![[Chicago] – ‘Old Souls Part III’ (2015-2019)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.commusicophilia_00_various_-8d92b12d55ab4ace03dced92202b2d6a218136e1-250x250.jpg "[Chicago] – ‘Old Souls Part III’ (2015-2019)")
¶ ¶ Stream the mix while you read; download at the bottom of this post. ¶ ‘Old Souls Part III‘ is a celebration ..
![[The Future] – ‘Old Souls Part II’ (2015-2018)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.commusicophilia_00_various_-f5efa107bbb7471f7f883af44fb5725508f77968-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.ebVJB1e1-r.jpg "[The Future] – ‘Old Souls Part II’ (2015-2018)")
¶ ¶ Stream the mix while you read; download at the bottom of this post. ¶ ‘Old Souls Part II‘ continues the first ..
![[Year-End] – ‘The Fire’ (2018)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comthe-fire_v01a-816304cffdf68d6ab1e704df9ddc9b959905f678-250x250.jpg "[Year-End] – ‘The Fire’ (2018)")
¶ ¶ Stream the mix while you read; download at the bottom of this post. ¶ As you might guess if you’ve listened to many ..
![[Post-Punk] – ‘Post-Punk For Kids’ (1978-1984)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com00_main-cover-1d841d641c06057ccbca5b9e325e52a8f650db7f-250x250.jpg "[Post-Punk] – ‘Post-Punk For Kids’ (1978-1984)")
¶ ¶ Stream the mixes while you read; download at the bottom of this post. ¶ Musicophilia has tackled some very big Post-Punk ..
¶ ¶ Stream the mix while you read; download at the bottom of this post. ¶ The best music being made today is by young persons ..
![[Tribute to Brian Eno] – ‘Translucence’ (1974-2018)](/wp-content/uploads/www.punkmusic.netmusicophilia.files_.wordp-b93ad3118fe840f800144446d1aa5e243060ff77-250x250.jpg "[Tribute to Brian Eno] – ‘Translucence’ (1974-2018)")
¶ ¶ ¶ Brian Eno is a non-musicians’ musician. Through his wildly rich and varied body of work as a maker and shaper ..
![[Tribute] – ‘Nocturnes’ (1969-2017)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comnocturnes_v01a-52eb08e0ad674926bf30862966ab85be846df4d3-250x250.jpg "[Tribute] – ‘Nocturnes’ (1969-2017)")
¶ ¶ ¶ I recently encountered the music of Serpentwithfeet (thanks to Bjork’s amazing Mixmag mix), and it spoke directly ..
![[Collection] – ‘Post-Punk: 2007/2017’ Box Set](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comdraft2_ppp-0717_sampler-c27addfcfc7b44c0a4ccd82a02bae2623c20eb7c-250x250.jpg "[Collection] – ‘Post-Punk: 2007/2017’ Box Set")
¶ ¶ (This stream is a 1-hour sampler of the full box set. Full streams and download below.) ¶ A month ago, I published ..
![[Post Post-Punk] – ‘Evensong’ (1985-1995)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.commusicophilia_00_various_-1465e0ed3910685f5a93220f8840cf76c81545c2-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.o7fz3SF9Tm.jpg "[Post Post-Punk] – ‘Evensong’ (1985-1995)")
¶ ¶ [ ¶ ¶ ‘The Dawning,’ from November 2015, has remained one of my favorite Musicophilia mixes in the blog’s ..
![[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Son de L’Infini’ Volume 4 (1974-1980)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.commusicophilia_00_various_-9e371ba54ea7316e8cd811d651f5461add358453-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Son de L’Infini’ Volume 4 (1974-1980)")
¶ ¶ ‘Le Son de l’Infini’ has been spinning in the back of my mind for a long time, each of these tracks mentally ..
![[Musique Du Monde] – ‘Le Monde du Funk ’82’ (1980-1982)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.commusicophilia_00_le-monde-84348f010403fcfd4f5fa5e8e32c45b6c1988ee3-250x250.jpg "[Musique Du Monde] – ‘Le Monde du Funk ’82’ (1980-1982)")
¶ ¶ The next volume in the ‘Le Monde du Funk’ series links the blissful sounds of the mid-70s on ‘Volume 9‘ ..
![[Collection] – The Sensory Replication Series (8 Mixes, 2004-2014)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.commusicophilia_sensory-repl-aef1870a35aeadbd57c370f69c6e02ffb1d515f4-250x250.gif.pagespeed.ic.7EDMhW4D3P.jpg "[Collection] – The Sensory Replication Series (8 Mixes, 2004-2014)")
¶ ¶ Following up on the collected ‘1981’ mixes, this is the second in a series of Musicophilia collections that gather ..
![[Post-Punk] – ‘1981’ Complete Collection including the ‘Briefcase’](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.com1981_all-mixes_animated-g-3ccb52d1f596d726b97cb0df202d8d4e0836c83c-250x250.gif.pagespeed.ic.BibwdohumQ.png "[Post-Punk] – ‘1981’ Complete Collection including the ‘Briefcase’")
¶ ‘1981‘ was the undertaking that started ‘Musicophilia,’ in that it’s what pushed me from making tossed-off ..
![[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Monde du Funk ’85’ (1983-1985)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.commusicophilia_00_various_-bf815225bbee979433c4fa5dacf56f52188cc6e7-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Monde du Funk ’85’ (1983-1985)")
¶ ¶ Last year’s ‘Le Monde du Funk Vol. 9‘ explored funk, jazz/fusion, R&B, pop and art rock in the mid to late ..
![[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Monde du Funk’ (1973-1977)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.commusicophilia_00_le-monde-5ae3dd19cea81f93f27d3363b8a10ba1c27457f9-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Monde du Funk’ (1973-1977)")
¶ ¶ Just in time to say goodbye to a year that has seemed like an endless winter, here’s a little summer sunshine. ..
![[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’. ..
![[Post Post-Punk] – ‘The Dawning’ (1981-1989)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.commusicophilia_00_various_-56bc1c75b18d843fb25f13d557a2d6388979d843-250x250.jpg "[Post Post-Punk] – ‘The Dawning’ (1981-1989)")
¶ ¶ As autumn becomes winter, here’s a new mix that’s been slowly percolating for the last couple months. It follows ..
![[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 ..
![[Sensory Replication Series] – ‘The Depths’ – (1971-2013)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.comthe-depths_v011-73396df09741efc422a207f83ddf51cb211056b2-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.TryWUo-yOn.jpg "[Sensory Replication Series] – ‘The Depths’ – (1971-2013)")
¶ ¶ Continuing the tradition of Musicophilia’s most adventurous (and admittedly, least popular) mixes, the ‘Sensory ..
![[Post Post-Punk] – ‘Circuits’ – (1983-2013)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com00_various_-_circuits_198-ad901d2a080c65e2efd887bf2ccf67cb9e00d532-250x250.jpg "[Post Post-Punk] – ‘Circuits’ – (1983-2013)")
¶ ¶ Tracklist, stream and download after the “more…” link. Rather just let the music do the talking on this ..
![[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Nouveau Son’ – Vol. 4 (1969-1976)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com00_le-nouveau-son_volume-a89a6e67e8dfb53e7f0a8bbed453ead84bad3c7e-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Nouveau Son’ – Vol. 4 (1969-1976)")
¶ ¶ ¶ On my latest trip to Paris, in a little hole-in-the-wall in the Montparnasse, I chanced upon another forgotten compilation ..
![[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‘) ..
![[1981] – 10 Year Anniversary!](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com1981_reversed_feet-53c8512511a21910be262c14f46eaf7cdb4c5444-250x250.jpg "[1981] – 10 Year Anniversary!")
¶ ¶ Ten years ago this month, I started making the first mix that grew into three that grew into the nine-disc physical ‘1981’ ..
![[One-Off] – ‘The Gold and the Silver Dream’ (1971-1982) (After Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories’)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.com00_musicophlia_-_various_-9c29fc1e4cdbea92207393662c6cf1cb43247b77-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.EjAEHXo1e5.jpg "[One-Off] – ‘The Gold and the Silver Dream’ (1971-1982) (After Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories’)")
¶ ¶ Hello! Musicophilia is at this point mostly a memory–but it’s back from the dead, at least for a little ..
![[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 ..
![[Year-End] – ‘A Year in the Light’ (2010)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder-976f72abf73bbb002152bcba3c775594ab075a8f-250x250.jpg "[Year-End] – ‘A Year in the Light’ (2010)")
¶ ¶ ‘A Year in the Light’ began as the 2010 installment of the ‘Get Off My Lawn‘ series, but ended up as something ..
![[1981] – ‘Ice’ Mix (2005)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.com1981-ice-f7c4be8a92e5794e40913d546c5af7d03bd858b5-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.WPmnYF4zhE.jpg "[1981] – ‘Ice’ Mix (2005)")
¶ ¶ Superficially, the ‘1981‘ box set tells the story of just one year; not even really the whole year, but one year ..
![[1981] – ‘Amplifier’ Mix (2005)](/wp-content/uploads/i0.wp.com3076820555_a731cf0a0d-8a1741b0d485026c37beb6079fa9de2c32e0b7a4-250x250.jpg "[1981] – ‘Amplifier’ Mix (2005)")
¶ ¶ This is the fourth posted mix from the 10-disc, 400+ band ‘1981’ Box Set I put together in 2004-2005. (For ..
![[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 ..
![[Singer-Songwriter] – ‘His Heart Had Six Strings,’ Vol. 1 (1968-1977)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder-35a9204564bced14bd5be808cb22dc8487367832-250x250.jpg "[Singer-Songwriter] – ‘His Heart Had Six Strings,’ Vol. 1 (1968-1977)")
¶ ¶ Say the words “singer-songwriter” to some music geeks, and you may induce a Pavlovian cringe. It’s ..
![[Decade-End] – ‘A Decade in the Dark’ (2000-2009)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder1-1fb0b0f942782fbbef9db4a9620ceb3367dc0e24-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.g4vk8RlMwf.jpg "[Decade-End] – ‘A Decade in the Dark’ (2000-2009)")
¶ ¶ Ten years out from 2019, it’s pretty clear ‘Blade Runner‘ was a little off the mark in terms of flying cars, ..
![[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Mystère de la Musique,’ Volume Three (1972-1977)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder3-af185fc78ce65acea7f82152cbf668778e07a8da-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Mystère de la Musique,’ Volume Three (1972-1977)")
¶ ¶ http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/696762/Musicophilia-Daily/Musicophilia-Demos/Axelrod%2C%20David%20-%2008%20-%20Everything%20Counts%20%281975%29.mp3 ..
![[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Mystère de la Musique,’ Volume Two (1974-1977)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder1-49ed16d8f83e00aaea45b16d7e05893b8fc25f18-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Mystère de la Musique,’ Volume Two (1974-1977)")
¶ ¶ http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/696762/Musicophilia-Daily/2009-09/Furey%2C%20Lewis%20-%20Last%20Night%20%281975%29.mp3 Following ..
![[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Mystère de la Musique,’ Volume One (1973-1977)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder-7caf9b5c6d8e603a8ad3f9c5bb4f47bf885600e8-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Mystère de la Musique,’ Volume One (1973-1977)")
¶ ¶ http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/696762/Musicophilia-Daily/2009-08/Texier%2C%20Henri%20-%20Le%20Piroguier%20%281976%29%20%28V-9%29.mp3 ..
![[Musicophilia] – Visual Mix Index](/wp-content/uploads/i0.wp.com2904718918_d852443850-1458ebecf76d47fc7c8b9f76157dc918c52a8d6b-250x250.jpg "[Musicophilia] – Visual Mix Index")
Musicophilia’s 1st birthday is coming up soon, and by then the blog will feature over 50 mixes! In order to make them easier to find, ..
![[Guest Mix] – ‘Afternöön Röck Blöck,’ Mixed by The Harvey Girls (2009)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comafternoon-rockblock-cover-817356b594876e9ab94afb9839a4ca7577673ce6-250x250.jpg "[Guest Mix] – ‘Afternöön Röck Blöck,’ Mixed by The Harvey Girls (2009)")
¶ ¶ After a long absence from Musicophilia, I’m very happy to be (almost) fully back to my normal geeky self. To kick ..
![[Guest-Mix] – ‘Somniloquies’ (1931-2009) [By Love, Execution Style]](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder1-d629a5111b95c5e21d6a24ab7884bc429b5b57b0-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.dZZF1R3CIe.jpg "[Guest-Mix] – ‘Somniloquies’ (1931-2009) [By Love, Execution Style]")
¶ ¶ Today I’m very happy to present ‘Somniloquies,’ mixed by our fourth guest contributor, the sound-obsessed ..
![[Guest-Mix] – ‘Good Morning,’ Mixed by The Harvey Girls (2009)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder-f086c4aac97d9d59ef299d93aa2c1472e537abad-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.KTiGIzmbiF.jpg "[Guest-Mix] – ‘Good Morning,’ Mixed by The Harvey Girls (2009)")
¶ ¶ I’m pleased to present ‘Good Morning,’ Musicophilia’s third guest mix (with several more soon to come). ..
![[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 ..
![[One-off] – Can – ‘The Church of Latter-Day Can, Book One’ (1975-1979)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comcan-2-eb61596fbfd88e756c05e5987f5b401ab68527e0-250x250.jpg "[One-off] – Can – ‘The Church of Latter-Day Can, Book One’ (1975-1979)")
¶ ¶ If you’re listening here at Musicophilia, odds are you’re a devotee of Can’s early records. But the ‘received ..
![[1981] – ‘Briefcase, Volume 2’ (2005)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com1981_briefcase-small-e52fb2106f66ff147bb8fc50427550418ed7e5f1-250x250.jpg "[1981] – ‘Briefcase, Volume 2’ (2005)")
¶ ¶ As you hopefully know, the principle nine mixes from the ‘1981’ Box Set are all now available for download here ..
![[Miniatures Series] – ‘Les Miniatures, Volume 14’ (1972-1975)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.comles-miniatures-volume-14-8d075a114b49243121348281d9f841f85f064539-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.CSufFkrtHc.jpg "[Miniatures Series] – ‘Les Miniatures, Volume 14’ (1972-1975)")
¶ ¶ After an unintended hiatus, Musicophilia’s “reissues” of the Musique du Monde label are back, with the first ..
![[1981] – ‘Fire’ Mix (2005)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com1981-fire-92df69c07a272239086b47317a83b539f97e2caf-250x250.jpg "[1981] – ‘Fire’ Mix (2005)")
¶ ¶ One element of post-punk that’s generally overlooked in the prevailing narratives (grey overcoats, “art school,” ..
![[Guest-Mix] – ‘Spring2009Mix’ (By Richard)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com00_various_-_spring2009mi-73eb8bb8376eecc2bf3219aa4e34879f371db2f7-250x250.jpg "[Guest-Mix] – ‘Spring2009Mix’ (By Richard)")
¶ ¶ And now, as they say, for something completely different: Musicophilia’s 2nd guest-mix, graciously crafted and contributed ..
![[1981] – ‘How To Say 1981 In German’ (2005)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comhow-to-say-1981-in-german-1ec10370fd0abcfc14a86394040d3c8ca99108e9-250x250.jpg "[1981] – ‘How To Say 1981 In German’ (2005)")
¶ ¶ ‘How to Say 1981 in German‘ is a Musicophilia’s first “addendum mix” to the ‘1981’ ..
![[One-Off] – ‘Electromance’ (1969-2006)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comelectromance1-761b585a8978205a95f20a3ced0f47f27efb6610-250x250.jpg "[One-Off] – ‘Electromance’ (1969-2006)")
¶ ¶ Ah, the teenage rite of passage known as “the crush mix”. Those doting collections of indie-pop/indie-folk ..
![[Update] – Musicophilia Daily Week One Sampler (March 2009)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com00_various_-_musicophilia-aaf0bf26b22ff334e4006667105976f22949eb39-250x250.jpg "[Update] – Musicophilia Daily Week One Sampler (March 2009)")
¶ ¶ In case you haven’t yet had the chance to check out Musicophilia‘s new sister-blog, Musicophilia Daily, here’s ..
![[Blog Swap] – ‘Human Heads’ (Mixed by Ettiem)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com00_various_-_human-heads_-76b8fe9fbf19262abe0d4027648a6d5c9066b4df-250x242.jpg "[Blog Swap] – ‘Human Heads’ (Mixed by Ettiem)")
¶ ¶ Following my contribution from last week, ‘Tall Stories of Evil Gris-Gris,’ I’m proud to bring you the second ..
![[Sensory Replication No. 1] – ‘Adrift’ (1969-2001)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comsensory-replication-serie-5ee33d7eadd6b2b851f99e3fd12ae39a2c860aad-250x250.jpg "[Sensory Replication No. 1] – ‘Adrift’ (1969-2001)")
¶ ¶ I think I’ve been a non-practicing producer since I got my first pair of headphones: I’ve always been pulled ..
![[Blog Swap] – ‘Tall Stories of Evil Gris-Gris’ (1915-2007)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comsensory-replication-serie-afa10bca23c5c1995fe20475fb90792200684133-250x250.jpg "[Blog Swap] – ‘Tall Stories of Evil Gris-Gris’ (1915-2007)")
¶ ¶ [NOTE: This mix is now available to download from Musicophilia here.] Musicophilia is happy to announce a first with this ..