Let us take you on a magical trip back to the 90s. MC Hammer pants were all the rage and Walkmen were the height of new technology. Keeping this in mind, over the past few months we've been getting in touch with bands around the country and asking them to create a metaphorical mixtape containing, you guessed it, eight tracks!
We asked Johannes Persson of post-metallers Cult of Luna to make us a mixtape, and he didn't disappoint: it's a playlist packed full of highs and lows; guitars and electronic noises. When he's not playing guitar for Cult of Luna, a band Wikipedia describes as 'sludge metal', Johannes plays in Khoma, a band with its own life philosophy.
Title: Rabbits In Your Headlights
Artist: UNKLE
Why it’s here: I have always had a soft spot for moody electronic music. I have yet to hear a bad UNKLE song. Everything he has done is amazing and this song is a classic.
Title: Not Even Jail
Artist: Interpol
Why it’s here: Interpol have been a big influence for me. I just love how they have recreated the early 80s indie sound.
Title: Hospital Roll Call
Artist: Mark Lanegan
Why it’s here: If you don’t get enchanted by this voice you have no heart.
Title: If I Had A Heart.
Artist: Fever Ray
Why it’s here: This year’s best album and I must include a Swedish artist mustn’t I?! Another masterpiece in the same vein as her other band “The Knife”.
Title: Beyond The Pale
Artist: 16 Horsepower
Why it’s here: This one is a song from the “Folklore” albums and if you think that country and folk music can’t be atmospheric, touching and darker then a forest pond on a moonless night, you should check this band out.
Title: Off The Radar.
Artist: Dukes of Windsor
Why it’s here: I met these Aussies when they recorded their last album in Umeå and fell in love with them and their music. And I need to have at least on up-tempo song on this list!
Title: What’s He Building?
Artist: Tom Waits
Why it’s here: Just close your eyes and listen.
Title: Love Will Tear Us Apart
Artist: Joy Division
Why it’s here: I know it is a cliché. But clichés are very often clichés because they are true. This is the mother of all songs. I like the “Peel session” version best.
Artist: UNKLE
Why it’s here: I have always had a soft spot for moody electronic music. I have yet to hear a bad UNKLE song. Everything he has done is amazing and this song is a classic.
Title: Not Even Jail
Artist: Interpol
Why it’s here: Interpol have been a big influence for me. I just love how they have recreated the early 80s indie sound.
Title: Hospital Roll Call
Artist: Mark Lanegan
Why it’s here: If you don’t get enchanted by this voice you have no heart.
Title: If I Had A Heart.
Artist: Fever Ray
Why it’s here: This year’s best album and I must include a Swedish artist mustn’t I?! Another masterpiece in the same vein as her other band “The Knife”.
Title: Beyond The Pale
Artist: 16 Horsepower
Why it’s here: This one is a song from the “Folklore” albums and if you think that country and folk music can’t be atmospheric, touching and darker then a forest pond on a moonless night, you should check this band out.
Title: Off The Radar.
Artist: Dukes of Windsor
Why it’s here: I met these Aussies when they recorded their last album in Umeå and fell in love with them and their music. And I need to have at least on up-tempo song on this list!
Title: What’s He Building?
Artist: Tom Waits
Why it’s here: Just close your eyes and listen.
Title: Love Will Tear Us Apart
Artist: Joy Division
Why it’s here: I know it is a cliché. But clichés are very often clichés because they are true. This is the mother of all songs. I like the “Peel session” version best.
Find out more info at www.myspace.com/cultofluna and www.myspace.com/khoma
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