12 mixes taggedparanoia

17.03.12 08:00 p.m.

An imaginary soundtrack to the novel 1984 by George Orwell.

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A mix following the journey of a bad relationship: It starts with SECRETS which turn to PARANOIA, then leads to all kinds of LIES, the TRUTH gets out, then REGRET sets in and soon enough it becomes the PAST full of ex-lovers and their GHOSTS.

Running... biking... push-ups... push-downs... fleeing from evil government agents... Here's some music to accompany you while you flee. Aesop Rock, Akron/Family, St. Vincent... and more!

Something isn't quite right...

Radiohead, Portishead and Tyler, the Creator

Eight tracks including music by Easy Star All Stars, King Crimson, and Talking Heads.

Nine tracks including music by Alexander 'Skip' Spence, Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Belbury Poly.

9 tracks covering the topic of Paranoia..

Basel, April 16, 1943, Sandoz Laboratories. Dr Albert Hofmann was researching the properties of rye fungus, as a cure for migraine. During the afternoon he began to feel peculiar, and went home to lie down. “With eyes closed,” he wrote, “I perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colours.”

Unwittingly, Dr Hofmann had taken the first-ever acid trip.

67 years later, here's some historical perspective.

...Then paranoia, fear, insanity and finally complete and utter madness. A story of a man falling apart. Told in ten tracks with music by Ennio Morricone, Nine Inch Nails and Svartbag

No one said anything about sexy nurses. Get out of here, James.