Centred (the humming of the strings and the spacing of the spheres)

Artist Song
Arab Strap  Loch Leven (Monday At The Hug And Pint, 2003) 
Iron And Wine  Such Great Heights (The Postal Service: Such Great Heights [single], 2003) 
My Morning Jacket  If It Smashes Down (At Dawn, 2001) 
Azure Ray  November (November, 2002) 
Cibo Matto  Sugar Water (Viva! La Woman, 1996) 
Laika  King Sleepy (wherever i am i am what is missing, 2003) 
The Durutti Column  Otis (The Guitar And Other Machines, 1988) 
The Stranglers  Golden Brown (La Folie, 1981) 
Tommy James and The Shondells  Crimson And Clover (Crimson And Clover, 1968) 
Califone  Beneath The Yachtsman (Califone [EP], 2000) 
Slowdive  Melon Yellow (Souvlaki, 1993) 
Ralph Stanley  O Death (Music From The Motion Picture "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", 2000) 
Robert Wyatt  Shipbuilding (Compilation, 1990) 
Explosions In The Sky  Remember Me As A Time Of Day (How Strange, Innocence, 2005) 
Goldfrapp  Utopia [Tarwater remix] (Felt Mountain [special edition], 2001) 
James Iha  Falling (Be Strong Now, 1998) 
Snow Patrol  Velocity Girl (Songs For Polar Bears, 1998) 
Super Furry Animals  Some Things Come From Nothing (Guerilla, 1999) 

Comment:

I've filed this under "ambient", but, while I was going for an overall calming atmosphere, I suppose that not all of these tracks are chilled in the strictest sense of the word. Basically, the mix consists of music that just sounds "right" - very centred, structured and knows where it's going and what it's doing - deliberate but not too dense or "difficult" - and most of the songs have interesting harmonies, or very laid-back melodies. Pythagoras was right, you know.
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McDonald12
Date: 3/11/2004
lovely stuff. A mix of the known and unknown.
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Dead Heaven
Date: 3/11/2004
valis stole my quote.. good stuff, great concept!
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French Connection
Date: 3/11/2004
Gorgeous, love the Durutti Column. Put me out of my misery, What's the hidden track on the mix you sent me?
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Sean Lally
Date: 3/12/2004
WOW. Goldfrapp.... yeah! And Explosions, too.... I'd love to hear this.
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g.a.b. l@bs
Date: 3/12/2004
Hush: be still my ambient heart...looks wonderful (and that's not just some
theory)


Pythagoras indeed..!
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French Connection
Date: 3/12/2004
Congrats on the MOTW accolade.
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Curtis_Burns
Date: 3/12/2004
Beautiful. 'Specially the stretch from VU to Wyatt and most especially the Stanley -> Wyatt pairing. Congrats on MotW.
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TheKeenGuy (Patrick C. Taylor)
Date: 3/12/2004
Iron & Wine and Snow Patrol. Yay!
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Luke Robbins1
Date: 3/12/2004
''%'+,/ or in english GREAT!
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Adam Bristor
Date: 3/12/2004
Congrats. This looks pretty cool.
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G-Sphere
Date: 3/12/2004
Congrats on MOTW. A very cool mix. So many great picks.
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Rob Conroy
Date: 3/13/2004
This looks good. I've never checked out your stuff before, so I'll do so soon.
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yertle-the-turtle
Date: 3/13/2004
congratulations!
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DJ Usurp
Date: 3/13/2004
This is outstanding. Congratulations to you, and salutations to the MotW editor.
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Bear
Date: 3/14/2004
Don't know all of this, but thinking about The Stranglers and SFA I think I know what you mean. Nice work!
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wagonhistory
Date: 3/14/2004
very nice! some of my favorites on this.
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Luke Robbins1
Date: 3/14/2004
Awesome mix. Nice songs from the super furry animals and Califone.
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TheoT
Date: 3/15/2004
love the arab strap, iron & wine, morning jacket,EITS, and especially the stranglers and slowdive picks. lovely.
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jay78
Date: 3/15/2004
A very cool selection
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p the swede
Date: 3/15/2004
congrats to a very well deserved mix of the week
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KatyL
Date: 3/15/2004
i LOVE Cibo Matto! Congrats on MOTW! This definitely deserves it.
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EL DAVO
Date: 3/16/2004
Wow, haven't heard from Velocity Girl forever, and Laika--makes me wonder whatever happened to the whole "trip-hop" thing...very nice!
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seem i a saint
Date: 3/16/2004
spectacular.
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Lazy line painter Jane
Date: 3/17/2004
Ever seen the Sugar water video? It's pretty crazy...
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Chris James1
Date: 4/18/2004
hiya siobhan, sorry but i completely missed this before. many congratulations. do you get a trophy or anything for motw? ;) anyway, dont suppose you'd be up for another trade????
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theACF
Date: 4/23/2004
Looks great. I don't recognize all of the titles, but I know a lot of the bands. Great to see Vini included in there. Trade sometime? Cheers! Brent
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Chris James1
Date: 5/8/2004
hi siobhan, i got this t'other day and have been giving it a lot of time. its fab, thanks again x