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After my last rant wondering where the good music had run away to, I've been pleasantly surprised lately.

Right now, Gaelle is blowing my mind a bit. It depresses me to know that this album has been out since 2004 and I just discovered her in the last month! What really hooked me was mercy street, her cover of the Peter Gabriel classic. I stumbled across it somewhere on Last.fm radio and it was good enough to lead me to her album. It's phenomenal. There's some Erykah Badu soul, some Blue Six mellowness, mixed together around her fabulous voice and some interesting lyrical content. Highly recommended!

I've been digging Tegan and Sara lately as well. I've known about them for years, but must have had bad luck. Everything I heard sounded like overly whiny, annoying crappy folk music. Wow, was I wrong. Last.fm radio and some tracks from hunnybee7 showed me how wrong of an impression that was, so i ended up picking up their first album. It's a great listen! From what I've heard, I think I like it better than the subsequent albums, simply because it sounds more raw and true, less studio polished. I'll reserve judgment until I give the rest a good listen instead of just 30-second samples. I REALLY want to track down a copy of Under Feet Like Ours, but it's apparently nigh impossible to find. If there are any helpful people out there that might point me towards a digital version, I'd greatly appreciate it. :D

I don't remember if I found it on Last radio or if fallingskymomma hooked me up with it, but Galaxies is a gorgeous song. We picked up Laura Viers' full album recently, and I'm squeezing it into my rotation the last day or two. I've really liked what I've heard lately, though a more thorough vetting of it will be needed before I can give a full review.

One last promising musical prospect is Róisín Murphy. She was the lead vocalist for Moloko, if you're familiar with them at all, and I stumbled across her on Bravo's big musical fashion show, of all places. I'm outing myself as an initially reluctant fan of Top Chef and Project Runway, so I tend to check what's on Bravo when I chanced upon her singing Overpowered during the live show, which just blew me away. I have yet to find it on iTunes or Amazon, but I'm still looking. Ruby Blue is up next on my purchase list, though!

Escuchando a una tal Ayo, tiene un rollo reaggae, el tema que estoy escuchando, algo de jazz y voz agradable bastante jazzera. Notese el hammond de fondo, esto me recuerda a algo de bob marley, sin llegar a ser ese estilo en concreto.

Blue Six hacen un jazz, house, nujazz, muy electronico, con sonidos calidos y ambientales. Esta bien, pero de momento esto que escucho es del monton.

Tate's Place / Burnin' (Jazzan, bien bien bien, mucho de electronica, mucho, bateria programada y acustica, la acustica haciendo cositas chulas, y las voces muy bien metidas. Jazz electronica, jazz house, nujazz, como queramos...

100 GREAT TRIP-HOP, ACID JAZZ & DOWNTEMPO ALBUMS!
Compiled at MAC.



15 Minut Projekt - 15 Minut Projekt (2003)
9 Lazy 9 – The Herb (1995)
9 Lazy 9 - Sweet Jones (2003)
A. Skillz & Krafty Kuts - Tricka Technology (2005)
Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Aloof - Sinking (1996)
Alpha - Come From Heaven (1997)
Amon Tobin - Permutation (1998)
Anima Sound System - Közel A Szerelemhez (1997)
Archive - Londinium (1996)
Bent - Programmed To Love (2000)
The Beta Band - The Three ep's (1999)
Björk - Post (1995)
Blockhead - Music By Cavelight (2004)
Blue Six - Beautiful Tomorrow (2002)
Bonobo - Animal Magic (2000)
Boom Bip - Seed to Sun (2002)
Coldcut – Let Us Play! (1997)
Coldfinger - Sweet Moods and Interludes
Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman (1996)
Cinematic Orchestra - Motion (1999)
Cinerex - Exit All Areas (1998)
Crustation - Bloom (1997)
Death in Vegas - The Contino Sessions (1999)
De-Phazz – Godsdog (1999)
Dining Rooms – Numero Deux (2001)
DJ Cam - Mad Blunted Jazz (1996)
DJ Food - Kaledisocope (2000)
DJ Krush - Jaku (2004)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing... (1996)
DJ Spooky - Under the influence (2001)
DJ Spooky - Modern Mantra (2002)
Dreadzone - Second Light (1995)
EBN - Telecommunication Breakdown (1995)
Erik Truffaz - The Mask (2000)
Faithless – Sunday 8pm (1998)
Fantastic Plastic Machine - The Fantastic Plastic Machine (1997)
Fila Brazillia – Power Clown (1998)
Goldfrapp - Felt Moutain (2000)
Groove Armada - Vertigo (1999)
Hooverphonic - Blue Wonder Power Milk (1998)
Husky Rescue – Country Falls (2005)
Ian Pooley - Since Then (2000)
Jaga Jazzist – The Stix (2003)
Jamiroquai - Emergency On Planet Earth (1993)
Jazzanova - In Between (2002)
Koop – Waltz For Koop (2001)
Krom - This (2000)
Kruder & Dorfmeister - The K&D Sessions (1998)
Lamb - Lamb (1996)
Lamb - What Sound (2001)
London Funk Allstars – Flesh Eating Disco Zombies vs. The Bionic Hookers From Mars (1996)
Loop Guru - Amrita (1995)
Lushlife Project – Budapest Eskimos (2005)
Massive Attack - Blue Lines (1992)
Massive Attack – Protection (1994)
Massive Attack - Mezzanine (1998)
MC 900 Ft. Jesus – Welcome To My Dream (1991)
Moloko - Do You Like My Tight Sweater? (1995)
Mono - Formica Blues (1997)
Morcheeba - Who Can You Trust? (1996)
Morcheeba – Big Calm (1998)
Morcheeba - Charango (2002)
Motorbass - Pansoul (1996)
Mr. Scruff – Trouser Jazz (2002)
Nicolette - Now Is Early (1992)
Nightmares on Wax - A Word of Silence (1991)
Nightmares on Wax - In A Space Outta Sound (2006)
Peace Orchestra - Peace Orchestra (1999)
Pomegranate - This Illusion Sound (1999)
Portishead - Dummy (1994)
Portishead - Portishead (1997)
Prince Paul - Psychoanalysis (What Is It?) (1996)
Ramshackle - Depthology (1995)
Recloose - Cardiology (2002)
Recoil - Unsound Methods (1997)
Red Snapper – Prince Blimey (1996)
Robert Miles - Organik (2001)
Röyksopp - Melodie A.M. (2002)
Ruby - Salt Peter (1995)
Senor Coconut - El Baile Alemán (2000)
Shantel – Great Delay (2001)
Skalpel - Skalpel (2004)
Smoke City - Flying Away (1997)
Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X (1997)
Sneaker Pimps - Splinter (1999)
Squarepusher - Ultravisitor (2004)
St. Germain - Tourist (2000)
Suba – São Paulo Confessions (2000)
Telefon Tel Aviv – Map Of What Is Effortless (2004)
Terranova - Close the Door (1999)
Thievery Corporation - Sounds from Thievery Hi-Fi (2005)
Thunderball – Ambassadors Of Style (2000)
Tosca - Suzuki (2000)
Tosca – Dehli9 (2003)
Tricky - Maxinquaye (1995)
U.N.K.L.E. - Psyence Fiction (1998)
Waldeck - The Night Garden (2001)
Wondabraa - Deck to Basics (2001)
Yonderboi – Shallow and Profound (2001)
Zero 7 - Simple Things (2001)

Thanks to everyone at the Downtempo & Acid Jazz Desk.

Take your top 20 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists. The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score. If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (larger than 80, extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

My eclectic score is currently




The 65 related artists for my profile are Air (5), Afterlife, Andy Caldwell, Basement Jaxx, Beck, Bent, Björk, Black Eyed Peas, Blue Six, Blur, Boozoo Bajou, Britney Spears, Broken Social Scene, Colette, Damien Rice, David Bowie (2), Depeche Mode (3), Duran Duran (2), Erasure, Fatboy Slim, Franz Ferdinand, Frou Frou, Ghinzu, Goldfrapp, Groove Armada, Gwen Stefani, Interpol, Jay-Jay Johanson, Joy Division (2), Kinobe, Kylie Minogue, Lamb (2), Late Night Alumni, Madonna, Massive Attack (7), Miguel Migs (2), Moby (3), Morcheeba, Nelly Furtado, New Order (2), Nightmares on Wax, Nine Inch Nails, Noir Désir, Pixies, Placebo, Portishead (5), R.E.M., Radiohead (5), Roisin Murphy, Sia, Sigur Rós, Sufjan Stevens, Tears for Fears, The Chemical Brothers (3), The Cure (2), The Decemberists, The Shins, The Smiths (2), The White Stripes, Thievery Corporation (3), Thom Yorke, Thunderball, Tosca (2), U2, Zero 7

I've made a working iTunes playlist of songs inspired by my current last.fm playlist and wanted to get suggestions for new/likeminded artists to check out.

On looking it over, I think I should add some Massive Attack, and before you suggest it, I have every single Stéphane Pompougnac album ever. Those 9 albums alone are the essential prototype for all other "Music to Chill/Fuck To" playlist! But here's the list thus far - looking forward to any replies!

kp

(and yes I know Celine Dion is on this list, shut up I love that song)

Onsra - Fennesz: Venice
Flipher Overture – Esthero: Breath From Another
Asusu - Fennesz: Venice
Onsay - Fennesz: Venice
Saw it on the Radio - De-Phazz: Death by Chocolate
More Extinction – Grails: Burning Off Impurities
They Ran - My Morning Jacket: The Tennessee Fire
Laguna - Fennesz: Venice
Better Now - De-Phazz: Death by Chocolate
Who Needs Forever? - Astrud Gilberto: Verve Unmixed
last tango in paris - Gotan Project la revancha del tango
Jim the jinn - De-Phazz: Death by Chocolate
Elvis – Alpha: Stargazing
The Other Face – Fennesz: Venice
Hartfixer - De-Phazz: Death by Chocolate
In Space – Röyksopp: Melody A.M
Maybe San Jose - De-Phazz: Death by Chocolate
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space - Spiritualized: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Jeunesse Doree - De-Phazz: Death by Chocolate
Speed Dial No. 2 - Zero 7: When It Falls
Magic Potion - Flunk: For Sleepyheads Only
Rock My Boat [ft. Mia Doi Todd] - Dntel: Dumb Luck
Sabbatical - De-Phazz: Death by Chocolate
Anywayz - Esthero: Breath From Another
Honey's In Love – Flunk: For Sleepyheads Only
Calma - Mark Doyle: Hed Kandi: Serve Chilled (Disc 2)
Beautiful - Mark Doyle: Hed Kandi: Winter Chill 06.03 (Disc 1)
Superheroes – Esthero:Breath From Another
Come Here Boy - Imogen Heap: I Megaphone
Im Not - Panda Bear: Person Pitch
Sirens – Jazzanova: Belle Et Fou
Got til It's Gone (feat. Q-Tip) - Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope
Means to an End – Alpha: Lost In a Garden of Clouds Part One
Play Dead - Paul Oakenfold: Perfecto Fluoro: Oakenfold [Disc 2]
Doremifa Girl - Mark Doyle: Hed Kandi: Serve Chilled 3 (Disc 1)
Weight Of My Words - Kings of Convenience: Quiet Is The New Loud
Love Remembered - Paul Oakenfold: Perfecto Fluoro: Oakenfold [Disc 2]
Roy's Choice - De-Phazz: Death by Chocolate
Trash Box - De-Phazz:Death by Chocolate
una música brutal - Gotan Project: la revancha del tango
Nu Chic - De-Phazz: Death by Chocolate
Blue Monday - Flunk: For Sleepyheads Only
Something Special - De-Phazz: Death by Chocolate
Indigo Boy – Esthero: Breath From Another
Half A World Away – Esthero: Breath From Another
Country Livin' (The World I Know) – Esthero: Breath From Another
Kebab Shop 3 AM – Flunk: For Sleepyheads Only
Pilots – Goldfrapp: Felt Mountain
época - Gotan project: la revancha del tango
Roll On - Sneaker Pimps: Becoming X
One In A Million – Aaliyah: I Care 4 U
Heaven Sent - Esthero: Breath From Another
Walking Zero - Sneaker Pimps: Becoming X
Distortion – Flunk: For Sleepyheads Only
Jump Over - De-Phazz: Death by Chocolate
Rock The Boat – Aaliyah: Aaliyah
Embrasse-Moi - Les Nubians: Princesses Nubiennes
Death by chocolate - De-Phazz: Death by chocolate
Dead Vine Blues – Grails: Burning Off Impurities
That Girl – Esthero: Breath From Another
Rivers of Sand - Fennesz: Venice
2Wicky – Hooverphonic: A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
North West - De-Phazz: Death by Chocolate
Breath From Another - Esthero: Breath From Another
La Dolce Vita - Zazie:Rodéo
Caprice – Jazzanova: Belle Et Fou
See Through You – Flunk: For Sleepyheads Only
Drawn Curtains – Grails: Burning Off Impurities
Lounge – Esthero: Breath From Another
The Point of it All – Fennesz: Venice
chunga's revenge – Gotan Project: la revancha del tango
Only You – Portishead: Portishead
Easy Muffin - Amon Tobin: Bricolage
Miss World – Flunk: For Sleepyheads Only
How Do - Sneaker Pimps: Becoming X
Halfway to Heaven - Celine Dion: Celine Dion
Ketto – Bonobo: Days to Come
Parrallel Lines - Kings Of Convenience: Quiet Is The New Loud
Inhaler - Hooverphonic: A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
queremos paz - Gotan Project: la revancha del tango
Your Koolest Smile – Flunk: For Sleepyheads
Terra Pura – Gabin: Gabin
On Line - De-Phazz: Death by Chocolate
Sunday People (Don't Bang The Drum) – Flunk: For Sleepyheads Only
Slowly - Mark Doyle: Hed Kandi: Serve Chilled (Disc 2)
Indian Rope Trick – Flunk: For Sleepyheads Only
Someone Like Me – Röyksopp: The Understanding
Love's Labour's Lost - De-Phazz: Death by Chocolate
Sparks – Röyksopp: Melody A.M
Trigger Hippie - Morcheeba: Who Can You Trust?
I Love Music - Flunk: For Sleepyheads Only
Destiny - Zero 7: Simple Things
Horses In My Dreams - PJ Harvey: Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
Fort – Alpha: The Impossible Thrill
Circassian – Fennesz: Venice
Burning Up – Alpinestars: White Noise
Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens: Illinois
santa maria (del buen ayre) - Gotan Project: La revancha del tango
Your Place - Zero 7: The Garden
Spinning - Zero 7: Simple Things
Syrupsniph – Flunk: For Sleepyheads Only
Stay With Me Till Dawn (Kumharas Sunset Mix) - Mark Doyle: Hed Kandi: Serve Chilled 3 (Disc 1)
el capitalismo foráneo - Gotan Project: la revancha del tango
la del ruso - Gotan Project: la revancha del tango
Wise – Alpha: The Impossible Thrill
Shiver Me (ADNY Remix) – ADNY: ADNY Selections '97-2000
Morning Song - Zero 7: When It Falls
City of Light – Fennesz: Venice
The Stone of Impermanence – Fennesz: Venice
Chateau Rouge – Fennesz: Venice
Soft Temple – Grails: Burning Off Impurities
Bumpin' - Wes Montgomery: Verve Jazz Masters 14
Red Balloon - Mark Doyle: Hed Kandi - Winter Chill 06.03 (Disc 1)
Moments In Love II (Piano Intro) - Art of Noise: Moments In Love (LP)
vuelvo al sur - Gotan Project: la revancha del tango
Music and Wine - Blue Six: Beautiful Tomorrow
Ghostdancing - The Orb: Cydonia
Outer Banks – Grails: Burning Off Impurities
Burning Off Impurities – Grails: Burning Off Impurities
Origin-ing – Grails: Burning Off Impurities
Silk Rd – Grails: Burning Off Impurities
The Way You Dream (Featuring Michael Stipe & Asha Bhosle) - 1 Giant Leap: 1 Giant Leap
triptico - Gotan project: la revancha del tango
Requiem for a Fox - Polmo Polpo: Like Hearts Swelling
Swallow Me – Esthero: Breath From Another

ake your top 20 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists. The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score. If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (larger than 80, extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

My eclectic score is currently




The 79 related artists for my profile are Aaliyah Air (2) Alicia Keys Andy Caldwell Aphex Twin Arctic Monkeys Autechre Beck (2) Belle and Sebastian Beyoncé Big D and the Kids Table Björk Bloc Party Blue Six Boards of Canada Broken Social Scene (3) Coldplay Colette Daft Punk Death Cab for Cutie Destiny's Child Diplo Eagles Elliott Smith Elton John Eric Clapton Felix da Housecat Fischerspooner Four Tet (2) Franz Ferdinand Goldfrapp (2) Hot Chip Interpol (2) Iron & Wine Klaxons Ladytron Late Night Alumni LCD Soundsystem Le Tigre (2) Less Than Jake Madlib Mariah Carey Miguel Migs Moby Modest Mouse Mogwai MUM New Order Nine Inch Nails Oasis Peaches Placebo Portishead Quasimoto Radiohead (3) Rilo Kiley Roots Manuva Sam Roberts Sigur Rós Snow Patrol Sonic Youth Squarepusher Stars Sublime Sufjan Stevens (2) The Arcade Fire (6) The Beatles The Chemical Brothers The Cure The Decemberists (3) The Killers The Knife The Long Blondes The Rolling Stones The Shins (3) The Strokes The Velvet Underground TTC Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2)

Take your top 20 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists. The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score. If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (larger than 80, extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference.

You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

My eclectic score is currently




The 82 related artists for my profile are:
Addison Groove Project
Amel Larrieux
Anita O'Day
Aretha Franklin
Azymuth
Bilal
Billie Holiday
Bing Crosby
Blue Six
Bobby McFerrin
Briskey (2)
Bugge Wesseltoft
Chaka Khan
Chic (2)
Commodores (2)
Common
Curtis Mayfield (3)
D'Angelo (2)
Daft Punk
David Bowie
Dean Martin (2)
Diana Krall
Dinah Washington
Donald Byrd
Dwele
Ella Fitzgerald (3)
Elvis Presley
Fatboy Slim
Frank Sinatra
Funkadelic
Galactic
Gorillaz
Incognito
James Brown (2)
Jamie Lidell
Jamiroquai
Jill Scott (2)
Johnny Mathis
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
Kaskade
Kool & The Gang
Koop
Late Night Alumni
Lauryn Hill
Lee Dorsey
Lonnie Liston Smith
Louis Armstrong
Madonna
Mark de Clive-Lowe
Marvin Gaye (4)
Max Creek
Maxwell
Me'Shell NdegéOcello
Micatone
Michael Jackson
Miguel Migs
Moby
Mother Earth
Nat King Cole (2)
Nathan Haines
Nuspirit Helsinki
Otis Redding
Patricia Barber
Rahsaan Patterson
Raphael Saadiq
Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Sarah Vaughan
Shirley Horn
Sly & The Family Stone
Stevie Wonder (4)
StoneBridge
The Blackbyrds
The Chemical Brothers
The Isley Brothers
The James Taylor Quartet
The Meters
The O'Jays
The Roots
The String Cheese Incident
Trüby Trio
Tweet
Young Disciples

Take your top 20 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists. The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score. If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (larger than 80, extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

My eclectic score is currently




The 84 related artists for my profile are 2Pac Alanis Morissette Alicia Keys All Saints Andy Caldwell Aquanote Art D.Jay vs. Jazzamor AYA Beyoncé (3) Blue Six (2) Bush Celestial Aeon Project Chi-A.D. Chris Brown Christina Aguilera (2) Ciara Coldplay Crop Circles Destiny's Child (2) Disturbed Dj Nil DJ Riga Dj Romeo - VIP mix3 Eminem Essence Everemore Foboz & Salamandra Foo Fighters Franz Ferdinand Gaelle Garbage George Michael Girls Aloud Gwen Stefani Iggy K Incubus Justin Timberlake (2) KoЯn Laurent Garnier Limp Bizkit Linkin Park Lisa Shaw (2) Ludacris Madonna Mariah Carey Matti Paalanen Miguel Migs (2) Nirvana Placebo (2) Pleiadians Prince Project Divinity Rachel Stevens Radiohead Rihanna (2) Roomful of Emptiness Skin Skyform vs. Ikambi Gwa Gwa Snoop Dogg Sting Sugababes System of a Down Tapolsky & Redco The Cranberries The Game The Killers The Smashing Pumpkins Transwave Usher Zемфира (2) Агата Кристи Би-2 (2) Валерия Город 312 Гости из Будущего Гости из будущего Дельфин Иванушки International Катя Чехова Мумий Тролль (2) Ночные Снайперы (2) Пропаганда Сплин (3) Чичерина