Music As Wallpaper - Background Music For the Forefront
Never one to use “background music” as a derogatory term, the notion that inconspicuous music is somehow less crucial than that which makes its presence more forcefully known is like suggesting that words spoken with a whisper are invariably inferior to those cast with a scream. Background music is like wallpaper, it surrounds us and defines our environment. It reminds us of where we are welcome and tells us when we are not. It’s no more or less significant than the sight of a setting sun, or the smell of the air as summer fades to black.
Track List
V - Untitled II
Blue Daisy X Unknown Shapes - Insomniac Love
Mister Lies - Dionysian
Usher - Climax (WIK2N Remix)
How To Dress Well - When I Was In Trouble
Holy Other - U Now
Mark Wundercastle - That Jump, Keep It Up
PFM - One and Only
The Drum - BZE (Newport Remix)
Maxwell - Submerge: Til We Become the Sun
Supreme Cuts - Jacy
Shai - If I Ever Fall In Love (Remix)
Barker & Baumecker
Praslesh - Ambitime
Future Sound of London - Papau New Guinea (Dumb Child of Q Mix)
Tricky - Aftermath
Global Communication - 9.25
F.U.S.E. - A New Day
Dntel - Mission
Cream Dream - Jungle Master
The Herbaliser - Forty Winks
DJ Krush - What’s Behind the Darkness
The Field - Then It’s White (Mohn Mix)
Taragana Pyjarama - Growing Forehead
Panabrite - Spetses
Cabaal - Maya
William Basinski - dp 1.3
Sam Dees - Heritage of a Black Man
For Those Who Forget How I Used to Love Silence
While we mostly crave some force of personality from our music, from the soul song that councils you through heartbreak the way bartenders only do in the movies, to the dance song that gets the party started like the reckless friend who makes the night magical, but is best avoided during the day, sometimes the requirement of sound is simply to fill in blank spaces, and to cancel out the din of this unnatural world.
Track List
King Krule - Alone, Omen 3
Jac Berrocal David Fenech Vincent Epplay - Fuis Le Feu
Neutral - A°r
Mogwai - Punk Rock:
SQUID - Global Groove
Dennis Olivieri - I Cry In the Morning
DJ Harvey - Big Frizz
Panbers - Haai
Wau Wau Collectif - Mouhamodou Lo and This Children
M. Caye Casagnetto - Leap Second
Moin - Stacie
Gunn-Truscinski Duo - Distance
illuminati hotties - Growth
Horsegirl8 - Ballroom Dance Scene
Sonic Youth - Razor Blue
That Dog - Side Part
Black Box Recorder - Swinging
The Cardigans - Gordon’s Garden Party
Kate Davis - True Love Will Find You in the End
Budgie - You Know I’ll Always Love You
Alex Mass - Special
Blur - Far Out
Tatsuro Yamashita - Candy
Aphrodite’s Child - Seven Bowls
The Band - I Shall Be Released
