Sam Anderson — Nate Heiges

June 27, 2021
Sam Anderson

Complete playlist below; tracks in yellow were cut for time.

Part 1: Depression & creativity
my Las Vegas Breakdown: my hatred for contemporary pop music
& the abuse of the “supertonic” note
pop music is essentially structured like music that is meant for babies

Manic Depression, Millimetric feat. Beta Evers, 2009
Jagadishwar, Alice Coltrane, 1982

Part 2: “Hearts of Space” Favorites

3. Life After Life, Don Slepian, 1982
4. Seventh Wave, Suzanne Ciani, 1982
5. Sunrise or Sunset in Texas, Blue Gene Tyranny, 1990
6. Celestial Soda Pop, Ray Lynch, 1984
Part 3 (a): Beyond making Music for Buildings
7. Over the Clover, Hiroshi Yoshimura, 1987
8. Something Blue, Hiroshi Yoshimura, 1986

Part 3 (b): Plantasia

9. Concerto for Philodendron & Pothos, 1976

Part 4: Video Game music

10. Zelda’s Lullaby, from the Legend of Zelda games (3 songs), Koji Kando, c. 1998
11. Song of Storms (cover version), Koji Kando, 1998
12. Inside the Deku Tree, Koji Kando, 1998
13. Heal, from the game Ico, Michiru Oshima & Kōichi Yamazaki, 2001
14. Martist, from the game Tetrisphere, 1997

Part 5: (problematic) “World” Music

15. White Whisper, Deep Forest, 1992
16. Sadeness (Pt. 1), Enigma, 1990

Part 6: more lady synth

17. Don’t Cry (Breakup of the World), Sandra, 1986
18. Don’t Be Afraid, Beta Evers, 2005

Part 7: Going out w/a maximalist bang

19. Aquatic Dance, Vangelis, 1996
20. Logos (Pt. 1), Tangerine Dream, 1982
21. Awakening, Don Slepian, 1980

Sam Anderson was born 1982, Los Angeles. She lives and works in New York City. She has had solo exhibitions at Tanya Leighton, Berlin; Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida; Chapter NY, New York; and JOAN, Los Angeles.