This week’s show spun off of my social media usage. I was reading my Google+ feed (you can find this show on Google+ if you’ve switched over. If you want to follow my personal brand of lifestyle, my personal profile can be found at gplus.to/achawleyisdead), and I caught a post from my editor over at Little Village about Enya. The song he posted was really pretty and very smooth. It reminded me of the good times that I always have while listening to the majesty that is Pure Moods. 

That was when this week’s show hit me: do a new version of Pure Moods. So, I did some research on New Age music. It was at this point that I realized that I don’t have too much of that. Rather than focusing on that sound, I wanted to take the idea of relaxation. I aimed to make a very relaxed, smooth show. I think that I did that by mixing a number of different sounds together and just grooving. I liked how this show actually came out in the end although it wasn’t nearly New Age-y enough.

Kraftwerk - Kometenmelodie 2 - Autobahn

Roy Orbison - In Dreams - The Essential Roy Orbison

Beach House - Turtle Island - Devotion

Donna Regina - Northern Classic - A Collection of Little Secrets

Michael Jackson - I Can’t Help It - Off The Wall

Astrud Gilberto - Non-stop to Brazil - The Silver Collection

Greyboy - Love f/ Nino Moschella - 15 Years of West Coast Cool

The Durutti Column - Buddhist Prayer - Vini Reilly

Les Hommes - Weegee - Les Hommes

St. Germain - Land Of… - Tourist

Kool & The Gang - Too Hot - Ladies’ Night

Federico Aubele - Lagrimas Viejas f/ Natalia Clavier - Berlin 13 (NEW)

Nightmares on Wax - Ethnic Majority - Carboot Soul

Alif Tree - Belle - Hotel Costes 9 (V/A)

Breakbeat Heartbeat - City Lights - Collective

DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World - …Endtroducing

Kraftwerk - Tanzmusik - Ralf & Florian

Sofa Surfers - Sofa Rockers - The K&D Sessions

Cocteau Twins - Fifty-fifty Clown - Heaven or Las Vegas

John Cale - Ship of Fools - Fear

Reading Rainbow - Let’s Dream Tonight - Prism Eyes

Francoise Hardy - La Nuit Est Sur La Ville - The Vogue Years

Jorge Ben - Xica Da Silva - Africa Brasil

Tom Ze - Barquinho Heroi f/ Monica Salmaso - Estudanto A Bossa

Neko Case - Magpie To The Morning - Middle Cyclone

Saint Etienne - Side Streets - Tales From Turnpike House

The Books - Tokyo - The Lemon of Pink

Nicola Conte - Il Chercio Rosso - Jet Sounds (which I erroneously announced as Il Chercio Fuoco, which is a portmanteau of two separate songs)

This coming week will signal the return of my apprentice Sydney. She’ll be spitting the auditory heat then. Until that time comes again, I’m out.