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In The Deck
In The Deck allows me to give you some idea of the type of music I like, while staying current and avoiding a lengthy itemization. Here is a listing of the five disks that are currently in my home cd-changer, as well as the in-dash player in my car. Ill try to update this every coupla weeks or so.
Updated January 26, 2000:
In CD Changer:
The Sex Disks©. (Late one recent Saturday, after the bar closed and -- much to my pleasant surprise -- the party moved back to my place, I had an opportunity to fill the player with my favorite sex music and set the deck on shuffle. BTW: Enigma really should be in this group, but I couldn't locate the disk immediately, and needed to move on to other things.)
- Strange Cargos - William Orbit
This is a greatest hits, but I really could have selected any William Orbit, for that matter. If youre only familiar with his more recent production work with Madonna, you should pick up any one of the Strange Cargo disks and give a listen to his more atmospheric stuff. I absolutely love it.
- Temperamental - Everything But The Girl
Is there any situation in which this disk doesnt fit? I think not. Intriguing structure, lyrically rich and shimmering with Tracy Thorns vocals... it especially excels as a post-bar wind down adjunct. Oh... and you can fuck to it.
- The Mask and The Mirror - Loreena McKennitt
My personal McKennitt favorite, although each disk shes released is fabulous. Great during sex, or when camping outdoors, or when stoned, or on headphones, or...
- Enya - Enya
Again, my favorite disk from someone whose entire catalog is superb. I know that Enya has become something of a cliché as sunday-morning-brunch-with-quiche-and-a-nice-dry-chardonay music, but Ive always been a big fan and always will be. So there.
- Deep Forest - Deep Forest
The first one. (I hated the second one. They shoulda stuck to sampling natives and shamelessly ripping off other cultures, IMHO.) Songs like Sweet Lullaby have a way of communicating on a visceral level and transcending language. Oh... and you can fuck to it.
In the Car Deck:
- Midnight Vultures - Beck
Dare I say it? Could this be the funky-sexy-freaky-groovy Party Album for the new millennium? Take a healthy dose of Rick James, add a bit of Prince, toss in a smattering of Kraftwerk, season with some Jimi Hendrix... and remix. But, a question: Is he celebrating the art form, or parodying it?
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