Dancing Mattress Productions: Mental Nomad Podcast 141: The Experiment, Week 1

21 October 2009

Mental Nomad Podcast 141: The Experiment, Week 1

Today's mixture of jazz, hip-hop, electronics, rock and things that defy description is the first in at least a month's worth of Mental Nomad Podcasts that will be coming over the feed in AAC format -- file extension .M4A, if you're not familiar with the term. It's the format most associated with iTunes, but it should work with Quicktime, and hopefully other players as well.

Switching to this format allows me to embed artwork and create "chapters" so that if you don't want to hear me blather, or you don't like one song but think you might love the next, you can jump ahead in the show. If downloads fall substantially, or a lot of people complain to me, I may go back to MP3 format; down the road, when I move to another host, I might make shows available in both formats.

Here's what you'll hear today (right-click to download):

Pink Martini: "Bitty Boppy Betty"
Fat Freddy's Drop: "Pull the Catch"
Slo-Mo feat. Mic Wrecka: "County"
Dr Kuch: "Spend More Time With Me"
Emmet Swimming: "The Dance"
Post Death Soundtrack: "Anywhere Out of the World"
Pink Martini: "Ou Est Ma Tete?"
Pink Martini: "Ninna Nanna"
Emmet Swimming: "Don't Call Her"
HOBEX: "Inner City Blues"
Slo-Mo feat. Mic Wrecka: "Home Is Where the Heart Is"
Dr Kuch: "Orange Bossa"
Emmet Swimming: "Waving at Cars"

(Total play time: 1:06:10)

Tracks 1, 7, 8 and 10 courtesy of IODA Promonet; tracks 3, 5, 9, 11 and 13 courtesy of Ariel Publicity; track 2 courtesy of Rock Paper Scissors; tracks 4 and 12 courtesy of Magnatune; and track 6 courtesy of Music Alley.

This week's Post Death Soundtrack song is a Dead Can Dance cover, and the HOBEX contribution is, of course, a cover of a Marvin Gaye classic.

Promonet-sponsored tracks may be downloaded below for as long as their promotions remain in effect.