Music 2 Design 2: Welcome to Beedier’s weekly music playlist
Not everyone works while listening to music, but at Beedier our ears are often entertained while are hands and brains are moving. We thought it would be a bit of fun to share weekly Spotify playlists, and ask others to contribute too
We find that different music suits different work tasks. If you are pumping CAD, then perhaps some techno to keep the mouse clicking. For writing, we find that ambient music helps focus the mind, and for creative inspiration – classical or jazz. So to add a lighter note to our offering, which is generally quite stat and data heavy, we have opted to introduce a weekly music playlist for you to share and enjoy. Each will present about half a days worth of music, to help get you through a lethargic morning or an afternoon that is dragging.
This first playlist is a whistlestop overview of the vibrant New British Jazz scene over the past ten years. Beedier remembers the excitement of watching some of these bands emerge in various London venues – pubs, community centres, church halls and back rooms of Caribbean restaurants. Perhaps it was the first time we saw jazz become dance music, people on tables and sweat dripping from the ceiling – rather than an opportunity for chin stroking in a cocktail bar. Now these musicians are appearing on the Graham Norton Show – as it should be. We hope this playlist might raise the energy levels slightly, and get the design juices flowing.
We assemble these playlists on Spotify. Why? Because it is the most used music streaming service, and one of the few that allows free access with advertising. If you already have a Spotify subscription, then enjoy without the interruption of adverts. And follow our Beedier account on Spotify for regular additions to the playlist collection.
And we would love some more playlist contributions from designers and architects. What do you listen to when you are working in the office or at home? In the interests of keeping to the Beedier modus operandi of thoroughly researched articles – we would like these playlists to be genre based, authoritative, and chronological. Email info@beedier.com with your suggestions.
This playlist was created by Beedier’s Editor at Large, Robert Woodburn Park – designer, writer and occasional frequenter of jazz gigs in South London.
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