Category Archives: seasonal series

luv250

electronic listening music, jazz, odd pop, rock 'n' roll, seasonal series

Wintor

the final mixtape of this year’s seasonal series is an aural journey through winter that will help us get through the coldest night of the year with dreams of flowers that will bloom again.
image : Elaina Grainey

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Tracklist
  1. Winter Now – Broadcast – Warp (2003)
  2. excerpt from Winter – Walter Carlos – Columbia (1972)
  3. Father Christmas – Ryuichi Sakamoto – Virgin (1983)
  4. Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne – Jimi Hendrix – Experience Hendrix / Legacy (1969/2010)
  5. excerpt from Wind/Hail Storm from an Alpine Blizzard – Syntonic Research, Inc. (1979)
  6. Winter 2 – Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter – Deutsche Grammophon (2012)
  7. Winter Prayers – Iron and Wine – Nonesuch (2013)
  8. California Dreaming – George Benson – CTI Records (1971)
  9. Coldest Night Of The Year – Twice As Much and Vashti – Immesiate / Dicristina (1966/2007)
  10. Iced Cooly – Boards Of Canada – Music70 / Warp (1995/2002)
  11. Ice Capades (Moog Music ’67) – Van Dyke Parks – Bananastan (1967/2011)
  12. Skating – Vince Guaraldi Trio – Fantasy (1965)
  13. Winters Love – Animal Collective – FatCat Records (2004)
  14. Wintertime Love – The Doors – Elektra (1968)
  15. Hutchinson Jail – Lee Hazlewood – Reprise / 1972 (1966/2014)
  16. Snowbird – Anne Murray – Capitol (1970)

luv237

blues 'n' folk, odd pop, rock 'n' roll, seasonal series

Fell

mixtape #3 in this series of seasonal soundscapes mirrors the changes happening in the cool crispness of fall. autumnal audio.
photo : Autumn Waters

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Tracklist
  1. September Song — Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France — Barclay (1947/1975)
  2. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion — The Flaming Lips — Warner Bros. (2006)
  3. Autumn Sweater — Yo La Tengo – Matador (1997)
  4. October — Pivot — Warp (2008)
  5. excerpt from Wind In The Trees — Syntonic Research, Inc. (1974)
  6. October Country — October Country — Epic (1968)
  7. Autumn Almanac — The Kinks — Pye Records / Golden Hour (1967/1971)
  8. Harvest Breed — Nick Drake — Island (1972)
  9. Girl From The North Country — Bob Dylan — Columbia (1963)
  10. excerpt from Fall — Walter Carlos — Columbia (1972)
  11. Night Of The Vampire — The Moontrekkers — Parlophone / Acced Records (1961/2012)
  12. November — Neu! – Grönland Records (1985/2010)
  13. Rose Hip November — Vashti Bunyan — Philips / Dicristina (1970/2004)
  14. Autumn 2 – Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter — Deutsche Grammophon (2012)
  15. Comin’ Back To Me — Jefferson Airplane — RCA Victor (1967)
  16. Autumn — Joanna Newsom — Drag City (2010)

luv226

jazz, odd pop, rock 'n' roll, seasonal series

Simmer

here’s the second mixtape is a series of seasonal soundscapes for 2014. chill out to this in the simmering summer heat. now you’re prepared for the dog days.
photo : Gunther Tearny

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Tracklist
  1. The Door Into Summer – The Monkees – Colgems / Rhino (1967/1986)
  2. It’s The Summertime – The Archies – RCA Victor (1969)
  3. Summertime Clothes – Animal Collective – Domino (2009)
  4. Summer – Walter Carlos – Columbia (1972)
  5. Summer Vacation – Runaways – Ultimate Dilemma (1997)
  6. Ghetto Summertime – Eddie Gale – Blue Note / 4 Men With Beards (1969)
  7. Summer 2 – Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter – Deutsche Grammophon (2012)
  8. Brownsville Turnaround On The Tex-Mex Border – KLF – KLF Communications / Wax Trax (1990)
  9. Pulling Out Of Ricardo And The Dusk Is Falling Fast – KLF – KLF Communications / Wax Trax (1990)
  10. Summertime – Santo & Johnny – Canadian-American Records (1959)
  11. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns – Joni Mitchell – Asylum Records (1975)
  12. Summer Breeze – The Isley Brothers – T-Neck (1973)
  13. excerpt from Summer Cornfield – Syntonic Research, Inc. (1976)
  14. Sunshower – Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band – RCA (1976)
  15. Summer Mist – Sam Sanders – Strata Records / 180 Proof Records (2013)
  16. Hot As Sun / Glasses – Paul McCartney – Apple (1970)
  17. Cabinessence – The Beach Boys – Capitol / Brother Records (1969)
  18. Hot Wind – Les Baxter – Sidewalk (1969)
  19. Summer In The City – The Lovin’ Spoonful – Kama Sutra (1966)
  20. Ice Cream On My Kicks – Visioneers – Omniverse Recordings / BBE Records (2012)
  21. Sun Goddess – Yesterday’s New Quintet – Stones Throw (2001)
  22. Hot Fun In The Summertime – Sly & The Family Stone – Epic (1969)

luv215

odd pop, seasonal series

Sprung

here’s the start of a new mix series for 2014 dedicated to the sounds of the seasons. this collection of tunes focuses on spring and all the glories of nature’s reawakening after the long dark sleep of winter. spring has sprung. enjoy the thaw.
photo : Lof Faddis

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Tracklist:
  1. You Can Never Hold Back Spring – Tom Waits – Anti- (2006/2009)
  2. Sprout And The Bean – Joanna Newsom – Drag City (2004)
  3. Spring 1 – Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter – Deutsche Grammophon (2012)
  4. Canada In Springtime – The Free Design – Ambrotype Records Inc. / Light In The Attic (1972/2004)
  5. Águas de Março – Elis Regina – Philips (1972)
  6. I Set My Face To The Hillside – Tortoise – Thrill Jockey (1998)
  7. Something About April – Adrian Younge ft. Venice Dawn – Wax Poetics Records (2011)
  8. Images Of April – Nobody – Ubiquity (2003)
  9. Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall – Simon & Garfunkel – Columbia (1966)
  10. excerpt from Spring – Walter Carlos – Columbia (1972)
  11. Many Coloured Semi Precious Plastic Easter Eggs – Peter Sarstedt – United Artists Records (1969)
  12. Come To The Sunshine – Van Dyke Parks – MGM Records / Bananastan Records (1966/2011)
  13. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah – Bob-B-Soxx and the Blue Jeans – Philles Records / Sundazed (1963/2012)
  14. Les Fleur – Minnie Riperton – GRT / Original Sound Track Recordings (1972/2001)