For no reason other than it amuses me, here’s the Genius-generated playlist I’m listening to this morning. I’m not sure how I’d label it – maybe Celtic-electronic-trance?
| Artist | Name | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Afro Celt Sound System | Green (Nevermore instrumental) | Seed |
| Conjure One | Tidal Pool (feat. Chemda) | Conjure One |
| Balligomingo | Marooned | Windham Hill Chill: Ambient Acoustic |
| Enigma | In the Shadow, in the Light | Voyageur |
| Delerium | Silence (DJ Tiësto’s in Search of Sunrise Remix) | Odyssey (The Remix Collection Disc 1) |
| Thievery Corporation | The Supreme Illusion (Feat Gunjan) | The Cosmic Game |
| Cheb I Sabbah | Toura Toura (the Nav Deep Remix) | Promo Only Alternative Club August |
| The Orb | Toxygene | Orblivion |
| The Crystal Method | Bad Stone | Vegas |
| Propellerheads | Spybreak! | Star Profile |
| Afro Celt Sound System | Anatomic | Anatomic |
| Conjure One | Pilgrimage | Extraordinary Ways |
| Zero 7 | Crosses | The Garden |
| Enigma | Camera Obscura | The Screen Behind the Mirror |
| The Art Of Noise | Beat Box [Diversion One] | (Who’s Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise! |
| Delerium | Heaven’s Earth (Key South Remix) | Odyssey (The Remix Collection Disc 1) |
| Afro Celt Sound System | All Remains | Seed |
| Thievery Corporation | Outernationalist (Thievery Corporation Remix) | The Cosmic Game (Korea Bonus CD) |
| The Crystal Method | Roll It Up | Tweekend |
| Conjure One | Years (feat. Chemda) | Conjure One |
| Enigma | Following the Sun | Voyageur |
| Frou Frou | Maddening Shroud | Details |
| Tangerine Dream | Network 23 | Exit |
| Zero 7 | Futures | The Garden |
| Afro Celt Sound System | Mojave | Anatomic |
| Conjure One | Face the Music (feat. Tiff Lacey) | Extraordinary Ways |
| Thievery Corporation | Satyam Shivam Sundaram (Feat Gunjan) | The Cosmic Game |
| Enigma | Between Mind & Heart | The Screen Behind the Mirror |
| The Crystal Method | High Roller | Vegas |
| Moby | We Are All Made of Stars | The Best Bands… Ever! (disc 2) |
| The Art Of Noise | Moments in Love | (Who’s Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise! |
| Bitter:Sweet | Dirty Laundry (Morgan Page Remix) | Promo Only Alternative Club August |
| Afro Celt Sound System | Rise Above It | Seed |
| Frou Frou | Hear Me Out | Details |
| Conjure One | Make a Wish (feat. Poe) | Conjure One |
| Enigma | The Piano | Voyageur |
| Thievery Corporation | State of the Union (Thievery Corporation Remix) | The Cosmic Game (Korea Bonus CD) |
| The Crystal Method | Murder | Tweekend |
| Zero 7 | Today | The Garden |
| Afro Celt Sound System | When I Still Needed you | Anatomic |
| Tangerine Dream | Pilots of Purple Twilight | Exit |
| Conjure One | Beyond Being | Extraordinary Ways |
| Enigma | The Gate | The Screen Behind the Mirror |
| Moby | South Side (feat. Gwen Stefani) (single version) | South Side |
| Air | Kelly, Watch the Stars! (Moog Cookbook remix) | All I Need |
| Orbital | Chime | Orbital |
| Thievery Corporation | Doors Of Perception (Feat Gunjan) | The Cosmic Game |
| Afro Celt Sound System | Ayub’s Song / As You Were | Seed |
| The Crystal Method | Vapor Trail | Vegas |
| Zero 7 | Seeing Things | The Garden |
| Frou Frou | Must Be Dreaming | Details |
| Conjure One | Pandora | Conjure One |
| Enigma | Incognito | Voyageur |
| Thievery Corporation | Resolution (Thievery Corporation Remix) | The Cosmic Game (Korea Bonus CD) |
| Afro Celt Sound System | My Secret Bliss | Anatomic |
| Tangerine Dream | Remote Viewing | Exit |
| Portishead | Roads | Dummy |
| Conjure One | Endless Dream (feat. Poe) | Extraordinary Ways |
| The Crystal Method | Bound Too Long (Hyper Mix) | Community Service 2 |
| Röyksopp | What Else Is There? (Thin White Duke mix) | Clubbers Guide 2006 (disc 1) |
| Fatboy Slim | Kalifornia | You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby |
| Zero 7 | Your Place | The Garden |
| Enigma | The Screen Behind the Mirror | The Screen Behind the Mirror |
| Afro Celt Sound System | Deep Channel | Seed |
| Thievery Corporation | Pela Janela (Feat Gigi Rezende) | The Cosmic Game |
| Frou Frou | The Dumbing Down of Love | Details |
| Conjure One | Redemption (feat. Chemda) | Conjure One |
| The Crystal Method | She’s My Pusher | Vegas |
| Tangerine Dream | Exit | Exit |
| The Art Of Noise | Close (To the Edit) | (Who’s Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise! |
| Fatboy Slim | Weapon of Choice | Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (clean edit) |
| Afro Celt Sound System | Beautiful Rain | Anatomic |
| Enigma | Boum-Boum | Voyageur |
| Thievery Corporation | The Heart’s A Lonely Hunter (Feat David Byrne) | The Cosmic Game |
| Conjure One | One Word (feat. Poe) | Extraordinary Ways |
| The Crystal Method | Starting Over (Elite Force Mix) | Community Service 2 |
| Zero 7 | This Fine Social Scene | The Garden |
| Perasma | Swing 2 Harmony (Mync Project remix) | Clubbers Guide 2006 (disc 2) |
| Frou Frou | It’s Good to Be in Love | Details |
| Curve | Chinese Burn (Lunatic Calm remix) | Chinese Burn |
| Afro Celt Sound System | The Other Side | Seed |
| Enigma | Endless Quest | The Screen Behind the Mirror |
| Conjure One | Manic Star (feat. Marie Clair D’Ubaldo) | Conjure One |
| Thievery Corporation | Wires And Watchtowers (Feat Sista Pat) | The Cosmic Game |
| Fatboy Slim | Right Here, Right Now | Smash Hits 2000 |
| The Crystal Method | Jaded | Vegas |
| Mouth Music | Chi mi na morbheanna [I see the great mountains] | Mouth Music |
| Dangerous Muse | The Rejection (Eric Kupper Mix) | Promo Only Alternative Club August |
| Afro Celt Sound System | Sené (Working the Land) | Anatomic |
| Conjure One | Into the Escape | Extraordinary Ways |
| Zero 7 | If I Can’t Have You | The Garden |
| Enigma | Silent Warrior | The Cross of Changes |
| Thievery Corporation | Exilio (Thievery Corporation Remix) | The Cosmic Game (Korea Bonus CD) |
| Delerium | Dark Matter | Spheres |
| Earth Trybe | Dance of Creation | Trance World |
| Afro Celt Sound System | Nevermore | Seed |
| The Crystal Method | Cherry Twist | Vegas |
| Mylo vs. Miami Sound Machine | Doctor Pressure | Clubbers Guide 2006 (disc 2) |
| Conjure One | Damascus (feat. Chemda) | Conjure One |
| Enigma | Smell of Desire | The Screen Behind the Mirror |
Quite a few of those (Enigma and Afro Celt) are on my playlist too… interesting
No intersection at all with my playlist.
But then, I’m mostly into folk, with a bit of pop and country thrown in.
That actually describes the majority of my music collection 🙂 The Duhks, Eastmountainsouth, John Gorka, Patty Griffin, and Richard Shindell, among many others. I mostly lean to folk and Celtic, and fusions of the two with rock. The above playlist is mostly just an upbeat/trancey set for a weekend morning.
Who’s afraid of the Art of Noise?
What is Genius? Is that an app that generates a playlist from your music library based on certain criteria you provide it?
I’m a big fan of Afro Celt Sound System, but the albums of theirs I seem to gravitate toward the most are “Release” and “Further in Time”. I haven’t spent as much time listening to “Seed” and “Anatomic”. It’s also nice to see someone else favoring Enigma’s “Screen Behind the Mirror”, which I think is one of their best even though it often tends to be overshadowed by their earlier albums “MCMXC a.D.” and “The Cross of Changes”.
Genius is a function in iTunes that groups together music that makes a cohesive playlist. There’s been a lot of speculation about their algorithms, but the general suspicion is that they are leveraging data from iTunes store purchases as saying that if a person bout X and Y then X and Y probably sound good together. Combine millions of datapoints like that and you get a surprisingly effective algorithm, though occasionally a clunker will show up 🙂
I admit I tend to jump around a bit when listening, either using Genius playlists or shuffle (the latter can be painful since I’ve got such a weird diversity in my collection, though – Miles Davis to Nightnoise to Was Not Was to Linkin Park to Moxy Fruvous makes for musical trainwrecks!
Wow! We would NOT do well on a road trip together.