The Playlist: Designer Dave Cuzner of Grain Edit

Here’s a Friday bonus: an extra playlist this week from Grain Edit founder (and Lifework contributor) Dave Cuzner. Start your weekend with the Oakland-based designer’s favorite tunes—a smart mix of jazz, old swing-y country, chill, and R&B/Soul (great with a glass of wine and dinner outside with friends).

What do you listen to while you work? I usually start the day off with an up-tempo bossa or funk cut. I need something with a thick groove to wake me up and get my day going. As I begin to dip into the day’s workload, I slow down the tempo and lower the volume. I’ll usually throw on a jazz album or listen to talk radio. At night, I log into Netflix and stream a movie while I answer emails.

How do you listen? Since I work from home, I can listen to my music out loud. I have a chubby little sub woofer and a speaker set plugged into my Macbook Pro. In the past I listened to records while I worked, but recently I find it too distracting to get up and flip the record each time it reaches the end of a side.

Do you have any favorite music websites/providers? Sure do. Here’s a few of my faves: Props radio, Soul Sides, KALX, and Quimsy’s Mumbo Jumbo.

DAVE’S PLAYLIST

Camino del Sol, Antena

InnerSpeaker (The whole darn album), Tame Impala

New Life, Sounds of Liberation

Egypt Strut, Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band

To Brother John, DJ Food

Lost Week-end, Wanda Jackson

Cloudy Shoes, Damien Jurado

Nothing But A Heartache, The Flirtations

Pearlie’s Swine, Monica Zetterlund

Buddah, Jazz Quintet

A Go Go, Dara Puspita

Opiniao, Zelia Barbosa

Nava, Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics

Images: Dave Cuzner

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