below:

GZA – Liquid Swords
RJD” – The Horror
Roots Manuva – Movements
The Roots & Erykah Badu – You Got Me
Massive Attack – Paradise Circus
Cat Power – The Greatest
Sia – Paranoid Android
Emiliana Torrini – Dead Things
The Cinematic Orchestra – To Build A Home
The Pharcyde – Runnin”™
MSTRKRFT feat John Legend – Heartbreaker
Florence + The Machine – Drumming Song (Jack Beats Remix)
Adele – Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll
Basement Jaxx – Hey U (High Contrast Remix)
The Go! Team – Ladyflash
Uffie – MCs Can Kiss
The Notorious B.I.G. – Everyday Struggle
Jurassic 5 – What”™s Golden
Jurassic 5 – Swing Set
Bonobo – Ketto
Coldcut – Timber
Mogwai – Auto Rock
Modest Mouse – Float On
The Postal Service – Such Great Heights

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To make things easier for you, you can now ask questions, provide feedback or even contribute by going to the below link: http://spotisfaction.tumblr.com/ask Fill in the form with your questions or comments and by the power of magic and spandex in will arrive in our grubby little inbox for us to read. I believe that you can submit anonymous questions if you”™re worried about ridicule and I don”™t believe your questions will be published to the public. Come on, we”™re not giving you any excuses. Submit some shit. Thom (Twitter)

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date March 2, 2010

To make things easier for you, you can now ask questions, provide feedback or even contribute by going to the below link:

http://spotisfaction.tumblr.com/ask

Fill in the form with your questions or comments and by the power of magic and spandex in will arrive in our grubby little inbox for us to read. I believe that you can submit anonymous questions if you”™re worried about ridicule and I don”™t believe your questions will be published to the public.

Come on, we”™re not giving you any excuses. Submit some shit.

Thom
(Twitter)

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Hi folks. So, we”™ve been thinking about how to best go about this whole Spotisfaction malarkey, and have been asking some listeners what they think about the whole thing. It seems that it”™s sometimes hard to find enough time to listen to a 2hr playlist every day. So, that leaves us with a couple of options: We could move to an every-other-day kind of system to avoidÂ over-saturatingÂ people”™s brainparts with quality music lists. That”™d mean that the pressure to fire out a killer playlist would be a bit higher to compensate. The playlists so far have been banging”¦Â can the human brain cope with the next level of amazing? I foresee explogasms in the near future. We could create a ”˜best of”™ list as voted by our listeners to highlight anyÂ stand-outÂ tracks that may have been missedÂ throughoutÂ the week. Perhaps this could be in the form of aÂ collaborativeÂ playlist on a Friday? We could all choose, say, 4 tracks that we loved that week and bung them into Friday”™s playlist. The drawback here is that it”™d involve a fair amount of audience participation andÂ wouldn”™t work if youÂ fine kids didn”™t help out. So, we”™re looking for some feedback please! Let us know what you”™d prefer, or even if you”™d like us to carry on as we have been doing. David (Follow me on Twitter) Finally, a question: How would you describeÂ Lady GaGa in 10 words or less?

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date March 2, 2010

Hi folks.

So, we”™ve been thinking about how to best go about this whole Spotisfaction malarkey, and have been asking some listeners what they think about the whole thing. It seems that it”™s sometimes hard to find enough time to listen to a 2hr playlist every day. So, that leaves us with a couple of options:

We could move to an every-other-day kind of system to avoidÂ over-saturatingÂ people”™s brainparts with quality music lists. That”™d mean that the pressure to fire out a killer playlist would be a bit higher to compensate. The playlists so far have been banging”¦Â can the human brain cope with the next level of amazing? I foresee explogasms in the near future.

We could create a ”˜best of”™ list as voted by our listeners to highlight anyÂ stand-outÂ tracks that may have been missedÂ throughoutÂ the week. Perhaps this could be in the form of aÂ collaborativeÂ playlist on a Friday? We could all choose, say, 4 tracks that we loved that week and bung them into Friday”™s playlist. The drawback here is that it”™d involve a fair amount of audience participation andÂ wouldn”™t work if youÂ fine kids didn”™t help out.

So, we”™re looking for some feedback please! Let us know what you”™d prefer, or even if you”™d like us to carry on as we have been doing.

David
(Follow me on Twitter)

Finally, a question: How would you describeÂ Lady GaGa in 10 words or less?

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5UnZJRnmSGe2pfsppZhfGv

“Out of some desire to do something other than sit around and rot, the men known as David Prowse and Thom Lavelle decided to sit around and rot whilst swapping Spotify playlists and blogging about them”¦”

As Dave has been ill and I”™ve been pretty busy recently todays playlist is a quick and dirty playlist hacked together. It”™s still a good selection of stuff, so enjoy. Hopefully tomorrow our good friend John Brobyn will be stepping in with a mix. Goodstuffs.

Playlist here.

We”™ll update with a bit of blurb and some news a bit later today.

The Decemberists – O Valencia!

Tunng – The Pioneers

Kings Of Convenience – The Girl From Back Then

Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal

Neutral Milk Hotel – Two-headed Boy

Frightened Rabbit – The Modern Leper

Mumford & Sons – The Cave

The New Pornographers – Mass Romantic

Bombay Bicycle Club – Lamplight

Head Automatica – At The Speed Of A Yellow Bullet

The Depreciation Guild – Butterfly Kisses

Japandroids – Wet Hair

Dinosaur Jr – Little Fury Things

Brian Eno – By This River

Dresden Dolls – Good Day

Jack Rose – Since I”™ve Been A Man Full Grown

John Fahey – John Henry

Manic Street Preachers – You Stole The Sun From My Heart (Mogwai Remix)

Thom York – Atoms For Peace (Four Tet Remix)

DJ Food – Dark Lady

DJ Format – 3ft Deep

Jurassic 5 – Thin Line

Roots Manuva – Too Cold

Gang Starr – Just To Get A Rep

Catch you in a while.

Thom
(Follow me on Twitter)

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date March 2, 2010

As Dave has been ill and I”™ve been pretty busy recently todays playlist is a quick and dirty playlist hacked together. It”™s still a good selection of stuff, so enjoy. Hopefully tomorrow our good friend John Brobyn will be stepping in with a mix. Goodstuffs.

Playlist here.

We”™ll update with a bit of blurb and some news a bit later today.

The Decemberists – O Valencia!
Tunng – The Pioneers
Kings Of Convenience – The Girl From Back Then
Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
Neutral Milk Hotel – Two-headed Boy
Frightened Rabbit – The Modern Leper
Mumford & Sons – The Cave
The New Pornographers – Mass Romantic
Bombay Bicycle Club – Lamplight
Head Automatica – At The Speed Of A Yellow Bullet
The Depreciation Guild – Butterfly Kisses
Japandroids – Wet Hair
Dinosaur Jr – Little Fury Things
Brian Eno – By This River
Dresden Dolls – Good Day
Jack Rose – Since I”™ve Been A Man Full Grown
John Fahey – John Henry
Manic Street Preachers – You Stole The Sun From My Heart (Mogwai Remix)
Thom York – Atoms For Peace (Four Tet Remix)
DJ Food – Dark Lady
DJ Format – 3ft Deep
Jurassic 5 – Thin Line
Roots Manuva – Too Cold
Gang Starr – Just To Get A Rep

Catch you in a while.

Thom
(Follow me on Twitter)

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Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lP6oSmaAfFLghyTshxv5V

“Out of some desire to do something other than sit around and rot, the men known as David Prowse and Thom Lavelle decided to sit around and rot whilst swapping Spotify playlists and blogging about them”¦”

Welcome back from the weekend. The news in brief:

Dave isn”™t very well today. He feels the sick. Get well soon, Dave. Today”™s playlist is bought to you by Sean Ferguson and is a veritable collection of hits and classics. The blurb, as usual, will follow later will remain absent due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control. Here is the playlist.

Oh, also, keep your eyes peeled for some kind of announcement here later this week. Nothing to exciting, mind.

Roots Manuva ”“ Witness Dub
At The Drive In ”“ One Armed Scissor
Pearl Jam- Even Flow
The Doors ”“ Break On Through (To The Other Side)
The Subways ”“ Young For Eternity
4ft Fingers ”“ Emergency Manoeuver
The Smashing Pumpkins ”“ Disarm
Mr Scruff ”“ Spandex Man
Paper Planes ”“ MIA
Kings of Leon ”“ Charmer
Mumford & Sons ”“ Little Lion Man
Charlie Daniels ”“ The Devil Went Down To Georgia
Bright Eyes ”“ First Day Of My Life
Nine Inch Nails ”“ The Hand That Feeds
Blink-182 ”“ Dammit (Dirty Edit)
Faith No More ”“ Midlife Crisis
Nirvana ”“ In Bloom
Ocean Colour Scene ”“ The Riverboat Song
Queens of the Stone Age ”“ The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
Rage Against The Machine ”“ Sleep Now In The Fire
Willy Mason ”“ Hard Hand To Hold
Squarepusher ”“ Hello Meow
Boards Of Canada ”“ Dayvan Cowboy

Thom
(Follow me on Twitter)

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date March 1, 2010

Welcome back from the weekend. The news in brief:

Dave isn”™t very well today. He feels the sick. Get well soon, Dave. Today”™s playlist is bought to you by Sean Ferguson and is a veritable collection of hits and classics. The blurb, as usual, will follow later will remain absent due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control. Here is the playlist.

Oh, also, keep your eyes peeled for some kind of announcement here later this week. Nothing to exciting, mind.

Roots Manuva ”“ Witness Dub
At The Drive In ”“ One Armed Scissor
Pearl Jam- Even Flow
The Doors ”“ Break On Through (To The Other Side)
The Subways ”“ Young For Eternity
4ft Fingers ”“ Emergency Manoeuver
The Smashing Pumpkins ”“ Disarm
Mr Scruff ”“ Spandex Man
Paper Planes ”“ MIA
Kings of Leon ”“ Charmer
Mumford & Sons ”“ Little Lion Man
Charlie Daniels ”“ The Devil Went Down To Georgia
Bright Eyes ”“ First Day Of My Life
Nine Inch Nails ”“ The Hand That Feeds
Blink-182 ”“ Dammit (Dirty Edit)
Faith No More ”“ Midlife Crisis
Nirvana ”“ In Bloom
Ocean Colour Scene ”“ The Riverboat Song
Queens of the Stone Age ”“ The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
Rage Against The Machine ”“ Sleep Now In The Fire
Willy Mason ”“ Hard Hand To Hold
Squarepusher ”“ Hello Meow
Boards Of Canada ”“ Dayvan Cowboy

Thom
(Follow me on Twitter)

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