Simply identify a colour by isolating your mood and/or riding style - then check out the suggested genres, and a few example bands to help you on your way to some new tunes.
By Terrain and Style
By Mood
Feeling Green? When feeling at peace or overawed by those good vibes given off by nature maybe try a 'new old' combo - classical sounding music underpinned by a big beat, for that cinematic ride. Or alternately, maybe source something liquid, or with a haunting ethereal chill...
Why not check out a few of these for starters?:
Hidden Orchestra - Flight
Hybrid - If I Survive
Sigur Rós - Hoppipolla
The Glitch Mob - Bad Wing
Logistics -The Trip
Yppah - R.Mullen
Bonobo - Prelude + Kiara
Andrew Bayer - Paper Cranes
On the Piste everyone is equal... and equally in your way. Cut your own path and cruise to what gets you going! These songs in an ideal world should make you speedy and steezy. Such fun enhancing properties can be found in many genres: Motown, Up tempo Indie-Pop, Dance, Reggae, Jokey Metal, Jazz or Blues. There are no right or wrong answers on these slopes. Why not hit shuffle and see where the day takes you?
If you just need to ride fast why not crank up the BPM and blast some thrash metal, or drum & bass? Racing down the hill for a drink before the party? Start the party on the way down! Go on, crack open the Dance, Trance, charts and those indulgent aprés ski euro-pop farty party bass blasters.
Thrashy ideas:
DFA 1979 - Go Home, Get Down
DFA 1979 - Go Home, Get Down
Queens of the Stone Age - You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire
Motley Crew- Kickstart My Heart
Entry level Drum & Bass boosters:
Pendulum - Hold Your Colour
Empire of the Sun - We are the People (Sub Focus Remix)
Got a hankering for Style points? Do you see your self hitting rails effortlessly. Then you've got Soul, and so should your music. Either your a purist and like your soul food undiluted, or you carve the new wave, flowing to remixed grooves. You probably enjoy Old School Hip-Hop, breakbeats, Northern Soul, Chilled Reggae and hitting shapes after getting your Jib on.
Pretty Lights - Finally Moving
Gil Scott Heron - Gun
Curtis Mayfield - Get On Up
Run DMC - My Adidas
Jurassic 5 - Break
Cut Chemist - The Audience Is listening
Hitting the mean streets (of a completely non-ghetto snowy mountain resort) for a jam session? Or are you just in a wretched mood and need to blow off some steam? Either way, grimey, swear happy or generally angry music (ranging from emo, via screamo, to just hating rails and life etc.) is probably the medicine you're after?
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Hadouken! - That Boy That Girl
Tinchy Stryder - Game Over
Plan B - Ill Manors
The Blackout - Fashion Conscious Suicide
As I lay Dying - The Darkest Nights
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