The Clouds of Anhedonia (40)

 

Anhedonia: a psychological condition characterised by inability to experience pleasure in normally pleasurable acts.

 

Most people will no doubt encounter this feeling to some extent, perhaps coupled with depression or anxiety. When I set about these weekly mixes and blog posts back in 2022 it was around about the time I put this mix together that I realised it wasn't going to go in the direction I had really hoped and the process started to feel a bit more of a chore and a little bit less exciting to face each week. In the grand scheme of things, that doesn't really matter, but I've recently been reading the book 'Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr Julie Smith' and there's a section on anhedonia in that, so I knew instantly I was going to make use of that when it came to this mix. I think it ties in beautifully. So, number 40 in the 'Year of Music' is now 'The Clouds of Anhedonia'.

 

If you want to know more about the 'Year of Music' then there's a post about that [HERE]. If you prefer to listen via Soundcloud, then you can find that [HERE], though the link might not always remain active.

 

 

Tracklist 

01. Hania Rani - Journey - from xAbo: Father Boniecki (Gondwana Records)
02. Ben Woods - An Attempt To Fly (Self Released)
03. Olga Wojciechowska - Infinite Distances (A Strangely Isolated Place)
04. William Ryan Fritch - VII: In A Senseless Ether (Lost Tribe Sound)
05. Mario Verandi - Hazy Sun (Time Released Sound & Time Sensitive Materials)
06. Blurstem - Pickerel (Anthem Falls Music)
07. Levi Patel - Reflection (Self Released)
08. Bruno Sanfilippo - Spiral (DRONARIVM)
09. Robot Koch - Cousteau (ft. Julien Marchal) (Modern Recordings)
10. Jan Wagner - Kapitel 11 (Quiet Love Records)
11. Sam Liu - The Falcon & The Dove (Home Normal)
12. Thomas Newman w/ Hollywood Studio Symphony - Brooks Was Here (Late Night Tales)
13. Slow Meadow - A Tiny Ripple That Becomes A Giant Wave (Self Released)