After a couple of months of some heavy moods, I knew I definitely wanted to focus on something brighter for May’s edition of Moods In Free Time. On one of my daily walks on my block with my pup, the sunlight in LA just looked especially lovely. At one point I just stopped to bask in it, and as I did, I instantly heard The Sons and Daughters Of Lite’s “Let The Sun Shine In,” playing in my ears. That moment was the catalyst for this show, one that focuses on “Sublimity,” or being in the state of the sublime. Sublimity is also a place, an actual town in Oregon, and the site where I witnessed the total eclipse on my birthday in 2017 with some dear friends. So, suffice to say, “Sublimity,” means a great deal to me, and with all the insanity in the world right now, I was more than happy to focus on music that evokes a kind of trascendent beauty. There was immediately one major problem…There were many many many many songs that brought up this feeling for me, but, this show is only 60 minutes.
When I took account of the first collection of songs under this concept, it was over 5 hours long! And that was while I had the mindset of this only being for 1 hour…there’s so much to mine around the concept of “Sublimity,” that there’s no doubt I’ll return to this mood at a later date. As a way of sorting through and choosing the tunes that eventually ended up in the show, I focused on songs that almost immediately, from the moment it begins, I feel compelled to close my eyes, let the music wash over me, and be transported away from wherever I am by the music. And so here you go, 15 songs that signify the deepest levels of “Sublimity” that I’ve felt. Hope you enjoy it…
Moods In Free Time 005: Sublimity – 05-28-2020
Playlist – Moods In Free Time 005: Sublimity
{opening theme} The Visitors – The Juggler – In My Youth (Muse)
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Sons & Daughters Of Lite – Let The Sun Shine In – (Sunlite)
Bobbi Humphrey – San Francisco Lights – Satin Doll (Blue Note)
American Analog Set – Diana Slowburner II – The Fun Of Watching Fireworks (Emperor Jones/Trance)
Fela – Equalisation of Trouser & Pants – Opposite People (Knitting Factory)
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Lee Hazlewood – My Autumn’s Done Come – The Very Special World Of Lee Hazlewood (MGM)
Kraak & Smaak feat. Carmel – Why Do People Fall In Love? – That’s My Word EP (Jalapeno)
David Axelrod – Holy Are You (Instrumental) – The Warner/Reprise Sessions (Rhino/WEA)
Talk Talk – Inheritance – Spirit Of Eden (EMI)
Laraaji – Excerpt From All Pervading – Celestial Vibration (Swan)
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Black Sabbath – Laguna Sunrise – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (WB)
Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions – Clear Day – Bavarian Fruit Bread (Rough Trade)
Jimi Hendrix – Drifting – The Cry Of Love (Reprise)
Adam Franklin – Big Sur – Spent Bullets (Second Motion/Hi-Speed Soul)
Gilberto Gil – Era Nova – Re-Favela (Philips)
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{Closing Theme} Alice Coltrane – Turiya & Ramakrishna – Ptah, The El Daoud (Impulse)