Alexandra Gardner | Building Noises

Every year during the holidays I make a CD for my friends of favorite music from the past 12 months. This year I fell in love with a lot of different music, but because the Mix is geared towards all things celebratory, I stuck with the danceable, fun and/or relaxing. iTunes won’t let me burn a CD for everyone, but here is the playlist – anyone notice a theme??

1. I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ – Scissor Sisters
2. Can’t Stop – Ozomatli
3. Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That – Robert Randolph
4. Sultanas de Merkaillo – Ojos de Brujo
5. 15 Step – Radiohead
6. Unbound – Suzanne Vega
7. That Right Ain’t S**t – The Books
8. I Feel It All – Feist
9. Sleeping With The Lights On – Teitur
10. Couldn’t Sleep – Milosh
11. Strange Imaginary Remix – Dennis DeSantis
12. Tokyo – The Books
13. Imitosis – Andrew Bird
14. One and Only – Teitur
15. Fiddlegree – Clogs
16. Morning: Good – Anat Fort
17. Sleep – Eric Whitacre/Polyphony

Although I know perfectly well this music will end up shuffled around in iPods, I still completely obsess over the order of the songs. It’s my job to create meaningful musical experience, after all!

Some other groups that I quite enjoyed over the past year are The Claudia Quintet, Grizzly Bear, Floratone, and Now Ensemble. Be sure to check them out too!

Happy New Year!!