CMU Playlists

Playlist: The Deer Tracks

By | Published on Friday 15 July 2011

The Deer Tracks

Swedish electronic duo The Deer Tracks are back, which is always good news. Made up of David Lehnberg and Elin Lindfors, they released their excellent debut album, ‘Aurora’, in 2008 via indie label Despotz, playing their first ever UK show at one of our CMU Social events shortly before the release.

The album was followed up by two EPs, ‘Eggegrund’, and ‘The Archer Trilogy Part One’, the latter of which, as the name partly suggests, is the first of three releases through The Control Group. The second part of that trilogy, ‘The Archer Trilogy Part Two’, is the duo’s second album. Out now via digital services (including iTunes and Spotify), with physical versions to follow next month.

Their sound is a diverse one, with many reference points, from various aspects of Nordic music and beyond. To get a clearer picture, we asked David and Elin to put together a Powers Of Ten playlist for us, featuring ten artists who inspired their new album.

THE DEER TRACKS’ TEN
Click here to listen to The Deer Tracks’ playlist in Spotify, and then read on to find out more about their selections.

01 Trentemöller – Mash And The Fury
David: A dark, haunting and hypnotic song. He has a great and interesting way of writing songs.

02 Deadmau5 – Raise Your Weapon
David: It’s beautiful, it’s heavy, it got all a dance-electro song needs.

03 Clint Mansell – Together We Will Live Forever
David: The most beautiful song I know taken from the best movie I know, ‘The Fountain’.

04 Jaga Jazzist – One-Armed Bandit
David: I love this for so many reasons. It’s different, very unpredictable and so rhythmically awesome!

05 Wilco – Jesus Etc
David: This song works for whatever situation you may find yourself in.

06 Edith Piaf – Padam Padam
Elin: Dress up, get drunk, go to a fancy party and let the drama begin.

07 Tom Waits – What’s He Building In There
Elin: The weird paranoia.

08 Björk – Pluto
Elin: This is the anger.

09 Sofia Karlsson – Jag Står Här På Ett Torg
Elin: A great sadness.

10 The Tallest Man On Earth – King Of Spain
Elin: A road trip of happiness in the sunshine.



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