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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 Friday, 25 December 2009

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december 25

Cardinal - If You Believe In Christmas Trees

Today’s track is curated by Dominic Stinton

Cardinal was a one off band/recording by ex-Moles, psychedelic protagonist Richard Davies and multi-instrumentalist Eric Matthews some time in the mid 90s. I picked it up on vinyl from Plastic Passion in Blenheim Crescent, W11. It’s a great, unsung LP, full of lilting Zombies/Left Banke melodies and a ‘Man Who Fell To Earth’ Bowie sensibility. This song - If You Believe In Christmas Trees - is the album’s opener. Hope you enjoy it.

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