Listening
A collection of mixes and playlists made over the years:
08 Companion
Taking solitary meanders in the dead of night
— Dublin, Mar 2022
07 Islands
Dreaming of islands and making mixes out of old Swedish jazz records
— Dublin, Jun 2021
06 Marble
Playing music from the PA system at a design conference
— Copenhagen, Aug 2017
05 Divers
Marking midsummer with a new mix to celebrate Scandinavian summers
— Copenhagen, Jun 2016
04 Colours
Making a mix as a thank you to a stranger on the internet
— London, Mar 2015
03 Cassette
Throwing parties with friends where everybody brings drinks and a mixtape
— Dublin, Feb 2009
02 Cinema
Dreaming of travel and other great pursuits
— Dublin, Nov 2009
01 Architecture
Soundtracking cities, bus trips and beautiful sunny days
— Aarhus, Jul 2008
Spotify
A Year in Music Playlists
If you could listen to music from only one specific year, what year would it be? I've been curating a rich collection of playlists featuring tracks from the year 1960 to the present year. What was the best year for music?
Italiano
Non parlo italiano
— May 2023
Ceol Iontach
Port, ríleanna, bailéid agus go leor eile
— Mar 2023
Evening Draws In
Tracks for a cosy evening
— Dec 2022
Classical
Everyone loves the classics
— Jul 2021
Discothèque
Let me dance off this pandemic
— Jul 2021
Running
Hundreds of miles going nowhere
— Jun 2021
Queens: 1960–2024
A women of pop playlist feat. one song from every year
— Mar 2021
Into You
Suburban love in ripoff trackies
— Mar 2021
Frameworks
Music for working — a mix of minimalism, jazz, electronic beats and film scores
— Jun 2020
Ireland: 1960–2024
One Irish song from every year
— Mar 2020
Hip Hop
Hip hop music with a jazz vibe
— Nov 2019
Eurowave
Crisp sounds, continental synths, and a baseline played by a part-time geography teacher...
— Nov 2019
Colour Theory is a series of playlists that I play in the studio while working
Colour Theory Nᵒ05
— Mar 2021
Colour Theory Nᵒ04
— Jan 2021
Colour Theory Nᵒ03
— Nov 2020
Colour Theory Nᵒ02
— Jul 2020
Colour Theory Nᵒ01
— Dec 2019
Covers
Same, Same but Different
— Oct 2019
Jazz
Old and new
— Sep 2019
Atlas of Ease
A little bit of calm
— Apr 2019
Evening Draws To A Close
Gentle tunes for the end of the day
— Feb 2019
Nordicania
Music from Northern Europe
— Apr 2018
Autumn
The fairest of the seasons
— Sept 2017
Amerika
A cynical 4th of July playlist
— Jul 2017
Romantic Soul
A playlist of love songs
— Feb 2017
Christmas
Beautiful time of the year!
— Dec 2016
Smack Hits
Now That's What I Call Songs About Heroin!
— March 2014
Spark it Up
Getting into reggae
— December 2012
90s Britpop, etc.
The sound of Britain in the 1990s
— July 2010
New Jazz is a series of playlists featuring 10 of my favourite jazz tracks released each year
Twenty Three
— Dec 2023
Twenty Two
— Dec 2022
Twenty One
— Dec 2021
Twenty
— Dec 2020
Deep Dives
One thing I really enjoy is going through the back-catalogues of big acts and listening to their full discographies. It's amazing to hear where their hits fit into their history and it's also great to discover some of their over-looked releases. It's an ongoing hobby but here are some of the artists I've explored so far:
I've discovered that, for some acts, it's more fun to make more specific playlists. For The Beatles, I picked one favourite track from each album.
I've also made some relaxing playlists based on the music of Aphex Twin and Yo La Tengo.