Mike James & DJ Kriegs

There are some songs that produce a particularly synaesthetic reaction upon listening to them--"Sea Waves" is one such song. Nice Nice are a duo of multi-instrumentalists from Portland, OR, and this ditty (available to download for free from The Guardian, yay!) evokes a colorful collage of driving beats, mixed with distant vocals and electronic accents. When I listen, it takes me to a Slumdog Millionaire image, a happiness, a rushing, a childhood escape--magical :-)

Download "Sea Waves" here for free via guardian.co.uk.