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disco inferno, my bloody valentine, m83 -- i'm in the middle of a two-part mix CD, and this is the disc where it's all kinds of, um, in lack of a better word atmospheric, sort of a background vibe. i've got "footprints in the snow", "sometimes", "run into flowers", which is exactly the type of feel i'm trying to create in this mix. after searching my collections, both RIAA-friendly and otherwise, i've realized that i've got nothing that sounds like those songs. does anyone have a few suggestions as to what other songs would work with these ones (tone, tempo, etc.)?

― PMK (PMK), Thursday, 11 December 2003 21:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Boo Radleys - Room At The Top

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Thursday, 11 December 2003 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

SIANspheric?

― rainman (rainman), Thursday, 11 December 2003 21:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Jessica Bailiff - "Failing Yesterday"

― Ben Dot (1977), Thursday, 11 December 2003 22:23 (twenty-two years ago)

fennesz - "endless summer"

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 December 2003 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Flying Saucer Attack would go well with Jessica...

― dlp9001, Thursday, 11 December 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

If vocals/percussion aren't a prerequisite, you might like Tor Lundvall's "The Mist".

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Thursday, 11 December 2003 23:49 (twenty-two years ago)

bailter space 'make'

― keith m (keithmcl), Friday, 12 December 2003 03:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Bailter space. They're great!! Another great New Zealand band.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Friday, 12 December 2003 03:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Fonn, "Wash" (and wash it does)

― nestmanso (nestmanso), Friday, 12 December 2003 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Ulrich Schnauss, "On My Own"
Brian Eno, "On Some Faraway Beach"
Harmonia, "De Luxe (Immer Wieder)" or "Notre Dame"
Boards of Canada, "Aquarius"
Something off Manitoba's Up In Flames

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Friday, 12 December 2003 20:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Brian Eno, "Here Come The Warm Jets"!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Saturday, 13 December 2003 02:44 (twenty-two years ago)

nine months pass...

Revive to ask for songs/artists that sound like Basement Jaxx's "Jump N' Shout". Just listening to it the other day and realized that probably a billion other people have done something with the formula of house beat + messy rapping/ragga vocals, but I have no clue who. Help relieve my ignorance!

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Friday, 1 October 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

"Superstylin'" - Groove Armada
"Spend The Night" - Danny J. Lewis with Top Cat

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 1 October 2004 22:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm sorry I can't help out anyone with their queries, but I HAVE to use this thread to request some help for myself!

I'm really trying to branch out, to expand my musical loves and knowledge and obsessions, and I've been having a tiny bit of luck with it thus far. I've, obv, discovered that Franz Ferdinand are TOTALLY "my speed", and have recently come to the realization that Division of Laura Lee are totally "my speed" as well. I'm also a HUGE HUGE HUGE "New Wave"/New Romantic fanatic, as many of you already know, and I won't even bother to mention the artist I know the most about and adore the most. So, what would you guys recommend for me, either new music-wise or "new to me" music-wise? The more obscure the better!

― Ever-Ready Daisy Chain (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 2 October 2004 06:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Re "Jump & Shout", see also:

Basement Jaxx - Flylife (Brixton Remix)
Ronnie Richards - Missing You (Jaxx Dub)
Azzido Da Bass - Doom's Night (Stanton Warriors Remix ft. Slarta John)
Reel 2 Reel - I Like To Move It
Blazing Squad - Standard Flow (DND Remix ft. Elephant Man)

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 2 October 2004 06:35 (twenty-one years ago)

eleven years pass...

what's up with this thread being totally abandoned? is there another one i should be using?
ilm is always good for random song recommendations if nothing else

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 29 August 2016 15:09 (nine years ago)

two years pass...

yellow magic orchestra - light in darkness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__2IJ1UsCDY

simple minds - theme for great cities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJDx-1L3V9U

― The Pingularity (ledge), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 10:05 (six years ago)

the first one made me think of Japan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhm-EqcPta0

― koogs, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 10:19 (six years ago)

(but maybe not that one. there are some instrumental tracks of theirs, but i can't remember the names)

― koogs, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 10:21 (six years ago)

never been that into japan but will try their instrumentals - 'quiet life' might be the exact midpoint between the ymo track and 'planet earth' by duran duran :)

― The Pingularity (ledge), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 10:34 (six years ago)

The bass on the YMO track reminds me of the bass on Eno's Another Green World. Percy Jones credits

― ilm jive mind (FlopsyDuck), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 13:24 (six years ago)

one month passes...

surprisingly, having never heard it before in my life, Theme for Great Cities was on the radio last week. and this week he played a track that had been directly inspired by it.

Manic Street Preachers
Dreaming A City (Hugheskova)

( it's about an hour into this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0007b6s just after the session version of Being Boiled)

― koogs, Monday, 5 August 2019 10:20 (six years ago)

Hmm, that's way too rawwwk. I think the main appeal of the YMO thing (which Theme for Great Cities doesn't totally capture) is slow and moody synths over frenetic drums. I've been scouring playlists of 80s and modern synth instrumentals but finding that juxtaposition is hard. Closest I've come might be Stewart Copeland's theme to The Equalizer! (Even then only the first bit.)

― The Pingularity (ledge), Monday, 5 August 2019 10:39 (six years ago)

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