Thursday
Dec222011

Winter Playlist

Aplaylist of songs to whet the beauty and solitude of the winter season. Winter embodies such a rare starkness. The days are shorter. The air is crisper. The light is somehow different. The earth's palette darkens. Sparse boughs creak over the soft glow of our homes. These quiet notes flit and arc like a canopy of starlight. Harnessing us into the season.

01. M83, When Will You Come Home
02. Nils Frahm, Keep
03. Broken Social Scene, Sweetest Kill
04. Evenings, Babe
05. Christina Vantzou, Homemade Mountains
06. Small Sur, The Woods
07. Cliff Martinez, I Drive
08. Tim Hecker, No Drums
09. A.A. Bondy, Skull & Bones
10. Orcas, Until Then
11. Goldmund, Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
12. Grouper, Alien Observer
13. Deaf Center, Hunted Twice
14. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto, By This River
15. A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Requiem For A Cheap Piano

download playlist here

Playing

01. Nils Frahm, "Keep"

Reader Comments (14)

beautiful songs, michael. thanks
December 22, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterdaniel
Oh, that Nils Frahm track is perfect!!
Not a traditional holiday mix, but great in an entirely different way.
December 22, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterjanis j.
Thank you!!
December 22, 2011 | Unregistered Commentersarah
i love this.. and i want to listen but i cannot seem to get the songs to play. any help?

thanks!
December 22, 2011 | Unregistered Commentertaymarie
this is exquisite. just what i was craving on the first day of winter. thank you.
December 22, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterjess
This is such a gift,
Thank you!!
December 22, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterkim
So good!!
December 22, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterallie
Not a traditional holiday mix, but great in an entirely different way. i think.
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December 22, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterDoyle
these kinda winter songs are all the better when listened from the southern hemisphere. hot christmas, winter songs. beautiful and thankyou.
December 23, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterfelicita sala
Thank you so much for this! second greatest gift of the season :)
December 25, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterAbigail
This is a really great playlist. Haunting, daunting, playing with the darkness of the season. Very well put together.
December 27, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterCarsten Dan
Thank you for this! It was the soundtrack for our holiday celebrations all last week. It will continue to be for many years to come, too.
December 28, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterOlivia
This is a gooorgeous playlist, but the download is down- would you be able to link it again?
December 2, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterConnie
thank you for the gift of music!
December 11, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterCalida

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