17 mixes with tracks by “modular”

TT: You just mispelled "more", causing me to suddenly understand jack everything.

Dirk Strider and his incapability to nevertheless bore me-- I'm on a horse. Time to get shitwrecked, child. (Art by http://a-box.tumblr.com.)

The very best early 90s Techno Classics.

One of my goals with this playlist is to introduce a variety of Spanish indie pop to an audience unfamiliar with the quality rhythms, melodies, and fun, tongue-in-cheek spirit that inhabits this particular niche. While most tracks come from Madrid-based record label Elefant, I’ve thrown in a few songs from the 80’s, during the up beat, celebratory, post-Franco era known as la movida. But what connect the songs aside from origin and genre are themes of liberation, escapism, and a bit of absurdity, all of which were prevalent in Spanish pop culture during the nation’s democratic re-birth. Thus, my second goal is to reveal an underlying tradition of producing enjoyable yet thoughtful Spanish-language pop songs.

More inspirations, a bit of shibuya-kei, and more recent stuff that I'm into.

Interpretations of classic tracks from Pattern is Movement, Sonic Youth, The Concretes and more.

Fourteen tracks including music by Yma Sumac, Les Baxter and Esquivel.

Nine tracks including music by Fitness Forever, France Gall, and Gal Costa & Caetano Veloso.

Eight tracks including music by Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear, and Is Tropical.

Eleven tracks including music by Astrud & Col·lectiu Brossa, Carlos Berlanga and Cola Jet Set.

Fifteen tracks including music by Anaïs Mitchell, Beirut, and Chris Pureka.

Eight tracks including music by Butter 08, Dr. John, and Ennio Morricone.

El Guincho, Gaby Kerpel, Mariana Baraj, Juan Cedrón y más.