Sunday Morning 10am (Part 3)
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In retrospect it probably shouldn’t have taken so long.
Kenneth Branagh’s wonderful portrayal of Swedish detective Wallander is an obvious candidate to fill that post Wire, between Mad Men seasons viewing lull I’ve found myself in. It’s Inspector Morse with arthouse pretensions, all moody landscapes , edgy cinematography and meaningful pauses. There are enough amazing scandi interiors to make my wife swoon and every so often the soundtrack (consciously or otherwise) seems to reference that dearly missed Swedish master Esbjorn Svensson-what’s not to love?
I guess you could write a book on the effect of ‘place’ on music, how much the shattered post industrial landscape has shaped the sound of Detroit techno, or the influence of recession ravaged New York on the creation of disco and punk.
Svensson’s music seems so connected with, and complimentary to the bleak and stunning Swedish landscape, it’s hard not to consider it the perfect accompaniment to Wallander (even though it’s not in the show).
It’s also classic Sunday morning music, so perhaps you should upgrade the croissant to a cinnamon bun and get into the spirit of the thing a little.
Esbjorn Svensson Trio -Viaticum
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Sunday Morning 10am (Part 2)
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A lot has been written about Teddy’s death this week.
I’ve not much to add really, except to say it feels good to honour the people who’s music has touched you in some way. Everything seems so disposable now-music and culture comes and goes, it’s so fluid you can barely hold onto it long enough for it to feel your own. But the good stuff, it gets under your skin and finds a place in the soundtrack of your life, scoring the different moods and experiences you encounter along the way.
Love TKO was one of those tunes for me. I know it’s not as heavy as some of the uptempo, disco numbers-in fact it’s probably dangerously close to being a ‘heart fm’ track. But I don’t care; you don’t choose the tracks that move you. There is something about that chorus that gets me every time; “I think I better let it go” sung in such a way, that you knew that Teddy had been there, felt that moment when a relationship is beyond repair, when everything you try to do just makes things worse. It’s the realisation that you’ve blown it and you’ve got to start all over again, somewhere new. And it’s got those melancholy philly strings and that groove and all that 100% unprocessed soul; it just feels true.
So thank you Teddy, sometimes this was the perfect song.
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Sunday Morning 10am
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Despite a deep penchant for music of the synth/slap bass variety, the playlist that seems to get most action at chez bk is my non-dj ‘music for sunday mornings’ selection. I guess one way to deal with our increasingly manic, futuristic world, is to find somekind of musical refuge.
There is nothing like the smell of a fresh cup of coffee and the memories of a heavy Saturday night, to get you in the mood for something a little deeper.
So please indulge me a little as, over the next few weeks, I work my way through some of my favourite places to hide.
First off a killer piece of ’strings and things’ from the classic ‘Saturday Night Special‘ album by The Lyman Woodard Organisation. I first came across this a few years ago, posted on moistworks I think, before it was re-issued (most recently by the awesome waxpoetics).
When you think of the staggering amount of musical knowledge that has been shared over the last 4/5 years, via blogs and forums and such, it gives you hope that someday soon, we are going to start seeing the fruits of all this labour, as a new generation of musicians and deejays puts all these references into creating something incredible.
That would truly be a Joy Road, worth traveling.
The Lyman Woodard Organisation-Joy Road
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