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  • Friday Playlist: Back from the grave

    30/03/12 at 15:11 — edited 30/03/12 at 15:30

    We all know that great music can give an artist immortality – perhaps this explains the level of confusion in the office when this week’s theme was announced. Like shameless distant relatives, we were checking Wikipedia to check the virtual pulses of long-forgotten musicians, and there was a ripple of excitement when we realised that Czech composer Dvorák played his last chord over 100 years ago… 

  • Friday Playlist: Live & Amplified

    23/03/12 at 12:42 — edited 23/03/12 at 14:24

    Nothing quite captures the pure joy of a mind-blowing, life-affirming, head-spinning live set like a grainy YouTube video. Here’s to the songs that take us back to the most perfect gigs of our lives…

  • Friday Playlist: Side Projects

    16/03/12 at 15:36 — edited 16/03/12 at 15:51

    This week we learnt that no one cooks up fine tunes like a celebrity chef. After taking our fill of videos starring Jamie Oliver on the drums and gorging ourselves on Loyd Grossman's edgy take on punk, we thought we'd make this week's theme all about that little bit on the side. It's almost the weekend get ready to put aside the day job and make like a DJ...

  • Friday Playlist: Fantasy Dinner Party

    09/03/12 at 16:28 — edited 16/03/12 at 15:53

    What would make up your fantasy dinner party? Today, we've all turned party-planner, concocting a flavoursome recipe for the perfect night in.

  • Friday Playlist: Teen Movie Soundtracks

    02/03/12 at 14:46 — edited 16/03/12 at 15:59

    Handkerchiefs at the ready. Today we say goodbye to our Creative Space residents BytesCorp, letting them choose the soundtrack to their departure.

  • Friday Playlist: Happy Sad Songs

    24/02/12 at 13:51 — edited 24/02/12 at 14:35

    This week's selection of tracks will have you spinning in circles and beaming like a substance-abusing star of Glee. Look a little closer and you will see troubled tales of failure, rejection and depression. Presenting the happy-sad songs...

  • Friday Playlist: Ear Worms

    17/02/12 at 14:24 — edited 17/02/12 at 15:24

    Every Friday, office workers across the land rejoice at the prospect of heading home for the weekend. Over at IdeasTap HQ, we like to think of ourselves as a little different. Never a day goes by when we don't think of our members. To ensure the feeling is mutual, here's a collection of songs that we guarantee will stay in your heads for days. You can thank us all on Monday....