A Survey of Taste
Mapos Designer
As you may have already guessed, music is a huge part of the studio culture here at Mapos – there isn’t a moment that our office is occupied that music isn’t playing. We use Rdio, and keep a steady queue of albums and playlists streaming each day, though we never really know who is playing what! Mapos designer Anthony Chan endeavored to get to the bottom of this, and the result is a fun survey of musical taste (and distaste) that is part of what makes the Mapos atmosphere so great!
Deserted Island Music
If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have 5 albums, what are your picks?
Xinyang Chen, Designer
João Gilberto – JOAO
Air – Virgin Suicides
I, Origins (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Camille Saint-Saëns – The Carnival of Animals Musical Picture
The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico
Natasha Amladi, Designer
The Strokes – Room on Fire
Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves
Beyoncé – I Am… Sasha Fierce
M.I.A – Arular
Dizzee Rascal – Boy in the Corner
Justin Paul Ware, Designer
Paul Simon – Graceland
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Cold War Kids – Robbers and Cowards
Guster – Lost and Gone Forever
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
Julia Dann, Studio Manager
D’Angelo – Voodoo
Levon Helm – Dirt Farmer
The Stooges – The Stooges
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Their Satanic Majesties’ Second Request
Madvillain – Madvillainy
Dani Alvarez, Designer
Allah-Las – Allah-Las
The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico
Explosions in the Sky – All of the Sudden I Miss Everyone
Talking Heads – Speaking in Tongues
Youth Lagoon – The Year of Hibernation
Colin Brice, Principal
Cracker – Kerosene Hat
Luna – Penthouse
Leonard Cohen – Death of a Ladies Man
Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy
Beck – Odelay
Caleb Mulvena, Principal
Sublime – Robbin’ The Hood
Beck – Stereopathetic Soulmanure
Queen – Flash Gordon
Mr. Bungle – Disco Volante
Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
K.T. Anthony Chan, Designer
M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming.
LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
The Kills – Midnight Boom
SOHN – Tremors
Kruder & Dorfmeister – The K&D sessions
Andy Kikta, Designer
Radiohead – Kid A
Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
Pixies – Trompe Le Monde
Neil Young – Greatest Hits (Compilation, but a good one)
Smog – Knock Knock
Adam Wiesehan, Designer
Flying Lotus – 1983
James Brown – In the Jungle Groove
A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
Anthology – Barrington Levy
Aaron Baseman, Designer
The Beatles – The White Album
Crosby Stills Nash and Young – Déjà Vu
Jack White – Under Great White Northern Lights
The Lumineers – The Lumineers
Frédéric Chopin – Impromptu in C Sharp
And now, a survey of general office loves, snubs, and other news
Maposians Gone Wild!
When the Principals are Away, Albums to Play
Childish Gambino – Camp
Drake – Nothing Was the Same
Awkwafina – Yellow Ranger
Azealia Banks – Broke with Expensive Taste
Bird of Paradise Mating Dance
When Clients Visit!
SOHN – Tremors
Lo Fang – Blue Film
Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves
Glass Animals – ZABA
Getting Ready for the Weekend
Best “Mapos Friday” Songs
SBTRKT – “SBTRKT”
Beyoncé – “7/11”
Awkwafina – “NYC Bitche$”
Ace Hood – “Bugatti”
Unexpected Snubs
Artists that are Surprisingly Unpopular
Fleetwood Mac
Bjork
Mariah Carey Merry Christmas
The Weeknd
The Banned List
Artists We’ve Banned (or wish we would)
Haim (according to Caleb)
Fleetwood Mac (according to Anthony only…)
Mumford & Sons (according to Dani)
Haim again (according to almost everyone)
The Other Banned List
stuff we like, but need a break from
Purity Ring – Shrines
M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
The Naked and Famous – Passive Me, Aggressive You
Warpaint – Warpaint
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
Most-Played Albums
M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
SOHN – Tremors
Warpaint – Warpaint
St. Vincent – St. Vincent
Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso
Wild Cub – Youth
Jungle – Jungle
Temples – Sun Structures
alt-J – An Awesome Wave
Angus & Julia Stone – Angus & Julia Stone
Most-Played Songs
M83 – “Raconte-moi une histoire”
alt-J – “Hunger of the Pine”
Metronomy – “The Look”
Disclosure – “Help Me Lose My Mind (feat. London Grammar)”
Lorde – “Royals”
SOHN – “Lights”