songs for staying in

On the heals of the last mix, which was sort of modern classical, comes another neo-classical type mix.

I started collecting tunes for this mix after I heard Alva Noto's "Argonaut Version" in a Quiet Sounds mix. I like that song & wanted it to find a home in a mix.

Speaking of Quiet Sounds, there are some excellent mixes available for download there. I wish Brian would crank them out more often.

I stole the title for this mix from a song by The Tumbled Sea, which is next to last in the mix. It just sounded like a good title & it fit with the crappy weather we've been having here.

The mix ends with a sort syrupy tune from Anthony Phillips. It may be a bit too sweet but it's one of those tunes that I have always liked, goes back to college days. I don't know if I was hearing it for the first time now, whether I would like it as much. I'm sure a big part of the song's attraction is it's nostalgic significance. Anthony Phillips is the original guitarist for Genesis and back in high school & college I was a HUGE Genesis fan. Actually I still am, but that was how I came to Phillips' music back then. It was nice to sneak that track into a mix.

Make some tea or coffee & enjoy "songs for staying in".


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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Anthony Phillips - Wind-Tales
• 00:35    Ben Frost - Extortion
• 02:37    Alva Noto - Argonaut Version
• 09:20    Rave Degolith - Orchestrated version of Aphex twin's Xtal
• 13:50     Jan Garbarek & Eleni Karaindrou - Fairytale
• 15:25    Deaf Center - The day I would neer have
• 18:00    Julia Kent - Seul, pendant un instant
• 22:10    Philip Glass - Islands
• 24:45    Brian McBride - toil theme part 1
• 26:55    Field Rotation - Acoustic Tale 2
• 29:25    The Notwist - Jonas
• 30:50    Akira Kosemura - Hicari
• 32:30    Dustin O' Halloran - A Great Divide
• 37:45    David Darling - Darkwood IV
• 42:25    Antonymes - a heart filled with emptiness
• 45:00    The Tumbled Sea - A Song for Staying In
• 49:48    Anthony Phillips - Sleepfall, the geese fly west
• 54:22    end

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