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[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 64

My newest mix for NTS Radio is exactly what I want during the coldest part of the year: cozy, warm-toned folk and blues, with a few leans towards classical, and lots of room tone and vinyl crackle. I hope you like it and that you’re staying warm, wherever you are. You can download an mp3 version here if you’re so inclined.

Tracklist: 1. All In One – In A Long White Room 2. Lee Hazlewood – Your Sweet Love 3. Emitt Rhodes – Somebody Made For Me 4. Arthur Russell – Instrumentals 1974 Volume 1 Part 02 5. Ted Lucas – It Is So Nice To Get Stoned 6. Rosa Ponselle & Carmela Ponselle – Where My Caravan Has Rested 7. Richard & Linda Thompson – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 8. The Durutti Column – Madeleine 9. John Jacob Niles – Go ‘Way From My Window 10. Nino Rota – Sarabande 11. Fred Neil – Little Bit Of Rain 12. Linda Cohen – The Dust 13. Patti Page – Confess 14. Unknown Artist – IV 15. John Cage – In A Landscape (excerpt) 16. Dan Reeder – Nobody Wants To Be You 17. Washington Philips – Train Your Child 18. The Roches – Runs In the Family 19. Mother Nature – Orange Days And Purple Nights 20. Elizabeth Cotten – Mama, Nobody’s Here But The Baby 21. Mark Fry – Song For Wilde

[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 62

My latest mix for NTS Radio is a chilly, moody descent into winter: minimalist avant-garde, icy synths, a David Sylvian sandwich, echoey whistles, and another surprise Bono cameo. I hope you like it–and if you do, you can download an mp3 version here.

Tracklist: 1. David Sylvian – Preparations For A Journey 2. Dory Previn – Mama Mama Comfort Me 3. Muslimgauze – Sapere Aude 4. Viola Renea – Chariot of Palace 5. Mabe Fratti ft. Claire Rousay – Hacia el Vacío 6. Edson Natale – Nina Maika 7. Lucille Starr – Wooden Heart 8. Larry Chernicoff – Woodstock, New York 9. Svitlana Nianio & Alexander Yurchencko – Prologue 10. Unknown Artist – Siciliana (comp. Ottorino Respighi) 11. Daniel Lentz – Midnight White 12. Uakti – Montanha 13. John Cale – Please 14. Chas Smith – October ’68 15. Osnabrücker Jugendchor – Tibi Soli (comp. Gregorio Allegri) 16. Passengers – A Different Kind of Blue / Beach Sequence 17. David Sylvian – Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples

[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 61

A kind of sequel to last month’s mix, this month’s episode of Getting Warmer for NTS Radio is more deeply autumnal sounds: private press folk, psych, early Fleetwood Mac, a very good and strange Bono cameo, Bridget St. John covering Buddy Holly, and many more great things. I think of it, very loosely, as a “70s meltdown,” even though there are plenty of non-70s things in here–it feels very 70s in spirit. I hope you like it! If you do, you can download an mp3 version here.

Tracklist: 1. Hudson Brothers – So You Are A Star 2. Wool – If They Left Us Alone Now 3. Virginia Tree – Make Believe Girl 4. Gavin Bryars – Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet (Tramp With Orchestra III, No Strings) 5. Dave Van Ronk – Hang Me, Oh Hang Me 6. Fleetwood Mac – Man Of The World 7. Durutti Column – William B 8. The Fleetwoods – Truly Do 9. John Martyn – Don’t Want To Know 10. Emitt Rhodes – Lullabye 11. Bill Fay – I Hear You Calling 12. Fairport Convention – Who Knows Where The Time Goes 13. The Feelies – On The Roof 14. Karen James – The Morning Dew (James McHree) 15. Bridget St. John – Every Day 16. Daniel Lanois – Falling At Your Feet 17. Lou Reed – Satellite Of Love 18. Judee Sill – The Kiss

[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 60

My newest episode of Getting Warmer for NTS Radio is meant to evoke the mania that I feel every fall, though this year it feels even moreso. I tend not to listen to as much music in the summer, but as soon as the temperature starts to drop music feels much more compelling to me, much more intense and moving and somehow adjacent to my impulse to “burrow.” Lots of things in here that I really love, so I hope you do too–and you can download an mp3 version here. Flyer photo by Georgia Hilmer.

Tracklist: 1. Frank Sinatra – Nature Boy 2. Travesía – En Este Momento 3. Yo La Tengo – You Can Have It All 4. Faye Wong – 天使 5. Barbara Lewis – Hello Stranger 6. Holger Czukay – Persian Love 7. Aretha Franklin – Bridge Over Troubled Water (Long Version) 8. Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Perpetuum Mobile 9. Jane Siberry – The Lobby 10. Beat Happening – Godsend 11. John Prine – Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow) 12. The Roches – Losing True 13. Brian Eno & John Cale – Spinning Away

Guest Mix: Oiseaux des Plaines Russes

Guest mix by DBGO (Soundcloud / YouTube / Playmoss) This is a selection of music composed by USSR artists from 1976 to 1995. The cover picture has been taken from the cover of the album Oiseaux Des Plaines Russes by Борис Вепринцев. I prepared this playlist right after my second (Ella) was born and during pandemic times, hope you enjoy it. Previous mixes from DBGO: Vojtěch a Irena | A caballo, Tarumba | Où est allé le temps, 2ème Partie | Où est allé le temps, 1ère Partie

Tracklist: 1. Collage – Kodu Kaugel (1978) 2. René Eespere – Unemaal (1987) 3. Ilona Papečkytė – Šuliny Šaltini (1992) 4. Echidna Aukštyn – Echidnos Sesija Su M.Litvinskiu (3 Dalis “Kleboniškis”, Fragmentas) (1995) 5. Heino Jürisalu – Unelaul (1977) 6. Ленинградский Джаз-Ансамбль – Ария (1976) 7. Sven Grunberg – Hästi (1979) 8. Асфальт – Тихая Песня (1990) 9. Влади́мир Тара́сов – Монотипии IV (1986) 10. Kuriokhin & Kaiser – Frozen Reflection (1989) 11. Владимир Рацкевич & Олег Литвишко – Action (1992) 12. Giedrius Kuprevicius – Erotidijos (Part 8) 13. Giedrius Kuprevicius – Berceuse first computer version (1996) 14. Wejdas – Nežinomiems Dievams (1994) 15. NSRD – Vakars Aiz Priekšējā Stikla (1988) 16. Sven Grunberg – Ka Siber (1990) 17. Vidmantas Bartulis – Du Klausimai Laukinės Slyvos Medžiu – Apie Meilę (1986) 18. Борис Вепринцев – Rouge-gorge (Erithacus Rubecula) (1967)

[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 58: Late Summer Ambient Special

My newest episode of Getting Warmer for NTS Radio is a continuation of the late summer ambient series. It’s also an extra-luxurious two hours long, so I hope it’s helpful in soundtracking a lazy picnic or an afternoon nap. I went slightly off-script this year, incorporating some tracks that aren’t as strictly minimal or classically ambient, and I included more folk, more vocals, and more guitars. Pretty pleased with how it turned out, so I hope you enjoy it. If you do, you can download an mp3 version here. Previous episodes: 2020 | 2018

Tracklist: 1. Brian Eno & Robert Fripp – Wind On Water 2. Yoshio Ojima – Sealed 3. Contraviento – Desencanto 4. Yas-Kaz – The Gate of Breathing 5. Mark Pollard – Quinque II 6. Klaus Wiese – Dunya (Excerpt) 7. lovesliescrushing – Butterfly 8. Oscilation Circuit – Homme 9. Takashi Kokubo – Quiet Inlet 10. Julianna Barwick – Wishing Well 11. Al Gromer Khan – Mumtaz 12. Not Drowning, Waving – Frogs 13. ironomi ft. Coupie – 楓 14. Margaret Gay – Prelude No. 1 in C Major from the Well-Tempered Klavier (Bach) 15. Bobbie Gentry – Courtyard 16. Meitei – Ike 17. Priscilla Ermel – Folia Do Divino 18. William Barklow / Loons – Wail Duet 19. Harold Budd – Afar 20. Bill Douglas – Lake Isle Of Innisfree 21. Nuno Canavarro – Antica/Burun 22. Edson Natale – A Flor

[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 57: Harp Special

My newest episode of Getting Warmer for NTS Radio is a harp special, featuring some of my favorite harp moments from across a slew of different genres. I realized while I was putting it together that if I ever do a follow up harp episode it should probably be focused on harp-heavy Russian classical moments, as there are so many exceptional ones, but for now please enjoy this mix featuring Harold Budd, Alice Coltrane, and the melodic origin of one of my favorite songs, “Stranger In Paradise” from the opera Prince Igor. You can download an mp3 version here. Cheers, and happy harping :}

Tracklist: 1. Joel Andrews – Introduction 2. Raul Lovisoni – Hula Om (Excerpt) 3. Philippa Davies & Thelma Owen – Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn (comp. John Thomas) 4. Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy – White Nile (Excerpt) 5. Unknown Artist – In A Landscape (comp. John Cage) 6. Erica Goodman – Nocturne No. 2, Op. 9 in E Flat (comp. Frederic Chopin) 7. Daniel Kobialka – Magnetic Unity (Excerpt) 8. Joanna Newsom – On A Good Day (Live) 9. Erica Goodman – Polovtsian Dance No. 17 (comp. Alexander Borodin) 10. Leya – Flow 11. Unknown Artist – Harp Sonata, Op. 68 III (comp. Alfredo Casella) 12. Alice Coltrane – Turiya 13. Harold Budd – Madrigals of the Rose Angel (Excerpt)

[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 55

Here’s my most recent episode of Getting Warmer for NTS Radio. It’s a mix that, to me, feels very adjacent to this particularly weird moment we in the states are going through: euphoric, uncertain, sweet, stumbling. Lots of psychy folky moments with a couple shots of adrenaline and some new age haze for good measure. If you like it, you can download an mp3 version here. Thanks as always for listening.

1. Kristine Sparkle – Gonna Get Along Without You Now 2. 包美聖 – 小茉莉 (Little Jasmine) 3. Daniel Lentz – Slow Motion Mirror 4. The Association – Never My Love 5. Jeannie Piersol – Your Sweet Inner Self 6. Frank Harris & Maria Marquez – Loveroom 7. XTC – Earn Enough For Us 8. Pyewackett – Reynardine 9. Clannad – Ocean of Light 10. The Fleetwoods – Mr. Blue 11. Joan Armatrading – Willow 12. Bluebyrd – In The Morning Light 13. Steve Kindler – Song of the Seabird 14. Collage – Mets Neiude Vahel (Forest In Between The Maidens) 15. Gigi – Guramayle 16. Tina Turner – River Deep Mountain High

[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 53

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

[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 39

Here’s my most recent mix for NTS Radio, in which I’m still on an autumnal tip. Psychy acoustic folk, dreamy shoegaze, and a really gorgeous, tears-inducing children’s choir rendition of a song from my childhood favorite, Watership Down. I hope you like it, and that you’re staying warm! You can download an mp3 version here.

Tracklist: 1. Woo – Fanfare 2. Eloy – Horizons 3. A.C. Marias – Looks Like 4. Maxine Funke – Make That Dream 5. April Stevens & Nino Tempo – You’ll Be Needing Me Baby 6. Esther & Abi Ofarim – Every Night 7. Woo – When You Find Your Love 8. Kyu Sakamoto – 上を向いて歩こう 9. Hydroplane – Wurlitzer Jukebox 10. Judee Sill – Jesus Was A Cross Maker 11. Colin Blunstone – Misty Roses 12. The Small Choir Of St. Brandon’s School – Bright Eyes 13. Ichiko Hashimato – A Stranger In Paradise 14. Cocteau Twins – Round 15. Linda Cohen – Madman Samba 16. Karen H. Oznick – I Miss You 17. Scribble – Mother Of Pearl