Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Movement & Location - music for biking

This mix is completely different from anything that I've posted here.  It's not ambient, or electronic or Sunday morning jazz.  This is music for motion.

This is a mix I made last summer to listen to while biking.  I liked it so much that I added some new tunes this year and made it longer.  All of the songs have a propulsive, forward-moving feel to them.  There are some oddball choices in there but generally most of the music would fall under the heading of indie rock.  Artists include Yacht, Vampire Weekend, Japandroids, Lord Huron, Rural Alberta Advantage, Jonathan Boulet, Underworld, Shearwater, Givers, etc.

I like the fact that it's 2 hours long so I can go out on an hour long ride and still have enough left for the next ride.  The mix also works well on a treadmill.  I wanted to post this before now so anyone who downloads it hopefully can make good use of it before summer disappears.

Enjoy.


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T R A C K L I S T :

  • 00:00    Patrick Watson - Blackwind
  • 03:45    Punch Brothers - Movement & Location
  • 06:45    Willy Porter - Breathe
  • 10:15    Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
  • 14:09    Givers - Up up up
  • 18:30    Jinja Safari - Mermaids
  • 22:22    Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing
  • 27:20    Mother Falcon - Dirt Summer
  • 30:35    The Killers - Human
  • 34:30    Yacht - Utopia
  • 37:30    Shearwater - Animal Life
  • 40:55    The Rural Alberta Advantage - Tornado '87
  • 44:32    Matt & Kim - Don't Slow Down
  • 47:33    The Boxer Rebellion - Organ Song
  • 50:50    Lord Huron - Time to Run
  • 55:20    Underworld - Dark & Long
  • 1:02:15    Tilly And The Wall - Heavy Mood
  • 1:05:20    Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us
  • 1:09:35    Vampire Weekend - Unbelievers
  • 01:12:55    Jonathan Boulet - You're a Animal
  • 01:16:20    Underworld - Downpipe
  • 01:23:30    Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself
  • 01:27:10    Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
  • 01:32:10    Jon Hopkins - Open Eye Signal
  • 01:39:52    Avett Brothers - Kick Drum Heart
  • 01:42:30    Jonathan Boulet - Mangle Trang
  • 01:45: 55   Japandroids - The House that Heaven Built
  • 01:50:35    The Rural Alberta Advantage - Barnes' Yard
  • 01:52:48    Vampire Weekend - A Punk
  • 01:55:00    Andrew Bird - Fitz and the Dizzyspells
  • 01:58:20    faltyDL - She Sleeps
  • 02:02:38    Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place
  • 02:07:31  end

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wicked collection...

Tonepoet said...

About 6 weeks ago I started doing 13 mile (20 K) bike rides every 2 or 3 days and my playlist is THE reason I do this semi-religiously. This couldn't have come at a better time! Really stoked about this!! The next ride will be killer.

Anonymous said...

Love this and I ussed it for a vinyasa yoga practice-good energy~

Anonymous said...

Awesome! What about a "music for hiking" type mix? Something that captures the feeling of being out in nature.

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Anonymous said...

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