Happy Sunday. Went on driving holiday around Australia a few months back and had a huge playlist of new and old playing as we drove. These are the tracks that bring back some great memories from the trip. If you haven’t done a driving trip in your own country before I’d highly recommend it. So stress free with no deadlines, no flights, no trains and no timetables. If you like somewhere you stay, if you dont, you just keep driving.

Photo was taken having a sunday snooze a few weeks back :)

John Martyn – Small Hours
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Blue turning gray
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – John Taylor’s Month Away
Iain Archer – Canal Song (End of Sentence)
The National – Start a War
Scott Matthews – Eyes Wide Than Before
Mic Christopher – Listen Girl
Antony & Bryce Dessner – I Was Young When I left Home
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Bubble
James Blake – Lindisfarne (Edit)
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX – My Cloud
UNKLE – Heaven
The Books – Cello Song (Featuring Jose Gonazalez)
Chancery Blame & The Gadjo Club – Where Is My Mid (The Pixies)
Nouvelle Vague – The Killing Moon (Echo & The Bunnymen)
Snow Patrol – New Sensation (INXS)

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Sorry for the lateness in getting this up. Been having WordPress issues. Anyway, version VI is ready to go. A little bit darker than previous ones but still has that nice laid back acoustic vibe. I hope you like it.

Photo was taken in my adopted suburb, Bondi Beach. Hope it brings a bit of sunshine into your dark northern hemisphere winter.

Emeralds – Goes by
Spiritualized – Broken Heart
City Centre – Bleed Blood
Mark McGuire – The Vast Structure Of Recollection
Helios – Drangonfly across an Ancient sky
Jana Hunter – Palms
Emiliana Torrini – Sunny Roads
Nouvelle Vague – Love will tear us apart (Joy Division)
The National – Runaway
The Frames – Star Star
Bliss – Trust In Your Love (Feat. Ane Brun)
Hanz Zimmer – Time
Bird York – The Deep
Scott Matthews – White Feathered Medicine
Bon Iver – re-stacks
Volcano Choir – Island, IS
Angus and Julia Stone – Paper Aeroplane
The Middle East – Blood
Kasabian – Happiness
Keren Ann and Benjamin Biolay – Decrocher Les Etoiles
Fourtet – Angel Echoes
Billy Holiday – Yesterdays (Juniour Boys Remix)

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OK, so some of you may already have this mix as I did it about a year ago, but I just realised that it isnt online. Somehow it fell throught the net when i had to change hosts. Anyway, here it is, one of my favourite Sunday Snoozes.

I am almost finished Sunday Snooze VI so keep and eye out for that. Plus I have about 50-60 new deep house vinyl’s so a Digging Deep is on the way also.

Sorry for the downtime. I’ve been a lazy ass :-)

01. Moving Mountains – Fourth
02. Yann Tiersen – Good bye Lenin
03. The White Birch – Breathe
04. Cinematic Orchestra – To Build a Home
05. Iron and Wine – The Trapeze Swinger
06. Alexi Murdoch – Orange Sky
07. Emilie Simon – To the Dances on Ice
08. Furry Phreaks with Terra Deva – All Over The World (Beatless Version Mix)
09. There’s no need to Argue – The Cranberries
10. Jana Hunter – The Palms
11. Black Sabbath – Planet Caravan
12. Brian Eno – Deep Blue Day
13. Fleetwood Mac – Albatross (Chris Coco 60′s mix)
14. Radiohead – House of Cards
15. The Carpenters – Superstar (Sonic Youth Cover)
16. The Velvet Underground – Stephanie Says (Emillina Torrini Cover)
17. Chasing Dorotea – The Anchor Song

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The latest in the Sunday Snooze series. This one is quit an acoustic trip. Lots of nice vocal tracks, some happy, some very, very sad. But all in all a nice journey. The person speaking in the beginning is non other that Damien Rice, a great Irish artist who has feature on most of the mixes in this series, talking about how he gets inspired. Words to live by. Enjoy.

01. 00.00 – Bright Eyes – First day of my life
02. 03.20 – Tom McRea – Draw down the stars
03. 05.12 – David Kitt – Never stop
04. 08.20 – Fionn Reegan – Be good or be gone
05. 11.34 – The White Stripes – We’re gonna be friends
06. 13.52 – The Shins – New slang
07. 17.35 – Damien Rice – Dogs
08. 21.36 – Heather Nova – Doubled up
09. 24.53 – Damien Rice – 9 crimes
10. 28.13 – Tom McRea – 2nd Law
11. 30.41 – Radiohead – Fake plastic trees
12. 34.33 – Gemma Hayes – Evening Sun
13. 38.14 – Anthony & the Johnsons – You are my sister
14. 42.06 – Snow Patrol – Mahogany
15. 44.50 – The Beta Band – I know
16. 48.36 – John Fruciante – A song to sing when I’m lonely
17. 51.40 – LCD Soundsystem – Someone great
18. 57.51 – Van Morrison & The Chieftans – Irish Heartbeat
19. 61.01 – Syreeta Wright – Harmour Love

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The third in the Sunday Snooze series. Going back to the original format compared to the weird and wonderful ambient Sunday Snooze II. This version is an exploration in great vocal acoustic songs. Lots of happy moments, simple lyrics with a strong message. Good to have in the background on a long Sunday drive in the country.

01. 00.00 – Alucidnation – I’m not bad
02. 05.06 – Belle & Sebastian – The State that I’m in
03. 09.55 – Eels – Packing Blankets
04. 11.54 – Bare Skin Rug – Come into my life
05. 14.53 – Damien Rice – Cannonball
06. 19.58 – Pete Murray – Please
07. 23.11 – Mint Royale – Dancehall Places
08. 26.58 – Kaze Wo Atsumete – Happy End
09. 30.55 – Masha Grella – I want you to know
10. 34.10 – Mic Christopher – Heyday
11. 37.50 – David Kitt – When doves cry
12. 41.18 – Pink Floyd – Fearless
13. 47.09 – Neil Halstead – Two Stones in my Pocket
14. 51.22 – The Clientelle – An Hour Before The Light
15. 53.49 – Tindersticks – Blood
16. 58.15 – The Beta Band – I know
17. 62.00 – Tindersticks – Patchwork
18. 66.38 – Lambchop – Somethings going on
19. 69.16 – Steve Reich & Pat Metheny – Electric Counterpoint Fast Movement

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The second in the Sunday Snooze series. This is quite a different route to the other Sunday Snooze mixes. It is very ambient, lots of soundscapes, sweeps and weird noises. But, it still manages to retain that relaxed spaced out vibe. I originally made it in 1999 but made a redux in 2002. It was made for those ‘chemical’ mornings where you want the daylight to go away so you can re-live the previous night. You can’t sleep, but you can fall into that state of paralysis between reality and god knows where…. Hence the name ‘chemical snooze’

01. 00.00 – Tabula Rasa – Sunset At The Cafe Del Mar
02. 06.22 – Boards Of Canada – Olson (Version 3)
02. 08.41 – Aqua Bassino – Ibiza
04. 20.00 – Biosphere – Hyperborea
05. 25.04 – A.R. Rahman – Mumbai Theme Tune
06. 29.57 – Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Prelude & Yodel
07. 32.16 – Nova Nova – Tones
09. 38.05 – Los Olvidados – Cinematic Sundown
10. 43.55 – Wim Mertens – Close Cover
11. 46.53 – Thomas Newman – Any Other Name (original)
12. 50.50 – Pat Metheny – Sueño con México
13. 55.59 – Infernal – Serengeti (Bless Mix)
14. 61.00 – Fleetwood Mac & Chris Coco – Albatross
15. 65.48 – Global Communication – 14 31

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The first in the Sunday Snooze series. Firstly, unlike the other mixes on soulshine, Sunday Snooze is more a mix tape, or a compilation of tracks that compliment each other. The series was inspired by that fantastic sound a simple guitar and a smokey atmospheric voice can make. Although it has a lot more than just that, it is the essence of most Sunday Snooze mixes. Many songs provoke different memories, good, bad, happy and sad. And they all trigger a chord for me. Wether it be a past girlfriend, and missed family member, or just a giggle at a stupid simple something. Best listened to on a warm sunny afternoon.

01. David Gray – January Rain
02. David Kitt – Hold Me Close
03. Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Music For A Found Harmonium
04. Future Pilot Aka – Maid Of The Loch
05. Lambchop – Up with people
06. Tindersticks – Can We Start Again
07. The Pastels – The Viaduct
08. Crustation – Purple (Air remix)
09. Air – Universal Traveller
10. Zero7 – Give it away
11. Lambchop – Steve McQueen
12. The White Stripes – youve got her in your pocket
13. Underworld – Blueski
14. Micheal Andrews – Mad World
15. Israel Kamakawiwoole – What A Wonderful World
16. Langley Schools Music Project – God Only Knows (The Beach Boys)

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