Eclectic Soul

Eclectic Soul 76

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Tracklist & Timestamps

  1. [00.00] Niklas Paschburg - Wing Rowing (K08)
  2. [02.28] JeanJass - Olympien
  3. [04.16] Skeleten - Love Enemy
  4. [07.57] Ele A - Mikado
  5. [11.32] Men I Trust - Sugar
  6. [14.22] Crumb - Dust Bunny
  7. [17.24] Biig Piig - Feels Right
  8. [20.42] Harvey Sutherland - Bamboo
  9. [26.56] Al Dobson Jr. - Xingu
  10. [29.27] Men I Trust - All Night (Live at RBC Echo Beach)
  11. [33.41] Alaï Landa - Curiosa
  12. [37.46] LAVA LA RUE - Magpie
  13. [41.20] Lauryyn & Filippo Bubbico - Decidere non so
  14. [44.35] Night Tapes - Humans (Elevated Mix)
  15. [48.46] Blockhead - Zoomies
  16. [51.36] Men I Trust - Girl

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About the picture

"The photo was taken on a walk in an area of the Isle of Skye called the Quiraing. On Skye it usually rains a lot, but the sun broke through the clouds in that moment, opening up this soft, rolling otherworldly landscape. Anna and I were alone with Luca for the first time, because we had left Will with my parents on the Isle of Mull. We were taking turns holding him and loving him so much, in a little triangle."

By my friend Sam. Looking forward to be with them again!

Thoughts

I couldn't help but play three songs from Men I Trust, after reconnecting with their discography. I’m in need of sweetness, and that’s why I thought of MIT, and why there’s so much female energy in this mix. I love it! It’s so healing to me, I hope it has the same effect to you.

Men I Trust is the band that feels the most comforting to me. The music that speaks the most to my soul. And of course, I’m in love with Emma Proulx — who isn’t? — the lyricist, lead vocalist, and guitarist. No wonder that those three songs are also the least loud in the mix (I can see it clearly from the waveform).

This is something I realised this year: I’ve had enough of highly-stimulating and loud-mastered music. The so called loudness war is just another symptom of a Western society addicted to stimulation and heavy artificial doses of dopamine.

As a teen I was listening to 140-170bpm heavy electronic music. As I get older, I see myself enjoying calmer and calmer music, which to me seems to be the healthy evolution of a human.

Tending towards calmer music helps to relax the nervous system and is grounding for the Vata body-type that I am (talking Ayurveda here, big topic for me lately and for the rest of my life).

The voices in between songs are from my dear friend Barnaby Carter (can’t wait to meet again), and the beautiful poetic and spiritual film La double vie de Véronique, one of the many great works written and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, with the mesmerising Irene Jacob. This film was recommended by Derek Sivers on his now page.

I then realised that I watched that film with Barnaby and my girlfriend when he visited us in March this year. I put together those audio bits without knowing the connection! So happy to immortalise these sweet memories with all this beautiful music :)

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