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.

(Music selection and cover design by PlayPause)

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.

(Music selection and cover design by PlayPause, original picture by Soda O)

Haul us all away

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1. Touch The Ceiling With Your Toes – Benji Boko ★ 2. Magic Lover – Cinnamon Chasers ★ 3. Big Brown Eyes – Benny Sings ★ 4. Robot Armasar Attack – Gojira Vs. Liviu Vasilica ★ 5. Baltimore (Ex-Friendly re-edit) – Nina Simone ★ 6. The Cold In You (feat. Soundmouse) – Phaeleh ★ 7. Gabriel (feat. Valentina) – Joe Goddard ★ 8. Good Love (original mix) – Sleepyhead ★ 9. Somebody’s Watching You – Little Sister ★ 10. A Day In The Life – Chocolate Snow ★ 11. I’ll Take Care Of You – Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland ★ 12. What My Last Girl Put Me Through – Nicolas Jaar ★ 13. All Your Goodies Are Gone (feat. Mayer Hawthorne . Shigeto remix) – Dennis Coffey ★ 14. Lift Me Up (feat. Laura Jackson . A Tom Moulton mix) – Cool Million ★ 15. Can You Handle It (remix) – Sharon Redd ★ 16. Island (feat. Caro . Noze remix) – Dapayk & Padberg ★ 17. North – Dirty Gold ★ 18. Bye Bye Papaye – Antena

Automne Select ★ 2011 ★

La changement dans la continuité

Le changement dans la continuité.

(Music selection & cover design by PlayPause)

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.

(Music selection & cover design by PlayPause)

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 ?

(Music selection & cover design by PlayPause)

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.

(Music selection & cover design by PlayPause)

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

(Music selection & cover design by PlayPause)

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 ?

Light painting by Nico & PlayPause

À bout de soufflé

1. I Want You · Amplified Orchestra · 2. Do You Like It Like That (original 12″ mix) · Carte Blanche · 3. The Devil Made Me Do It (part I) · Tape To Tape · 4. Catch Me (45’’ edit) · Pockets · 5. L’Homme (Trackademicks remix) · Boy Crisis · 6. Side 2 Side (Migs interlude) · Miguel Migs · 7. Still Here · Stipé · 8. Congoman Chant · The Congos · 9. Youyou · Lucie Elenga · 10. Woodward Ave. · B.L.A.K.E. Eerie · 11. Destápate · Fulanito · 12. I Can’t Stop · Bettye Lavette · 13. Wants And Needs (feat. Akrobatik) · Lady Daisey · 14. Who Gets Your Love · Dusty Springfield · 15. Life’s Gone Down Low · The Lijadu Sisters · 16. The Bellman’s Speech · Bajka · 17. The Star Of A Story · Heatwave

summerselect2010

Tout ça ne nous rendra pas la Lambada

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Going home is such a ride (welcome spring)

‘1. STORMY SPRING ~ HIMIKO KIKUCHI ‘2. COME TOGETHER ~ AKIKO ‘3. GOING HOME ~ DORY PREVIN ‘4. WHAT DO YOU SEE IN HER? ~ INELL YOUNG ‘5. COMIC BEAT ~ SERGE GAINSBOURG VS. MICHAEL JACKSON ‘6. TELEPATIA TELEPATIA ~ LAVVI EBBEL ‘7. DEFENSIVE (ANITA) ~ LIL LOUIS ‘8. INVITATION TO LOVE ~ CFCF ‘9. SECOND LIVES (MUSTANG REMIX) ~ VITALIC ‘10. MOTH ~ BURIAL & FOUR TET ‘11. TELEPHONE (LOUIE VEGA EOL MIX) ~ ERYKAH BADU ‘12. BE ABOUT IT ~ SUGOISOUNDS ‘13. AS WE ENTER ~ DAMIAN MARLEY FEAT. NAS ’14. PASS ME THE SALT (MAJIKER BPM REMIX) ~ JENNY WILSON FEAT. MAPEI ‘15. FANTASTIC VALLEYS ~ MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS ‘16. CÓMO QUISIERA DECIRTE (MURCOF MIX) ~ LOS ÁNGELES NEGROS

Spring Select ’10

Vivaldi n’a qu’à bien se tenir