We are thrilled to feature our next guest for the Earth and Mama Journal's Guest Playlist Series, Elo Vázquez. Elo is a photographer, DJ, and soda water enthusiast from the South of Spain. Her love for photography and music began at a young age, and she hasn't stopped exploring these passions since then. In this month's playlist, Elo takes us on a journey through a carefully curated selection of songs, each less than one minute and a half long.
"I find it very hard to describe what kind of pictures I take or what kind of music I listen to, but a very basic explanation for both is that I like the unexpected. The unpredictability of a song makes me curious about what’s happening next, and curiosity is the biggest motor behind my photography as well.
This unexpectedness also applies in those situations of enjoying a song really really much and suddenly, like a bubble that bursts — it’s over. And that makes me wonder: what’s the normal length of a song? What’s the perfect length of a song? What’s the perfect length of a song that you love?
Here’s a selection of 50 too short, too nice songs. All of them are less than one minute and a half, carefully placed one after the other for making them fit like puzzle pieces, and creating one big unexpected piece of music of barely one hour long. Take a listen if you’re curious (and if you want to enjoy with an extra twist, try the gapless playing option in Spotify, really worth it!)."
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Elo's playlist features 50 too short, too nice songs, each less than a minute and a half in length, carefully placed in order, so don't forget to disable shuffle mode, and to activate the Gapless Playback. As she puts it, "the unpredictability of a song makes me curious about what’s happening next, and curiosity is the biggest motor behind my photography as well."
Take a listen to Elo's guest playlist on Spotify, and enjoy the unexpected twists and turns of these carefully curated short and sweet songs.