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[url="http://www.myspace.com/akmusiques"]AKMusique[/url] is the downtempo music project of Germany's Andreas Kolinski. The following song, Bahia Oawi, appears on the album La Vie du Lounge: [amazon]B002EPFH5C[/amazon]

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[url="http://www.myspace.com/byeblackbird"]Blackbird Blackbird[/url] is electronic music project of San Francisco's Mikey. You can find the following song, Sunspray (cut #2), on the album, Summer Heart, which you can listen to in it's entirety over at Bandcamp.


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His latest piece is a remix of [url="http://www.myspace.com/worldwartour"]Warpaint[/url]'s Undertow.

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[url="http://blogs.myspace.com/mergeofequals"]Merge of Equals[/url] is the music project of Swiss lounge producer Flavio Maspoli. You can find the following song, Clear Blue Sky, on his 2009 album, Intoxicating: [amazon]B002G3JN7A[/amazon].

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[url="http://www.myspace.com/thediningroomsofficial"]The Dining Rooms[/url] is electronic producing team from Italy consisting of Stefano Ghittoni and Cesare Malfatti. You can find the following songs on their 2003 album, Tre: [amazon]B000094FG7[/amazon].

African Loungesters

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Ben Neil - Somnabula (Mutant mix)

[color="#0011ed"][url="http://www.myspace.com/benneill"]Ben Neil[/url][/color] is an electronic composer, producer and inventor. You can find this on the album,[size="2"] Excursions in Ambience: The Fourth Frontier, via Astralwerks.[/size][font="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"]
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Cloud Cult - Running With The Wolves

This is the title track from the [url="http://www.myspace.com/cloudcult"]Minneapolis[/url] band's recent EP: [amazon]B003FRX7E6[/amazon].


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We Are Happy Plants - Apollo

[url="http://www.myspace.com/wplnts"]We Are Happy Plants[/url] is an electronic producer from Budapest, Hungary.

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Quiet Village - Too High To Move

[url="http://www.myspace.com/quietvillage"]Quiet Village[/url] is an electronic producing team from the UK. You can find this song on their 2008 album, Silent Movie.

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AKMusique - Little Sign

[url="http://www.myspace.com/akmusiques"]AKMusique[/url] is a nu-jazz and downtempo electronic producer from Germany. You can find the following song on his 2006 album, La Vie Du Lounge: [amazon]B000GIXIB4[/amazon].


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White Tree - *Mercury Sands

[url="http://www.myspace.com/whitetreespace"]WhiteTree[/url] is a trio from Italy and Germany that fuse classical and electronic music together. You can find the following song on their 2009 album, Cloudland: [amazon]B001UNQMBM[/amazon].


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*The video may be mislabeled - my download says the song is called Koepnik

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Eric Whiteacre's Virtual Choir - Lux Aurumque

[font=sans-serif][size=2]Eric Whitacre is an American composer and conductor. [/size][/font][font=sans-serif][size=2]Whitacre's Virtual Choir combines 185 voices from 12 countries[/size][/font]
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Fritz Kalkbrenner - Facing The Sun

[url="http://www.myspace.com/fritzkalkbrenner"]Fritz Kalkbrenner[/url] is a DJ and music producer from Berlin. The following song, Facing the Sun, is the title track of his latest album, which was released last month: [amazon]B00475R052[/amazon]. You can d/l it as part of Motel de Moka's latest mix, which is entitled [url="http://www.moteldemoka.com/2010/11/09/heliocentric/"]Heliocentric[/url].

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Dirty Doering - I Would

[url="http://www.myspace.com/veltendoering"]Dirty Doering[/url] is a dj and techhouse producer from Germany. The following song, I Would, has recently been released as a single. The full track list for Motel de Moka's [color="#0011ED"][url="http://www.moteldemoka.com/2010/11/09/heliocentric/"]Heliocentric[/url] [/color]mix is below.

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Deadmau5 - Get In The Cart, Pig

This is the latest track from the Canadian electronic producer (work in progress)


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[url="http://www.myspace.com/theglass"]The Glass [/url] is a producing team from New York and Berlin. [url="http://www.myspace.com/blackvanmusic"]Black Van[/url] is a producing and remixing team from Hamburg, Germany. You can d/l the following remix - Four Four Letter - courtesy of the artists @ [url="http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/The_Glass/track/Four_Floor_Letter_Black_Van_Mix"]RcrdLbl[/url].
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[url="http://www.myspace.com/peterpears"]Peter Pears[/url] is the classical pop project of Nico Muhly and Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman). The following song is an interpretation - Balinese Ceremonial Music (McPhee). It was performed live at the Bijou Theaters.

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[url="http://www.myspace.com/dzihankamien"]dZihan & Kamien[/url] - Ay Ay Ay (from their latest album, Lost and Found)

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My Wooden Turtle - My Wooden Turtle

[url="http://www.myspace.com/thelegendarylightness"]My Wooden Turtle[/url] is a folk-rock duo from Zurich, Switzerland. This song is from their album, The Legendary Lightness, which has just been released.

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It sort of reminds me of the following song mixed with Simon and Garfunkle:

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[url="http://www.myspace.com/misterdreadmusic"]Mr D[/url] is a folk-rock singer from Glasgow, Scotland. The following song, Too Little Too Late, is from his latest ep.

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The Radio Department - The New Improved Hypocrisy

You can download the song courtesy of the Swedish band at their [url="http://theradiodept.com/index.php?start=6"]Official Website[/url].


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[url="http://www.myspace.com/gotye"]Gotye[/url] (aka Wouter De Backer) is a Belgium born singer-songwriter from Australia. He often incorporates "snippets [font="arial, sans-serif"][size="2"]of old vinyl records and cassettes" in his work. Eyes Wide Open is his latest single - it will appear on his upcoming album, which will be released in February 2011.[/size][/font]
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Aural Float - Dreamer's Dream

[font="arial, sans-serif"][size="2"][url="http://www.le-mar.de/front_content.php?idcat=12"]Aural Float[/url] is an ambient music project founded by Alex Azary, Gabriel Le Mar and Pascal FEOS in Frankfurt, Germany. [/size][/font]You can find this song on the 2005 album, Beautiful Someday: [amazon] B0011G6B9Q[/amazon].


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The oldest known melody - circa 1400 BC. Read more about the song at Youtube:

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Here is the latest single from The Pet Shop Boys

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[url="http://www.myspace.com/historyismystery"]William Tyler[/url] is a session guitarist from Nashville. He has recently released a solo album of acoustic music, Behold The Spirit, which is reviewed in this week's [url="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/arts/music/23choice.html?ref=music"]New York Times[/url]; you can listen to the entire album this week, courtesy of [url="http://nhpr.org/first-listen-william-tyler-behold-spirit"]NPR[/url].


Sleeping Prophet (Intro)

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William Tyler & The Paper Hats (Live)
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