Daniela Kucz’s Tracks to Get Lost In

February 21, 2012

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Daniela Kucz ’14 is a Gender and Sexuality Studies major and Biology minor. She enjoys finding new music in obscure places, traveling the world, waiting around at the fire station for EMT calls, and cooking (as well as eating) food in her spare time. In terms of music, she loves anything that has rhythm and/or a haunting melody.

This playlist is a collection of songs that I listen to while cooking, dancing around, or dancing around while cooking. In order to get away from the craziness of Swarthmore, I will sometimes spend quite a bit of time doing mindless things. I believe that the best kind of music is the kind that you can get lost in, and these songs most definitely let me do so, accompanying my cooking, cleaning, and other not very intellectual endeavors.

1. “Settle Down” – Kimbra
2. “Too Close” – Alex Clare
3. “Welcome Home” – Radical Face
4. “On A Train” – Yuksek
5. “Your Ghost” – Greg Laswell
6. “Night Air” – Jamie Woon
7. “Wicked Game” – James Vincent McMorrow
8. “This Head I Hold” – Electric Guest
9. “Cruel Intentions” – Simian Mobile Disco ft. Beth Ditto
10. “Race You” – Elizabeth & the Catapult
11. “Stone In My Heart” – Graffiti6
12. “Percussion Gun” – White Rabbits
13. “Hey Mama” – Mat Kearney
14. “The Girl and The Robot” – Röyksopp
15. “When the Night Falls” – Chromeo ft. Solange Knowles

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“Campus Mixtapes” is a feature highlighting the musical tastes of different people at Swarthmore. To nominate someone for inclusion, please email Kat Clark ’12 (kclark9).

 

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  1. From the first song: “I want to settle down, I want to settle down, I want to raise a child, I want to raise a child”

    From the last song: woman becoming super inflated with pregnancy.

    I have only listened to these so far, but I think I hear another theme here.

  2. Thanks Books and Meca, they’re amazing songs 🙂

    And Sigmund Freud, that’s hilarious, I totally didn’t realize I opened with songs that are related to pregnancy. Though “When the Night Falls” isn’t, just the video is, I believe.

  3. From the first song: “I want to settle down, I want to settle down, I want to raise a child, I want to raise a child”
    From the last song: woman becoming super inflated with pregnancy.
    I have only listened to these so far, but I think I hear another theme here.

  4. From the first song: “I want to settle down, I want to settle down, I want to raise a child, I want to raise a child”
    From the last song: woman becoming super inflated with pregnancy.
    I have only listened to these so far, but I think I hear another theme here.

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