And records scattered on the floor

automne select 2012
1. INTRO :
JANINE
2. EVERLASTING (GAZELLA REMIX) :
GLUTEUS MAXIMUS
3. SAY MY NAME (CYRIL HAHN REMIX) :
DESTINY’S CHILD
4. LAY IT DOWN (ANDRE LODEMANN NEW VOCAL REMIX) :
OMAR
5. AND I SAY FEAT. SCOUT LARUE AND WILL EPSTEIN (XINOBI EDIT) :
NICOLAS JAAR
6. OH SHEILA (2 SPARE ASTRONAUTS EDIT) :
SLEAZY MCQUEEN
7. SUGAR :
MOON BOOTS
8. SMILE SONG :
PLONE
9. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM :
WILLIAM BELL & CARLA THOMAS
10. THE SUN DIED :
PAUL BRETT’S SAGE
11. HIP SHAKIN’ MAMA :
IRMA THOMAS
12. LADY MADONNA REWORK (IN PROGRESS) :
MY NAME IS NOBODY
13. HE’S A FRIEND :
DOROTHY NORWOOD
14. BAUMHAUS :
MICHAEL MAYER
15. THE NIGHT BEFORE :
LEE HAZLEWOOD
16. CLAIR DE LUNE (RAC ANALOG SYNTHESIZER VERSION) :
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
17. MAD RUSH ORGAN :
PHILIP GLASS & PANTHA DU PRINCE
18. FLÖTE :
POPOL VUH

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Stuck somewhere between summer and winter

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original picture taken here)

Vámonos de viaje

Wanna hold me, wanna kiss me, wanna do it to me

1.OrchidsForTheSunfeat.Quadron·Instrumental
·LeonWare
2.OnAndOn
·HarveyMason
3.INeedYouTonight
·PunkinMachine
4.ThePresidentIsGone·ComboRe·Edit
·JohnCarpenterinassociationwithAlanHowarth
5.TheDiscoJamBamBam
·RegionalGarland
6.ForOneNight
·AlPatron
7.LoseYourselfToJennyfeat.JacobBellens·AxelBomanDub
·KasperBjørke
8.Juntapena
·Fakuta
9.WithYoufeat.Grosvenor·MAMRemix
·FlightFacilities
10.JiveTalk
·Nitetime
11.Destination:Education·TerranovaMix
·GuiBoratto
12.NattyJussi·JoriHulkkonenRemix
·RenaissanceMan
13.Running·DisclosureRemix·JessieWare
14.SpringAffair·GroovedownMemoryEdit
·DonnaSummer
15.PlayWithLil’Dorothy·Interlude
·JneiroJarel
16.CumbiaBogotana
·AnibalVelásquezysuConjunto
17.SambaFúnebre
·Pixinguinha
18.TheLongGoodbye
·JackSheldon

SUMMER2012SELECT

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Le réchauffement climatique,
c’est pas automatique.

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Tomorrow’s your dream

Wanna hold me, wanna kiss me, wanna do it to me

1. Gordon Lovers (remixed by Lefto & Krewcial) : Dexter Gordon 2. To Be With You (Al Kent edit) : Jimmy Sabater 3. On A Mission : The House Nerds 4. Raw Nuts : Sleep D 5. New Life : Jeremy Glenn 6. Cruisin’ (Extended Version) : Zimmer 7. Shooting Love (Blackstrobe Remix) : Mustang 8. Don’t Stop : Ish 9. I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Mischief Brew Re-edit) : The Slits 10. Sexy Sexy Sexy (Slow Version) : Jeanette “Lady” Day 11. Sandy Beach : Johnny Hackworth’s Caribbean Sound 12. They Say/Shangrila (feat. Tay Walker) : The Internet 13. Treehouse : Ifan Dafydd 14. Fairy Tale : Taku 15. Unconditional (feat. Alicia Olatuja) : Michael Olatuja 16. Life Depends On Love : Bert Jansch 17. Crazy : Willie Nelson

Playpause presents SPRING SELECT 2012

Refleurir et reverdir,
et aussi un peu vieillir.

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Let Me Hear That Song

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1. HOMMAGE A LA SODOMIE (JOASH REMIX)  ∙  MARTIN PATINO  ∙  2. HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE (POPULETTE REMIX)  ∙  THE RAPTURE ∙ 3. SPACE RUBBISH THEME  ∙  DATASSETTE ∙ 4. BEAM ME UP   ∙  MIDNIGHT MAGIC ∙ 5. DO IT (‘TIL YOU’RE SATISFIED)  ∙  B.T. EXPRESS ∙ 6. SOMEBODY ELSE’S DREAM  ∙  COMPTON FEAT. KAFELE ∙ 7. HOT SPACE  ∙  SEAHAWKS ∙ 8. SI ME FALTARAS TU  ∙  LOS TERRICOLAS ∙ 9. TAK DERAKHT ∙  KOUROSH YAGHMAEI ∙ 10. LITTLE MAN (CHICO MANN REMIX)  ∙  LITTLE DRAGON ∙ 11. I GOT WHAT YOU WANT  ∙  MARY JANE HOOPER ∙ 12. (IF YOU’RE GONNA) BREAK ANOTHER HEART  ∙  CASS ELLIOT ∙ 13. I WANT TO THANK YOU (DJ COLOURZONE ORIGINAL VERSION EDIT)  ∙  ALICIA MYERS ∙ 14. LOOK AHEAD (SHUYA OKINO RE-EDIT)  ∙  SHUYA OKINO FEAT. N’DEA DAVENPORT ∙ 15. TEAMS 303  ∙  BOY MTN

WINTER SELECT

All I want for Christmas
is a good beat.

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Retour aux sources

Je ne sais pas si vous vous en êtes rendu compte, mais PlayPause avait disparu. La faute à la crise (sans doute) : l’hébergeur a mis la clef sous la porte, est parti sans laisser d’adresse en débranchant le serveur, comme ça, du jour au lendemain, façon « Méga-surprise ! », ne me laissant pour seul interlocuteur qu’un peu loquace mailer-daemon et pas de sauvegarde à jour.
C’est donc presque tel quel que PlayPause revient. On n’en est jamais qu’à la sixième ou septième version depuis 2004, ce qui, à l’échelle du web, n’est tout de même pas grand chose. Juste un petit lifting, pas la
grande transition. Les hormones HTML5 et les changements
identitaires (Dotclear vs WordPress), ça sera pour une autre fois…

Pour fêter ça, une petite sélection d’une heure pile qui nous ramène aux balbutiements thématiques de ce blog : RadioLala, vaguement kitsch, joyeusement niaise, simplement légère. Parce que si on ne se met pas tous à chanter « lalala » à l’approche de l’hiver, je ne vois pas comment on va y arriver…

After a short technical hiatus, PlayPause is back with a new URL (now .fr), a slightly revamped design and (almost) clean archives. Links in previous posts have been removed, but are still available on request.

I’m glad to introduce the new installment in the RadioLala series. Even if I haven’t been publicly working on this thematic selection for a very long time, my ears are always chasing lalalas when I hear new tracks.
Here, you’ll get Nippon human beatboxing, a bossa nova interpretation of croaking (which undisputedly falls into the lala category), funky shouts, Spanish pop objections, groovy vocal overdubs, more Japanese whispered chewing, chorusing damsels à la Atom Heart, jazzy French polyphony, a restless disco lullaby (I’m not sure it would « rock » anyone to sleep, though), a jolly schoolyard ensemble, the most hilarious chipmunk lala ever in English pop history, more Iberian shalalalala-ohohs, a house anthem that will make you dance and sing, gypsy heartthrobs, a romantisch ballad which has incredibly grown in me (probably because I don’t get a word in German), one of Randy Newman’s first hits sung in Doo-wop style, and finally soulful murmurs from Philly…
Very easy listening indeed, even easier singing.

La-la means I love you, and many other things

1. Introduction ~ Halcali ∫ 2. A Rã ~ João Donato ∫ 3. Look Ka Py Py ~ The Meters ∫ 4. No, No, No ~ Los Pops ∫ 5. Magic Tubes ~ Chris Joss ∫ 6. Sweats ~ Eater ∫ 7. Magnifique (I’m Going Out Of My Head) ~ Erik Satin ∫ 8. A Night In Tunisia ~ Les Double Six ∫ 9. Lalabye ~ D-R-U-M ∫ 10. Spicks And Specks ~ The Richard Hewson Orchestra with Children from Corona School ∫ 11. Uptight Basil ~ Pete Dello & Friends ∫ 12. Un Rayo De Sol ~ Los Diabolos ∫ 13. Bum Bum ~ Chacho ∫ 14. Lala ~ Danism featuring Heidi Vogel ∫ 15. Worte ~ Gilla & Seventy Five Music ∫ 16. They Tell Me It’s Summer ~ The Fleetwoods ∫ 17. Ain’t No Time Fa Nothing ~ The Futures

RadioLala

La-la means I Love You, and many other things
in baby language.

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Hundredth

logo_covers_mashups_heavysamples_interpolations.jpgPlaypause reaches 100 posts!
Never thought I’d keep blogging for such a long time, even if it has become something that I only do from time to time.
So when I started selecting tracks for a lovely young lady turning 8 (almost Playpause’s age), I thought I’d celebrate both events with a special compilation, made of covers, mashups, samples and interpolations. Because I’ve been playing the « par-3 covers blind test » with her father from when she wasn’t born.
And because on traditional Playpause seasonal « selects », there are always a couple of them.

#covers bring out the best of a song and of a performer, #mashups demonstrate how timeless pop music can be, #heavysamples prove that good sonic ideas are good and #interpolations are a fun game to play.

I could have selected dozens of other songs, of course. But these ones have been with me for a few months or a few days. They just sound 2011 to me.

1. Girl In Shades – Marie-Christine #interpolation #adaptation (Sunglasses At Night – Corey Hart)

2. Je Fume Pour Oublier Que Tu Bois – Keren Ann #cover (Alain Bashung)

3. What You Doing This For? – Florrie #heavysample (Little Bit Of Feel Good – SALM feat. Adam Joseph #cover [Jamie Lidell])

4. Overprotected – Joan As Police Woman
#cover (Britney Spears)

5. Jimmy Jimmy – Born Ruffians
#cover (Madonna)

6. I’m Diggin’ You (Like an Old Soul Record) – Geoffrey Williams #cover (Me’Shell NdegéOcello)

7. Love Dancing – Arthur’s Landing
#interpolation (Is It All Over My Face – Loose Joints)

8. Jamaican Boy (dub Version) – The Bombist presents Brisa Roché feat. Lone Ranger
#cover #adaptation #dub (Estelle feat. Kanye West #heavysample [Impatient – Will.I.Am])

9. Water No Get 8-bit Enemy – Nick Nielsen
#cover (Fela Kuti)

10. Up In The Cotton Club (Okiokinl mashup) – Beyoncé vs. Duke Ellington
#mashup (Singles Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Beyoncé vs. Harlem Airshaft– Duke Ellington)

11. Mr. Summertime – Circus
#cover #adaptation (Une Belle Histoire – Fugain & le Big Bazar)

12. Eleanor Rigby – Lord Sitar
#cover (The Beatles)

13. Ode To Billie Joe – Nancy Wilson
#cover (Bobbie Gentry)

14. Suicide Is Painless – Pizzicato One feat. Roger Nichols & The Small Circle Of Friends
#cover (The Mash)

15. Preciso Aprender A Ser Só – Tim Maia
#cover (Marcos Valle)

16. California Dreamin’ – Bobby Womack
#cover (The Mamas & The Papas)

17. Rolling in the Deep – John Legend
#cover (Adele)

18. Sour Times – Marsha Ambrosius
#cover (Portishead #heavysample [Danube Incident – Lalo Schifrin])

19. Amymagine – John Lennon vs. Amy Winehouse
#mashup (Rehab – Amy Winehouse vs. Imagine – John Lennon)

20. Intro Again (Production Unit mashup) – Aaliyah vs. The XX #mashup (Try Again – Aaliyah vs. Intro – The XX)

21. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Finale) – The Bee Gees, Paul Nicholas, Peter Frampton, Sandy Farina, Dianne Steinberg, Stargard, Donald Pleasance, Jar MacIntosh, John Wheeler, Steve Martin, Earth, Wind & Fire, Frankie Howerd, George Burns, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith & Billy Preston
#cover #adaptation (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) – The Beatles)

#covers#mashups#heavysamples#interpolations

Sortez couverts.

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PR men can make it smell like Chanel N°5

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1. Summer Time ○ Argentina 2. Wait & See (Flight Facilities remix) ○ Holy Ghost! 3. Set Fire To The Rain (Plastic Plates remix) ○ Adele 4. Love Me 4 Real (Afro BoogIe DIsco Go Go edit) ○ Guynamukat 5. Stay WIth Me (12’’ mix) ○ Charo 6. Estrada Errada ○ Hyldon 7. Plutonium ○ Malvina Reynolds 8. House Of The Rising Sun (version 2) ○ Marianne Faithfull 9. Amuse ○ Rotary Connection 10. May The Dub Arise ○ David Solid Gould vs. Bill Laswell 11. Boom Soul (Femme En Fourrure dub) ○ Nick Monaco 12. Look This Way ○ Fantastic Man 13. I Just Wanna Rock You (feat. Sway) ○ Mason 14. Frei ○ Joy Denalane 15. Tell Me A Tale ○ MIchael Kiwanuka 16. Flight ○ Stan Getz with Michel Legrand & his Orchestra 17. Angel Eyes ○ Nancy Wilson

SUMMER SELECT 2011

Si tu danses pas quand le soleil brûle,
comment veux-tu que la canicule ?

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Name on my lips

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1. HEY, WHO REALLY CARES? (W1TH 1NTRO) ◊ L1NDA PERHACS 2. c 3. MAR ADENTRO (FEAT. PANTY & DACEL) ◊ ANA T1JOUX 4. SUNR1SE ◊ MONKEY_SEQUENCE.19 5. WHERE EV1L GROWS ◊ THE POPPY FAM1LY 6. LET ME GO! FEAT. SOPH1E HUNGER ◊ ER1K TRUFFAZ 7. GOLDENBOY ◊ BENT 8. PURPLE DRANK (OR1G1NAL M1X) ◊ AXEL BOMAN 9. SO TH1S 1S GOODBYE (P1NK GANTER REM1X) ◊ W1LL1AM F1TZS1MMONS 10. SLOPPY CH1C (FARE SOLD1 REM1X) ◊ JUST1N FAUST 11. PANDORAS BOX (SLLASH DOPPE REM1X) ◊ MONOROOM 12. CRAZY EYES (D1SCO VERS1ON ED1T) ◊ ANORAAK 13. ALL ALONE FEAT. V1KTER DUPLA1X ◊ TUMELO 14. MY WORLD 1S EMPTY W1THOUT YOU (DROP OUT ORCHESTRA REM1X) ◊ D1ANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES 15. YOU MAKE ME SO HOT (EXTENDED VOCAL) ◊ BARBARA LYNN 16. MURMURANDO ◊ EL1ANA P1TTMAN 17. PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE ◊ D1NAH WASH1NGTON W1TH WALTER BUCHANAN

SPR1NGSE1ECT

Pas de Riri, pas de Gaga,
Pas de BriBri, pas de blabla,
Je play, tu t’poses, dolce vita.

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Anonymous Autonomous

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1. Divina · Toro Y Moi ~ 2. Jenny · Heaven & Earth ~ 3. Is It A Crime · Rigmor Gustafsson with Nils Landgren ~ 4. Old Laces · Lalo Schifrin ~ 5. The Hudson Affair · U-Roy ~ 6. My Kind · Geteye ~ 7. Please feat. Selah Sue · Cee-Lo Green ~ 8. The Dollar (Black Milk remix) · Bilal ~ 9. Floatation Tank · Hot Toddy ~ 10. Take The A Train · Eumir Deodato ~ 11. Talking After Good Love · Electro Deluxe ~ 12. Fly Too High · Janis Ian ~ 13. Take Em Up · Shit Robot ~ 14. Feeling Good · Pressure Drop ~ 15. Sometimes (12″ Groove Version) · Vindahl ~ 16. Take Life Easy · Christy Essien ~ 17. Everybody In The World · Della Reese ~ 18. Stronghold · Röyksopp

Winter Select 2011

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Like a gentle symphony

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1 • the dreaming mind (part 1) • quantic & his combo barbaro – 2 • slippin’ (natural self remix) • quadron – 3 • everybody loves the sunshine • seu jorge & almaz – 4 • say what? • jamie jones – 5 • jammin (black label edit) • show-b – 6 • time to dance • tricky – 7 • the one feat. siri svegler (super remix) • johnwaynes – 8 • when the saints go marching in • stanley black – 9 • i say a little prayer (dimitri from paris re-edit) • aretha franklin – 10 • coulda shoulda woulda feat. sam sparro • lyrics born – 11 • change (12’’ version) • zulema – 12 • brazilian rhyme • earth, wind & fire – 13 • liquid love • chris turner – 14 • get it fixed • rosa henderson – 15 • stay the same feat. andreya triana (live) • bonobo – 16 • the power of love (om unit’s 5am dub) • the mahavishnu orchestra – 17 • so lagrimas • djalma dias – 18 • outro • brzzvll

Automne select

Si l’automne se met à ressembler à l’hiver,
qu’en sera-t-il l’été prochain ?

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