If I said this to myself once, I’ve said it a thousand times. Every single time I find new music — new to me, anyway — ..
Ringo Starr wasn’t in his home country when it came time for Britain to vote on Brexit, so he didn’t really have an official ..
My first impression of Dionne Warwick was from listening to her pleasant, calming vocals during car rides with my mother 30 years ago. In the ’80s, ..
![[Post-Punk] – ‘No Heroes’ (2016 Expanded Edition) (1978-1982)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com00_various_-_no-heroes-re-03314fbaabf034a56376022ba10dd19f5b8f8884-250x250.jpg "[Post-Punk] – ‘No Heroes’ (2016 Expanded Edition) (1978-1982)")
¶ ¶ A Musicophilia first: an expanded edition of a mix from the early days of the blog, the post-punk covers mix ‘No Heroes’. ..
![[Musique du Monde/Tribute Series] – ‘La Diffusion’ (1957-1975)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.commusicophilia_00_various_-b6f23caea2bfbe334d5ab30b1643e94fcf606cfe-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde/Tribute Series] – ‘La Diffusion’ (1957-1975)")
¶ ¶ As a listener to the Musique du Monde series of mixes would probably guess, two of my favorite contemporary bands are Stereolab ..
![[Singer-Songwriter] – ‘Their Hearts Had Six Strings’ – Vol. 3 & 4 (1967-1976)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder-9b795ebccf68fff87da7dbec189203b384f96446-250x250.jpg "[Singer-Songwriter] – ‘Their Hearts Had Six Strings’ – Vol. 3 & 4 (1967-1976)")
¶ ¶ Three years on from the first two volumes (‘His Heart Had Six Strings‘ and ‘Her Heart Had Six Strings‘) ..
![[One-Off] – ‘Zygotic’ (After the Flaming Lips’ ‘Embryonic’) (2009)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comzygotic-small-4dc330c736d4fbf131f6a8f6f4db68e6c2f603ed-250x250.jpg "[One-Off] – ‘Zygotic’ (After the Flaming Lips’ ‘Embryonic’) (2009)")
¶ ¶ I would never have guessed I’d be making a mix in response to a Flaming Lips album, in 2009. But the Lips, purveyors ..
![[Singer-Songwriter] – ‘Her Heart Had Six Strings’ – Vol. 2 (1965-1977)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder-19c9e7554913a05e3ea8498369486fa9ca2c14d1-250x250.jpg "[Singer-Songwriter] – ‘Her Heart Had Six Strings’ – Vol. 2 (1965-1977)")
¶ ¶ Finally following up ‘His Heart Had Six Strings,’ here’s the second volume in Musicophilia’s singer-songwriter ..
![[One-Off] – ‘Still’ (1630-1999)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder2-238d94ade1d82065166e6318abc272ffb8ede417-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.s9m63-V4-L.jpg "[One-Off] – ‘Still’ (1630-1999)")
¶ ¶ Note: Some listeners report getting an error when unpacking the .zip file containing the mix, leaving them with only ..
![[Sensory Replication No. 5] – ‘The Somnambulist’ (1908-2007)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.com00_various_-_the-somnambu-00a269627ab561d2b89ae23ffa6528f68a57bf40-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Xa7mSiXhc3.jpg "[Sensory Replication No. 5] – ‘The Somnambulist’ (1908-2007)")
¶¶ I’ve never really understood the practical reality of sleepwalking, but the idea has undeniable mystique. Mainly ..
![[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Tour du Monde, Volume 4′ (1968-1971)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com00_various_-_le-tour-du-m-55404c912c0f46f93e746de95db8c3927d3deb27-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Tour du Monde, Volume 4′ (1968-1971)")
¶ ¶ Back again with the third “reissued” release in the ‘Le Tour du Monde‘ series: ‘Volume 4,’ ..
![[Miniatures Series] – ‘Les Miniatures, Volume 3′ (1967-1971)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comles-miniatures_volume03_f-4991a104024757675a37352a03cb43216cd66560-250x250.jpg "[Miniatures Series] – ‘Les Miniatures, Volume 3′ (1967-1971)")
¶ ¶ ‘Les Miniatures, Volume 3’ is the second mix in the ‘Les Miniatures‘ series, fifth in the ‘Miniatures‘ ..
![[Sensory Replication No. 2] – ‘Gloaming’ (1731-2005)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com00_various_-_gloaming_173-4d6cfa84d0aa83b4be69e6529fb1dad09a29a43b-250x250.jpg "[Sensory Replication No. 2] – ‘Gloaming’ (1731-2005)")
¶ ¶ Though it’s not the denotative meaning of the word, for me, “gloaming” connotes ambiguity, a tension between ..
![[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Tour du Monde, Volume 7’ (1967-1973)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comle-tour-vol-07_01-front_s-3a8874f83cabc2dddb4709430dfc750253d5fbf8-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Tour du Monde, Volume 7’ (1967-1973)")
¶ ¶ The second release in the ongoing ‘Le Tour du Monde‘ series, ‘Volume 7’ features more of the jaw-drop ..
![[Sensory Replication No. 3] – ‘CollideCoalesce’ (1950-2004)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comvarious_-_collide-coalesc-951ee7b7865df2660a302c69c00d4199158ed9eb-250x250.jpg "[Sensory Replication No. 3] – ‘CollideCoalesce’ (1950-2004)")
¶ ¶ ‘CollideCoallesce’ is the third mix in an ongoing series of heavily edited and crafted mixes wherein many elements ..
![[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Tour du Monde, Volume 5’ (1967-1971)](/wp-content/uploads/i0.wp.com2904718918_d852443850-1458ebecf76d47fc7c8b9f76157dc918c52a8d6b-2-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Tour du Monde, Volume 5’ (1967-1971)")
¶ ¶ A two-LP set of international beats, breaks, sophisticate funk, sweet organs, harpsichords, heavy bass lines, late psychedelia, ..