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I did a three-parter with the songs I discovered in 2022 with a paragraph or two written for each song. This time around, I won’t be doing that. It took too long and me describing a song to people who perhaps haven’t heard the song was a painful experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have joked (outside of this blog) recently that I suck at describing people’s features and also songs as well. If I was a witness to a murder and I saw the murderer run away, the detectives would hate my guts while I try to describe the murderer. If you are being murdered and you later want justice, you better hope it’s not me as the lone witness. Bad joke…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In no particular order, here it is. Also, there are two songs from 1983, a deep track from 1986, 1979 and one from 1961, thanks to Better Call Saul for the latter. Most of these songs were heard in Sirius XM’s Chillout station while a few were found in Nora En Pure’s weekly Purified episodes. But I must say, in the second half of this year, Nora En Pure has been mostly putting in a lot of songs that don’t do anything for me, or are just plain awful (my opinion). But, at the end of it all, it’s her damn show, not mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll shut the hell up now, here you go:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modera & Phoebe Tsen – Lotus Flower<\/a><\/em> (Techno)
Alex Breitling – Storm (Ext<\/em>ended Mix)<\/a> (Techno)
Nora En Pure – Gratitude<\/a><\/em> (House)
Nora En Pure – Life On Hold (Extended Mix) <\/a><\/em> (House)
Rebel Of Sleep – Marchand de Sable<\/a><\/em> (House)
Sunlight Project – Antigua<\/a><\/em> (Trance)
Morgin Madison – From The Start<\/em> (Chill Mix)<\/em><\/a>
Elle Jae – Afterglow (Extended Mix)<\/a><\/em> (Progressive House)
Lindja f\/ Lewyn – Everything Changes But Us<\/a><\/em> (Chill)
Meg Bowles – Grove Of Light<\/a><\/em> (New Age)
Steve Roach – Altus<\/a><\/em> (Dark New Age)
Sasac – Bootman<\/a><\/em> (Funk)
Threshold – Disappear<\/a><\/em> (Progressive Metal)
Into The Ether – Skylines (Extended Mix)<\/a><\/em> (Melodic House & Techno)
Axxound – Waterfalls<\/a><\/em> (Progressive House) Kyoto – Angara<\/em><\/a> (Melodic House & Techno)
Motives – Gone<\/a> <\/em>(Progressive House)
<\/em>Corren Cavini – Melancholy Party<\/a><\/em> (Dance \/ Ukrainian Electro)
Arco & Into The Ether & Lumynesynth – Pull Me Closer<\/em> (Extended Mix)<\/em><\/a> (Progressive House)
Mark & Lukas – The Echo of the Mountains (Lumid Remix)<\/a><\/em> (Progressive House)
Estiva & RBBTS – Enemies<\/a> (Extended Mix)<\/em> (Techno)
Naz f. Deanna Leigh – Underwater<\/a> (Extended Mix)<\/em> (Electronic)
Dezza f. Emme – Getaway<\/a> (Extended Mix)<\/em> (Progressive House)
Dezza f. Emme – Getaway<\/a> (djimboh Remix Mix)<\/em> (Progressive House)
Mallrat f\/Chainsmokers – Wish On An Eyelash Pt. 2<\/a><\/em> (Pop)
Gregory Esayan – Mediterranea<\/a><\/em> (Trance)
Skua – Light The Way<\/a><\/em> (Melodic House)
Kina f. Sn0W – Get You To The Moon<\/a><\/em> (Lo-Fi \/ Soft Rock)
SixthSense – Since You’re Here (Mark & Lukas Remix)<\/a><\/em> (Progressive House)
SixthSense – Since You’re Here (Andrew Frenir Remix)<\/a><\/em> (Progressive House)
Demeter – Uhu<\/a><\/em>* (Dance)
OCULA f. Julia Church – On The Run<\/a><\/em>* (Dance)
The Fixx – Saved By Zero<\/a><\/em> (80s Rock)
Quarterflash – Take Me To Heart<\/a><\/em> (80s Rock) (Note: Don’t care for the music video)
Rick Springfield – Stranger In The House<\/a><\/em> (80s Synth Rock)
The Dreamliners – Best Things In Life<\/a> (Thanks to Better Call Saul) <\/em>(60s Pop)
Herp Albert – Rise<\/a> (70s Pop, Jazz)
Geddy Lee – Gone<\/a> (Prog Rock) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

*= Heard this song in the last week of 2022, but forgot to add it to the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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