girls_that_glitch.mp3

It's been a few weeks since I last provided my few dear readers with some music to bemuse and delight.And I hope this new offering won't disappoint.

Girls that Glitch.

Glitch Music, for those who haven't come across it, is a genre all it's own. Here's what wikipedia has to say on the matter:

"The origins of glitch music are derived from the failure of digital technology. The effects of failure in technology, such as bugs, crashes, system errors, hardware noise, skipping and audio distortion, can be captured on computers and provide the basic building blocks of Glitch music"

I like the definition. Suits a good amount of this music, but I'm sure a glitch purist, should any exist, would say I'm stretching the genre with this selection. Fair enough, some tracks have real drums. I never really stick with one thing long anyway, I like to twist and shake, and maybe surprise a little once in a while. My favourite time to play music to people is after a party, when everyone's knackered, maybe too wasted one way or another to get a conversation together, and happy to be taken to strange and unexpected musical places.

I've included female voices on every single track. I reckon that glitch music is something which it's obvious for geeks to make, male geeks at that. With this selection I try to show that when you add a girl's voice to glitchy music, it can provide the opportunity to create tunes that are fragile, delicate, and feel like they are just on the verge of breaking.

I think that's what you get here. Cracked, digital rhythms, combined with melancholy melodies, and strange haunting electronic noises. All brought afloat with different touches of femininity. And the occasional wander to slightly safer pastures.

I hope you enjoy it. Grab it from here (106 Mb mp3)

Let me know what you think, so I can completely ignore your feedback when thinking of what to do next

Start	Artist	Track	Album
00:00	Susanna and the Magical Orchestra -	Hello	List of Lights and Buoys
03:51	Psapp	Hi	The Only Thing I Ever Wanted
07:37	Brisa Roché	At The Shore	The Chase
10:42	Piano Magic	Wrong French	Popular Mechanics
16:01	Justine Electra	President	Soft Rock
21:01	Dntel featuring Jenny Wilson	Roll On	Dumb Luck
24:33	Venus Hum	Do You Want to Fight me	The Colors In the Wheel
27:46	Lamb	The Night has a Thousand Eyes	All in Your Hands
33:25	Sophie Rimhedin	Strange	Hi-Fi
38:16	His Name Is Alive	Married	Home is in the Head
40:57	Björk	In the Musicals	Selmasongs
45:28	Esthero	Melancholy Melody	Wikkid Lil' Grrrls
50:01	Múm & Sjon	She Begins Her Education	Motorlab #2
53:40	Cocorosie	Noah's Ark	Noah's Ark
57:36	Regina Spektor	Edit	Begin to Hope
62:09	Sigur Rós	Njosnavelin	()
69:02	Lali Puna	Together in Electric Dreams	I Thought I Was Over That
73:17	Lady and Bird	Blue Skies	Lady and Bird