Artist	Song
DJ Marianne La Ferrari	Vocal excerpt
The Bran Flakes	All the Frozen Moments
Ennio Morricone	Matto, Caldo, Soldi, Morto, Girotondo
The Beach Boys	Don't Talk
Piero Piccioni	Mr. Dante Fontana
Patrick Macnee & Honor Blackman	Kinky Boots
Unknown	Happy Feet
P.P. Roy	Like Wow
DJ Me DJ You	El Pollo Amante
DJ Food & Ken Nordine	The Ageing Young Rebel
Fantastic Plastic Machine (with Simon Fisher Turner)	Bossa for Jackie
High Llamas	Glide Time
Los Chicharrons	Conga Heaven, Bongo Hell
Ursula 1000	Pleasure Unit
Nicola Conte	Forma 2000
April March	Chick Habit
Montefiori Cocktail	Bolero + Bolero Bonus
Harpers Bizarre	Witchi Tai To
Gal Costa	Baby
Luke Vibert & BJ Cole	Fly Hawaii
Dudley Moore	The Millionaire
Ennio Morricone	The Sicilian Clan

Comment:

Luxuria Music was an online radio station with an emphasis on lounge, '60s go-go pop, lush film music, crime jazz, swanky modern party music, and a variety of other styles that met half-way between sophistication and kitsch. It was the brainchild of Peter Bonerz (son of Bob Newhart Show veteran Peter Bonerz), Chuck Kelley (curator of the Pulp Fiction soundtrack), and The Millionaire (the guitarist for Combustible Edison). Luxuria's heyday ran from 1999 to 2001, during which time it built a substantial community of listeners. Throughout the broadcast day, you could interact with the live DJs (many aspiring L.A. performers) through webcams and chat-rooms. In-studio appearances ranged from The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson to Steve Soderbergh's soundtrack composer Cliff Martinez. The station was based in Santa Monica and owned by Enigma Digital. After the Internet boom went bust, Enigma Digital was purchased by Clear Channel, who promptly pulled the plug, ending a very exciting and tasteful experiment in interactive online radio. Recently Luxuria Music has been resurrected in a more modest form -- check it out at www.luxuriamusic.com.

The selection on these CD mixes represents some of the songs that were in heavy rotation on the Luxuria playlist during the time that I was listening. Though I am missing a lot of Luxuria's signature songs because they're not in my collection, I tried to replicate the general feel and variety of the station.

(By the way, I am willing to trade CDs of these mixes via postal mail, provided you have some interesting mixes to offer in exchange.)

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