Alternate names for this particularly strange and tantalizing episode: Introverted Excavator and/or Kermit's Beautiful Vision

I've been pondering what holds all of this really disparate and varied music together, why the mix sounds so cohesive to my ears even though it doesn't look like it should work if you scan the playlist.

Part of the harmony of the many is, to my ears, a prioritization of the rhythm of the song. Most of these tunes have a solid groove propelling them forward, drums out front. Some pieces are rather abstract -- I love to play with soundscapes and create moods and atmospheres -- but still have the ghosts of a rhythm floating through them.

Also: these songs feel REAL to me. like REAL musical expressions from REAL people expressing REAL emotions. I am attracted to that quality in music no matter what the genre: authenticity, integrity, soul.

Many of these songs feel erotic to me. Even though the styles and sounds are all over the map, they share some kind of sexy charge, some languid hotness, attitude and life-force juju. It must be the always-teasing rhythms and slightly-agitated grooves that get me all hot and bothered.

Most of the music in this here episode #57 (!?!?!) really has a deep and funky swing to it. Some tracks are basically all swing, a bunch of jamming around a loose groove. Listen for that underlying swing (different from the swagger) -- better yet, just feel it by swaying your hips to the music, dancing across the floor.

Alright. Dig it, if you can.

oxox, DJ Fundi