I dreamed I had to take a test...
Episode description
The spoken word in music is a tricky thing. A lot of people really dislike it. And I totally get that. Most of the time I think it's distracting or annoying or cheesy. But obviously someone like Laurie Anderson is able to pull it off successfully. If I use a track with spoken word in an ambient mix it can ruin the mood so I decided to make an entire mix featuring tracks with spoken word.
What got me going on this mix was discovering an Eno EP from 2011. I was already familiar with his album, Drums Between The Bells, which features the poetry of Rick Holland. But I somehow missed the EP, Panic of Looking. As I listened to it for the first time I wondered if I could construct an entire mix based on spoken word tracks. There are tracks from both of the previously mention Eno albums and of course a few Laurie Anderson cuts. And I think the final result works pretty darn well.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Brian Eno - the real (Drums Between The Bells 2011)
- 06:42 Laurie Anderson - Tightrope (Bright Red 1994)
- 11:51 Blurry The Explorer - Orange Tree Fallen (Blurry The Explorer 2021)
- 16:02 Felicia Atkinson With Sylvain Chauveau - Aberdeen (Roman Anglais 2008)
- 20:02 Balmorhea - Day Dawns In Your Right Eye (The Wind 2021)
- 23:33 Ryuichi Sakamoto - life, life (Async 2017)
- 27:40 Laurie Anderson - World Without End (Bright Red 1994)
- 30:09 Just a Human & David Ignatow - Revive & The World is So Difficult to Give Up...
- 32:22 Brian Eno - fierce aisles of light (Drums Between The Bells 2011)
- 34:33 Kate Tempest - Hold Your Own (The Book Of Traps And Lessons 2019)
- 38:25 Erland Cooper - Noup Head (Hether Blether 2020)
- 41:57 Cassandra Jenkins - Hard Drive (An Overview on Phenomenal Nature 2021)
- 46:51 Laurie Anderson - I dreamed I had to take a test... (United States Live 1984)
- 47:58 Ryuichi Sakamoto - fullmoon (Async 2017)
- 52:42 Brian Eno - Not A Story (Panic Of Looking 2011)
- 53:45 Brian Eno - the airman (Drums Between The Bells 2011)
- 56:52 Laurie Anderson - Lighting Out for the Territories (United States Live 1984)
- 59:04 end