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Here is a #l8n8music get to know my musical preferences #playlist.

1. Earth, Wind & Fire – September
2. Herbie Hancock – Butterfly (Thrust / Flood Live Version)
3. Roy Hargrove / RH Factor – Hard Groove
4. Erykah Badu – Tyrone (Live)
5. D'Angelo – Chicken Grease
6. Nighthawks feat. Pat Appleton – Define The Day
7. Urban Species feat. Imogen Heap – Blanket
8. Snarky Puppy – Lingus
9. Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles – Operation Funk
10. Cory Wong – Synchronicity (Live)
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Get-to-Know Arnd Playlist
Purpose
This is not a "best of" playlist.
It is a guided tour through the musical worlds that appear most consistently across the complete #l8n8music history.
Someone who listens to these tracks should understand:
why groove matters so much to me
why I love jazz-funk, neo-soul and Acid Jazz
why live music is important
why certain artists keep reappearing
why musicianship and emotional connection matter more than popularity
1. Earth, Wind & Fire – September
Why:
taste.
Represents:
Earth, Wind & Fire
classic funk
arrangement-driven music
positive energy
A perfect introduction to the joyful, sophisticated, horn-driven funk and soul that sits near the foundation of my musical
2. Herbie Hancock – Butterfly (Thrust / Flood Live Version)
Why:
Probably the single most important jazz-funk track in my listening universe.
Represents:
groove-centric jazz
electric fusion
bass-driven music
jazz-funk foundations
3. Roy Hargrove / RH Factor – Hard Groove
Why:
One of the most central projects in the archive.
Represents:
jazz
funk
hip-hop feel
neo-soul
live-band energy
4. Erykah Badu – Tyrone (Live)
Why:
The live version explains my love of neo-soul better than almost anything else.
Represents:
Soulquarians
neo-soul
live performance
emotional authenticity
5. D'Angelo – Chicken Grease
Why:
A perfect demonstration of groove, feel, rhythm-section interaction and everything that makes the Soulquarian universe
so compelling.
Represents:
Soulquarian universe
musician-first songwriting
deep groove
rhythm-section brilliance
6. Nighthawks feat. Pat Appleton – Define The Day
Why:
A deeply personal choice connected to live memories and my long-standing Acid Jazz interests.
Represents:
Acid Jazz
Pat Appleton
Stuttgart Jazz Open memories
1990s groove culture
7. Urban Species feat. Imogen Heap – Blanket
Why:
One of my recurring Acid Jazz / groove discoveries.
Represents:
Acid Jazz
hip-hop crossover
atmospheric groove
8. Snarky Puppy – Lingus
Why:
The defining modern fusion track in my archive.
Represents:
Snarky Puppy
modern groove fusion
Cory Henry
legendary solos
9. Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles – Operation Funk
Why:
Everything I love about modern funk in one place.
Represents:
Prince influence
church-to-funk keyboard lineage
groove and joy
10. Cory Wong – Synchronicity (Live)
Why:
Horns. Groove. Musicianship. Fun.
Represents:
modern groove music
horn arrangements
Cory Wong ecosystem
11. Vulfpeck – 1612
Why:
Shows why Vulfpeck became one of my favorite modern bands.
Represents:
groove minimalist funk
musician humor
modern funk culture
12. Prince – Joy In Repetition (One Nite Alone Aftershow)
Why:
One of my favorite guitar performances.
Represents:
Prince as performer
live energy
extended improvisation
13. Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
Why:
A recurring reference point whenever great guitar solos come up.
Represents:
P-Funk universe
Eddie Hazel
emotional instrumental music
14. Sade – Smooth Operator
Why:
One of my all-time favorite songs.
Represents:
soul sophistication
great arrangements
saxophone in pop music
15. Morcheeba – The Sea
Why:
Shows the atmospheric side of my taste.
Represents:
downtempo
trip-hop adjacency
comfort-zone listening
16. Air – All I Need
Why:
A perfect example of producer-led music that still feels deeply
musical.
Represents:
downtempo
atmosphere
musical restraint
17. Elis Regina & Tom Jobim – Águas de Março
Why:
Brazilian music repeatedly appears in the archive and this is one of the most important entry points.
Represents:
Brazilian music
bossa nova
melodic sophistication
18. Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 – For What It's Worth
Why:
A recurring example of how a familiar song can be transformed through groove.
Represents:
Brazilian influences
jazz-pop crossover
19. The Roots – The Seed (Live)
Why:
Captures my love for live-band hip-hop.
Represents:
The Roots
live performance
neo-soul adjacency
20. Santana & Steve Winwood – Why Can't We Live Together (Live)
Why:
One of the most emotionally important concert memories in the archive.
Represents:
live music
emotional connection
the power of performance
Shortcuts
If You Only Listen To Five Tracks
1. 2. 3. 4. Herbie Hancock – Butterfly (Thrust / Flood Live Version)
Roy Hargrove / RH Factor – Hard Groove
Erykah Badu – Tyrone (Live)
Nighthawks feat. Pat Appleton – Define The Day
5. Snarky Puppy – Lingus
Those five tracks capture most of the musical DNA visible in the archive.
If You Only Listen To Three Tracks
These three tracks explain most of my musical universe:
1. Herbie Hancock – Butterfly (Thrust / Flood Live Version)
2. D'Angelo – Chicken Grease
3. Snarky Puppy – Lingus
Together they tell the story of my taste:
Butterfly = Jazz-Funk at its most melodic, atmospheric and soulful
Chicken Grease = Neo-Soul, pocket, rhythm sections and Soulquarian DNA
Lingus = Modern groove fusion, musicianship and the contemporary continuation of the first two worlds
In a way these three tracks form a timeline:
Jazz-Funk → Neo-Soul → Modern Groove Fusion
which is the backbone of the #l8n8music universe.

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