Favorite music of 2018, Part I: 12-19-18

ANDROID's Favorite albums from 2018:

• Nils Frahm All Melody

• Jonny Greenwood Phantom Thread - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

• Mia Doi Todd Music For A Midsummer Night's Dream ‎

• Jenny Hval The Long Sleep EP

• Meg Baird, Mary Lattimore Ghost Forests

• Neneh Cherry Broken Politics

• Thievery Corporation Treasures from the Temple

• U.S. Girls In a Poem Unlimited

• Loma Loma

• Kadhja Bonet Childqueen

• Olafur Arnalds Re:member

New music is good for how it innovates, but also for how it makes us remember.

I went into tonight's radio show with a running list of songs and albums that really drew me in this year.  I didn't realize the themes that would emerge: the harp, pagan lyrics, forest imagery, ...

Several songs made me remember the captivating influence of Bjork (pictured) whose music first drew my attention when I was 11 years old and continues to reveal its effects on me.  Her song  "Pagan Poetry" and the accompanying video and photography turned out to be part of the inspiration for me tonight.  Although she didn't put an album out this year, I see Bjork's influence in my selection of music today.


Listen to 12-19-18 radio set here

Playlist:

1. Blank & Jones  / A Forest - Chilltronica Mix
2. Nils Frahm  / My Friend the Forest
3. Thom Yorke  / Suspirium
4. Jonny Greenwood  / Never Cursed
5. Neneh Cherry  / Fallen Leaves
6. Meg Baird, Mary Lattimore  / Fair Annie
7. Brambles  / In the Androgynous Dark
8. Lobo Marino  / Celebrate
9. Laraaji  / I Can Only Bliss Out (F'Days)
10. Dead Can Dance  / ACT II: The Forest
11. Kreidler  / Solaris
12. Nosaj Thing, Kazu Makino  / How We Do
13. Olafur Arnalds  / re:member
14. Yo La Tengo  / You Are Here
15. Meg Baird, Mary Lattimore  / Painter of Tygers
16. Bjork  / Pagan Poetry
17. Neneh Cherry, Forest Swords  / Blank Project
18. Dead Can Dance, Forest Swords  / Mesmerism
19. Kedr Livanskiy  / No More Summer Rain
20. Thievery Corporation  / San San Rock
21. Loma  / Black Willow
22. Mia Doi Todd, Luis Perez Ixoneztli  / Great Love Theme in Flute
23. The Glitch Mob, Elohim  / I Could Be Anything (feat. Elohim)
24. Mazzy Star  / That Way Again
25. Blank & Jones, Mark Reeder  / A Forest - Schwarzwald Mix