For me, two of the most important components in music are mystery and melancholy. This is my latest Big Strings Attached show for NTS Live and it has oodles of both.

Shigeru Umebayashi – 2046
Bernard Herrmann – Theme from Taxi Driver
Brigitte Bardot – Contact
Shawn Lee and Bei Bei – East
Marissa Nadler – Drive
Henry Mancini – An Experiment in Terror
Max Richter – Genesis of Poetry
Kokoroko – Abusey Junction
Bettye Swann – Tell Me Goodbye
Baxter Dury – Prince of Tears
Beak> – The Brazilian
Anna Domino – With Day Comes Dawn
Biting Tongues – Meat Mask Separatist
Kadjha Bonet – Remember the Rain
Sebastien Tellier – Fantino
Julia Jacklin – Body
Mythical Beasts – Communicate
Los Chicharrons – Love Magic
Lady Wray – Guilty
Lalo Schifrin – The Danube Incident
Stelvio Cipriano – Too Risky a Day for a Regatta
François de Roubaix – Le Samourai
Penguin Café – Solaris
Jim Capaldi – It’s All Up To You
André Perry, Louis Delacour – New Life