How An Obscure 70s Genre Has DEFINED Modern Music

Beyerdynamic Headphones: https://amzn.to/4hDECMi Follow-up podcast: https://www.patreon.com/posts/podcast-13-music-118247763 There’s a word uttered in music forums. A genre recommended only to the deepest, most cynical music nerds. A proverbial last stop for those who’ve already explored the far reaches of popular music and need something new to brag about: Library music. Library music gets its name from the record labels, or “libraries” who licensed background music for TV and film – particularly, during the 60s-80s. It literally is commercial music, and yet it was often far more innovative than its mainstream counterparts. Stranger yet is how this sound has been passed along over the decades, reappearing in hip-hop, ambient music, vaporwave and— yes, Mac DeMarco. Check out a playlist of music here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6RBbtDXdFoKRbAuAM9sX7v 0:38 Thomas Clausen - Bio Rhythm No 3 0:47 Keith Mansfield - Funky Fanfare 0:52 Joel Vandroogenbroeck - AD-DA 0:57 Brian Bennett - Image 1:01 Alan Hawkshaw - Eternity 1:42 Vangelis - Chariots of Fire 1:47 Dave Porter - Breaking Bad 1:50 Koji Kondo - Saria’s Song 1:52 Klaus Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean 1:55 Mica Levi - Under The Skin 2:30 Walt Rockman - Sea Pollution 2:39 Tony Kinsey - Consumer Goods 2:50 Otis McDonald - Otis McMusic 3:07 Bernard Estardy - Mais où est donc passe​́​e ma me​́​lodie 3:36 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Apache 3:40 Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy 3:55 Johnny Pearson - Heavy Action 4:02 Neil Richardson - Approaching Menace 4:09 Brian Bennett - New Horizons 4:16 Keith Mansfield - Funky Fanfare 4:42 Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett - Mermaid 4:48 John Cameron - Liquid Sunshine 5:17 Nino Nardini and Roger Roger - Creeping Danger 5:36 Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother 5:48 Ron Geesin - Land of Mists 6:10 Ron Geesin - Frenzy 7:00 Ron Geesin - Organ In The Clouds 7:21 White Noise - Love Without Sound 8:18 Michel Gonet - Flower Dance 8:24 Klaus Weiss - Survivor 8:30 Roger Webb - Flying Objects 8:36 I Marc 4 - Trama Nella Metropoli 8:44 Sven Libaek - Solar Flare 9:07 Johnny Pearson - And A Very Good Morning To You 9:34 Paolo Zavallone - Big John 9:43 Stuart Crombie - New Move 9:49 C. M. Cordio and F. Vinciguerra - Quips and Cranks 10:00 Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett - Alto Glide 10:07 Brian Bennett - Image 10:22 Alan Hawkshaw - Eternity 10:32 Joel Vandroogenbroeck - AD-DA 10:43 The Lew Howard All-Stars - Hula Rock 10:52 Madvillain - Meat Grinder 11:51 Love De-Luxe - Here Comes That Sound Again 11:58 Sugarhill Gang - Rappers Delight 12:30 Brian Bennett - Solstice 12:35 Black Prince & Aziatic Roger - Got Me Stress’n 12:48 Brian Bennett - Image 12:54 Task Force - Liquidized Language 13:04 Nas - The Flyest 13:07 Beyonce - Woman Like Me 13:22 Thomas Clausen - Bio Rhythm No 3 13:35 Jurassic 5 - W.O.E. Is Me (World Of Entertainment) 14:07 Boards of Canada - Wildlife Analysis 14:16 Boards of Canada - Dandelion 14:47 Position Normal - Drishnun 15:15 William Baskinski - The Disintegration Loops 15:24 Burial - Night Bus 15:35 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Evolution’s A Lie 16:13 Oneohtrix Point Never - Andro 16:49 Alan Hawkshaw & Trevor Bastow - Visionary 16:55 Oneohtrix Point Never - Ships Without Meaning 17:38 Chuck Person (Daniel Lopatin) - A1 17:55 Duncan Lamong - The Apartment 17:59 Action Bronson - My Right Lung 18:05 Sven Libaek - Solar Flare 18:10 J Cole - Pricey 18:25 Logic - Like Woah 18:34 Surfing - Dal Boca Vista 18:38 Washed Out - Millions of Miles Away 18:52 Neon Indian - Terminally Chill 18:56 Macintosh Plus - Lisa Frank 420 19:02 Connan Mockasin - I’m The Man That Will Find You 19:07 Mac DeMarco - Rock and Roll Night Club 19:46 Mac Demarco - For The First Time 19:52 Tame Impala - Cause I’m a Man 20:00 Mild High Club - Tesselation 20:02 Macabre Plaza - Middle of Nowhere 20:05 Thundercat - Show You The Way 20:07 Men I Trust - Show Me How 20:19 John Cameron - Liquid Sunshine 20:27 Brian Bennett - Solstice 20:37 Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett - Alto Glide (Mac Mashup) 20:45 Bernard Estardy - Bacchanales Estardiennes (Tame Mashup) 21:00 Brian Bennett - Image (Connan Mashup) 21:29 Haruoumi Hosono - Bara To Yaju 21:39 Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett - Mermaid 21:52 Alan Hawkshaw - Eternity 21:58 Ron Geesin - Land of Mists