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Music Monday: In My Heart

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Music Monday 2Welcome to Music Monday – a weekly meme created by The Tattooed Book Geek – where we share the songs we love, the bands we like and the music we just can’t get out of our heads.

This week’s Music Monday is ‘In My Heart’ by Moby, an upbeat electronic track featuring The Shining Light Gospel Choir.

In My Heart is taken from Moby’s sixth studio album, ’18’, which reached critical acclaim upon its release in 2002 following the success of ‘Play’. ’18’, which uses more guest vocalists and less samples than its predecesor, remains one of my favourite Moby albums to date and has featured as a backdrop to innumerable sci-fi reads. Favourite tracks include. ‘In This World’, ‘In My Heart’, ‘One of These Mornings’, and the incredibly popular ‘Extreme Ways’ (thanks to The Bourne Identity).

Sit back, listen and enjoy!

| Moby: In My Heart |

| 18 – 2002 |

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Music Monday: Hell Is Round the Corner

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Welcome to Music Monday – a weekly meme created by The Tattooed Book Geek – where we share the songs we love, the bands we like and the music we just can’t get out of our heads.

This week’s Music Monday is ‘Hell Is Round the Corner’, the incredible trip-hop track from Tricky. Sampling Isaac Hayes’ ‘Ike’s Rap II’, which also featured in Portishead’s ‘Glory Box’, Tricky’s trademark sound features elements of rock, hip hop, soul, ambient electro and reggae with additional vocals from Martina Topley-Bird.

And if the chill-out vibes weren’t already enough, Tricky, along with Massive Attack and Portishead, has also featured as the backdrop to my entire read through of the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch, making it the perfect backdrop to a thrilling urban fantasy.

Sit back, listen and enjoy!

| Tricky: Hell Is Round the Corner |

| Maxinquaye – 1995 |

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Music Monday: Gurdy’s Green

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Welcome to Music Monday – a weekly meme created by The Tattooed Book Geek – where we share the songs we love, the bands we like and the music we just can’t get out of our heads.

This week’s Music Monday is Gurdy’s Green, an instrumental track by German musician Patty Gurdy played entirely on a hurdy gurdy. This dark folk pop track found its way into my music library after playing far too much Sea of Thieves, a game which allows players to join in concert with traditional instruments as they battle for dominance on the high seas.

Sit back, listen and enjoy!

| Patty Gurdy: Gurdy’s Green |

| Shapes and Patterns EP – 2018 |

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Music Monday: Svitjod

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Welcome to Music Monday – a weekly meme created by The Tattooed Book Geek – where we share the songs we love, the bands we like and the music we just can’t get out of our heads.

This week’s Music Monday is Svitjod, an ambient Nordic folk track by Forndom from their dark, beautiful and melodic album Dauðra Dura. This is an evocative, ambient and highly listenable track which could easily form the backdrop to many a fantasy or Norse inspired read. Powerful and atmospheric, Svitjod truly is an awe-inspiring piece of music.

Sit back, listen and enjoy!

| Forndom: Svitjod |

| Dauðra Dura – 2016 |

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Music Monday: Blade Runner 2049

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Welcome to Music Monday – a weekly meme created by The Tattooed Book Geek – where we share the songs we love, the bands we like and the music we just can’t get out of our heads.

This week’s Music Monday is Blade Runner 2049, a synthwave track by Synthwave Goose. As well as being an awesome and addictive piece of music – another I would highly recommend reading space opera to – I absolutely love that single cover featuring Joi and Mariette. Just brilliant!

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| Synthwave Goose: Blade Runner 2049 |

| Blade Runner 2049 – 2018 |

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Music Monday: My Only Chance

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Welcome to Music Monday – a weekly meme created by The Tattooed Book Geek – where we share the songs we love, the bands we like and the music we just can’t get out of our heads.

This week’s Music Monday is an electro house track from the soundtrack to Furi, a boss-fight game by independent game studio The Game Bakers. My Only Chance is by The Toxic Avenger – a French DJ, song writer and record producer – and is a perfect accompaniment to many an action-packed sci-fi novel or space opera.

Sit back, listen and enjoy!

| The Toxic Avenger: My Only Chance |

Taken from the album: Furi (Original Game Soundtrack) (2016)

| Furi (Original Game Soundtrack) – 2016 |

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Music Monday: 0:59

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Welcome to Music Monday – a weekly meme created by The Tattooed Book Geek – where we share the songs we love, the bands we like and the music we just can’t get out of our heads.

I have always loved listening to music whilst reading and finding the perfect musical accompaniment to each book always makes the experience more fulfilling. In fact, it wasn’t very many years ago that I used to write a ‘Bookish Beats‘ post every Sunday to pair an album with a book, and this post certainly puts me in mind of that.

This week’s Music Monday is an electro house chillout track by French electronic musician Danger which hits all my Science Fiction notes. This instrumental track is hypnotic, melodic and incredibly atmospheric and has me hitting repeat every single time.

Listen, watch and enjoy!

| Danger: 0:59 |

Taken from the album: Big Black Delta (2013)

| 太鼓 (Taiko) – 2017 |

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Music Monday: Huggin & Kissin

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Welcome to Music Monday – a weekly meme created by The Tattooed Book Geek – where we share the songs we love, the bands we like and the music we just can’t get out of our heads.

I’ve always been tempted by Drew’s Music Monday at The Tattooed Book Geek, but as a weekly meme addict I felt I should probably cut my number of meme posts down… Yet here I am with a song spinning round my head and an overwhelming need to share it with you lovely people! So welcome to my first Music Monday post – long may it continue!

Ever since finishing the first season of The Sinner (okay – last night), Huggin & Kissin has been spinning around my head and won’t let go. This song is so integral to the story – a psychological thriller which twists and turns and unfolds so exquisitely across the season – that I’m finding it hard to think of anything else. The video is also a feast for science fiction fans as it pairs music and artwork to take the listener on a somewhat disturbing journey across space and time.

Listen, watch and enjoy!

| Big Black Delta: Huggin & Kissin |

Taken from the album: Big Black Delta (2013)

| Big Black Delta (2013) |

Cover Art by Version Industries

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