Electronic Archives - Beautiful Song Of The Week

April 15

Week 727: “Sundials” by Shrimpnose

Sundials are, without a doubt, a cool invention. They are practical. They’re ingenious. They’re astoundingly…

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February 5

Week 717: “In the Waiting Line” by Zero 7

Waiting in line for things is an underrated experience. Or more accurately: a lost art.…

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January 29

Week 716: “Time is the Enemy” by Quantic

There’s a YouTube video for this song that I find pretty fascinating. It was uploaded…

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October 30

Week 703: “Resonance” by Home

Considering that it’s outside of the mainstream, this is a very popular song. While Randy…

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October 23

Week 702: “Pink and Orange” by Goon

I’m glad that Goon chose “Pink and Orange” as the title for the opening track…

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September 11

Week 696: “Loom” by Olafur Arnalds and Bonobo

After a few days travelling and camping in the highlands of Iceland, Bonobo and Ólafur…

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September 4

Week 695: “Eleuthera” by Tor

I didn’t have a treehouse in my backyard growing up, but I did have a…

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August 21

Week 693: “Doubletalk Gets Through to You” by Xploding Plastix

I am particularly susceptible to getting lost in albums that pile obscure samples on top…

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May 29

Week 681: “Pietre Roventi” by Populous

The world’s most populous… …is And you might be interested to know… Country India It…

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May 15

Week 679: “Trees Should Be Purple” by Gemp

I agree with Gemp that trees – or at least some trees – should be…

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May 1

Week 677: “You Left Me” by Croquet Club

It is 1830. Industrialization is in full swing. Labourers, made redundant by advances in agricultural…

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March 27

Week 672: “Beirut” by Christian Loffler

You know how when a disaster happens it’s all the world talks about for a…

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January 2

Week 660: “Diamonds” by Catching Flies

Ask someone why diamonds are expensive and they’ll probably say diamonds have value because they’re…

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November 7

Week 652: “Twin” by Kip LaVie

We’ve all heard of the two common types of twins: identical (in which a fertilized…

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August 15

Week 640: “Sensuous” by Cornelius

Here are some of my favourite ways to use my five senses: Sight: watching the…

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July 11

Week 635: “Walkabout” by Blue States

More and more people, it seems to me, are getting comfortable with travelling again, and…

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May 9

Week 626: “Recycled Air” by The Postal Service

In the category of “best album by an artist or band who only released one…

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May 2

Week 625: “Makeba” by Jain

I sometimes shy away from including dance tracks on this list, which isn’t really fair.…

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December 6

Week 604: “Nova” by Amon Tobin

Most of Amon Tobin’s music from the late 90s sounds like the soundtrack to a…

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August 30

Week 590: “Anderstein” by Felbm

Dutch musician Felbm has an interesting relationship with technology. He typically puts his songs together…

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