Chriso's April Mixtape
This is my early April mixtape. It isn't technically a tape at all since it's a digital playlist, which also means it doesn't have to adhere to the confines of the 80 minute compact disc. If I had my own radio show this is what I would play, and my audience of no one would love it. |
| 1 |  | Stan Getz
Getz/Gilberto
"The Girl From Ipanema" - Killer song. The female vocals in this are pretty special. |
| 2 |  | Sonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus
"Strode Rode" |
| 3 |  | Thelonious Monk
Brilliant Corners
"Pannonica" - beautiful song. |
| 4 |  | The Roots
Phrenology
"Something In The Way of Things (In Town)" - I'd play either this or 'Water'. This one is quite literally poetry set to music. |
| 5 |  | Kate Bush
Never For Ever
"Delius" - drum machines and uncoventional song structures. I'd play either this or "Wuthering Heights". |
| 6 |  | Joni Mitchell
Court and Spark
"Help Me" - this song is just amazing. |
| 7 |  | GZA
Liquid Swords
"Swordsman" - the vibe on this is just ridiculous. So dark. Really cool production. I'd play either this or "Gold". |
| 8 |  | Incubus
Morning View
"Aqueous Transmission" - pure meditation. |
| 9 |  | Feist
The Reminder
"So Sorry" - just really like the vocals. |
| 10 |  | Elliott Smith
From A Basement On The Hill
"King's Crossing" - this is a powerful song, even more so when you take into account what ended up happening to Elliott Smith. And that whole 'gimme one good reason not to do it' line... |
| 11 |  | Deltron 3030
Deltron 3030
"Positive Contact" |
| 12 |  | A Tribe Called Quest
Midnight Marauders
"Electric Relaxation" or "The Chase, Part 2". The vibe is just unreal. |
| 13 |  | Led Zeppelin
Houses of the Holy
"No Quarter" - best song. Either this or "The Rain Song". |
| 14 |  | David Bowie
Young Americans
"Right" - kick ass blue eyed soul. |
| 15 |  | Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um
"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" - for some reason this gives me the mental image of an old detective looking frustrated at a nearly empty bar. |
| 16 |  | Cat Power
Moon Pix
"Moonshiner" - trying to keep a laidback vibe happening. Cat Power is new to me but her voice is majestically spiffing. |
| 17 |  | Brian Eno
Another Green World
"Becalmed" - Eno's solo work is new to me as well, but I've loved what he did with Bowie for years. |
| 18 |  | Bob Dylan
Blood On The Tracks
"Idiot Wind" - because it's one of the best songs I've ever heard. I originally wanted to put "North Country Blues" off The Times They Are A-Changin' but I can't get the artwork to...work. When people mention folk, that's the sound that pops into my head. |
| 19 |  | Bjork
Vespertine
"Hidden Place" - I like that ascending melody leading into the chorus. |
| 20 |  | Bill Evans
Sunday At the Village Vanguard
"Gloria's Step (Take 2)" - this guy's style is just phenomenal. Three piece band and they're so tight it's ridiculous. Live album too, which I generally don't listen to all that often. |
| 21 |  | At the Drive-In
Relationship of Command
"Non-Zero Possibility" - one of my all time cherished albums. Chose this track because any of the others would stand out like dogs bollocks. Still a great track though. |
| 22 |  | Arcade Fire
The Suburbs
"The Suburbs" - I really really love this song. |
| 23 |  | Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion
"Guys Eyes" - I do feel this album is a tad overrated but still well worth my time. I like how there's essentially no lead and backing vocals here. Just a shitload of vocals. That's how I see it anyway. |
| 24 |  | Sigur Ros
Takk...
"Hoppipolla" - this is the sound of people being happy. |
| 25 |  | Pharoah Sanders
Thembi
"Astral Travelling" - another really sweet Fender Rhodes based jazz song. |
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