 | Gran Riserva by Dzihan & Kamien
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $4.25 *electronica - lounge*
groovy.
track: 'stiff jazz'
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 | Rinocerose by <<rinôçérôse>>
Buy used from: $0.77 *french electropop - guitar house*
just makes me feel good on a summer day away from working.
track: 'machine pour les oreilles'
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 | 45: 33 by LCD Soundsystem
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $3.50 *electronica - continuous mix*
originally offered as an 'original run' exclusive from itunes. and, who would have thought, it's great for a run (or just in general).
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 | Peace Orchestra by Peter Kruder
Buy used from: $3.18 *downtempo - electronica*
beat out the 'g-stoned' album but had to put that feel on here.
track: 'who am I"
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 | A Hundred Days Off by Underworld
Buy used from: $2.40 *house - electronica*
great for runs.
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 | Untrue by Burial
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $13.09 *dubstep*
concept album worthy of being called art. that kind of life doesn't feel good. I dig the album.
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 | The Last Resort by Trentemøller
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $11.96 *minimal techno*
of course.
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 | The Science of Breath by Polmo Polpo
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $11.98 *minimalist - experimental techno*
I so dig the polmo polpo techno-y feel. god, sandro, please: more, please, more!...
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 | Ibiza Sunset, Vol. 2 by Various Artists
Buy used from: $2.99 *chillout - continuous mix*
for nights that last an eternity. great MIXED compilation. very downtempo; very wonderful.
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 | Cantoma by Cantoma
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $12.74 *chillout - lounge*
one of my personal favorite albums in the chillout genre.
track: 'pandajero'
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 | Music of the Brazilian Masters by Laurindo Almeida with Barbosa-Lima
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.89 *brazillian jazz guitar*
really makes me feel good. definitely summer music.
'must...get...to...central...or south...american...beach...[dies]'
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 | Atmospheres: Spanish Nights by Various Artists
Buy used from: $1.98 *spanish guitar - ambient*
I know, I know: totally cheesy.
however, I LOVE it.
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 | Music for 18 Musicians
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.95 *contemporary classical - minimalist*
for because I'm reading.
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 | Solaris by Cliff Martinez
Buy new: $20.98 / Used from: $13.96 *ambient - electronica - minimalist - score*
wonderfully beautiful arrangement of organic sounds. perfect fit for the afterfeel of the movie.
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 | Distance by Marconi Union
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $9.00 *ambient - down-tempo - electronica*
also for because I'm reading but my reading requires a little less attention.
[this is great]
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 | Contact Note by Jon Hopkins
Buy new: $23.97 / Used from: $44.22 *bliss electronica*
synergistic, beautiful, ?perfect?
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 | Copia by Eluvium
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $6.89 *ambient - post rock - piano*
my favorite album of his.
track: 'repose in blue' and 'indoor swimming at the space station'
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 | And Their Refinement of the Decline by Stars of the Lid
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $36.15 *minimalist - ambient - drone*
probably couldn't ID a single track. barely music and beautiful.
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 | Mysterious Skin
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $11.00 *shoegaze - minimalist*
Guthrie and Budd make floating music.
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 | You Are the Conductor by Caspian
Buy used from: $27.99 *post rock*
track: 'quovis' + 'further up'
'the four trees' is also a good album --'some are white light' kills.
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 | El Ten Eleven by El Ten Eleven
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $8.45 *post rock*
track: 'connie'
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 | Like Hearts Swelling by Polmo Polpo
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $5.77 *post rock (?)*
wonderful evolution from his first. such great arrangements.
track: 'requiem for a fox'
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 | Feel Good Lost by Broken Social Scene
Buy new: $12.98 / Used from: $5.64 *ambient - post rock*
probably my most played album on repeat of all-time.
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 | The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place by Explosions in the Sky
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $7.19 *post rock (romantic)*
first 4:20 of this album consistently makes my heart swell to 4.2 times its normal size.
not so huge on 'six days' but the rest of the album is absolutely epic (as are ALL of theirs).
IMHO:
earth>sudden>truth>friday>innocence
GREATEST COLLECTIVE COMPOSERS EVER TO ROCK* YOUR FREAKING FACE OFF
*think william wallace passion @ the 'freedom' cry.
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