Discoteca Imaginaria: a desert daze
04.01.25
Discoteca Imaginaria is an audio docu-series covering the people, places and sounds that have shaped popular music. Each episode transports listeners through history to the greatest club on earth – the disco of our imagination.
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There’s nothing quite like a drive into the mystic desert. From the Mojave to Joshua Tree, this vast expanse is as inspiring as it is unforgiving. Yet, we often take for granted those who dedicate their lives to protecting these landscapes and keeping them open to all. Over a thousand national park service members have been needlessly terminated, threatening the very existence of our national parks. In honor both the guardians of these lands and the wonder of the desert itself, let’s take a drive into the abyss—welcome to a desert daze.
Tracklist:
Piero Piccioni – Mexican Dream
Excerpt from Nicholas Clapp’s The Great Mojave Desert (1971)
Jack Nitzsche – The Last Race
Johnny Gamboa – That Good Old Feeling
Allah-Las – Mulberry Jam
Jonathan Wilson – Desert Raven
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood – Sundown, Sundown
Excerpt from Paul L. Hoefler’s Death Valley National Monument (1950)
Thee Oh Sees – Sticky Hulks
Gene Sikora – A Song for Mary
JJ Cale – Ride Me High
Trouble – Snake Eyes
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Pish
Excerpt from Nicholas Clapp’s The Great Mojave Desert (1971)
Gabor Szabo – Somewhere I Belong
Jack J – Red Cloud
Rolling Stones – Heaven
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Pish
The Chantays – Beyond
Dina Ögon – Nirvana
Canned Heat – Time Was
Excerpt from Paul L. Hoefler’s Death Valley National Monument (1950)
Enrico Morricone – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
KingCats – Down in Calfironia (Albion Edit)
America – Molten Love
Broncho – Señora Borealis
John Barry – Midnight Cowboy
Khruangbin – The Man Who Took My Sunglasses
Excerpt from Nicholas Clapp’s The Great Mojave Desert (1971)
The Durutti Column – Sketch For Dawn (I)
The Shadows – Wonderful Life
The American Dawn – Her
Donovan – Get Thy Bearings
The Doors – Riders on the Storm
Excerpt from Paul L. Hoefler’s Death Valley National Monument (1950)
Floating Points – Kelso Dunes
Fleetwood Mac – Albatross
Link Wray – Fallin’ Rain
Excerpt from Nicholas Clapp’s The Great Mojave Desert (1971)
