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We (@melex & @brainpicker) love music. And we believe crowdsourcing and content curation are two of today's most powerful cultural propellers – seeming opposites with an even more powerful intersection. To prove the point, last winter we asked 31 interesting people we knew to each curate one season-inspired song for every day of December, then released the crowdsourced seasonal playlist as a holiday mixtape on December 31.

Thanks to a terrific response, we've decided to come back with Volume 2, crowdsourcing a summer playlist for 2010. For each day between June 1 and June 22, the Summer Solstice, we're once again asking a different interesting person we know to curate a summer-inspired song. On June 22, we'll release the playlist as a free download.

It's been another great season of collaborative playlist-making – thank you for joining us in it. As promised, here's the mixtape for you to download – enjoy by the beach or on a hot summer party night. Mojito optional but highly recommended.

Posted on Tuesday, 8 December 2009

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december 8

Heatwave - The Star Of A Story

Today’s track is curated by @adamabnab

I’ve chosen this song not just because of its sorta lyrically implicit Christmas theme (nativity story-ish), but because it’s a homage to Rod Temperton’s songwriting brilliance during his time with the Heatwave collective and, chiefly, gives you an inkling of the kind of inspiration he had in waiting before he wrote a shedload of Michael Jackson records (“Rock with You”, “Off the Wall”, “Burn This Disco Out”, “Baby Be Mine”, “The Lady in My Life”, “Thriller”). This season draws an end to the year in which the King of Pop has died (yet no re-releases from the Jackson 5 Christmas Album?!), and if like me you wish to remember him musically for those Quincy Jones days, then you’ll love the winter warming production and soothing strings in this.

So this is my little tribute to the hidden genius behind the greatest artist of all time.

Large brandy, eyes shut, volume up….

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