Monday Night Martin
Once upon a time I lugged my PC to The Star on the first Monday of each month to play lovingly created playlists as loudly as I could get away with accompanied by swirling visuals generated by WinAmp’s MilkDrop plugin projected on to a screen. This had something of a cult following for a few years.
#29: The Life Aquatic (November 2010)
01
John Debney
“Main Title”
seaQuest DSV, 1995
02
[’ramp]
“Rapture of the Deep”
Beyond Me, 2001
03
David Gilmour
“The Blue”
On an Island, 2006
04
John Frusciante
“Song to the Siren”
The Empyrean, 2009
05
Jim O’Rourke
“Ghost Ship in a Storm”
Eureka, 1999
06
Neko Case
“Red Tide”
Middle Cyclone, 2009
07
Salt Tank
“Sargasso Sea”
ST 3, 1994
08
Zorba + Chicago
“Voyage of Ulysses”
Movers & Groovers 2, 2001
09
DJ Cam + Tassel & Naturel
“Cantaloop Island”
Nu Jazz Anthology, 2007
10
John Foxx & Harold Budd
“Underwater Flowers”
Drift Music, 2003
11
Memory Tapes
“Swimming Field”
Seek Magic, 2009
12
The Cinematic Orchestra
“Ode to the Big Sea”
Motion, 1999
13
John Martyn
“Dreams By the Sea”
Solid Air, 1973
14
T.O.N.T.O.’s Expanding Head Band
“Ferryboat”
It’s About Time, 1972
15
Pink Floyd
“Marooned”
The Division Bell, 1994
16
Spiritualized
“Cool Waves”
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, 1997
17
Shearwater
“Meridian”
The Golden Archipelago, 2010
18
Macha
“Calming Passengers”
Forget Tomorrow, 2004
19
Phantogram
“You Are the Ocean and I’m Good at Drowning”
Eyelid Movies, 2009
20
The Jesus and Mary Chain
“Surfin’ USA”
Barbed Wire Kisses, 1988
21
Klaus Schulze
“Floating”
The Essential 72-93, 1994
22
Blank & Jones
“Watching the Waves”
Relax, 2003
23
Hammock
“Shipwrecked (Flat On Your Back)”
Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo, 2006
24
Katie Melua
“The Flood”
The House, 2010
25
Brendan Perry
“The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”
Ark, 2010
26
Volcano Choir
“Island, IS”
Unmap, 2009
27
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
“Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots)”
Broadcasting from Home, 1984
28
Michael Nyman
“Water Dances - II. Gliding”
The Kiss and Other Movements, 1985
29
Robert Wyatt
“Sea Song”
Rock Bottom, 1974
30
The Neutrons
“Mermaid and Chips”
Black Hole Star, 1974
31
Björk
“Oceania”
Medulla, 2004
32
Sub
“Nautilus”
em:t 0004, 2004
33
Chicane
“Offshore” (Ambient Mix)
Café del Mar, Vol. 4, 1997
34
Passengers
“Beach Sequence”
Original Soundtracks 1, 1995
35
Röyksopp
“Silver Cruiser”
Junior, 2009
36
Eno
“On Some Faraway Beach”
Here Come the Warm Jets, 1974
37
Pendulum
“Watercolour”
Immersion, 2010
38
Radiohead
“Weird Fishes / Arpeggi”
In Rainbows, 2007
39
The Horrors
“Sea Within a Sea”
Primary Colours, 2009
40
Boards of Canada
“The Beach at Redpoint”
Geogaddi, 2002
41
Surface of Eceon
“The Open Sea”
The King Beneath the Mountain, 2001