ICE said:
This playlist I put together for the purpose of this post, especially the song Clocks by Coldplay:
Abandoned Airbase Playlist
I've been listening to your playlist while typing out this post, and some of the novelty of the works has drained out over the past 20 minutes.
I admit that I don't listen to much Coldplay. Lemme add them to my Spotify favorites (which, for artists, is basically a "check out later" list).
I actually really like Solar Fields, but I only own one of his albums. If you've only been exposed to him through Mirror's Edge, his other work is good too. I've been shifting toward non-lyrical music over the past few years, and he's in a sweet spot of my genre interests.
Regarding Midnight City, I definitely do have a (different) soft spot for home-listening-oriented danceable pop. Have you heard of Feki?
He's in a pretty similar spot of dance-influenced beats with a lot of reverb and liquid-smooth production.
You've also heard of Porter Robinson, right? His new singles are pretty killer, but I'm waiting for the full album before putting too much wear on the released songs.
but if glory makes you happy
why are you so broken up
I was once really into Kasbo's "Over You", but I listened to the song too much, and now I'm unfortunately sick of it.
Have you heard of Windsor Airlift? It started out as a post-rock band containing Adam Young (the man who would later go on to be Owl City) and a couple of his childhood friends. When Owl City took off, he left Windsor Airlift, and the two brother continued the project. Some of their early works bear his influence, and they have
that strange sadness that his works ooze with. Windsor Airlift's entire discography bundle on Bandcamp is pretty cheap, so they were an easy purchase for me.
Adam Young later wrote a crudton of soundtrack-style albums and
released them for free. I put them all into one big playlist. They're not as well-produced as his Owl City or Port Blue works, but they're pretty good.
Also, Shallou makes me cry.