In the darkness, passing under flickering streetlamps and by bars where laughter echoes, the streets seem to come alive with erotic possibility. This playlist conjures such an act of nocturnal flâneurie. Let the seductive sound of Yusef Lateef’s saxophone and the crackle of aged vinyl caress your ears. Space Afrika's 'Love You Beau' emanates like a song playing out from an open window or car stereo, its haunting melody full of longing, before Moondog's electric violin plucks at your heartstrings. Like a highrise, panoramic view, Harold Budd's ambient composition stretches over the horizon. It's in these moments of soundtracked sentimentality, listening to music while walking, cycling or driving, hypnotised by the beauty of an urban scene; the lights of the subway or apartment buildings, that the city opens up as a sensuous playground and we fall in love all over again.
