#2000s downtempo

[phonographica]

Funki Porcini - Fast Asleep (2002)

[thisisrealy2kok]

Abakus - That Much Closer To The Sun (2004)

[haveyouheardthisband]

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Since I Left You • Stay Another Season • Radio • Two Hearts In 3/4 Time • Avalanche Rock • Flight Tonight • Close To You • Diners Only • A Different Feeling • Electricity • Tonight • Pablo's Cruise • Frontier Psychiatrist • Etoh • Summer Crane • Little Journey • Live At Dominoes • Extra Kings

Due to this album having several variations of each song differing from release to release, we've opted to include the Discogs link for this specific variant of the album. The Spotify and Youtube links below are for the 20th Anniversary version of the album.

Spotify ♪ Discogs ♪ YouTube

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: March 25, 2002

Lyrics:

A new day has come

A new day has come

I was waiting for so long

For a miracle to come

Everyone told me to be strong

Hold on and don't shed a tear

Through the darkness and good times

I knew I'd make it through

And the world thought I had it all

But I was waiting for you

Hush, now

I see a light in the sky

Oh, it's almost blinding me

I can't believe I've been touched by an angel with love

Let the rain come down and wash away my tears

Let it fill my soul and drown my fears (drown my fears)

Let it shatter the walls for a new sun

A new day has come

A new day has come

Where it was dark, now there's light

Where there was pain, now there's joy

Where there was weakness, I found my strength

All in the eyes of a boy

Hush, now

I see a light in the sky

Oh, it's almost blinding me

I can't believe I've been touched by an angel with love

Let the rain come down and wash away my tears

Let it fill my soul and drown my fears (drown my fears)

Let it shatter the walls for a new sun

A new day has come

A new day has come

Let the rain come down and wash away my tears

Let it fill my soul and drown my fears

Let it shatter the walls for a new sun

A new day has come

A new day has come

Songwriter:

Hush, now

I see a light in your eyes

All in the eyes of the boy (a new day)

I can't believe I've been touched by an angel with love (a new day)

I can't believe I've been touched by an angel with love (a new day)

Hush, now (a new day)

Rain come down (a new day)

The rain come down

Aldo Nova / Stephan Moccio

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Celine Dion

[fruitiermetrostation]

Abakus - We Share The Same Dreams (2008)

[randomvarious]

French Trip Hop Playlist

Well, folks, I'm a little annoyed here, because my general rule with these playlist posts is that a playlist needs to have at least 10 songs, and this one did have 10 songs at one point, but the powers that be at Spotify decided to remove a couple of them, and I can't replace them, so here I am posting a playlist that has under 10 songs ��.

But I've got an update for it that brings us back up to 9: Paris native Kid Loco's "Flyin' on 747," a sweet, dreamy, and silky cut that first appeared as the closing track on his own brilliant DJ-Kicks mix for German label !K7 in 1999. Most of that mix is super duper, out-of-its-mind stoned, but this tune in particular is just a very relaxing and head-nod-inducing, cinematic piece of late 90s string-keys-and-hand-drum chillout 😌. And it has a little turntablism on it too. Currently at over 2.55M plays.

Kid Loco - "Flyin' on 747"

And I added this same song to the YouTube version of this playlist too. Normally I have other songs to add to these YouTube versions that can't be found on Spotify, but none this week. However, the songs that were removed from the Spotify version are still on this YouTube one, so if you wanna hear a couple more dusted, molasses-slow gems from the great DJ Cam, or a sweet, trumpet-laced groove from a guy from Versailles named Bang Bang, who was in a high school band with the two guys who would go on to form Air as well as Alex Gopher, give it a listen!

And this playlist is also on YouTube Music.

So this little update brings us up to 9 songs that clock in at almost 50 minutes on Spotify, but over on YouTube, we now have 13 songs that clock in at a nice 69 minutes 😎.

And I have some more French trip hop playlists too, in case you want to get more specific:

1990s French Trip Hop: YouTube / YouTube Music Île-de-France Trip Hop: YouTube / YouTube Music 1990s Île-de-France Trip Hop: YouTube / YouTube Music Paris Trip Hop: YouTube / YouTube Music

Leaving electronic music for a while with these weekly playlist posts after this one. Next week we'll have 90s punk rock!

Enjoy!

More to come, eventually. Stay tuned!

Like what you hear? Follow me on Spotify and YouTube for more cool playlists and uploads!

[radiophd]

alias -- all things fixable

[kidpix-album-covers]

Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man in Babylon (2002)

[ruinedholograms]

Gaia: Selected Ambient & Downtempo Works (1996​-​2003)

[posthumanwanderings]

[ Zombie Virus (PS2) - Hospital Garage (Safe Room Theme) ]

[musicollage]

Helios — Caesura. 2008 : Type.

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[thisisrealy2kok]

A Guy Called Gerald - Essence (2000)

[haveyouheardthisband]

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Tracklist:

Test The Sound • Music Takes Me Up • Donkey Ride • Hairy Bumpercress • Whiplash • Nice Up The Function • Bang The Floor • Get On Down • Hold On • Give Up To Get • Kalimba • This Way • Stockport Carnival

Submitter's Note: Kalimba was famously included as a sample song in Windows 7, and chances are good that many of you will know it even if you don't immediately remember the name.

Spotify ♪ Bandcamp ♪ YouTube

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: May 9, 2005

Lyrics:

Feel good

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

City's breaking down on a camel's back

They just have to go, 'cause they don't know wack

So while you fill the streets, it's appealing to see

You won't get out the county, 'cause you're bad and free

You got a new horizon, it's ephemeral style

A melancholy town where we never smile

And all I wanna hear is the message beep

My dreams, they got a kissing

'Cause I don't get sleep, no

Windmill, windmill for the land

Turn forever hand in hand

Take it all in on your stride

It is ticking, falling down

Love forever, love is freely

Turned forever, you and me

Windmill, windmill for the land

Is everybody in?

Laughin' gas these hazmats, fast cats

Linin' 'em up like ass cracks

Play these ponies at the track

It's my chocolate attack

Shit, I'm steppin' in the heart of this here (yeah)

Care Bear rappin' in harder this year (yeah)

Watch me as I gravitate, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

Yo, we gon' ghost town this Motown

With yo' sound, you in the blink

Gon' bite the dust, can't fight with us

With yo' sound, you kill the Inc

So don't stop, get it, get it (get it)

Until you're cheddar headed

And watch the way I navigate

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

Windmill, windmill for the land

Turn forever hand in hand

Take it all in on your stride

It is ticking, falling down

Love forever, love is freely

Turned forever, you and me

Windmill, windmill for the land

Is everybody in?

Don't stop, get it, get it (sha, sha-ba-da)

Peep how your captain's in it (sha-ba-da-ca, feel good)

Steady, watch me navigate (sha, sha-ba-da)

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha (sha-ba-da-ca, feel good)

Don't stop, get it, get it (sha, sha-ba-da)

Peep how your captain's in it (sha-ba-da-ca, feel good)

Steady, watch me navigate (sha, sha-ba-da)

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha (sha-ba-da-ca, feel good)

Songwriter:

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good

Brian Burton / Damon Albarn / Dave Jolicouer

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Gorillaz