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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 Wednesday, 2 June 2010

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june 3

Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work (The Twelves remix)

Today’s track is curated by Andy Kinsella / @hellokinsella

It’s great to be involved with the Taped Together summer playlist. The big question for me was whether to go indie / alternative or electronic / dance? Glastonbury or Ibiza.

I lean towards electronic but this time I wanted to find something with real crossover. I hope I’ve managed find it in this absolute gem from Two Door Cinema Club - a band that are in the process of going stellar. The subtle but supremely tasty remix comes courtesy of The Twelves.

I think it’s an absolutely brilliant record. Hopefully it’ll become part of a summer soundtrack for some of you as well.

Stop reading. Start listening. Enjoy. x

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