1,000 Dreams

This mix accreted itself around the song “To Whom Can I Tell My Pains”, which I discovered while randomly surfing through the iTunes Music Store, and which reduced me to tears on the first listen. As a setting for it I pulled together other songs with the right levels of sadness, distance, exoticness or thrilling dissonance.

This also gave me a chance to attempt something I’d wanted to do for a while: add “serious” 20th-century classical music to a mix. This ended up as the most varied mix I’ve ever done: it also has folk music from several cultures, rock, electronics, and unclassifiable experimentation. I hope it works for you.

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Track List

  1. 00:00 Sylvester Weaver“Guitar Rag” US
  2. 26:00 Cindytalk“In This World” UK
  3. 185:00 Huun-Huur-Tu“Eshten Charlyyry (It's Hard To Be Parted From A Friend)” Tuva
  4. 565:00 Marika Kanaropoulou“To Whom Can I Tell My Pains” Greece
  5. 723:00 The Velvet Underground“Venus In Furs” US
  6. 1028:00 Blind Willie Johnson“Dark Was The Night” US
  7. 1225:00 Underworld“Shudder” UK
  8. 1265:00 :Zoviet*France:“Alchemagenta” UK
  9. 1382:00 Biosphere“Houses On The Hill” Norway
  10. 1455:00 Rachel's“4 Or 5 Trees” US
  11. 1513:00 The Rustavi Choir“Tsmindao Chmerto” Georgia
  12. 1660:00 Rachel's“4 Or 5 Trees” US
  13. 1707:00 Henryk Gorecki [Poland] / Kronos Quartet [US]“Already It Is Dusk (mov. 1)”
  14. 1768:00 Rachel's“The Voyage Of Camille” US
  15. 1997:00 Henryk Gorecki [Poland] / Kronos Quartet [US]“Already It Is Dusk (mov. 2)”
  16. 2051:00 Samuel Barber [US] / Kronos Quartet [US]“Adagio For Strings”
  17. 2354:00 Somei Satoh“Ruika” Japan
  18. 2474:00 Lustmord“Strange Attractor” UK
  19. 2704:00 Stars Of The Lid“Lactate's Moment” US
  20. 3165:00 Muszikas“Kati-Kata” Hungary
  21. 3369:00 Dog Faced Hermans“Wings” Netherlands
  22. 3610:00 Dead Can Dance“Frontier (1987 version)” Australia
  23. 3784:00 Do Make Say Think“It's Gonna Rain” Canada
  24. 3912:00 Sylvester Weaver“Guitar Rag” US