This is what the monkeys are going to look like after a few weeks of solititude on my desert island, well I hope at least (Saira Mohan, from here)

Apologies drac old boy, I have zero imagination when it comes to titles, but here is a breakdown of what I would pack if I was err….forced to be ‘exiled’ to a desert island. A fate which I would obviously rail against with all my heart…sigh… 

  1. Beach house 04.03 (Various artists) – well I’m going to be on a beach so I might as well enjoy some appropriate music right? The album has one of my all time favourite tunes, Empty Streets by Late Night Alumni as well as other notables such as Safe (Claude Bareau Mix) by Bonnie Bailey, Libre (Axwell vocal mix) by Mambana and Feeling the night by Kaskade.
  2. Conscience (Beloved) – One chill album from the British elecotro group. You’ve got me thinking and Sweet Harmony would be ideal tunes to swill a coconut to as the sun sets on my harsh existence.
  3. The Last Broadcast (The Doves) – another Brit indie band that I discovered during my halcyon college days, now defunct I believe. Both the band and my college days. Favourite tunes are Sulphur Man and Satellites.
  4. The Love Songs (Marvin Gaye) – a classic, classic singer. I mean imagine how many monkeys I would be able to charm out of the trees for various nefarious purposes by crooning songs like You’re all I need to get by and Stop, Look, Listen (to your coconut). And Abraham, Martin & John always almost moves me to tears..almost. I would probably add a bonus track to this disc, Tracks of My Tears by Smokey Robinson.
  5. Final Straw (Snow Patrol) & Son of Evil Reindeer (The Reindeer Section) – yes I know I’m cheating but it’s my fantasy…er…exile I mean. I think I’ve gone on about the Patrol ad naseum, but Reindeer Section is another favourite group (in a manner of speaking) of mine. It would be hard for me not to like them with the supergroup being made up of members from Idlewild, Belle & Sebastian and of course being fronted by Gary Lightbody. I absolutely love almost all of the tracks on Son, but the top ones have to be I’ll be here when you wake, Your sweet voice and Cold water.

So there’s my choice. Now I’m going to go figure out how to in turn generate solar energy for my CD player using only a coconut frond and a monkey’s tail and ponder on whether there’s an outside chance Saira Mohan might come floating into my metaphorical lagoon. You know because coconuts aren’t that companiable. Unless of course one figures out how to convert them to arrack.

 P.S. I tag the following five peeps: Rastiadu, RD, Darwin & Spectral (who hopefully will give me some heads up on some new tunes) and Pissu (because I’ve always wanted to know what crazy people listen to).