JD's Sleevenotes
I said I had to go somewhere, didn't I?
Well, I'm back.
And you were with me at every step.
The Brief: Travelling Songs
The world is getting smaller; everybody says so.
And time is getting shorter. There's no time and less space. So we move around all the time. We travel from here to there. We commute, we run errands, we go everywhere.
We travel through labyrinthine miles of city, on buses and trams and trains, under and overground, on foot and by bike; some of us drive for miles every day, watching the peripheral recede while the horizon stays constant. We fly across wide oceans and it takes an hour at most; we fly across the world and have lunch on arrival. I'll see you in Berlin, then, will I? I'll see you in Boston. I'll see you in Beijing.
We move through customs and immigration as though queueing at supermarkets.
We travel together and we travel alone.
And we take our music with us.
Whether going up the street for milk or two-thirds of the way around the world, our steps are measured by the beats in our ubiquitous headphones. The passing scenery - familiar or foreign - is given a context - a mood, a meaning - by what we're listening to.
When I was a kid my parents travelled all over in a blue VW, taking my lil sister and me with them. I remember a few mountains, ice creams at gas stations, and I dimly remember Florence; but mostly I remember what was playing on the tape-deck. Much later, I drove through the occupied territories with my lover the vigilante pilot peacenik, and we listened to Leonard Cohen's "I'm Your Man." I can't recall much of the landscape, except sand and guns for miles - but I could sing you every song on that record and never have to look up the lyrics.
I want the songs that get you around the block or around the world. Your driving songs. Your biking songs. The songs that sustain you through customs queues, crowded subways, and long waits at stations, airports and bus stops.
Travelling songs, in other words, for the liquid modern.
NB: My standard procedure in compiling a Diskjammy mix is usually to chuck all submissions into a playlist which goes on my iPod which goes with me wherever I go [and I get around]. I'm extra looking forward to travelling together this time; becoming acquainted, seeing the world through new ears.
So thanks, in advance, for the momentum. I've got a few places I need to go.
Love,
JD xxx
1. Auf Hören - Amp:tude
2. Walking and Falling - Laurie Anderson
3. Ran - Azeda Booth
4. Villa Diamante - Juana Molina vs Benga
5. Get Your Snack On - Amon Tobin
6. Die Befindlichkeit des Landes - Einstürzende Neubauten
7. Yellow Trabant - Motion Trio
8. You're Good - M.I.A/Diplo
9. Nyoka Musango - Thomas Mapfumo
10. Tschorba - Les Yeux Noir
11. 20 - Terry Polaki
12. I've Lost That Loving Feline - The Third Eye Foundation
13. Long Sunny - Nathan Fake
14. The Traveler - Guru
15. Eurocrat - Pandora Orchestra
16. Movies of Myself - Rufus Wainwright
17. Dance With Me - Nouvelle Vague
18. Shoes of Glass (Kidstreet Remix) - Valery Gore
19. Change the Nation - Zola
20. Come On Home - Lijadu Sisters
21. Freight Train - Art Win
Thanks to: Niels, Zsolt, Kalea, Tom, Tessel, Adrian, Hugo, Jenny Bunni, Anna, Jedidjah, Terry, Aurist, Stijn, Joe, A., Salim, Lisa, Arthur, Marz, Michael, Molly, Harry, Mirko. Apologies for any omissions.
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kthxbai
I said I had to go somewhere, didn't I?
Well, I'm back.
And you were with me at every step.
The Brief: Travelling Songs
The world is getting smaller; everybody says so.
And time is getting shorter. There's no time and less space. So we move around all the time. We travel from here to there. We commute, we run errands, we go everywhere.
We travel through labyrinthine miles of city, on buses and trams and trains, under and overground, on foot and by bike; some of us drive for miles every day, watching the peripheral recede while the horizon stays constant. We fly across wide oceans and it takes an hour at most; we fly across the world and have lunch on arrival. I'll see you in Berlin, then, will I? I'll see you in Boston. I'll see you in Beijing.
We move through customs and immigration as though queueing at supermarkets.
We travel together and we travel alone.
And we take our music with us.
Whether going up the street for milk or two-thirds of the way around the world, our steps are measured by the beats in our ubiquitous headphones. The passing scenery - familiar or foreign - is given a context - a mood, a meaning - by what we're listening to.
When I was a kid my parents travelled all over in a blue VW, taking my lil sister and me with them. I remember a few mountains, ice creams at gas stations, and I dimly remember Florence; but mostly I remember what was playing on the tape-deck. Much later, I drove through the occupied territories with my lover the vigilante pilot peacenik, and we listened to Leonard Cohen's "I'm Your Man." I can't recall much of the landscape, except sand and guns for miles - but I could sing you every song on that record and never have to look up the lyrics.
I want the songs that get you around the block or around the world. Your driving songs. Your biking songs. The songs that sustain you through customs queues, crowded subways, and long waits at stations, airports and bus stops.
Travelling songs, in other words, for the liquid modern.
NB: My standard procedure in compiling a Diskjammy mix is usually to chuck all submissions into a playlist which goes on my iPod which goes with me wherever I go [and I get around]. I'm extra looking forward to travelling together this time; becoming acquainted, seeing the world through new ears.
So thanks, in advance, for the momentum. I've got a few places I need to go.
Love,
JD xxx
1. Auf Hören - Amp:tude
2. Walking and Falling - Laurie Anderson
3. Ran - Azeda Booth
4. Villa Diamante - Juana Molina vs Benga
5. Get Your Snack On - Amon Tobin
6. Die Befindlichkeit des Landes - Einstürzende Neubauten
7. Yellow Trabant - Motion Trio
8. You're Good - M.I.A/Diplo
9. Nyoka Musango - Thomas Mapfumo
10. Tschorba - Les Yeux Noir
11. 20 - Terry Polaki
12. I've Lost That Loving Feline - The Third Eye Foundation
13. Long Sunny - Nathan Fake
14. The Traveler - Guru
15. Eurocrat - Pandora Orchestra
16. Movies of Myself - Rufus Wainwright
17. Dance With Me - Nouvelle Vague
18. Shoes of Glass (Kidstreet Remix) - Valery Gore
19. Change the Nation - Zola
20. Come On Home - Lijadu Sisters
21. Freight Train - Art Win
Thanks to: Niels, Zsolt, Kalea, Tom, Tessel, Adrian, Hugo, Jenny Bunni, Anna, Jedidjah, Terry, Aurist, Stijn, Joe, A., Salim, Lisa, Arthur, Marz, Michael, Molly, Harry, Mirko. Apologies for any omissions.
kthxbai
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bonsoir just a stray flaneur on a prosthetic bicycle in need of tunes for the lazy path, the middle way, the miniscule trip
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