After Midnight

Similar to the previous playlist I blogged about, "Dreamland," this one is also downbeat, but I created this playlist more recently, within the last few months. The first song is from a short-lived Chicago-based group that sampled a lot from the local Chicago stations of the 1970s and early 1980s, so it starts off with a bit a barely remembered nostalgia for me. I assume the same may hold for other GenXers who grew up in Chicagoland. So this playlist represents my childhood's imagination of the mysterious world of sleep deprivation. Obviously, I recommend playing this playlist (with an adblocker) late at night, especially when there's a slight breeze in the summer or early autumn.

Playlist

1. "After Midnight" from Emperor Penguin's 2000 album Mysterious Pony.
2. "Bel Air" from Can's 1973 album Future Days, an album that mostly evokes a mood that I wanted represented in this playlist. "Bel Air" is one of the longer songs here at almost 20 minutes.
3. "Unchanging Window/Chord Simple" from Broadcast's 2006 album The Future Crayon.
4. "No Escape" from Chromatics' 2012 album Kill for Love. Another long song at 14 minutes that brings back some GenX nostalgia.
5. "Intro" and
6. "Midnight City" from M83's 2011 double album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. Another song with a midnight title
7. "Stop" from Com Truise's 2012 album In Decay, which brings back a strong sense of 1980s futurism is a sleep-deprived sense of way.
8. "Royksopp's Night Out" from Royksopp's 2001 album Melody A.M. Another song referencing staying up past midnight, probably.
9. "Galaxy in Janaki" from Flying Lotus' 2010 album Cosmogramma.
10. "Afterburner" from Panda Beat's 2011 album Tomboy.
11. "Rainbow Collision" from Solar Bears' 2013 album Supermigration, one of my favorite albums from the past few years.