For some reason, this mix works remarkably well as a backdrop/counterpart to the stark city lights encountered on a late night drive. Enjoy.

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Luckily for me, Frania Cafe and laundrette proved to be something out of the ordinary: a combined cafe, bar, art gallery with local artists and free wifi-spot. Plus a constant supply of good music. Like Sóley’s Theatre Island, for example.

Sóley is a pianist and singer from Iceland who used to be in Seabear, if I’ve understood things right. Theatre Island is from 2010 but she also released the album We sink in 2011 which is also very good.

Listen to Theatre Island and The sun is going down II on YouTube.

It’s just that I’m a little bit infatuated with every track below so I thought I’d spread the love.

1. Modern drift – Efterklang
2. Dust if off – The Dø
3. One piece concept – ASS
4. Alike – Efterklang
5. The fox – Niki and the Dove
6. Scale it back – DJ Shadow and Little Dragon
7. The bridge is broken – The Dø
8. Ledmotiv – Tvärvägen
9. Sundog – Niki and the Dove
10. Aint nobody laughing at me – ASS
11. I was playing drums – Efterklang
12. Moon (Ridu remix) – Björk
13. DJ ease my mind (acapella) – Niki and the Dove
14. Spaceherosuites – Those dancing days
15. I can’t find my knife – Tvärvägen

The last song is dedicated to the brilliant Krav Maga club in Cambridge. Keep fighting guys : )

Given that US Thanksgiving has just passed, I might as well go ahead and say it: I give thanks for all these artists plugging away in their respective genres.

Hope you enjoy.

Tracklisting

Alexandroid – Untitled
Zola Jesus – Vessel
Summer Camp – I Want You
Washed Out – Amor Fati
Ra the Rugged Man – Chains
Shabazz Palaces – Swerve
She Said – Black Leather
Apparat – Ash Black Veil
Snowboy – Mambito
Suckers – A Mind I Knew
Zomby – Natalia’s Song

Shiela Chandra – Ever So Lonely
‘the ocean refuses no river’ love the line, not quite sure what the hell sheila chandra is on about. too much time on the ashram munching space cakes, if you ask me.

Rockabye Baby – All Apologies
apparently, according to spin, it’s 20 years since nirvana’s nevermind burst on the scene making grunge accessible to accountants everywhere. with the rockabye project those accountants now have suitable ammunition to send their grand kids to slumberland.

Dan Deacon – Snookered
dan deacon set himself out on a trajectory which severly limited his chances of appearing on ‘idol’ (american or otherwise). thankfully the good ship deacon still sails close to that arc.

Santana – Jingo
santana hits up jingo. a more tribal rendetion regales the quaint new-colonial ‘the endless summer‘ documentary.

Tyler the Creator – Radicalz (NewFuture Remix)
jazz, jazz, jazz. gutteral sax strapped to a military beat as amp live takes on tyler.

The Smoking Time Jazz Club – Shake That Thing
next up new orlean’s smoking time jazz band school us on shaking our thing… lessons take place regularly on street corners across nola.

George Krantz – Din Daa Daa
din daa daa… one of the weirder things to come out of the disco era. man vs drum kit. recently graced the dancefloor at oakland’s layover.

Hollywood Holt, Million $ Mano – The Show
so, who want’s to see the show?

The Uma Uma Truth List – PEACE!!!
shouty, gangly.

Borgore – Sunsets (featuring Diplo)
Very deceptive: from shoegaze to spaz-out. some could say grating. i say addictive.

The Mountain Goats – Damn These Vampires
don’t let this one get in your head. featured on the excellent Merge sampler available from those nice folk at Amazon.

Memoryhouse – Lady Troisieme
delicate ambient balladry.

Another Green World – Another Green Waltz
i never got to whirl-y-gig. this strange slab of woodwind makes me want to chalk this up on my list of regrets.

Favourite Jamie: Lidell. Is this guy getting the recognition he deserves or have I just not been paying attention (more likely)?

Favourite track: Burial’s version of Wayfaring stranger is strangely addictive.

Favourite album: James Blake. Funnily enough I don’t listen to it that much. It’s almost like a painting in a museum; I admire it but that doesn’t mean I always enjoy it. I bet it sounds amazing live though.

Tracks:

• Street – Jamie Woon
• Your sweet boom – Jamie Lidell
• Far nearer – Jamie XX
• Air and lack thereof – James Blake
• Night air (Ramadanman refix) – Jamie Woon
• NY is killing me – Jamie XX and Gil Scott-Heron
• Multiply (Herbert’s Hoedown Bump) – Jamie Lidell
• Multiply (Hot Chip mix) – Jamie Lidell
• The City (Four Tet mix) – Jamie Lidell
• Wayfaring stranger (Burial remix) – Jamie Woon
• The Wilhelm scream – James Blake
• Compass – Jamie Lidell
• She needs me – Jamie Lidell
• Multiply in a minor key – Jamie Lidell

Listen to the beautiful song Quiet Night, sung by Anna Ternheim.

The full score is available on Spotify at Fleshquartet – Wallander – The Music (American amigos: in case you didn’t know, Spotify is now available in the US – let me know if you need an invite so that you can support Swedish entrepreneurship : )

Now I feel like I should say something profound about the massacre at Utöya a couple of weeks ago but it has left me speechless.

Click here to watch the YouTube mix for Katzenjammer. It will cheer you up.

If you’re looking for nostalgia, or an education on the history of dance music rhythms, or scrub that, let’s say something to practice those latest Zumba moves to, check out the Joint Fixtures mixtape.

For more info and tracklist, see Pitchfork. (And don’t the image fool you, I’m sure he’s a very nice man who’d get on fab with your ma).

Best party music ever, and if you’re old and boring like me I can assure you that it works just as well for long distance running. And kickboxing.

The mixes below are from 2010, 2007 and 2005 and are available at Soundcloud and/or Samurai.fm.