My newest episode of Getting Warmer for NTS Radio is a very slow and drippy soundtrack to snowmelt season. Normally this time of year I make mixes that are explicitly springy, full of bird sounds and optimism. I’m definitely feeling some optimism–I imagine most people are, after the grimness of the past winter. But it’s difficult not to feel a little suspicious of that impulse, when everything seems like such a wash. So: this mix is drippy, with a few small green things poking out, but there’s plenty of mud in it too. I hope you like it. You can download an mp3 version here.
Tracklist: 1. The Seekers – I’ll Never Find Another You 2. Sundari Soekotjo – Bengawan Solo 3. The Sweet Inspirations – Why Am I Treated So Bad 4. Mojave 3 – Love Songs On The Radio 5. Scott Walker – It’s Raining Today 6. Eileen Farrell – Beau Soir 7. The Crystals – Please Hurt Me 8. Esther & Abi Ofarim – Oh Waly Waly 9. Woo – It’s Love 10. Connie Francis – Half As Much 11. Barbara Lewis – Baby I’m Yours 12. Céline Dion – Falling Into You 13. John Foxx & Harold Budd – Stepping Sideways 14. Ziemba – Brazil 15. Gordon Fergus-Thompson – Suite Bergamasque: III. Clair De Lune 16. Craig Armstrong ft. Elizabeth Fraser – This Love 17. The Roches – Losing True
In high school, I had a minor obsession with Celine Dion (Years went by and I forgot all about it.) When I heard “falling into you” on your mix, it was like an emotional epoch of my life was suddenly recaptured in an instant. Don’t stop (with these mixes.)
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This was so good! Listening to Woo everyday now. Haunting, beautiful.