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If Cesc goes to United... oh dear...I'd never dare to as much as like any of our players again. First RVP and now Cesc.

As with everything else, he's perfected even his interviews straight from the first one :)

http://www.complex.com/music/2013/07/weekn...iew-cover-story First interview with Tesfaye. It's long and really excellent.

Nothing he has made since the break with the whole Drake crew has been good, its really sad, as the mixtapes were so utterly excellent.

and as I looked out of the window, for a fleeting second I believed I could crush the sky; First of all let me start by saying that I’m horribly sorry about the delay, must be extremely annoying to not receive a review the first time around, and then wait ages when a second person offers to review it instead. I must say that I do understand why it wasn’t reviewed the first time around, as it’s hard to distinguish the tracks from each other and give them individual reviews. Furthermore, if one is to only read the reviews of the tracks, you’d end up thinking the mix was not all that, even though it is likely far more brilliant than anything else entered in this project. The entire mix is mixed together fairly fluently, and I must say that I’m extremely impressed with the work that has been put into this, as it’s a far more wholesome experience than any mix the rest of us enters. I quite like the story told through the titles, it is not clear precisely what happens, but the mood and overall theme of the story is quite easy to understand, and it ties together with the feel of the tracks very well (particularly at the breaking point in the middle). #1 Stir; flickers Intro, very calm and sort of cinematic instrumental piece with strings. Decent. #2 everyday; you are my first thought Very low key dub with the Ane Trolle's vocals from Moan, must admit it is a bit too minimalistic and somewhat boring. #3 and my second; my third is mine Blends into a still minimalistic dub, although with a bit more going on, and still a female vocal ( could actually still be Ane Trolle, I wouldn't know.) Really good piece. #4 curtains open; light reveals; and as I looked out of the window, for a fleeting second I believed I could crush the sky Starts out as a sort of slow ambient, with M83 samples recurring throughout the track, builds into a more uptempo sort of techno track, yet still with plenty of breaks, a quite dynamic track really (and a quite good one.) #5 her words; they stay with me; always After the end of the last track slowed down, this one speeds up gradually throughout the entire 4 minutes, and contains so much vocal that you might just call it a song. Another very fine track, works very well in the context of the mix, not as well alone. #6 calmness in a crowd; I see nobody but you A very ‘slowish’ low key track with a female vocal repeating “you’re the lucky one”. Very much a night time track, decent as well. #7 faceless; over your left shoulder; for a moment I felt you notice me but; And we pick up the pace again, female vocal once more, track is very indescribable, but not really my cup of tea. I do think a lot of people in here would quite like it though. Track ends off on a monologue by some male vocal. #8 a glimpse of how things could be; slipping way; doors close First track change that’s not entirely seamless. We return to the slow low key night time tracks with female vocal, this one isn’t as interesting as the other ones however, not beautiful enough to justify the lack of dynamics in the track. #9 lost; unaware; And once again the tempo increases a bit (sense a pattern here..), a sort of less polished track with female vocal, some people here would quite likely love it, but it’s not to my taste. #10 I hear my thoughts; they visualise between us Continues in same pace as previously, more electronic music, very suited for night time as well. There’s a new really great female vocal with a sort of longing sound, love the parts with her, but the track is slightly tainted by the vocal from last track reoccurring. This track probably contains some of my favourite parts in the mix, but ultimately is not my favourite track, due to it’s flaws. #11 gentle anticipation; call Starts out slow, I’m almost certain I recognise the female vocal on this one, although I don’t remember the name. The tempo and complexity builds up throughout the track, and together with the fine vocal, it makes for a brilliant piece. #12 f*** it; f*** you; f*** dance I love this change, no vocal at all on this piece, yet the extremely aggressive electronic sound paired with the title gives it such a clear narrative. This is the break in the story, where hope turns into frustration and anger. The track is not entirely fantastic, and does remind me slightly of something I could have made if had spent more time with music programs when I was younger, yet it sounds good and works absolutely brilliantly in the context of the mix (and story). #13 f***ed up;;;;; Continues along the lines of previous tracks, although less good and less interesting, if I was to listen to the tracks separately, this would be the one I’d listen least to. I suspect the semicolons suspect part of the story is skipped, although that may be over interpretation on my part. #14 taxi ride; the lights they travel too close Back to a sort of simple dub, a female vocal starts singing in French halfway through, which works quite well with the initially quite boring electronic music, yet the track never really takes off. #15 flickers; fades A sort of short interlude, entirely instrumental on strings. #16 release; sometimes we have too much time; in fact far more than we could every possibly need The first track with singing the entire way through and electronic backing that only plays a minor role. Luckily it’s a brilliant vocal (female duh...) and this ends up a track that could work quite well on its own. #17 and the more I thought the more I felt the more I rose the less I realise We return to the very low key and slow night time tracks once again, this one works quite well, although ultimately I think I’ll mainly listen to it when I listen to the mix as a whole. #18 and then it happened; it seemed so quick; the ground it bowed; and then it fell Another track that while it is very dynamic and uptempo, ultimately is also a bit simple and sounds like it may have been made by a non-professional. Nonetheless it is quite good. Towards the end it quite clearly blends into “In this shirt” by The Irrepressibles. #19 forever ago; forever ahead In this shirt mixed together with parts of the previous track, obviously it’s impossible not to like this, as the original is so brilliant you’d have to absolutely molest it, for it not to be good. While the track hasn’t been molested, I must also say that I’m unlikely to start listening to this version over the original or Röyksopp’s fantastic remix. #20 sink; out line remains; flickers. And thus we reach the end, as expected we finish as we started, with a piece made purely by strings. It works quite well, and sort of frames the rest of the mix. It’s been a great listening experience, and it really took me quite a few listens to be able to give a sort of coherent review, while also being able to distinguish all the very similar individual pieces from each other. The artwork, which I hope Dandy will link is a sort of dark and somewhat blurry piece of a girl on a couch with what seems like a distorted face. I'm very much looking forward to hearing your thoughts behind the mix Dandy.

Holy .... Just as you think the show has stopped surprising you.

After seeing none of the previous 6 I went and saw this one yesterday, must say that despite being a brain-off action movie it was quite enjoyable.

Sucks when somebody enters a horrible track by a brilliant act, but ye it would make a certain sense.

To be entirely honest my votes somehow got reversed, dunno whether it's through my own fault or Mart!n's, as I don't save the votes i sent. You would have gained 2 points :) I do think your song is pretty decent though, will likely continue listening to it after the contest.

I think Song for Zula is one of the more well known entrants, could explain the few points, as it's a brilliant song.

My song seems to be getting a somewhat mixed reception.

You'll be getting my votes as well.

I think it's a great move. There are plenty of good clubs and players in the competition, the real problem is the lack of desire to win it. A bigger prize for the winner, will help things slightly, although to really make clubs take the tournament seriously, they'd probably have to increase prize money quite significantly too, a lot of these costs would however be offset by revenue generated from the increased reputation of the tournament.

Took a good 2nd spot this year, only 4 points behind Jesse James' BFF's. People don't seem to be all too enthusiastic though.

Thanks for the review Dandy, you hardly need to apologize for anything, as I haven't reviewed yours yet. (Decided to delay it until after UP voting). The idea for the album was to build on a heartbreak playlist I had lying around, and it ended up being a somewhat emo compilation, narrating a chronological story of falling in love, thinking you've found happiness, seeing things turn out differently than you've hoped, coping with that, and in the end looking forward at what may follow the story. As said, very emo, but if anybody is gonna appreciate a playlist like that, it'd have to be here. I didn't really have to make many compromises on music quality to tell the story, as I have plenty of music that fits well. I did however have to make one compromise regarding the story telling, as I couldn't find a song that said the things I wanted. Both artwork and title is taken from a print of a painting I have sitting on my wall. The Prettiest Girl in Town http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/Henrikhka/15479-9583071-7.jpg 01 Girls - Vomit I figured most people already knew this one, it is however an excellent song, and it perfectly tells a story of loneliness and frustration, which works brilliantly as a prologue for the story. 02 Sufjan Stevens - That Dress Looks Nice On You Spot on in your comment. 03 Ginger Ninja - Wet Like A Dog I think if I was to remake the compilation, I may have decided replace this with another song, as it's one of the weaker tracks. I panicked a bit at the end, when I remembered that my last reviewer complained about a complete lack of upbeat tracks. 04 Spleen United - My Love I think this one splits the audience somehow, I personally loved it after a few listens, even if it is a somewhat odd cover. 05 Moi Caprice - The Art of Kissing Properly A very calm and very brilliant song, and it fits in perfectly with the story. I absolutely love this band, and just about all their songs revolve around love in a sort of melancholical mood, which made them excellent for this list. 06 Choir of Young Believers - Nye Nummer Et A good track, but I would change it around for something else, as it doesn't fit in at all, and while it's not bad, it's not the strongest on the compilation either. Mainly included it to make sure there were a few good somewhat unknown tracks. 07 Beirut - Elephant Gun Another track that doesn't fit completely with the story, but it was simply too good not to include. I was introduced to Beirut through the cd I received last year from J▼hnkm (Seriously what's with the names on this forum...), and I've listened to him quite a lot since then. 08 Ulige numre - Navn I sne A Danish indie track, it's very sort of teenagepoetic, essentially it attempts to convey a mood or story of love, and the fleetingness of it, I thought it sets things up very well for the next track. 09 Stoffer & Maskinen - Kærestebrevet ":(" It's always puzzled me slightly that this duo has such dedicated fans on this forum, as they're not that big in Denmark and they sing in Danish. I suppose if you like this sort of sound, it's impossible not to absolutely love them, whether you understand the lyrics or not. This song goes along extremely well with the narrative of the cd, as it's a very sad song, essentially about the "breaking point" when you realize that you don't mean as much to the person as he/she does to you. The most significant song on the list, both narratively and soundwise, as is also signified by it being one of the only tracks with a title 10 Sufjan Stevens - I Walked Another incredibly sad song, I guess in a playlist like this it's impossible not to include Sufjan Stevens a couple of times. (Really in any playlist) 11 Rogue Wave - Kicking the Heart Out One of the weaker songs on the list, guess I just wanted something slightly unknown that was decent and would fit in well. 12 Dry the River - Weights & measures "I was prepaaa-a-ared to love you, and never expeeee-e-eect anything of you" Well this just had to be in there, besides being a brilliant song by a brilliant band, it has completely over the top lyrics about unrequited love, set in a very pompous and gloriuos sound setting. 13 Losing You (Cyril Hahn Remix) - Solange I think a lot of participants will remember Cyril Hahn for the infamous Say My Name remix Mariah Scary included in his cd last year. This track is very similar (guess Cyril has a thing for the Knowles family), a sort of distorted dark vocal replacing the original, in a dark, repetitive electronic sound setting. It's brilliant and almost as good as the Destiny's Child remix. 14 Phosphorescent - Song for Zula A sort of dark view upon love, and trying to pick yourself up after a rejection, but not really being able to yet, decided that it'd fit perfectly into the compilation. As good as it seems on the first 10 listens, I must however admit that after a while it gets a bit boring. 15 Moi Caprice - Wish You Were Her "Perhaps" If the guy sounds familiar, it's probably because you heard him 10 tracks earlier, or because I included this one in an UP 1½-2 years ago. The last 3 songs are looks into the future, listing different possible scenarios of what is to come in the story. Wish You Were Her (I love the playful wordplay in the title) is about not really being able to move to new pastures, because your relationships are tainted by the fact that you like your old girl so much more than all the other ones. 16 Bright Eyes - It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends "Or?" Another extremely sad song (recurring theme really) about trying to stay friends with a previous lover, and it being an absolutely miserable experience. Sorry about the quality, it's 128 kbit/s, which I hadn't noticed, probably a youtube rip I got from somewhere. As opposed to you, I do quite like it though, always loved songs that build up calmly for ages, into a sudden, loud and dramatic climax. (and activites...) 17 The Floor is Made of Lava - Happy Monday "Maybe?" From the first and slightly unconventional album by The Floor is Made of Lava, the album revolved around trying to pick up girls by being a lying and possibly slightly ego-centric f***er. This one is about picking up a new girl every weekend, and essentially living your life for that. The last part is where they mention Arctic Monkeys, is really just the band playing around and mocking the fact that they may sound slightly like Arctic Monkeys at times. I wanted to include another more positive song after this one, one about finding new love and forgetting your old sorrows and heartbreaks, but wasn't really able to find one of proper quality, which means the album ended up slightly more depressing than I intented to. I'm very happy to hear you enjoyed compilation, I expect fans of upbeat pop would have a hard time with it. Given your review, I'd say you should definitely check out the debut albums from Stoffer & Maskinen and Dry The River, as well as some more of Moi Caprice's songs.

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Interesting to see where this will take them, not overly convinced by the most recent album, but even if the album fails as a whole, the potential for a truly brilliant song is always there with Placebo.

Thanks a lot Brits :)

I must admit that with only a week since I received the mp3 packs, it's unlikely that I'll be able to get votes done by sunday, but if I have enough time over the weekend I'll try. ^_^

I often find myself surprised at the amount of people who listen to music primarily through youtube videos, though its especially young people (sorta explains the amount of views certain artists get..). I'll say the same though, can't be bothered to go through 30+ youtube videos repeatedly.

Am I the only one to not receive the playlist?

Only know 2 besides my own entry, almost entered Håkan Hellström myself, although I would probably have gone for Det kommer aldrig va över för mig or Nu kan du få mig så lätt. In the end I thought he's more of a BJSC entry (despite his brilliance).

I have 4 good entirely unknown indie songs that would all get a decent amount of points, neither of them really have that extra thing that will rock your socks, not sure what to do.

I'm in, will send a track soonish.

Deal I'll send it straight away.