Ed's Playlists.
Ed's Playlists.
Some of my playlists in case you are bored and want to listen to something or just want to judge me for my poor taste. I couldn't find a better way to share them in one go.
Warning: I didn't create them for sharing, so I am not sure what you'll make of them.
You can find my music profiles here:
YouTube Music (I tend to use this the most these days - has so much 90s vinyl/CD stuff you can't find anywhere else)
Spotify (disclaimer: mostly reflects shared/family usage on Sonos, Google Home and Android Auto)
Bandcamp (my fave for discovering new things)
Soundcloud (dormant/archived/weird)
Drum & Bass. Remembered from UK nightclubs & festivals 1995-1999 and found via DJ sets uploaded to YouTube. Play Loud, on speakers that can handle sub bass.
Big Beat, Acid House, Squawky TB-303 rave noises old and new (late 80s onwards)
Afrobeat and Nigerian stuff I like. Mostly "things that Tony Allen played on"
The Trip music from the late night, late 90s Channel 4 TV series that played ambient & glitchy electronic music over old NASA footage (YouTube video playlist here)
Teen Age Riot a big bucket of alternative, indie, punk, garage sounds from my formative late teenage years, designed to be shuffled and dipped into.
Concentrate music for when I need to concentrate on things.
Meditative sounds for spacing out to.
Electric Miles. One thing I hate about streaming services is they cannot cope with artists that have prolific output, especially zillions of dodgy bootlegs and re-releases and barrel scraping compilations, e.g. Miles Davis. I only like his electric/fusion stuff 1969-1975 so I made a list.
Space Jazz. Spiritual, cosmic jazz sounds to play as you look out of your spacecraft window on those long interplanetary transits.
Indian Classical, inspired by my late dad's record collection from his times in Mumbai & Delhi in the late 1960s, plus a few I have discovered.
Indie Dance. Indie guitar bands who crossed over during the rave era (1988-1995 I suppose) , or dance bands with indie collaborators
Vegetables. Songs about vegetables. I will not be taking questions.
Sunshine. Songs about the sun. This sort of thing helps me discover new music as I search by a specific word rather than for something I know or think I'll like.
Reggae & Dub. Genres I know little about and came to very late but some tunes that I really like.
Anthem Sprinters. Music to rapidly exit a venue to, e.g. when getting off the train in London and heading to the tube. Ideally 3 minutes long, fast and loud or energetic. Inspired by the Ray Bradbury story of the Dublin cinema goers who raced each other to leave before the national anthem had finished.
Sampled by the Beastie Boys. I thought it'd be a good way to make an eclectic mix. It kind of was. I used the Who Sampled app to find the tracks.
Sampled by the Prodigy. Same.
Sad. Heartbreakingly sad music to listen to in the dark, with the central heating on, as it rains outside, in a British city in winter.
First Ladies of Country. I am not a country music fan but these are such classic singalong tunes, most of which I remember from BBC Radio 2 in the 70s and 80s, but this particular compilation is the track list of a cassette I bought in a jumble sale.
LTJ Bukem - Mixmag Live. Perfect 1995 era "intelligent" drum & bass as it was known then. Heavily edited on YouTube Music unfortunately Soundcloud YouTube Music
Chemical Brothers - Brothers Gonna Work It Out YouTube Music. Featuring their incredible remix of Spiritualized's "Think I'm In Love"
Coldcut: Journeys by DJ - YouTube Music
Aphex Twin - Supreme mixtape "[mostly mellow]" - YouTube Music
The 1970s: we had no TV. Evening entertainment was Beatles records, the Goon Show and Ivor Cutler's Dandruff LP
1979: My mum bought me "I Don't Like Mondays" by the Boomtown Rats and "Oliver's Army" by Elvis Costello on 7"
early 1980s: taping the top 40 for Level 42 and Eurythmics, raiding my brother's vinyl and cassette collection for Dire Straits & Queen. Being really into Huey Lewis and The News.
1987: buying the Pink Floyd 'Wish You Were Here' poster in Athena in Wimbledon, discovering it was an album cover, buying the album, then buying all their albums
1988: my mate Neil let me listen to the music on his Walkman. It was "Live After Death" by Iron Maiden.
my first gigs. Pink Floyd at Wembley Stadium. Metallica at Hammersmith Odeon.
1989: hearing Spacemen 3 ('The Perfect Prescription') and Sonic Youth ('Daydream Nation'). Someone saying 'if you like that you'll like the Velvet Underground'. Searching for the bands covered by Spacemen 3: MC5, Sun Ra, The Stooges, 13th Floor Elevators, Suicide. Usually in Vinyl Experience in Camden Town.
Seeing Spacemen 3 live. Unlike anything I've seen before or since.
1990. Indie gigs in London, Uncle Bulgaria's Punk Disco at the William Morris Club in Wimbledon
1991-1994: student days in Manchester. Gigs every week and the best music nightclub scene ever. Highlights: The Fall hanging around in student bars. Nirvana just as they were breaking through. Dancing to The Stooges during a House night at The Hacienda.
My first experience of trance, techno, acid house, dub and rave culture at the regular Club Dog "Megadog" nights
1996: hearing Drum & Bass for the first time in Rhythm records, Camden. Specifically "Understanding" by Tango, from the Revolutionary Generation compilation. Mind blown.
Seeing The Prodigy live. And the Chemical Brothers. And then The Prodigy supported by the Chemical Brothers.
1997: Ravi Shankar live at the Barbican accompanied by Anoushka Shankar. George Harrison sat in front of us.