Posted by Jake Goldsmith

Music speaks to me. It tells me a story I can relate to. It also transports me; takes me places that I’ve never been and may never go. Music is the sound of science. Music is the sound of the soul. To listen and feel music is to open up to possibility, to open up to wonder and amazement. I find myself longing to live inside of it. Strange as it seems, this isn’t an original notion. I’ve had many a conversation about the idea of being or living inside of a song; to actually exist within the place that is visible in the mind of the listener, a magical place where all is as it sounds-perfect. Heart beating, stomach swirling, hands tingling, mind wandering, almost as if love has arrived for the first time; this is the feeling that takes hold when a song sweeps you up and washes over you completely. It makes you wish you were there, there inside of the sound, inside of the essence of the sound. In fact, it almost makes you feel like you are a part of it, or it is a part of you.


I think this is because music is rooted in Mathematics. The Golden ratio, Fibonacci sequence, and set theory are just a few of the logical sequences that musicians have adopted and based their works on. Math is so much a part of music that even the worst sounding music (relatively speaking) has a mathematical language to it. Even when music isn’t approached logically (or mathematically for that matter), there is an inherent mathematical structure, or sequence that we humans may not understand we are utilizing. It is ingrained in our DNA and thus apparent in the way we manipulate our surroundings, including music.


The following assortment of goodies is an expression of where I’m at right now. I don’t really know what that means, but it is still true. Maybe it’s the numbers talking, maybe it’s the emotion of the tunes, whatever it is, these songs are speaking my language and feeding my soul. Not every song on this list takes me to a fantasy-land, but they are each important in their own beautiful way. Musically, they are a variety of rich, complex, whimsical, suspenseful, and nuanced. They are of course, mathematical and logical, but at the same time very emotional and nonsensical. Take the time to listen to each and every one (if you are interested in doing so), because if you do, you should not be disappointed. It is my hope that the math and the soul of these tunes will appeal to most of you, if not, no biggie.


Track-list (individually downloadable)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Hysteric
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AIR- Run
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Telefon Tel Aviv- You Are the Worst Thing in the World (Sasha2Involver Remix)
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Atlas Sound- Walkabout w/Noah Lennox
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Six Organs of Admittance- The Ballad of Charley Harper
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Princeton- Calypso Gold
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Efdemin- Bergwein
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Andrew Weatherall- All The Little Things (That Make Life Worth Living)
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James Yuill- This Sweet Love (Prins Thomas Sneaky Re-Edit)
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HEALTH- Die Slow (Pictureplane Remix)
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Midlake- Bandits
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Mixed (Sorta) Here