For me, LJ works best when it plays music that is synonymous with the stillness of night – not sure how else to put this and apologise if it sounds just plain pretentious. My selection was made with this in mind. The music selected here represents only one aspect of my listening tastes – a big chunk of which these days is Jazz.
I had been thinking for some time about a “Your 3”selection and one night I played these tracks back to back and suddenly realised this was the three.
Alina - for its understated beauty.
Dead People's Things - is the most transfixing haunting piece of music I have ever heard (16' isn't long enough!).
Breathe - I believe I read, is based on the old Greece Radio test signal. Many many years ago, when I was young and had a cheap transistor radio, I would every night listen to Radio Luxembourg under the bed clothes so as not to wake up my brother and when bored of this, I would scan the airwaves - I remember picking up a strange test signal and being absolutely mesmerised by it. I believe it is the same as played here (if it isn’t please don’t spoil it and tell me) - therefore, it had to be included and would no doubt explain my appreciation of weird music late at night.
PS - I actually refer to Breathe as the “Lesson according to Sidsel”. Hear it and you will understand.