If you said “oh, you just picked records around 105 until they made sense”, well, you wouldn’t be wrong – but there’s some cleverness hidden in the balaeric / dub shoegaze vibes.
1: Robyn – Baby Forgive Me [Konichiwa] 2: Maya Jane Coles – Dreamer [I Am Me] 4: Joe – Line To Earth [Comeme] 5: Objekt – 35 [Pan] 6: Elika – You Win Hearts [Chat Blanc] 7: Holly Herndon – SWIM [4AD] 8: Sun Electric – O’Locco (Kama Sutra) [R&S] 9: Mønic – Deep Summer (Burial Remix) [Osiris] 10: Maggie Rogers – Alaska [Capitol]
Keep on fighting, keep on fighting, hold on – this one, sonically, is probably more about the holding than about the fighting.
1: Kali Malone – Hagakyrka Bells [iDeal] 2: Nobuo Uematsu – March to Narshe [Square] 3: Jóhann Jóhannsson – There is No Safe Side but the Side Of Truth [NTOV] 4: The Cause of Labour is the Hope of the World [NTOV] 5: The Westerlies – In The Morning [The Westerlies] 6: The Westerlies – Robert Henry [The Westerlies] 7: The Westerlies – Saro [The Westerlies]
1: Neneh Cherry – Dream Baby Dream (Four Tet Remix) [Smalltown Supersound] 2: Bass Clef – Interform [Trilogy Tapes] 3: Chez & Trent – Morning Factory [Slow To Speak] 4: Axel Boman – Eyes Of My Mind [Studio Barnhus] 5: Night Communication – Nocturne Seduction [Safe Trip] 6: Lost Souls of Saturn – The Awakening (James Holden’s Past Life Rave Regression) [R&S]
Pretty darn funky, but this one is really about recording & timbral differences, now that I think about it.
1: Marvin Gaye – T Plays It Cool [Motown] 2: Forest Law – New Thoughts New Eyes (Extended Mix) [Brownswood] 3: War – Good, Good Feelin’ (Original Un-Cut Disco Mix) [Far Out] 4: Boncana Maïga – Koyma Hondo [Hot Casa] 6: War – Corns & Callouses (Hey Dr. Shoals) [Far Out] 7: James Brown – Papa’s Got a Brang New Bag (Part 1) [Polydor] 8: Boncana Maïga – Zourou [Hot Casa]
I made some music with my odd sequencer! You can read about the sequencer, or try it out, or just listen – one album is 808 drum explosions, one is FM synths minimalism / ambience.
Halfway there, six weeks early. Saying that <a thing> will take one’s mind off the current slow-motion disaster is trite – but this one is for you anyways.
1: Confidence Man – Out The Window [Heavenly] 2: Little Fluffy Clouds [Big Life] 3: Charlotte Gainsbourg – Deadly Valentine (Soulwax Remix) [Because] 4: Fonkyson – Caresse Feat. Le Couleur [Lisbon Lux] 5: Mt. Si – True [Casince] 6: Four Tet – Teenage Birdsong (Avalon Emerson Remix) [Text] 7: Chvrches – Leave A Trace [Goodbye] 8: Chvrches – Bury It [Goodbye]
