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The League Of Extraordinary Tracks II: 1. NOT IN ENGLISH – Polls
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— 18 October 2023 Tom

This is where you VOTE in the League Of Tracks Season 2 Week 1. You’ll need a registered account on the site to vote, so we can keep it to one person one vote (or to log in via Twitter/X – we are working on other login options!)

Please vote for up to FOUR tracks from the ones you don’t already know. You can hear them all in the playlist post!

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Son of Mecha Mummy   13 months ago

"Oh, right, I listened to the playlist for this a week ago and forgot to vote, I wonder if the poll is still open so I can give the whole thing another listen before picking my favorites!" And then […]

koganbot   13 months ago

The Lemons – Smooth. It flows nicely, and builds up. (Can you flow upwards?) The treated guitars scratch their way uphill at the end. MC Yallah & Debmaster – This is all about its bumpiness, […]

koganbot   13 months ago

Corry Brokken – Felt I was hearing a kind of "pop" (as in "not rock 'n' roll") that you only get in title songs to late-'50s, early-'60s movies, like the faux-western stylings of "The Man Who Shot […]

koganbot   13 months ago

Familjen – Crude electro-clank, like looking back at the days of exploiting electronics for their goofiness, and unkempt vocals. Good chucklesome video, pretending the vocalist is a mad scientist […]

The League Of Extraordinary Tracks II: 1. NOT IN ENGLISH – Playlists
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— 18 October 2023 Tom

We’re BACK! The League Of Extraordinary Tracks returns with 11 new players and 8 new (well, maybe new) themes. As before the rules are simple. You listen to the songs picked by our players each week, and each week you vote for your 4 favourites. The catch? You can only vote for songs you didn’t already know. It’s all about discovery and hearing new things, and I hope you enjoy it!

Vote in the Poll Post once you’ve listened.

The first week theme is Not In English – and here’s the YouTube playlist:

There’s also a Spotify playlist – BUT bear in mind this doesn’t include Tracks 10 and 11 (by Deckadas and Jeans Team).

https://spotify.link/lEwDNDiTZDb (this isn’t embedding for some reason – sorry)

Your 11 tracks are:

  1. FAMILJEN – “Det Snurrar I Min Skalle”: Sweden. From Det Snurrar I Min Skalle (2007)
  2. MC SOLAAR – “Bouge De La”: France. From Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo (1991)
  3. VAUDOU GAME – “Camisole”: Togo. From NOUSSIN (2021)
  4. PRINS POLO – “París Norðursins“: Iceland. From París Norðursins (2014)
  5. TSHETSHA BOYS – “Nwampfundla”: South Africa. From the 2010 compilation Shangaan Electro.
  6. MC YALLAH & DEBMASTER – “Miniboss”: Uganda. From Yallah Beibe (2023)
  7. THE LEMONS – “Monad”. Mongolia. From III (2015)
  8. CORRY BROKKEN – “Dansvijsje”: The Netherlands. From the Eurovisie Songfestival 1963 EP (1963).
  9. CENT – “決心 (Determination)”: Japan. From PER -> CENT -> AGE (2023)
  10. DECKADAS – “Espectros”: Peru. From Espectros (1991)
  11. JEANS TEAM – “Oh Bauer”. Germany. From Musik Von Oben (2005)

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup ?   13 months ago

And I actually considered Dansevise as my nomination.

rabbitfun   14 months ago

Hi there, yes, I'll be the first to comment here, and also hopefully the last to correct: Corry Brokken's song is titled "Danswijsje", with a w instead of a v. A half-expected mistake, I guess, […]

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