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sven libaek - misty canyon

#sven libaek #jazz

[rastronomicals]

11:55 PM EDT March 25, 2023:

Sven Libaek - "Open Sea Theme" From the Soundtrack album   The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (December 14, 2004)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

#Sven Libaek #The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou #Open Sea Theme

[allmusic]

AllMusic Staff Pick: Sven Libaek Inner Space: The Lost Music of Sven Libaek

This 2006 compilation is as good a place as any to begin exploring the vault of Sven Libaek, the famed Norwegian-Australian composer whose lush, exotic soundtracks helped influence Australian music in the mid-1960s. - Timothy Monger

#allmusic staff picks #sven libaek

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Sven Libaek And His Orchestra – Solar Flares (1974)

#Sven Libaek And His Orchestra #Quasars

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#Spotify

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:-O

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A song that soars 🐦

#Spotify

[amoveablejake]

My Five Key Songs of March 2023

Oh boy, this is a tough one. 

Okay, yes, this round up for the key songs of March 2023 is a week late. I know that. But actually, I’m kind of glad that it is. Not because it being a week late means that I can sneak in a more recent song, I haven’t although I was sorely tempted to I will admit, but rather because I did need another week to line up what the five key songs were going to be because this time it has been particularly tough. And as for what the key song for this month, or rather last month, is going to be at this time of writing I genuinely have no idea which means what is to follow will be some gut feeling, straight from the hip song choosing action which I think we can all agree on is exactly what we want. 

First up, ‘Thatcherie’ by Sven Libaek. 

Sven Libaek’s music keeps working its way into my day to day so much so that if at the end of the year, if he appeared as my most played artist on Spotify I wouldn’t be surprised. Sometimes it feels like Libaek songs start playing without me realising or rather that I might not even realise that a song is playing at all as Libaek’s work has become such an integral part of my day to day music roster. The first time I really listened to ‘Inner Space: The Lost Film Music of Sven Libaek’ I was on my way to Heathrow airport, sitting on a coach very early in the morning and the sunrise was bursting through the window onto my face. Everytime I listen to Libaek’s music now I am whisked back to that moment and I always feel the sun on my skin even if it is the cloudiest day. Funnily enough, the sun is shining on me now, literally, as I listen to ‘Thatcherie’ and am reminded yet again of how special Libaek’s music is, not that I needed the reminder ofcourse. 

Second up to bat, ‘Only a Fool Would Say That’ by Steely Dan. 

‘Only a Fool Would Say That’ is the song responsible for the Steely Dan resurgence in my life and for that, I am very thankful for it. As I wrote about in an album of the week piece a couple of weeks back, the Steely Dan hiatus in my library has only worked in the band’s favour as my adoration for them is now stronger than ever. Even though I have my monthly playlist of what tracks are really hitting me that month, and even though I do have a key music roster that I draw on, sometimes I do still pause and am unsure of exactly what to listen to. In those moments I know that I can always turn to Steely Dan and over the past few weeks everytime I have felt like that I have been putting ‘Only a Fool Would Say That’ on and immediately feeling calmer and more settled. I really don’t see Steely Dan losing their place in my roster anytime soon or ever again now that they’re back. 

Third on the list for March 2023, ‘Mer Du Japon’.

Okay, now things are really getting difficult. How this isn’t the key song for March I am not quite sure but I said that I was doing straight from the hip, gut instinct picks so here we are. But let’s not let that detract from how much of a hit ‘Mer Du Japon’ has been for March. I always find myself returning to Air who have firmly become one of my favourite bands and just when I thought I had my favourite songs of theirs in order, ‘Mer Du Japon’ turns up and throws the list all out of order. ‘Mer Du Japon’ as I spoke about in last week’s album of the week piece feels like the progression of the band and their sound. It runs perfectly, and epitomises everything that makes Air, Air. It might not be my favourite song of theirs at the moment, but let me sit with it for a bit longer and who knows, maybe it can climb that list that it has already disrupted. 

The fourth choice this time around, ‘Tormenta’ by Gorillaz featuring Bad Bunny. 

Alright, full disclosure, I have just swapped the final two songs. I wasn’t sure how I was going to pick between them but at the last moment there ‘Tormenta’ lost its key song of the month position which really, is a surprise. From the moment I heard ‘Tormenta’ it has been stuck in my head and never fails to make me smile. It is a track that reminds me of classic Gorillaz and it feels like it has been born from that place in the band’s journey where they were, just having fun I suppose. I mean, I’m sure they still have been having fun with some of their albums through the 2010s but for me they have often missed out on getting back to the highs of those albums from the 2000s. That may be nostalgia but actually, I don’t think it is. I think the Gorillaz thrived when they seemingly didn’t have as much pressure on them and were making music for themselves and their cartoon friends. ‘Tormenta’ feels exactly like that, a song for friends, made by friends and one that is a hit because it isn’t trying to be. 

Okay, here we are, the key song of the month for March 2023, ‘Just a Song Before I Go’ by Crosby, Stills and Nash. 

I think that maybe a part of me in my heart knew that the key song for this month sort of had to be ‘Just a Song Before I Go’. I say sort of had to be because ‘Just a Song Before I Go’ is the sort of track that I know that I’ll be listening to in all my years to come. Its the sort of song that I will listen to and remember all of the times that I have listened to it before and all of the memories of those times in my life will come flooding back as it serves as a through line for all of the times that it has been a part of. Sometimes you hear a song and you know immediately that its one of your songs, a song that almost straight off the bat it could be a desert island disc pick for you. ‘Just a Song Before I Go’ is that sort of song for me and it has made me want to dive into Crosby, Stills and Nash’s music even more, I’m usually a Crosby, Stills Nash and Young kind of guy, and I really am looking forward to those explorations. I also am looking forward to all of my attempts to recreate the cover of ‘CSN’, the record from which ‘Just a Song Before I Go’ has been lifted from, because the photograph that adorns it, its special and oh boy, do I want to be in it. 

So there we have it, the five key songs for March 2023 which was a little tougher than usual. Hopefully April, will have some more clear cut choices as I do feel like I have let a few songs down but hey, they’ll just need to make a push to come back and fight for their place again, you know, and develop a thinking process for themselves but we don’t need to dwell on that now. As I write this now, its still rather warm in my apartment and the evening sun is shining still. We are settling into spring now aren’t we, let’s see what it has in store. 

-Jake, a man still thinking about York, 02/04/2023

[maybeinthemorning]

[instanttunes]

Sven Libaek - Desert

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[rastronomicals]

11:51 PM EST February 15, 2023:

Sven Libaek - "Shark Attack Theme" From the Soundtrack album   The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (December 14, 2004)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

#Sven Libaek #The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou #Shark Attack Theme

[reverbradio]

Reverberation #405 1. Azymuth - Manha  2. Joe Walsh - A Life of Illusion  3. Francesca dell’ Abruzzo - Easy Money  4. Frankie Valli - You’re A Song  5. Steve Hiett - Dancing ln July   6. Tex Crick - Sometimes I Forget  7. Kevin Ayers - May I (Live) 8. John Cale - Barracuda  9. Sven Libaek - Solar Flares  10. The Byrds - Lay Lady Lay  11. Jack Name - I Came to Tell You In Plain English  12. Leonard Cohen - True Love Leaves No Traces

#Azymuth #joe walsh #francesa dell abruzzo #frankie valli #steve hiett #tex crick #Kevin Ayers #John Cale #sven libaek #The Byrds #jack name #leonard cohen #francesca dell' abruzzo

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sven libaek -- solar flares (album, 1974)

#1970s #jazz #funk #downtempo #sven libaek