![[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 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 ..
![[One-Off] – ‘The Gold and the Silver Dream’ (1971-1982) (After Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories’)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com00_musicophlia_-_various_-9c29fc1e4cdbea92207393662c6cf1cb43247b77-250x250.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 ..
![[Decade-End] – ‘A Decade in the Dark’ (2000-2009)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder1-1fb0b0f942782fbbef9db4a9620ceb3367dc0e24-250x250.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, ..
![[Full Album] – Phantom Band (with Jaki Liebezeit) – ‘Phantom Band’ (1980)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder1-ea0058f10a84cda68e2d6375c84ea079c9a9fb02.jpg.pagespeed.ic.MgK65eXhtl.jpg "[Full Album] – Phantom Band (with Jaki Liebezeit) – ‘Phantom Band’ (1980)")
¶ ¶ [UPDATE: Great news–the album is set to be reissued in 2010 on the Bureau B label (home of Faust, Cluster, Wolfgang ..
![[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 ..
![[Full Album] – Chalsa Nepal – ‘Let Them See’ (1983)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comchalsa-nepal_let-them-see-4fce934667ee0e06e00f7fde2706fa8aa51c1916-250x250.jpg "[Full Album] – Chalsa Nepal – ‘Let Them See’ (1983)")
¶ ¶ A Musicophilia first: sharing an utterly out-of-print album in full! I’ve scoured the internet, including the encyclopedic ..
![[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] – ‘Computer’ Mix (2005)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com1981-computer1-ec99fe3d63dc0e20ab04b06725beeab297e57605-250x250.jpg "[1981] – ‘Computer’ Mix (2005)")
¶ ¶ As exciting as it must have felt if you were in the right place with the right people in 1981, my guess is that within a couple ..
![[Women of Post-Punk] ‘The Young Lady’s Post-Punk Handbook, Vol. 1’](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comthe-young-ladys-post-punk-3495eb60764da1e37e4654ac2082a03bcf81f8d2-250x250.jpg "[Women of Post-Punk] ‘The Young Lady’s Post-Punk Handbook, Vol. 1’")
¶ ¶ The first mix of a three-part series, Volume 1 of ‘The Young Lady’s Post-Punk Handbook’ is Musicophilia’s ..
![[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 12’ (1971-1975)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comles-miniatures_volume12_f-3dd1024e4f594b089475e140f8cb4764b74f2664-250x250.jpg "[Miniatures Series] – ‘Les Miniatures, Volume 12’ (1971-1975)")
¶ ¶ ‘Les Miniatures’ is a new series of mixes combining the methodology of the ‘Miniatures’ series— ..
![[1981] – ‘Convertible’ Mix (2005)](/wp-content/uploads/i0.wp.com2988481177_0e8cee6c34-329cab2e5be854c6cc069031d1217ab2435041ba-3-250x250.jpg "[1981] – ‘Convertible’ Mix (2005)")
¶ ¶ The second posted mix from the ‘1981′ box set, the ‘Convertible’ compilation showcases a side of the post-punk ..
![[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, ..