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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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League Of Extraordinary Tracks S2E1: Not In English!

Please pick up to FOUR of these tracks.

DO NOT PICK TRACKS YOU ALREADY KNEW!

Spotify and YouTube playlists in the playlist post.

The poll has expired!

Latest comments (of 24)

Son of Mecha Mummy   9 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   9 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   9 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   9 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 ?   9 months ago

And I actually considered Dansevise as my nomination.

rabbitfun   9 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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