A springtime mix compiled in April of 2018 by Nick Zanca of Quiet Friend, whose recent debut you can hear and buy here. Featuring warm textural jazz, pastoral synth pop, and gorgeous choral accents. You can download an mp3 version here. Illustration by Guy Billout.
Tracklisting: 1. Iasos – Tropical Birds At Sunrise (Excerpt) 2. Cocteau Twins – Cherry Coloured Funk (Seefeel Remix) 3. Jon Lucien – Kuenda 4. Milton Nascimento – Travessia 5. The Small Choir of St. Brandon’s School – Bright Eyes 6. Jane Siberry – Map of the World, Part 1 7. Prefab Sprout – Nightingales 8. Gregorio Paniagua / Lucia Bose – Nana de Una Sola Rota 9. Eberhard Weber – Quiet Departures (Excerpt) 10. Sachiko Kanenobu – み空 11. Popol Vuh – Höre, Der Du Wagst 12. Gareth Williams + Mary Currie – Raindrops From Heaven 13. Chas Smith – After 14. Janet Sherbourne – Ivory 15. Pat Metheny + Lyle Mays – “It’s For You” 16. The Toronto Children’s Choir – Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: Cuckoo (Comp. Britten)
Great, go ahead and stick “Bright Eyes” on there and guarantee I’ll be crying in the middle of a pleasant afternoon.
saaaaame! except it turns out the crying happens any old time of day
“Bright Eyes” instantly makes me think of mortality and the unknowability of our animal friends. I gave my dog many caresses after listening.
there’s something about the strange enjambments in the song (“/or is it a dream”) that reminds me of 19th c. art song (Schubert etc.). the song is worthy of that comparison; weirdly the writer’s work seems otherwise undistinguished.
anyway, thanks as usual. this is the best blog.
I’m crying since there’s no download and I would’ve died for some fresh tunes to listen to (this) while cruising to work tomorrow.
download coming soon, stay tuned :}