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Matthew Herbert

is the name that comes to mind when Björk or Yoko Ono need a remix. «Personal Contract for the Composition of Music» is the manifesto the English remixer, produer and musician – wrote to have his own rule book for his musical output. And that’s en elusive one, with all his remixes, production work (from Roisin Murphy to his wife Dani Siciliano), his film music scores and all of his endless releases (f.e. on his own label Accidental).

If you were stranded on a deserted island you would...
take these three books along:

Kyril Bonfiglioni: «The Mortdecai Trilogy» by / Don DeLillo: «Underworld» / Stephen Zunes: «Tinderbox»

take these three CDs/records with you:
Keith Jarrett - The Melody At Night, With You

A pure distillation of both songwriting and performance.

Wham! - Last Christmas

I hate this song, but it would remind of the seasons.

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

A soundtrack for me to lope round the island to, wearing a grass skirt I’d made and with coconuts on my head.

take these three DVDs along:

Norman McLaren collected works / «Secretary» / «Top Hat» by Mark Sanrich with Fred Astaire

take these three games along:

cards / football / go kart racing

start to learn these three things:

mandarin / medecine / ice skating

subscribe to these three newspapers / magazines:

The Guardian / Dazed and Confused / Desert Island Monthly

miss these three things the most about living in a city:

chips / noise / racism

invite these three persons for a weekend:

Tom Waits / my mother / hunter

get these three pets:

a blue whale / a killer whale / a humpback whale

learn these three songs by heart:
«Happy Birthday»
«Little Donkey»
Tom Waits - Step Right Up
take these three tools with you:

nail clippers / a pocket saw / my computer

Micah P. Hinson

best concert you ever attended
Eric Bachmann

José James

you ride a bicycle?

You shouldn’t ride and listen to music ...

Kevin Saunderson

best day of the week in the city?

Sundays. Because all my sports are on, all ...

Jimi Jamison

your party anthem
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

Sam Amidon

you want to disturb your neighbours?
Värttinä - Aitara

A Touch Of Class

the song to be played at your funeral
Boney M. - Gotta Go Home

2raumwohnung

subscribe to these three newspapers / magazines:

Wired / Dazed and Confused / Der Tagesspiegel

Brian Jackson

your ultimate heartbreak song
Rick James & Teena Marie - Fire & Desire

Sandi Thom

you fall asleep?
Metallica - Enter Sandman

Holy Ghost!

you destroy a hotel room?

N: Well, we never have in any sort ...

Robin Saville

you run naked through a cornfield?
Prince & The Revolution - Christopher Tracy's Parade

Ronny & Renzo

you want to disturb your neighbours?
Nitzer Ebb - That Total Age

Fol Chen

you go to a club?
The Move - It Wasn't My Idea To Dance

Yuck

5 favorite bands you know personally

The History of Apple Pie / Fanzine / Bo Ningen

Trusme

a record you fell in love to
Coldplay - Parachutes

Fan Death

a song to seduce you
Depeche Mode - In Your Room

Brasstronaut

you come home from the club?
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Moonlight In Vermon...

Bit-tuner

take these three DVDs along:

«Lost Highway» von David Lynch /  «2001: A Space ...

Good Shoes

you are stoned?
Four Tet - Rounds

Dollskabeat

you take a bubble bath?
Serge Gainsbourg - Ah! Melody

GusGus

you make love?
PPPönk - Ultra Dance

Luca C & Brigante

best Beatles song
The Beatles - Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite

Explosions In The Sky

you drive a car late at night?
Jane's Addiction - Three Days

Kool Keith

you take a bubble bath?
Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out

Bobbito Garcia

you prepare for an important date?
Donnie - Do You Know

Coyote

a song that reminds you of school

Timm Sure: All 2-tone.

Tindersticks

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
John Travolta - Sandy

Ame

you drive a car late at night?
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen

Joan As Police Woman

you feel like 1972?
Al Green - Simply Beautiful

Jacob Golden

your boozed up anthem
Ryan Adams - Come Pick Me Up

Peanut Butter Wolf

first record you bought
The Sylvers - Boogie Fever

Tim Sweeney

you are love sick?
Frankie Knuckles feat. Jamie Principle - It's A Cold Wo...

Bonnie «Prince» Billy

the song to be played at your funeral
Folke Rabe - What??

Chris Carrier

5 favorite records
Delano Smith - Road To Nowhere

Bodies Of Water

first record you bought

K-EARTH 101’s Oldies compilation they were selling ...

Dan Michaelson

best concert you ever attended
Beck

Jacques Renault

No. 4
Edgar Winter - Above And Beyond

Rumer

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed

Anything I have written myself, usually!

Karl Bartos

best Kraftwerk song
Kraftwerk - Autobahn

Tanya Stephens

you are love sick?
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

Shine 2009

you walk in the rain?
Jam & Spoon - Stella

Minus 8

you jump out of a plane with a parachute?
Marvin Gaye - Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky)

Dennis Kane

your party anthem
James Brown - Give It Up Or Turn It A Loose

Jesh

No. 3
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde

Mark E.

you run from the cops?
Pigbag - Pigbag

Max Essa

you prepare a candle light dinner?
Vladimir Cosma - Promenade Sentimentale

Invisible Conga People

you are in the sauna?
Asakawa Maki - Akai Hashi

The Juan MacLean

5 favorite magazines

Oui / Hustler / Penthouse / This Week In Baseball / Jane

Hacienda

your sunday morning song
Oscar Peterson

Jesse Lenat

you eat a cucumber?

Nothing. I’d like to listen to the ...

Suzanne Vega

perfect anthem for New York
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street

Ora Cogan

you prepare a candle light dinner?
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman

A Mountain Of One

your boozed up anthem
George Kranz - Din Daa Daa

Daniel Wang

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Kraftwerk - The Model

Spinto Band

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?

No Music. I need to listen for ghosts ...

Colder

No. 7
Durutti Column - Sketch For Summer

Wooden Shjips

you sit in the subway?
Ash Ra Tempel - Darkness: Flowers Must Die

Future Beat Alliance

your ultimate heartbreak song
Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

Riccio

favorite street corner?

Piazza Santo Stefano. Best in springtime. Enjoy the ...

Alex Smoke

you feel like 1982?
Prince - Delirious

Dominique Leone

learn these three songs by heart:
Varttina - Mataleena

Azari & III

you are love sick?

I don't like Alicia Key. I prefer ...

Martin Rev

you are love sick?
Maurice Ravel - Rhapsodie Espagnole

Rebelski

best Beatles song
The Beatles - Blackbird

Nocturnes

your ultimate heartbreak song
Tori Amos - Angie

Michael Mayer

best video clip you ever saw
Herbie Hancock - Rockit

Kris Menace

you fall asleep?
Visit Venus - First Man On The Moog

Coldplay

a song that reminds your friends of you
Queen - We Are The Champions

Architeq

you wake up?
Moondog - Surf Session

Annie

you sit in a plane?
The Ramones - The KKK Took My Baby Away

Manuel Tur

your sunday morning song
Róisín Murphy - Sow Into You

Shitdisco

you are in a depressive mood?
Soft Cell - Chips On My Shoulder

Port O'Brien

you take a bubble bath?
Beyoncé - Halo

Mr Scruff

you meet your parents?
McKoy - Family

Marc Romboy

you take part in a peace rally?
John Lennon - Give Peace A Chance

Moving Units

you go to a club?

Ridiculous conversations.

Loane

perfect anthem for Paris
Taxi Girl - Paris

Munk

you sit in the subway?
Willy Michl

El-P

you make love?
Juelz Santana - Dipset Anthem

Audie Darling

which is the best job one can have in the city?

I think the reason why many people move ...

Ian Hart

first record you bought
Elvis Costello - Armed Forces

Bronnt Industries Kapital

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
The Durutti Column - Love No More

Final Fantasy

you relax on a beach?

More 80s hits. 

AM

No. 6
Vince Guaralidi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas

Sondre Lerche

you sit in a plane?
Lucy Pearl - Live Without You

Odawas

a song that reminds you of school
Grateful Dead - Wharf Rat

Howlin' Rain

you meet your parents?
Bill Withers

Bjorn Torske

you prepare for an important date?
James P. Johnson - Carolina Shout

Faust

you sit in a plane?

Die CDs, die ich am Gig zugesteckt bekomme ...

Air

first record you remember
A Robin Hood storytelling record

Natalie Tusia Beridze

favorite band hailing from the city?

Cisperi Trio

Kon & Amir

you sit in the subway?

Kon: I drive.

Whomadewho

5 favorite cartoon characters

TH: Corto Maltese / All characters in Moebius' sci-fi ...

Peter, Bjorn & John

you feel like 1967?
The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning

Lanoiraude

5 favorite records
Carl Craig - From the Vault of Planet E

Doe Paoro

your ultimate heartbreak song
Bon Iver – Skinny Love

The Revenge

your boozed up anthem
Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better

We Are Scientists

5 favorite records
Editors - The Back Room

Wall-E

you want to disturb your neighbours?

I don’t have any neighbors!

Division Of Laura Lee

you drive a car late at night?
Nine Inch Nails - Echoplex

Boom Bip

you sit in the subway?
Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians

Rich Medina

the song to be played at your funeral
Soon And Very Soon We Are Going To See The King

Dani Siciliano

first record you remember
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Ballet From Swan Lake

Morgan Geist

you meet your parents?

Silence.

Luke Solomon

5 favorite books

Jack Kerouac: «Big Sur» / Charles Bukowski: «Ham On ...

Max Romeo

a record you fell in love to
Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

Luke Haines

5 favorite cities

Bradford / Exeter / Cologne / Munich / Damascus

Kalabrese

a song that reminds your friends of you
Kalabrese - Hühnerfest

Chris Coco

you make love?
Sigur Rós - ()

C. Gibbs

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Porter Wagoner - The Agony Of Waiting

Wooden Birds

your sunday morning song

Lately it's been the network football theme ...

Irvine Welsh

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You

Karl Culley

best concert you ever attended
Elliott Smith

Linda Lewis

best Stevie Wonder song
Stevie Wonder - Isn’t She Lovely; Stevie Wonder - Happy...

Captain Sensible

miss these three things the most about living in a city:

trains / pubs / bicycle lanes

Lindstrom

you sit in a plane?
The Nazz - Hello, It's Me

Pepe Bradock

perfect anthem for Paris
Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Theme De Yoyo

Anja Schneider

a record you fell in love to
David Bowie - China Girl

DJ Cherrystones

you make love?
Big Black - Songs About Fucking

The Late Greats

you make love?
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton

Million Stylez

favorite place to shag?

In my bedroom with my empress.

Howe Gelb

start to learn these three things:

How to build a violin and bow from ...

Padded Cell

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
Goblin - Tenebrae

Matthew Dear

a record you fell in love to
Brian Eno - 1/2

Rainer Trüby

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Dexter Wansel - The Sweetest Pain

Glass Candy

your ultimate heartbreak song
Mike Post - Theme From Hill Street Blues

Nedry

a song that reminds you of school
The Pogues - Thousands Are Sailing

No Age

you play a game of chess?
Dinosaur Jr. - In A Jar

Paul Frick

you are stoned?
Hildegard Knef - Im 80. Stockwerk

Gnod

a song that reminds you of school
Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew - The Show

Chikinki

the song to be played at your funeral
Jelly Roll Morton

Yellowman

first record you remember
Rio Grandes - Soldier Take Over

Adonis

a song that reminds you of school
Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour

Jay Jay Johanson

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?

Oh! I wouldn’t listen to any music ...

Devendra Banhart

you go to a club?
Joseph Spence

Polly Scattergood

take these three CDs/records with you:
Bonnie «Prince» Billy - I See The Darkness

Newton Faulkner

best Beatles song
The Beatles - Get Back

Jazzanova

you take part in a peace rally?
Udo Jürgens - Peace Now

Renegade Soundwave

your sunday morning song
The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning

Stefan Goldmann

you cook?
James Blood Ulmer - No Wave

Peter Broderick

the song to be played at your funeral
Arvo Pärt - Für Alina

Whitehouse

first record you remember
Burt Bacharach - The Look Of Love

George Duke

first record you remember
David Fathead Newman - Hard Times

White Hinterland

best Beatles song
The Beatles - Julia

Black Devil Disco Club

you relax on a beach?
Devo - Freedom Of Choice

Thievery Corporation

you drive a car late at night?
Ella Fitzgerald - Like Someone In Love

Soul Mekanik

you take a bubble bath?
Soul Mekanik - Wanna Get Wet

The Invisible

you cook?
Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23

Lucky Luke

first record you bought
Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming

Kelli Ali

you come home from the club?
The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs

Wordsworth

a record you fell in love to
R. Kelly - 12 Play (LP)

Alter Ego

the song to be played at your funeral
Buzzcocks - Nothing Left

Apache Beat

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Malcolm Middleton - Burst Noel

Pearly Gates

first record you remember
Sam Cooke - Wonderful World

Shawn Lee

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Shawn Lee - Happiness

Sandro Perri

you go to a club?
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Sunshower

Molly Wagger

5 favorite records
Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites

Mark Richardson

you go to a club?
Fake Blood - Fix Your Accent

Telepopmusik

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Telepopmusik - Genetic World

Pilooski

your boozed up anthem
Cameo - I Just Want To Be

Yoyoyo Acapulco

you paint your apartment?
Woods - Rain On

Lexx

you fall asleep?
Cornell Campbell - King In My Empire

Thieves Like Us

a song that reminds you of school
The Cure - Disintegration

Yacht

No. 5
Green Day - Kerplunk

Skull Defekts

get these three pets:

Shark / Owl / My friends Jerome & Mattias’ cat Misan

Malachai

5 favorite places in Bristol

Cosies / Mr. Wolfes / Friend and Co’s / St ...

Franz Nicolay

your sunday morning song
Pearl And The Beard - Voice In My Throat

Anne Clark

you want to disturb your neighbours?

House! House! House!

The Project Club

you jump out of a plane with a parachute?
Jean Luc Ponty - Computer Incantations For World Peace

Casual

your ultimate heartbreak song
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

Mouse On Mars

take these three CDs/records with you:
Best of Barry White

Simone White

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Blonde Redhead - Misery Is A Butterfly

Senor Coconut

you sit in the subway?
Haruomi Hosono - Video Game Music

Manuel Goettsching

5 favorite clothes

mein Smoking und meine Schlafanzüge.

Mechanical Bride

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
Björk - Hidden Place

Radio 4

your ultimate heartbreak song
Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long

Stratus

your sunday morning song
The Kinks - Are The Village Green Preservation Society

Tiago

you prepare for an important date?
Gilbert O' Sullivan - Too Much Attention

Emmy The Great

your ultimate heartbreak song
Bright Eyes - Make War

Mugwump

you go to a club?
Mugwump - Boutade

Lotte Kestner

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Air - Talkie Walkie

Slove

you pretend to be married?
Mikado - Par Hasard

Fujiya & Miyagi

the song to be played at your funeral
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over

David Holmes

you wake up?
Stereolab

Meret Becker

your ultimate heartbreak song
Soul Coughing - Janine

Al Kent

first record you bought
The Specials - Gangsters

Wolfmother

you feel like 1982?
Hall & Oates

Rod Thomas

first record you remember
The Beatles

Swahili Blonde

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
The Marcels - Best Of

Jimmy Edgar

a record you fell in love to
Kraftwerk - Man Machine

Ilija Rudman

best David Bowie song
David Bowie - Fame

Alva Noto

you feel like 1982?
Danielle Dax - Evil Honky Stomp

Gossip

you make love?
10cc - I'm Not in Love

Love Inks

record you were looking for the longest
Love - Forever Changes

Parlour

your sunday morning song
Randy Vanwarmer - Sun, Moon And Stars

Heidi

you want to disturb your neighbours?
Jane's Addiction

Trentemoller

you fall asleep?
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks

Neon Heights

you are in the sauna?
The Rappin Reverend Dr. C. Dexter Wise III - I Ain't In...

Soul Clap

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Mariah Carey - Make It Happen

Lo Fat Orchestra

record you were looking for the longest

Absolut keine Ahnung. Wahrscheinlich irgendwas von den Pixies ...

Glen Johnson

a song that reminds your friends of you
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

Jesper Dahlbäck


Stockholm is defenitly a love/hate city. Some ...

Defend Moscow

record you were looking for the longest
Phoenix - United

The Earlies

the song to be played at your funeral
Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons - In My Hour of Darkness

Modeselektor

5 favorite records
Siriusmo

Art Brut

the song to be played at your funeral
Alan Silvestri - Back To The Future

Monday Michiru

a song that reminds you of school
Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata

Terry Lynn

which person from the city you like the most?

My son, Joseph.

Young Knives

a song you wish you'd written yourself
The Byrds - Eight Miles High

The Dirtbombs

5 favorite records
Jonathan Fire Eater - Tremble Under Boom Lights

The Priscillas

your boozed up anthem
Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

Ada

5 favorite records
Frivolous - Impermeable Disguise

When Saints Go Machine

you walk in the rain?
Black Dice - Cloud Pleaser

Kissogram

best Kraftwerk song
Kraftwerk - Radioactivity

Morpheus

you fall asleep?
The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Suzie

Aaron Wright

your party anthem
The Stone Roses - Love Spreads

The Emperor Machine

you wake up?
Cybotron - Clear

Afrika Bambaataa

a record you fell in love to
The Fifth Dimension - Stoned Soul Picnic

Wally Badarou

perfect anthem for London
The Beatles - All You Need Is Love

Woolfy

your party anthem
Prince - Erotic City

Junior Boys

a song everyone should hear
Mantler - Lately I'm Sad

Erol Alkan

you make love?
Madonna - Live To Tell

Raul Midon

5 favorite bands you know personally

Stevie Wonder / India Arie / James Taylor / D’Angelo ...

Shakespeares Sister

first record you remember
Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

Yoav

your party anthem
Outkast - So Fresh So Clean

Oneida

you ride a bicycle?

Don’t have a bike.

Syd Matters

you have to answer an elusive questionnaire?
Nick Drake - Time Has Told Me

Vetiver

the song to be played at your funeral
Bobby Charles - I Must Be In A Good Place Now

The Rayographs

a song you would use as a ring-tone
Delia Derbyshire

Ratatat

you drive a car late at night?
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Someday Never Comes

Telephones

you sit in the subway?
Bjorn Torske - Limb-Fu

Barn Owl

you prepare a candle light dinner?
John Coltrane - Crescent

The Good Natured

subscribe to these three newspapers / magazines:

Vogue / NME / The Sunday Times. I read none ...

Justus Köhncke

first record you remember
The Velvet Underground

Leon Ware

record you were looking for the longest
Miles Davis - Jazz Track (LP)

Saint Etienne

first record you remember
The Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There

DJ Kent

you want to disturb your neighbours?
Merzbow

Crystal Antlers

you relax on a beach?
Wham! - The Edge Of Heaven

Chuck D

you are on a football field?
Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now

Gemma Ray

you sit in the subway?
Odetta - 900 Miles

Jimi Tenor

5 favorite personal tragedies

This doesn't make much sense to me ...

Bebel Gilberto

best soundtrack ever
Air - Virgin Suicides

Bloc Party

you go to a club?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Rich

The Bees

you destroy a hotel room?
James Brown & The Famous Flames - Tell Me That You Love...

KT Tunstall

you go to a club?
Mylo - Drop The Pressure

Steve Mason

first record you remember
The Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You

Kissey Asplund

your party anthem
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

Broken Social Scene

your ultimate heartbreak song
Willie Nelson - Stardust

Lone Wolf

a song that reminds you of school
Scatman John - Scatman

Circlesquare

you are in a depressive mood?
Cat Stevens - Trouble

Smudo

you sit in the subway?
A Tribe Called Quest

Architecture In Helsinki

first record you bought
Nirvana - In Utero

Kathy Zimmer

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Bright Eyes - A Spindle, A Darkness, A Fever And A Neck...

Tiga

you take a bubble bath?
U2 - Love Is Blindness

Phenomenal Handclap Band

perfect anthem for New York
Joe Bataan - Special Girl

Cajun Dance Party

best Beatles song
The Beatles - A Day In The Life

Daddy-O

perfect anthem for New York
Stetsasonic - Go Stetsa 1

Treefight For Sunlight

a song that reminds you of school
Eiffel 65 - Blue

Headless Heroes

you drive into the country?
Television - Marquee Moon

Lisbee Stainton

your party anthem
Reef - Place Your Hands

Hatcham Social

best concert you ever attended
Electricity In Our Homes

Cornelius

you are in a depressive mood?
Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky

Nicole Willis

subscribe to these three newspapers / magazines:

The Guardian/Observer / Hello! / Wax Poetics 

James Pants

a record you fell in love to
Bernard Wright - Who Do You Love?

Frank Black

miss these three things the most about living in a city:

good espresso – oh god, what is life without ...

Chrome Hoof

the song to be played at your funeral

Never gonna die as there is technology that ...

Large Professor

5 favorite Marley Marl productions
MC Shan - Marley Scratch

The Battle Of Land And Sea

a record you fell in love to
Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You

David Morales

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Bing Ji Ling

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Blackout Crew - Put A Donk On It

Trans Am

you have to answer an elusive questionnaire?

Again, no music. I’m listening to a ...

David Pajo

start to learn these three things:

pricing adjustable rate mortage loan contracts / how to ...

Olafur Arnalds

your boozed up anthem

I hate anthems. When I’m drunk I ...

Dark Captain Light Captain

5 favorite clothes

smart/casual corduroy slacks / Converse trainers / light interseasonal ...

Kid Loco

you sit in a plane?
The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight

Constance Amiot

your party anthem

Cypress Hill will definitely make everybody dance!

White Denim

best concert you ever attended
Mouse On Mars

Mario Basanov & Vidis

you take a bubble bath?
Amy Holland - She's On Fire

Cosmo Vitelli

your sunday morning song
Can - Sunday Jam

Drugstore

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Calexico - The Black Light

Nick Chacona

you run from the cops?
Bad Brains - FVK (Fearless Vampire Killers)

Editors

you feel like 1992?
Cast - Sandstorm

Gwyneth Herbert

you sit in a plane?
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now

Dego

you sit in the subway?
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus (LP)

Pyrolator

5 favorite books

Zu viele.

Trevor Jackson

you make love?

Silence.

Memory Band

you relax on a beach?
John Martyn - Bless The Weather

Baikonour

your sunday morning song
The Skatalites - Coconut Rock

Eagles Of Death Metal

you go to a club?
Madonna - Music

Mirror Mirror

you cook?
Missy Elliott - Irresistible Delicious

Matmos

take these three books along:

«The Complete Reprint of Physique Pictorial: 1951-1990» / A ...

Georg Levin

a song that reminds your friends of you
Georg Levin - When I’m With You

Marit Bergman

best Beatles song
The Beatles - A Day In The Life

Chromatics

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Glass Candy - Iko

Chelonis R. Jones

you make love?

Nobody loves me at the moment. And I ...

Ilya Santana

you come home from the club?
Andreas Vollenweider

Tom Vek

you drive a car late at night?
Soul Coughing - City Of Motors

Bomb The Bass

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence

Tha 4orce

you relax on a beach?
Frank-n-Dank - Sex On The Beach

Bottin

a song you would use as a ring-tone
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Rydeen

Glimpse

5 favorite TV shows

The Wire / Fawlty Towers / Alan Partridge / The Stephen ...

Ed Harcourt

you cook?
Frank Sinatra

DJ Vadim

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Jungle Brothers - Done By The Forces Of Nature

Zambri

you take a bubble bath?
Oh No Ono - Swim

Valery Gore

you stay in bed?
Kurt Vile - Peeping Tomboy

DJ Hell

you ride a bicycle?
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life

Birdy Nam Nam

you sell crack cocaine to teenagers?
Crackboy - Something For Your Mind

Dynamite Deluxe

first record you bought
Original Concept - Straight From The Basement Of Kooley...

In Flagranti

you ride a bicycle?

I ride my bike in NY every day ...

Grizzly Bear

you try to stay up for more than 24 hours?
Orbital - Halcyon +on +on

Duke Special

best David Bowie song
David Bowie - Andy Warhol

Ost & Kjex

you drive a car late at night?
LFO - Shove Piggy Shove

Bush Tetras

you sit in a plane?
Manu Chao - Clandestino

Al McKay

you read a book?
Nat King Cole - Night Lights

John Klemmer

you go to a club?

I avoid going to clubs and concerts as ...

Jean-Michel Jarre

a song that reminds you of school
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

Dennis Bovell

you prepare for an important date?
The Temptations - Get Ready

Ricardo Villalobos

the song to be played at your funeral
Gescom - Key Nell 4

Sóley

a song that reminds your friends of you
Fleedwood Mac - Dreams

Sons And Daughters

you run from the cops?
The Handsome Family - When That Helicopter Comes

Bosque Brown

the song to be played at your funeral
The Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers

Higamos Hogamos

you prepare a candle light dinner?
Tim Buckley - Blue Melody

Studio

first record you remember
Sky - Westway

Osborne

you make love?
The Delegation - Oh Honey

Lloyd Cole

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed

Only bad music does that. The most recent ...

Moonboots

No. 3
Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain

Wolf People

a song that reminds your friends of you
The Strawbs - Witchwood

Lucky Soul

you take a bubble bath?
Otis Redding - (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay

Tridact

you run naked through a cornfield?
Wagon Christ - Rendleshack

Sophie Madeleine

5 favorite records
The Penguin Café Orchestra - Penguin Café Orchestra

DJ Nature

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Walter Murphy - Afternoon Of A Faun

James Yorkston

perfect anthem for Edinburgh
Billy McDonald - The Grimey City

Mavis Staples

first record you bought
Sam Cooke - You Send Me

Bill Callahan

a record you fell in love to
Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun

Dwele

record you were looking for the longest
Kool & The Gang - Open Sesame

The Diaphanoids

you meet your parents?
Luciano Pavarotti

Candi Staton

the song to be played at your funeral
Candi Staton - Your Face Will Be The First Face I Want ...

Ray Mang

you make breakfast?
Willie Bobo - Spanish Grease

Kathryn Williams

you sit in a plane?
Joni Mitchell - Carey

The Chap

5 favorite records
Dire Straits - Dire Straits

Jakob der Lügner

you are in a depressive mood?
Zachary Richard - La ballade de Jean Batailleur

Little Dragon

perfect anthem for Gotheburg
Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side

Everything Everything

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Radiohead - The Gloaming

J Rawls

5 favorite personal belongings

celly / sidekick / laptop / iPod / records

Charles Webster

you meet your parents?
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day

A Guy Called Gerald

a record you fell in love to
Mantronix - Bassline

Caron Wheeler

best concert you ever attended
Prince

Cosmin TRG

you walk in the rain?
Kraftwerk - Strom

Droog

you run naked through a cornfield?
Bernard Herrmann - North By Northwest: Original Motion ...

Soft Rocks

you feel like 1982?
Futura 2000 (ft. The Clash) - The Escapades Of Futura 2...

Bill Brewster

you are on the tour bus?
Simple Minds - I Travel

Woodpigeon

you prepare for an important date?
Queen - I Want To Break Free

Dollboy

you are in the sauna?
David Bowie - Lodger

Hans-Joachim Roedelius

5 favorite bands you know personally

Can, Air, Qluster, Tempus Transit, Schneider & Roedelius

We Are Wolves

take these three books along:

«Build It Yourself - Volume 1 to 12» / «The ...

Lhasa

your party anthem
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

Chris & Cosey

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
ABBA - Dancing Queen

The Miserable Rich

you go fishing?
Tuna Tuner - We Don’t Need Another Herring

Nils Frahm

you sit in the subway?

Ich vermeide es wenn immer möglich U-Bahn ...

Beppe Loda

a song you wish you'd written yourself

There are lots I wrote myself and which ...

Camille

you come home from the club?
Joe Dassin

Fiona Daniel

you meet your parents?
The Beatles

Heidi Happy

you prepare for an important date?

Ich glaube, ich würde was hässliches ...

Seether

you meet your parents?
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Sumner Brothers

5 favorite personal victories

landing my girlfriend / quitting my day job / having ...

Ruede Hagelstein

you destroy a hotel room?
Korn - Blind

Race Horses

you sit in the subway?
Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man

Joakim

you prepare for an important date?
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Tonight Was A Disas...

Cage The Elephant

5 favorite records
Beck - Odelay

Angel Deradoorian

best soundtrack ever
Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood

Stephan Remmler

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed

Damit beschäftige ich mich eigentlich nicht. Ich ...

Peter Kruder

you drive a car late at night?
Jerome Sydenham & Dennis Ferrer - Sandcastles

Plum

take these three tools with you:

My loop station / a microphone / a guitar

Gary Lucas

your ultimate heartbreak song
The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking In The Sand)

Sarah Jaffe

your sunday morning song
Otis Redding - That's How Strong My Love Is

Erik Truffaz

you are love sick?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem

Jonathan Wilson

you are love sick?
Bob Dylan - Love Sick

Horse Meat Disco

learn these three songs by heart:
Liza Minnelli - Liza With A Z

Belle & Sebastian

you prepare a candle light dinner?
The Field - Looping State Of Mind

Cortney Tidwell

5 favorite personal belongings

my photo albums / my record collection / my doggie ...

Alaska In Winter

5 favorite personal tragedies

I / cry / a / sad / tear

Alexander Robotnick

you relax on a beach?
Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me

Minotaur Shock

you destroy a hotel room?
PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me

Mungolian Jetset

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Eden Ahbez - Nature Boy

Johnossi

favorite band hailing from the city?

J: Hmm... from Stockholm... I can’t remember ...

Toby Tobias

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold

Ralphi Rosario

first record you bought
Chic - Good Times

Howling Bells

you try to stay up for more than 24 hours?
The Hunches - Actors

Little Jackie

you destroy a hotel room?
Little Jackie

Simple Kid

you take a bubble bath?

I usually listen to my own mixes in ...

Mugison

5 favorite human inventions

Electricity / the telephone / the piano / Letters / Bullshit

Oyvind Morken

the song to be played at your funeral
Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kr...

Dinky

5 favorite remixes
Dinky - Acid In My Fridge (Tobi Neumann Remix)

Panico

No. 2
The Modern Lovers - Original Modern Lovers

Ashley Beedle

you sit in the subway?
Warriors Soundtrack

Mélissa Laveaux

your sunday morning song
Céu - Cangote

Funkmasters

best Miles Davis song

C: They are all good. He was a ...

The Fray

you destroy a hotel room?
Led Zeppelin - Dazed And Confused

The Hidden Cameras

perfect anthem for Berlin
D.A.F. - Kebabträume

Social Disco Club

No. 8
Pam Todd - Let's Get Together (Mr. Chinn's Eternal Love...

Psychic Ills

you prepare for an important date?
Depeche Mode - Lie To Me

Papst & Abstinenzler

you feel like 1982?
ABC - The Look Of Love

Dave Clarke

your sunday morning song

Always dead to the world and hopefully sleeping ...

Kid Koala

you meet your parents?
Meet The Parents Motion Picture Soundtrack

Midlake

your party anthem
The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine

Cazals

the song to be played at your funeral
Doc Watson - Sitting On Top Of The World

Andy Gill

first record you remember
a Davey Crockett spoken word LP

James Murphy

you are in a depressive mood?
Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat

Cypress Hill

your ultimate heartbreak song
Boyz II Men - It's So Hard to Say Goodbye To Yesterday

Erobique

you come home from the club?
Hildegard Knef - Ich bin zu müde, um Schlafen zu gehen

Datarock

you are in a depressive mood?
Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On (LP)

John Foxx

you are love sick?

I tend to go all quiet.

Beautiful Swimmers

you want to disturb your neighbours?

M: The most over-the-top Byron Stingley-led house I ...

Beverley Knight

you come home from the club?
Sam Cooke

The Morning Benders

best soundtrack ever
Days Of Being Wild

Jackpot

you make love?
Tangerine Dream - Love On A Real Train

Whirlwind Heat

you sit in a plane?
Peter, Paul & Mary - Leaving On A Jet Plane

Bettye Lavette

a song you wish you'd written yourself
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

My Bee's Garden

your sunday morning song
Jane Birkin - Jane B

Mark Archer

first record you bought
Gary Numan - Cars

Quiet Village

you go to a club?
Faze Action - Spark

Tal Weiss

the song to be played at your funeral
Michael Bloomfield - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

Heavy

you take a bubble bath?
Sylvia Striplin - You Can't Turn Me Away

Kurt Maloo

you are in a depressive mood?
Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah

New Young Pony Club

you fall asleep?

Can’t listen to music when I’m ...

Zohra

you are love sick?
Natasha Bedingfield - Soulmate

The Loose Salute

a song you would use as a ring-tone
The Beachwood Sparks - Sleeping Butterfly

Chromeo

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise

David Rodigan

No. 18
Chaka Demus & Pliers - Murder She Wrote

Turzi

a record you fell in love to
Eric Serra - Le Grand Bleu

Kinky

5 favorite cities

Mexico City / New York / London / Los Angeles / Buenos ...

Interpol

you want to disturb your neighbours?
The Mars Volta - Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt

Travis

you destroy a hotel room?
Brian Eno - Music For Airports

Clare & The Reasons

you go fishing?
Nick & Charles Kenny - Gone Fishin'

Boozoo Bajou

No. 9
Tony Joe White - Black & White

Alan Oldham

No. 9
The Losers

Fabrizio Mammarella

record you were looking for the longest
Arpadys - Arpadys

Richard Hawley

5 favorite records
Howard Seratt - Troublesome Waters

Marius Circus

your ultimate heartbreak song

At the times I've been there (which ...

Seelenluft

a record you fell in love to
Burt Bacharach - The Look Of Love

Bill Adler

perfect anthem for New York
Run DMC - Sucker MC's

Hannah Cohen

perfect anthem for New York
Gang Gang Dance

Unconventional Science

best Beatles song
The Beatles - Blue Jay Way

Pink Skull

a record you fell in love to
Roxy Music - Avalon

US3

a record you fell in love to
Pat Metheny Group - So May It Secretly Begin

Holger Czukay

you drive a car late at night?

Was die Mittelwelle an Störgeräuschen auff ...

Lopazz

you are on a football field?

Der Ball ist rund. Das Spiel dauert 90 ...

Hannah Scott

your party anthem
House Of Pain - Jump Around

These New Puritans

you go fishing?

I haven’t been fishing for a long ...

Magic Arm

you meet your parents?
Phil Collins - No Jacket Required

Tracey Thorn

first record you bought
Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never

M.A.N.D.Y.

you sit in a plane?
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

DJ Mehdi

a record you fell in love to
Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You

Apiento

the song to be played at your funeral
David Bowie - Heroes

Jill Jones

you prepare a candle light dinner?
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker

Lovefingers

you ride a bicycle?
Love - Your Friend And Mine (Neil's Song)

Round Table Knights

you shop for shoes?
The Smiths - This Charming Man

Penguin Prison

a song you would use as a ring-tone
Billie Holiday - All Of Me

Blow Monkeys

best concert you ever attended
The Ramones

Van She

5 favorite instruments

Telecaster / Leyland Bass / MS 20 / Prophet 5 / Drums

Marissa Nadler

a record you fell in love to
Tom Waits

First Aid Kit

you come home from the club?
Gram Parsons - I Can't Dance

Tony Carrasco

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed

Any Duran Duran songs.

Tim Mälzer

a song you would use as a ring-tone

Ich mach doch nicht alles für Geld!

Ben Watt

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dosed

Theo Parrish

a record you fell in love to
Floetry - Say Yes

Gilles Peterson

you sit in a plane?
UFO - United Future Airlines

Karolina Stenstöm

best day of the week in the city?

I don’t know.

Scout Niblett

the song to be played at your funeral
Daniel Johnston - True Love Will Find You In The End

Matthew Herbert

invite these three persons for a weekend:

Tom Waits / my mother / hunter

The Ones

first record you bought
The Salsoul Orchestra - Magic Bird Of Fire

Black Angels

best concert you ever attended
The Warlocks

The Bangles

you paint your apartment?
The Beatles - White Album

Ian Pooley

you relax on a beach?
Marcos Valle - The Essential Vol.1&2

Xiu Xiu

get these three pets:

a pig / an elephant / a manatee

Anni Rossi

5 favorite movies

«Working Girl» by Mike Nichols / «The Gore Gore ...

Hot Chip

you go to a club?

Al: Our favorite club is the «Sub Club ...

Fingerpicked

No. 2
Golden Avatar - Time For Going Home (Sudarshan, 1976)

Hugh Herrera

the song to be played at your funeral
Archie Bell & The Drells - Glad You Could Make It

Leo Zero

first record you remember
Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth

Prince Language

you come home from the club?
JJ Cale

Kool & The Gang

you are love sick?
Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

Justine D

you make love?
Glass Candy

Melanie C

a song that reminds you of school
James - Sit Down

Sebastien Tellier

your sunday morning song
Perry Como - Solo Tu

The Jackets

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Lightning Beatman - Apartment Wrestling Rock'n'Roll

King Britt

best Stevie Wonder song
Stevie Wonder - Living in the City

Zwicker

you play lego?
Peter Fox - Alles Neu

Terence Bernardo

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
The Beatles - The White Album

Orishas

you jog?

The same stuff I listen while riding a ...

Gravenhurst

you make love?
My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise

Fanfarlo

best concert you ever attended
The Mummies

Kaos

you jump out of a plane with a parachute?
Dennis Parker - Like An Eagle

N.A.S.A.

you cook?
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

Omar

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves The Sunshine

A Winged Victory For The Sullen

a record you fell in love to
Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West

Prefuse 73

you take a bubble bath?
Nina Simone

Sven Väth

first record you bought
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water

A Fine Frenzy

5 favorite records
Coldplay - Parachutes

Gary Numan

a record you fell in love to
Nine Inch Nails - Closer

Brothers Of End

you come home from the club?
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Just Dropped In To S...

Richard Norris

you jog?
Dexys Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Hea...

Alexandra Hope

you sit in a plane?
Cass McCombs - Not The Way

Lydia Lunch

you are in a depressive mood?
Notorious B.I.G.

Bob Power

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Elton John - Come Down In Time

Chateau Flight

your party anthem
Franck Timm

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone

best concert you ever attended
Corrupted

John Daly

take these three CDs/records with you:
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

Windsurf

you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
Alice Coltrane - Hare Krishna

James Holden

best Kraftwerk song
Kraftwerk - The Robots

Rocko Schamoni

favorite sports team?

St. Pauli ist das einzige Team, das ich ...

Vashti Bunyan

take these three CDs/records with you:
Lambchop - Nixon

The Shortwave Set

first record you remember
Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy

Living Things

you cook?
John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Plastic Ono Band

Brennan Green

you want to disturb your neighbours?

I want them to be calm. This is ...

Kasper Bjorke

a song you wish you'd written yourself
LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge

Defari

a song that reminds you of school
Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution

Still Going

best soundtrack ever
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come

Caribou

the song to be played at your funeral
Crazy Frog - Axel F

Barbara Carlotti

your party anthem
The Knife - Deep Cuts

Horace Andy

you prepare a candle light dinner?

I can’t tell cause I can’t ...

Like A Stuntman

you are love sick?
The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More

Alela Diane

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
John Prine - Sam Stone

Our Broken Garden

you sit in a plane?
Brian Eno - Music For Airports

Justice

5 favorite remixes
France Copland - Rutgerhauer Song (Blade Runner Theme ...

Morningwood

you make love?
Motörhead

Miss Platnum

you drive a car late at night?
Sam Sparro

Kinski

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Guided By Voices - Universal Truths And Cycles (LP)

Motor City Drum Ensemble

the song to be played at your funeral
Pharoah Sanders - Prince Of Peace

Ewan Pearson

first record you bought
Laura Branigan - Self Control

Pastor

your party anthem
Holy Ghost! - Hold On

Pure Reason Revolution

5 favorite movies

Seven / Lord Of The Rings / Pulp Fiction / Spirited ...

Michael Reinboth

you want to disturb your neighbours?

Tech-House.

Phil Mison

record you were looking for the longest
Crazy Eddie - Rap In Africa

VV Brown

you had enough of this world?
YMCK - Magical 8-bit Tour

Nicky Siano

your ultimate heartbreak song
Betty Wright - If You Love Me Like You Say You Love Me

Dillon

you come home from the club?

Keine Musik. Oder dann gleich wieder zurück ...

Metronomy

the song to be played at your funeral
Danny Boy

Charlotte Hatherley

you are in a depressive mood?
Big Black - Pigpile

!!!

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder

Andreya Triana

best Beatles song
The Beatles - Michelle

Morton Valence

you prepare for an important date?
Jack Jones - Theme From The Love Boat

Sharon van Etten

you walk in the rain?
Diane Cluck - Easy To Be Around

DJ Touché

No. 2

«Tenebrae» (Dario Argento, 1982). A stylish 'giallo' from ...

Headman

a song that reminds you of school
Black Flag

Comanechi

you drive a car late at night?
Slayer - Live Album

Marcus Bonfanti

best soundtrack ever
Oh Brother Where Art Thou?

Empire Of The Sun

you sit in the subway?
Glen Campbell - Gentle On My Mind

Mooner

No. 5
Kissing The Pink - Naked

Max Tundra

you wake up?
Stars In Battledress - Remind Me Of The Thames Or Else

Todd Terje

your ultimate heartbreak song
Rose Royce - Love Don't Live Here Anymore

Efterklang

a record you fell in love to
Jeff Buckley - Grace

My Morning Jacket

you go to a club?
50 Cent - In Da Club

Chaz Jankel

5 favorite human inventions

Wurlitzer electric piano / Fender telecaster / the toaster / the ...

Leroy Burgess

best Stevie Wonder song
Stevie Wonder - Jesus Children Of America

Mediengruppe Telekommander

you prepare for an important date?
Mediengruppe Telekommander - Kommanda

Emma Tricca

a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun

Au Revoir Simone

you sit in the subway?
Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out

The Soulsavers

a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
G.Love & Special Sauce - G.Love & Special Sauce

Tahiti 80

a song that reminds you of school
The Clash - Stay Free

Electric 6

you are on a football field?
Godspeed You! Black Emperor

The Phantom Band

best Beatles song
The Beatles - Rocky Raccoon

Ingrid Olava

which song fits the city the best?

So many. I find the sound of a ...

Mystery Jets

you relax on a beach?
Pink Floyd - A Pillow Of Winds

Julia Franck

learn these three songs by heart:

 Zusätzlich zu denen, die ich kann? Wahrscheinlich ...

Lail Arad

you prepare a candle light dinner?
Cesaria Evora - Amor Di Mundo

Pacifika

you drive a car late at night?
Elbow

Anna Kashfi

record you were looking for the longest
Jaibi - You Got Me

CALLmeKAT

favorite street?

I guess it depends on the day too ...

Cosmo

5 favorite personal tragedies

I’m pretty lucky as I haven’t ...

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Finger Magazine

Issue 6

Finger Magazine A Bi-Annual Print Publication, 64 pages, 4c, 6000 copies, distributed worldwide

News

Chromatics: Kill For Love

are finally back. After their very promising debut they took some time to come back with an album that finally shows the full potential of what Johnny Jewel & co is capable of. Where «In The City» left off ...

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a song for cat lovers
Tom Jones - What's New Pussy Cat

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you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
Greg Foat Group - Time Piece 1 (Harpsichord Bugalu)

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a song that reminds you of school
Travis - The Man Who

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