May 2011
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Wash it out
A mixtape with songs and remixes for/from Washed Out. Hope you like it.
January 2011
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Unholidays
by Stuck in Customs | license: cc-nc-sa-2.0
Holidays are over, yet the will for vacations still remains. I need them so badly…! So, for now, I can only dream with them, as I hope you dream with this song.
Silver Swans - Holidays
November 2010
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Light #11 (Goodbye, so long)
Well… Don’t you miss the time things met something? I do, a lot. Weird times this, when I know and naturally assume that meaning is off by default and turning it on will be a waste of time.
Hear, hear, the new Light on Mars is here.
Tracklist: 1. This Will Destroy You - Threads 2. God Is An Astronaut - Forever Lost 3. Caspian - Some Are White Light 4. Yndi Halda - We Flood...
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Light #10 (Cinnamon Candle)
I love scent candles more than I love incense. My favorite, so far, is from Bolsius and it has a suggary and cinnamon scent that is quite pleasant. And this mixtape reminds me of that particular scent.
Enjoy!
Tracklist: 1. Braids - Lemonade 2. Miracle - Sunstar 3. Secret Mountains - Rejoice 4. Weekend - End Times 5. Workers - Funeral 6. Blonde Readhead - 23 7. Radiohead - Weird Fishes
September 2010
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Mist on Mars
Dreams are good. They are an important part of our lives and they help us go further. So, with no more delays, dream on!
Tracklist: 1. Kilimanjaro - Moon Fever (00:00 - 03:47) 2. Houses/Teen - Bikes (03:47 - 07:40) 3. Wattusi - Long Days (07:40 - 12:39) 4. Toujours - Trance (12:39 - 15:36) 5. Leviathan Jones - Don’t Stop (15:36 - 19:15)
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Golden Haze
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Wild Nothing - Golden Haze
This is one of the most beautiful sons I’ve heard this month. And I have nothing else to say because I’m speechless.
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Vanilla porn
This is one of those songs that catched my attention from the first minute. All is cool with it: the beat, the melodies, how all works together. I’m in love with this music; it makes me want to dance, even though I don’t know how, and makes me want to chill at the same time.
As you’ve already noticed, I really like Chillwave.
Gold Panda - Vanilla Minus
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The first guest light
This is the first light on mars created by a guest. The author is Rita Mateus, to whom I thank for accepting the invitation.
You’ll notice that the format is a little different. Instead of having a flash-based player, you have Youtube links. This was how I received them, so I’ll publish them like this.
Tracklist: Schiller ft Kim Sanders - Dancing With Loneliness Paula Fernandes -...
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Brother
Listening to Heroine, by Blonde Redhead, reminded me of a norwegian band called Harrys Gym. They have the most beautiful music, Brother. Please, listen to it.
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My heroine
You know that feeling you get when you “click” with someone? I got that exact same feeling with Blonde Redhead’s single Heroine. And, since I’ve been feeling good, although I’m not sleeping much, I felt it even more.
August 2010
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Have a good sunday night
Tracklist: Broken Social Screne - Her Disappearing Theme Oren Lavie - A Dream Within a Dream Bon Iver - Flume Iron & Wine - Fever Dream An Brun - The Puzzle
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You're still a human being, so you're not...
I got this title from a song that was used as an intro to a radio show I used to listen a few years ago, named Grande Sofá. The host always presented the listeners with great chill sounds: Downtempo, NuJazz, Lounge, Chillout and Dub were the main dishes to one of the best shows I’ve ever listened to. Unfortunatly, it ended, but I kept searching for those sounds. Relaxing sounds are a...
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Game on!
Working on a weekend sucks. So, when I listened to Pikelet’s single Gameland I was completely blown by her music. I love dreamy sounds and her songs are just that. Almost made my day!
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Way Down South Oma
A smooth introduction to a peaceful night.
Alif Tree - Way Down South
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But if you sing, sing, sing, sing sing, sing
Although the morning started with a little bit of rain, the afternoon was one of those summer afternoons I like. Today was a good day.
Travis - Sing
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I run with you, spirit animal
Just listened to “I run with you, spirit animal”, by Evan Voytas, and I loved it. It’s a really pleasant indietronica track or what the hell this music style is. These days, I don’t know anymore in wich style a music fits, because more and more there is a fusion from different ones. But I do know I liked this track.
via
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A playlist for a calm but strange day
Photo by Matt Eckelberg, under a cc-by-2.0 license.
My day just came to an end. A relaxing day, although it didn’t started that good, with a terrible stomachache. Fortunately, everything got better by lunch time and around 2.30pm I went for a walk in the woods and after that I listened to a lot of music. The ones below are the ones that captured more of my attention.
Tracklist:
Ez A...
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A dreamy day
After walking in the woods, as you might suspect, I feel tired. But I also feel relaxed and calm. Maybe it’s the exercise, together with the smells from the trees and the loneliness.
Ô Paon - Le Dernier Mot
via stereogum
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Fight Bite newest singles for fourthcoming EP
Today I took the day off, so I got the change to do some (needed) exercise and to keep up with the latest sounds from my feed subscriptions. This is how I discovered Fight Bite. Fight Bite is a duo that used to live in Denton, Texas, and plays some really good Dream Pop. This two singles are part of their fourthcoming EP. Hope you enjoy them as I am now.
via gorilla vs. bear
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A new path
Today, I took a long look at “It All Started With Carbon Monoxide” and I decided to make “Lights On Mars” a bit more like it. So, instead of some sort of podcast/mixtape, you will have posts from time to time, most of them with only one song, and they will probably be accompanied with a short text and/or an image. If you’ve been listening to my amateur imitation of a...
July 2010
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Light #9 (summer afternoons)
Tracklist: 1. Flyafter - Sleep Beside Me 2. Black Kids - I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You 3. Portugal, The Man - Lovers In Love 4. Dial M For Murder! - You Can’t Have Me 5. John Sars - Retox 6. Computerclub - Before The Walls Came Down 7. Future Of Forestry - Did You Lose Yourself?
June 2010
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Light #8 (a light for the blue souls)
I really need to stop doing this at 3am. At this time, I’m always full of sleep and I don’t notice the small glitches. Or maybe it’s some audacity thing at the time of export, or some audio configuration?!
Anyway, here it is, the red planet’s new light. It was created for all the blue souls and also for a friend I don’t see in a while. This is my «I miss you»...
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The Lost Skrolls Of Hamaric - How To Find Royal...
One of the best songs ever.
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Light #7 (Side A)
Download
Tracklist: 1. Chad VanGaalen - City of Electric Light (00:00 - 02:24) 2. Born Ruffians - I Need A Life (Four Tet Remix) (02:24 - 10:50) 3. Reverie Sound Revue - We Are the Opposite of Thieves (10:50 - 13:02) 4. Matt and Kim - I’ll Take Us Home (13:02 - 16:27) 5. Bishop Allen - Rain (16:27 - 19:53) 6. Phoenix - Lisztomania (19:53 - 24:01)
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Light #6 (Saudade)
Download Tracklist: 1. Lisa Ekdahl - I Don’t Miss You Anymore (00:00 - 03:51) 2. Vivian Buczek - Well be Together Again (03:51 - 09:52) 3. Koop - Whenever There Is You (09:52 - 12:50) 4. Trinha - Miss U (12:50 - 16:27) 5. Afterlife - Speck Of Gold (feat. Cathy Battistessa) (16:27 - 22:00) 6. Nicorette - Missing Daisy (22:00 - 24:17) 7. Fantastic Plastic Machine - Pura Saudade (24:17 -...
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The Mountains & The Trees - More & More...
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Marilyn Manson - Great Big White World
One of my favorite songs from their album Mechanical Animals.
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Sally Shapiro - Find My Soul (Norwegian...
And with this I’ll start publishing also singles - not only mixtapes. The criteria will be: if I like it, I’ll publish it. I think broadening the spectrum of this blog will be a good thing. Hope you like it. If I’ll also publish musics that I like, this means that I like this music. And it’s true, I like it. I just found it a few minutes ago. Although a bit dance-ish,...
April 2010
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Light #5
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Light #4
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Light #3
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January 2010
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Light #2
(can’t listen? click here)
Dedicated to someone. Hope you and all of you like it.
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Lights on Mars workflow
Before the second light is born, I want to share to you the workflow I use to create the shows: the Internet. Yes, using Last.fm, Grooveshark, Friendfeed and two or three more webservices, I create the “lights”. That way, it’s easier to make them more coherent and to find new sounds I never heard before.
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The birth of the first light
(can’t listen? click here)
The rain and the cold shape my mood today. The memory of a marvelous weekend has not faded away and the hope the next will be equally great is alive. I’m not feeling sad, just melancholic, missing that weekend and hopping for the next. The first Light on Mars is born.