Song: Fitzpleasure
Artist: Alt-J
Country: UK
Genre: World
Mood: Cosmic, planetary groove. Feels like an every-sense-alive trip to another galaxy.
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Song: Fitzpleasure
Artist: Alt-J
Country: UK
Genre: World
Mood: Cosmic, planetary groove. Feels like an every-sense-alive trip to another galaxy.
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Song: Nicest Thing
Artist: Kate Nash
Country: Ireland
Genre: Alternative
Mood: Melancholia…soft, sweet, wistful. Her voice feels like a raw, talking heart.
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Song: Primo
Artist: Corvino Traxx
Country: Italy
Genre: World Jazz/Dance
Mood: Techo-esque jazzy dance groove w/ supremely stirring guitar strumming.
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Song: Like a Star
Artist: Corinne Bailey Rae
Country: England (Leeds)
Genre: Soulful Jazz
Mood: Like listening to warm honey glistening in the moonlight. Close your eyes, tilt your head back slightly, put your hand over your heart (or that secret place where deep feeling also flows)…and, just…glide away.
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Song: To the Dancers on the Ice
Artist: Emilie Simon
Country: France
Genre: World
Mood: Ethereally sweet…strangely classical…a soothing lullaby.
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Artist: Jennifer Vranes (an incredibly talented artist with the most vibrantly beautiful paintings you’ve ever seen. They literally take your breath away – visit her blog & see for yourself!)
Song: Outro Lado
Artist: Zuco 103
Country: The Netherlands / Brazil
Genre: Latin Jazz
Mood: Funky-esque, dance-y Brazil a la Netherlands jazzy groove.
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Song: Sleepy Seven
Artist: Bonobo
Country: England
Genre: World Jazz
Mood: Cosmic & cool…new-agey jazz-ish.
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Song: Pretty Little Thing
Artist: Fink
Country: England
Genre: Jazz Funk
Mood: Hot, humid, sticky groove with a twang.
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Song: Canon in D Major
Composer: Johann Pachelbel
Country: Germany
Genre: Classical Medieval
Mood: Beautiful, lilting journey back in time…gentlemen step lightly, ladies twirl slowly, gracefully around the castle’s cool, marble floor.
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Song: Por la Noche
Artist: Mala Rodriguez
Genre: Latino Hip-Hop
Mood: Head bobbin’, hip-dippin’ cool…a la Mala!
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