And finally, a bit of actual Christmas music from the Greek Orthodox Church.
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[Music] Nat ‘King’ Cole – The Christmas Song
A perfect Christmas tune with Nat ‘King’ Cole.
[Music] Bing Crosby – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (1942)
Christmas in Beijing is currently 62 minutes away. We celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, and celebrate with Bing Crosby. Expect a few chestnuts today.
[Music] Robert Goulet – Do You Hear What I Hear
As I prepare to spend Christmas alone in Beijing, it’s nice to be able to enjoy the dulcet sounds of the King of the Cameo, Robert Goulet.
[Music Podcast] Xmas Mizzztape by Debbie Wayne
Thanks very much to Debbie Wayne for posting one of the coolest Christmas podcasts I’ve heard in years!
Here’s the track list:
- Things Fall Apart – Cristina
- Xmas With Simon – The Fall
- Motel Christmas (excerpt) – James Ferraro
- Ding Dong – X-Ray Pop
- La bataille de neige – Dominique Dumont
- Doux Christmas, Noël Soft – Les Amis au Pakistan
- No More Christmas Blues – Alan Vega
- Breakfast At Christmas – Hillcrest Club
- Christmas On Riverside Drive – August Darnell
- Partytime – Graeme Miller & Steve Hill
- The Twelve Days Of Christmas – Winston Tong
- Belle Tristesse 妙なる悲しみ – Miharu Koshi
- Noëlle à Hawaii – Antena
- Christmas in Suburbia – The Cleaners From Venus
- She’s Coming Home – The Wailers
[Music] ʻĀina – Lead Me To The Garden
Aloha Got Soul’s latest release is a reissue of a rare psychedelic Christian folk record by a Hawaiian project called ʻĀina, which, according to their Bandcamp album site, “means land or earth in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, the Hawaiian language.”
It’s definitely a product of the 1970s, full of hippy vibes, a naïve sense of idealism, and themes which would be recognizable to people who go to Pentecostal Churches. There was nothing bad about this release at all. It was a smooth, mellow and enjoyable listen.
[Music] La Maison Dieu – Earth
Only one track on this release, but it’s a winner! La Maison Dieu are a band out of Istanbul, Turkey who combine elements of EDM, old-school lo-fi electronic music and a touch of cheese in the vein of Giorgio Moroder. I’m digging this!
[Music] Little Jimmy Scott – Slave To Love
Roxy Music’s most romantic song got a really unique treatment by the late Little Jimmy Scott.
[Music] The Natural Yogurt Band – Spectral Flux
This charming release came into my inbox at about the same moment when Chris, a good mate of mine, was hipping me to the wonders of Library Music.
The Natural Yogurt Band have that sound down perfectly, as this mini EP shows. My only complaint about this release? It’s WAY too short. Let’s hope a series of full length albums are on their way.
[Music] Iamthemorning releases “5/4” from upcoming studio film ‘Ocean Sounds’
I’m becoming a big fan of the Proglodytes blog, and their articles just get better and better. In this post, they give us wonderful news that Russian Progressive Rock band iamthemorning have a new release coming!
Russian chamber prog group Iamthemorning, in anticipation for their newest studio album, have released a track titled “5/4”. Iamthemorning’s last album was one of our Proglodytes’ Picks for 2016, so we very much look forward to the new record! From the press release:
“Ahead of the release of Ocean Sounds, on Kscope on 19th October, the band have released a video to accompany the song “5/4”, which previously featured on the band’s first release for Kscope, Belighted.
“We usually say that 5/4 is one of the two cheerful songs we have in our discography, the second one being about burning houses down! To me, it feels that when you grow up and live in Russia, specifically in St Petersburg, everything you do is soaked up in this very special type of melancholy, which makes it difficult to write happy music.” Vocalist and songwriter Marjana Semkina muses…
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