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Heart Shaped Box We thought Phoenix's expertly curated Tabloid compilation would be our favourite collection of old songs this month, but we hadn't reckoned with Greg from Acid Girls and his beautiful Magical Musical Box mix. On it he joins the dots between Tones and Tail, Robert Wyatt and the amazing jazz harpist, Dorothy Ashby, while still finding time for Iggy Pop and Autechre. We're doubly blown away by this because Ryuchi Sakamoto's Rain reminded us of our favourite baroquebeat rave anthem by Shut Up & Dance. Tracklisting after the jump… Greg Acid Girls - Magical Musical Box [mp3] Shut Up & Dance - The Green Man [mp3] Magical Musical Box mix Delia Derbyshire - Air Skeeter Davis - My Coloring Book Cocteau Twins - Cherry Coloured Funk (Seefeel Remix) Ryuchi Sakamoto - Rain Del Shannon - Magical Musical Box Robert Wyatt - Memories of You Tones on Tails - Lions Autechre - Kalpol Introl Herman Dune - Smalltown Boy B.E.F. - B.E.F. Ident Roxy Music - A Song for Europe Ben Watt & Robert Wyatt - A Girl in Winter A Mountain of One - Freefall Starkey - Time Traveler Iggy Pop - Tiny Girls Fleetwood Mac - Although the Sun is Shining Flayer - Wanna Get Back Your Love Johnny Harris - Footprints on the Moon Dorothy Ashby - By the Time I Get to Phoenix Hildegard Knef - Ich Liebe Dich (DJ Koze Remix) Posted by: Scott 18/02/09