Assistance please to locate other multi-genre Spotify playlists
February 1, 2020 1:25 PM Subscribe
Spotify alerted me at the end of last year that I'd listened to about 45 thousand hours of music throughout 2019. And yet here I am querying the hive for more.
I'm looking for recommendations to other Spotify folks that compile playlists that are all over the place musically, similar to mine.
I do these lists for each year, where I gather up new discoveries (or revisited oldies) and by Christmas have a collection that runs about 50 hours long.
Here is mine for 2019.
I've tried this query over on Reddit but the recommended playlists tend to be locked into one sonic vector and are (almost always) awful.
To me a good playlist embodies different styles and genres and is a mix of old and new tracks. I do tend to avoid headbanger tracks and reggae, but really almost anything else will fly with me.
Anyone here creating similar lists or mixes? Or have recommendations of lists they love? Please share.
I'm looking for recommendations to other Spotify folks that compile playlists that are all over the place musically, similar to mine.
I do these lists for each year, where I gather up new discoveries (or revisited oldies) and by Christmas have a collection that runs about 50 hours long.
Here is mine for 2019.
I've tried this query over on Reddit but the recommended playlists tend to be locked into one sonic vector and are (almost always) awful.
To me a good playlist embodies different styles and genres and is a mix of old and new tracks. I do tend to avoid headbanger tracks and reggae, but really almost anything else will fly with me.
Anyone here creating similar lists or mixes? Or have recommendations of lists they love? Please share.
I used to hangout on a website called Listology where we would trade music mixes around Christmas time. Even though the website doesn't exist anymore this year I still dutifully made my blank Spotify playlist called Listology 2020 and started adding great (good?) songs to it that I've heard for the first time or re-discovered this year. So far I've added 5 songs. My Listology 2019 playlist was up to 51 songs before the year ended. In an alternate timeline I'm still participating in that end of year activity.
posted by dgeiser13 at 4:09 PM on February 1, 2020
posted by dgeiser13 at 4:09 PM on February 1, 2020
Aquarium Drunkard is one of my go-tos for eclectic music lists, though they are often on the quieter side. Reno Nismara is a young Indonesian guy I discovered at an exhibit and whose playlists I enjoy.
I tend towards themed playlists but unsure if that would count as eclectic enough? This is an example: Music for Difficult Women on Typical Days.
We really should do a MeFi Spotify list exchange somehow...
posted by frumiousb at 8:14 PM on February 1, 2020 [1 favorite]
I tend towards themed playlists but unsure if that would count as eclectic enough? This is an example: Music for Difficult Women on Typical Days.
We really should do a MeFi Spotify list exchange somehow...
posted by frumiousb at 8:14 PM on February 1, 2020 [1 favorite]
Seconding the Four Tet playlist. Floating Points (Sam Shepard) has a good one too, as does Ben Watt.
posted by neroli at 6:21 AM on February 2, 2020
posted by neroli at 6:21 AM on February 2, 2020
Response by poster: Thanks folks.
Yes, been a longtime fan of Ben Watt's playlist. And I'm digging the Four Tet list today. Great find.
I really like the idea of a MeFi Spotify list exchange. How would that work exactly?
posted by zenpop at 9:14 AM on February 2, 2020
Yes, been a longtime fan of Ben Watt's playlist. And I'm digging the Four Tet list today. Great find.
I really like the idea of a MeFi Spotify list exchange. How would that work exactly?
posted by zenpop at 9:14 AM on February 2, 2020
Best answer: I've found the Numero Group playlists to be really great for discovering 'new' stuff across genres. They are a re-release label so you'll rarely hear anything from after about 1990. It's primarily Soul, Folk and Gospel (though there is some interesting synthy experimental stuff and the odd 90's indie) that was underrecognized when released, sometimes on home recordings or tiny regional labels.
They have sublabels dedicated to more specific genres, but the bigger meta-playlists should be close to what your looking for.
Numero Group 2020 Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2mgEHGoxo4TpXQe4NhVF64?si=RcFIbD-PRAGRSPrDv78dvQ
posted by abrightersummerday at 2:26 PM on February 2, 2020
They have sublabels dedicated to more specific genres, but the bigger meta-playlists should be close to what your looking for.
Numero Group 2020 Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2mgEHGoxo4TpXQe4NhVF64?si=RcFIbD-PRAGRSPrDv78dvQ
posted by abrightersummerday at 2:26 PM on February 2, 2020
I really like the idea of a MeFi Spotify list exchange. How would that work exactly?
You'd want to refer to our discussion around the last MeFi mixtape swap.
posted by mykescipark at 3:53 PM on February 3, 2020
You'd want to refer to our discussion around the last MeFi mixtape swap.
posted by mykescipark at 3:53 PM on February 3, 2020
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