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Laura Mvula - Green Garden

Hail Summer. Barefoot queen of sun and sweat.

Audrey Hepburn - Moon River

Nina Simone - Who Knows Where The Time Goes

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin’ Else

This definitely “wins” as my study music for the evening. Excellent stuff. Mr. Davis and Mr. Blakey are, as might be expected, exceptional contributors.

Tip of the hat to Mr. Velvetant for the recommendation. I really like his blog. That is not a compliment. 

A FRIENDLY REMINDER!

Seal’s 1995 smash-hit “Kiss From a Rose” is basically an “homage” to the pre-Baroque folk “Romanesca” (examples here and here) … pulverized into the wretched shape of a sentimental pop ballad.

Further, the lyrics seem to directly appropriate and combine two of Shakespeare’s most famous piece of prose - “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18) and “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” (Romeo & Juliet). 

Lastly, the song owes its success to playing during the credits of Batman Forever - a schlocky morality play depicting a cadre of men in tights who quarrel. Also a car drive-flies up the side of a building and Jim Carey wears a tiara. 

THIS HAS BEEN A FRIENDLY REMINDER!

James Blake - Overgrown

Fit for a fever. A welcome addition to a rainy day.

OH GOD I’M DYING.

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Choros / 2011 / 13 min / HD / Stereo

Directed by Michael Langan and Terah Maher
Music by Steve Reich

this is AMAZING!

Woah!

Beautiful. For some reason after watching this I now have the urge to watch Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams.

I kicked off a dance resurgence in my life last night watching Pina. Thanks for providing the next jumping on point, tumblr friends.

A strange and powerful current is running through my body.

It feels foreign now but I can trace the imprint of its shape wrapped around my deep and buried child heart.

Instructional dance video for IDM kids.