Awesome Downtime 6

This is the last of the series (at least posted here). This is a George Glass pick. He's from Groovy Library and you should check it out. He has really well done compilations on his site. I really loved this series and got permission to post it here, but now you will have to get any newer ones at his site. I hope you liked the ones I posted here. I like them, so tough luck if you don't. I get impressed with someone that makes a compilation that is so unlike anything I would have picked and yet I think it's great.

Awesome Downtime 6

01 Boards of Canada - Satellite Anthem Icarus

02 Soulostar - As the Waves Wash Over Me

03 Anthony Island - White Palms (Space Lounge Mix)

04 Weathertunes - Sugar Loaf

05 Kerbside Collection - Walk the Talk

06 Arc8de - Skipping Stone

07 aso - Nothing but Luv

08 Snoozegod - Good Morning

09 Loafy Building - Cloud Companion

10 The Letter E - Mary Bahtyarli

11 Japancakes - Untitled One

12 Fly Project - Eyeliner

13 The Crusaders - No Place to Hide

14 Empty Spools - What Did We Learn, Kids

15 Jerro - Pantheon

16 The Doobie Brothers - Flying Cloud

Awesome Downtime 5

Lucky for us today, we have another of the Awesome Downtime playlist series (that I wish I had compiled, but was put together by George Glass at his Groovy Library blog). The closest I have that I picked is either my Am I Bent pick or my Textures series pick And none of them are anything quite like this series. He calls it downtempo, instrumental hip hop, chill hop, trip hop, nu jazz, instrumental soul jazz, but what do I know. I just like the combo George put together. His album covers are a gas and the music is even better. I will post one more and after that you will just have to go to his site to see if he posts anymore.

Awesome Downtime 5

01 Deodato - Love Island

02 Billy Cobham - Siesta

03 Love Unlimited Orchestra - Midnight and You

04 Kondor - Closer

05 Lovers Lane - Island Memories (Original Mix)

06 Lo Fidelity Allstars - Dark Is Easy

07 John Tropea - Dreams

08 The Giant Hogweed Orchestra - Spirals

09 Antoine Dufour - Catching the Light

10 Takeshi Inomata & Sound L.T.D. - Lullaby for You

11 Oliver Nelson - In a Japanese Garden

12 Isaac Hayes - Early Sunday Morning

13 The Drop - Chill Guitar

14 Ashra - Midnight on Mars

15 Alpha - Back

16 Phil Turcio - The Quiet

Awesome Downtime 4

I'm continuing with the guest appearance of George Glass from Groovy Library. I really liked his Awesome Downtime series so I asked if he minded if I reposted them here. Luckily he said yes. Yesterday he explained how he came up with his pick and the name. Today you get no such luck, just my ramblings of how much I enjoy listening to these playlists. Especially when I want to relax. I hope you are enjoying them too.

Awesome Downtime 4

01 Trog'low - Gymnopedie

02 Lemon Jelly - Soft

03 Tafubar - The Wicked Thoughts of You (Pete Phunk Afternoon Rhodesmix)

04 Synthetic Epiphany - Effervescent

05 BCee - Lost & Found (Hybrid Minds remix)

06 Jive Ass Sleepers - Native Skyline

07 Ingo Herrmann - Garden Life

08 Nightmares on Wax - Morse

09 Snoozegod - Don't Rush What You Want to Last

10 Sleepless - Distant Dreams

11 Vargo - Awakening (original chorus mix)

12 LTJ Bukem - Rhodes to Freedom

13 Hall & Oates - One on One (Ji Ben Gong remix)

14 Café Chillout Music Club - Jubel (chill lounge mix)

15 Kondor - Peace Project (feat. Shea)

16 Gyvus - Tôzen

Awesome Downtime 3

We've already had a couple of these Awesome Downtime playlists from George Glass (from Groovy Library) and I asked him to give me a little backstory. Here's what he wrote about his pick:

"I don't recall hearing the term "Downtime" until it came time to name the first comp. I just wanted to come up with something other than known genres (downtempo, chill, ambient, etc). How it started? During the mid 90s, I was exploring a lot of drum 'n' bass music. It became apparent in no time that it wasn't all just fast beats, but the ambience as well. And from there, it lead me to downtempo, chill, etc. A few year back, I started to create playlists for the bath, mainly with the music aforementioned. I didn't want the obligatory spa music, but melodic yet relaxing tunes not usually sleep inducing. And so in hindsight, you can find beauty in just about any style/genre of music. It's the patience in finding it. And that's the (very) condensed version."

Awesome Downtime 3

01 Lemil - Beautiful Day

02 Lemon Jelly - Pushy

03 Big Ben Beats - Love

04 Logistics - Wanderlust

05 Calibre - Manchester Nights

06 Broke for Free - Beyond Dazed

07 Mama Aiuto - Polaroid (feat. Makzo)

08 Bachelors of Science - 25th Street

09 The Society of Rockets - Beachcomber

10 The American Analog Set - Born on the Cusp

11 Ulrich Schnauss - Knuddelmaus

12 Keeno - In Dreams

13 Brookes Brothers - Hard Knocks

14 Don Gorda - (Theme From) A Taste of You

15 aebleo - Flight of the Purple Potato

16 Cesar Martinez Ensemble - Thinking of You

Awesome Downtime 2

Part two of this great series by George Glass of the Groovy Library blog. As George says: Press play, sit back, relax, groove... And I have been doing that since I fist heard these comps. I said it yesterday and I will say it again, I rarely put other people's compilations up here, but I really wanted to for this series. It's George's Pick. I can't tell you much about why he picked these songs (maybe he'll comment and tell us why.) I don't know how he picks his covers. I just know I like them. I listen to this series probably more than I should. Hopefully you enjoy it too.

Awesome Downtime 2

01 David Rich - David's Sunrise

02 Vargo - Beauty

03 Marco Papetti - Save the Jazz

04 P.M. Dawn - Paper Doll (instrumental)

05 Weathertunes - Passion

06 Gyvus - Venice

07 Fly Project - Dry Gel

08 Synthetic Epiphany - Technicolor

09 Empty Spools - Always the Best Way to Learn

10 Fausto Trusso Sfrazzetto - Nascere

11 Keeno - Hold Ya

12 Klute - Property Is Theft

13 dpb - Tethys

14 Nine Inch Nails - 13 Ghosts II

15 Five Seasons - Cocktail

16 David Rich - David's Sunset

Awesome Downtime 1

This compilation series is from a guest, George Glass, who has the blog Groovy Library which I subscribe to. He posted a series on his site that I absolutely love, called Awesome Downtime. I'm sure he will have a ton more, but I asked him if we could post the first several on this site, too. So here is the first in the series. Normally I post either how I came up with the idea or the title, but I don't know any of that. I just know that I have been listening to it regularly since I first came across them (at yet another site- Butterboy). I will post the next several over the next few days. I did not change the cover, but did run the files through Platinum Notes and basically did what I say in my Prepare MP3 article. Rezipped it and posted it.

Here's what George wrote on his site about this series:
Note: Every selection is good to great in my books. All tracks (including the previous downtime comp) and any future downtime comps, I listen on various occasions be it in the bath, relaxing, or simply when I feel like it. I find relaxing music in all kinds of genres, and not just something you'd hear in a spa. I have nothing against the latter (I listen to it myself) but I want the comps to be more eclectic. I've found over the years several D&B (drum & bass) tracks that are also soothing. I specify them as smooth d&b. Yes, faster beats can be tranquil. Well, it works for me.

Awesome Downtime 1

01 Jive Ass Sleepers - Morning Coffee

02 Lurch - All Yours

03 Ingo Herrmann - Rivers

04 Mama Aiuto - Bell Tower

05 Brookes Brothers - Desert Island

06 Nightmares on Wax - Fire in the Middle

07 Flowrian - Going Downtown

08 Foxwood - Flowerbeds

09 Bcee - Hold On

10 Lovers Lane - Funky Bliss (Voodoo Lounge Mix)

11 Lemonsoul - Mother

12 Sleepless - Process

13 Snoozegod - Control

14 Koi. - Explorers

15 Thunderball - Golden

16 Füxa - Rainy Day Dream Away (instrumental version)