Dream Theory

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Dreams are about presence. It’s the only time we’re released from ego and intention. Dreams dredge up our baggage and drop us into the here and now of it, a thought that led to tonight’s soundtrack.

It’s a busy swirl that begins with Pink Floyd’s “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun” (a few shades slower, naturally) and ends with Mika Vainio’s stark cover version. There’s also a pair of Seefeel remixes, a dash of Springsteen, some Spiritualized, and a lot of murmuring. I was aiming for something warm, maybe a little pretty and sinister, that feels like sinking into the soft ground of a dream.

When I played tonight’s songs for C’s approval, she called it my “magical mushroom mix” and made groovy far-out gestures to underscore her point. She meant this in an encouraging way, I think, so I photographed her hands being psychedelic and that’s how we arrived at the artwork for this episode.

1. Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (19% slower)
   A Saucerful of Secrets • 1968
2. Flavor Crystals - Cetecea (Seefeel Adjustment)
   Five • 2020 • Bandcamp
3. Anthony Calonico - Collapsing
   Spacious Heart • Music From Memory, 2026 • Bandcamp
4. Ana Roxanne - Wishful (Draft)
   Poem 1 • Kranky, 2026 • Bandcamp
5. Blackwater - Oaxaca
   Navigation • Ethbo, 2021 • Bandcamp
6. Bruce Springsteen - State Trooper (15% slower)
   Nebraska • 1982
7. The Dengie Hundred - Tamar
   Brackenbank • Ethbo, 2022 • Bandcamp
8. Roly Porter - Al Dhanab
   Aftertime • Subtext, 2011 • Bandcamp
9. Spiritualized - Electric Mainline II
   Electric Mainline • 1993 • Archive.org
10. Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Coloured Funk (Seefeel Remix)
    Otherness • Fontana, 1995
11. Variant - The Setting Sun
    The Setting Sun • Field Records, 2009/2026 • Bandcamp
12. Mika Vainio - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
    Oleva • Sahko, 2024 • Bandcamp

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Transcript

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Swamp lay on my bed and rain sweet. Just like the body. I found joy flow. There's a ton of shut up. There's a place where you still come on the film that come on the last.