Saturday, August 21, 2021

Curate This - Island Paradise



If there weren't already enough curated mixes strewn about the Internet, Dozens Of Donuts is here to add more. Rather than analyze a burgeoning genre, herald the best of a past one, or merely formulate background music for study sessions, road trips, or midday snoozes, Curate This aims to immerse listeners in a niche aesthetic that enraptures and vitalizes. With written accompaniment to provide the expository backdrop, these songs flow - errantly or harmoniously - around particular moods, sensory emotions, and pertinent tones. August finds us dipping our toes in the sand and water, embracing a perfect getaway we'll never forget.

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A blinding light showers in through the airplane's window, reflecting off translucent ocean waves so clear one can see turtles, seals, even dolphins wading underneath. Vacation life beckons, as toes expand and retract in the soft, scorched sands. On the left, distant radio chatter fizzles into oblivion. On the right, boardwalk bustle incites island vivacity. Set in the center of it all, content merely existing in this paradise, is you.

Exotic wildlife flutters overhead, as foreign languages yelp to the pitter-patter of cushioned steel drums. It's a new world, defined by unity amongst all. Each sound circling your cranium operates in absolute harmony. The birds screech, waves crash, echoes of a beat-up jalopy skitter down the nearby street. Hidden behind sunglasses, closed eyes and a tilted, listless head perceive these vibrations with heightened tactility. Much like a slight breeze, it all effortlessly passes you by.

With a whiff of smoke, you awaken from a paradisal stupor. Beachside tiki torches light up, one by one, as bonfires reach high, scraping their limits with their last remaining embers. Commotion concentrates around this aureole, no different than the cavemen millions of years ago. Except this is by no means for survival. Drinks splashed aplenty, festive for the sole reason of there not being a care in the world. Speakers line the perimeter, a near-permeant distorted bass overwhelmed by the hoot and holler of these frolicsome patrons.

Drowned in booze, downed from dance, one sets their sights on a lonesome hammock. As the moon rises the island fades away, left to lull with a diurnal tide. Quiet befalls this once red-blooded getaway. Perhaps it's the unfamiliar firewater, or simple jet lag, but sheer contentment causes you to ascend in an out-of-body experience. Looking down, everything and everyone is at peace. Jellyfish illuminate the waters, so much as fireflies flicker through the undergrowth. Entering the clouds, where you once broke through on a graceful hunk of steel, one thing becomes clear: This is Island Paradise.
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ACT  I  -  LEAVING THE WORLD BEHIND


Kero Kero Bonito - Flyway | 1:59
Time 'n' Place | 2018 | Twee Pop

Bruno Pernadas - Valley In The Ocean | 6:45
Those Who Throw Objects... | 2016 | Space Age Pop

Alessandro Alessandroni - Dialogando | 2:50
Ritmo Dell’industria N.2 | 1969 | Library Music

Stereolab - Lo Boob Oscillator | 6:38
Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On Volume 2) | 1995 | Krautrock

The Go! Team - Tame The Great Plains | 3:02
Get Up Sequences Part One | 2021 | Indietronica
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ACT  II  -  FOOLS PARADISE


AFFKT - Ceniza | 2:16
Son Of A Thousand Sounds | 2016 | Downtempo

Urban Village - Marabi | 4:21
Undondolo | 2021 | Nguni Folk Music

Sora - Traces | 2:19
Re.Sort | 2003 | Glitch

Groove Armada - At The River | 6:33
Vertigo | 1999 | Downtempo

Tycho - Daydream | 5:34
Dive | 2011 | Downtempo
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ACT  III  -  BUBBLY SPIRITS


Fennec - Dreemin | 3:21
Free Us Of This Feeling | 2020 | Deep House

CHANCE デラソウル - I Still Do | 2:40
Afterparty | 2021 | Future Funk

Daft Punk - Crescendolls | 3:11
Discovery | 2001 | House

Clive Tanaka Y Su Orquesta - All Night, All Right | 3:01
Jet Set Siempre 1° | 2010 | Electro-House

山下達郎 - Coral Reef | 3:44
Pacific | 1978 | City Pop
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ACT  IV  -  AN ETHEREAL DRIFT


Brian Eno - Deep Blue Day | 3:59
Apollo | 1983 | Ambient

The Orb - Star 6 & 7 8 9 | 8:11
The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld | 1991 | Ambient House

ConcernedApe - Dance Of The Moonlight Jellies | 1:51
Stardew Valley | 2016 | Sequencer & Tracker

Lullatone - Thoughts & Clouds | 4:39
Plays Pajama Pop Pour Vous | 2006 | Ambient Pop

múm - Sleep / Swim | 0:50
Finally We Are No One | 2002 | Glitch
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