Elysian Fields – Minus 8

This is one of those gentle tracks that repeats a subtle riff overdubbed with echoing voices and held together by cymbals and congas. Sounds all so simple but this one’s riff really infiltrated me…

Andale – Peter Panner

Todays submission comes from up and comer rapper Peter Panner who says  it took him 4 years to complete his final debut.

“ANDALE” is one of my favorite tracks because it has  crazy potential to become the next hit…

Back to Earth – HOUNDTRACK

Last year, I was in a deep state of depression that was fueled by a crippling anxiety. It got so bad that in the summer I had to take six weeks off from work, and I felt like I was completely falling apart from the inside…

Deeper – Van Gelder

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season as this week we’re taking things up a notch with this sick future house track by Van Gelder entitled “Deeper” The beat and melody is just so catchy and you feel it in your heart when you hear the chords. It’s quite a blissful experience…

Gold In The Air – Jesse Woods

The soft and enamored vocals of Jesse Woods is something I immediately associated with a warm cup of tea or the warmth of the sun as it emerges from snoozing behind the clouds. There is just something about a song that allows you to simply feel good. Nothing more and nothing less…

Passport (feat. Swoosh God) – D33J

The LA-based record label WEDIDIT has been carefully nurturing the underground narcotized rap sound since long time. Label co-founder D33J has now stepped out from behind the boards this past month to release his newest mixtape ‘Infinity 33’…

HEL!INST.PETERSBURG – DJ Hollowbase

Have any of you ever tasted camel milk? Well, I have, while staying in Morocco a long time ago. 

Not aware of what it does to those unaccustomed to drinking it, I had a hefty dose of this beverage while shopping for a Persian rug in Casablanca. Some Swedish girls who were staying at the same hotel as I was recommended it to me, saying it gave you a bit of a buzz…

Let it Happen – Tame Impala

With this track, this playlist finishes a year and I am stoked. It’s a milestone for me certainly: I have learnt so much about my own perceptions of music and why I listen to what I do listen to. Which is why I am doubly excited about this week’s track…

Help. – Young Lions

Taking a more alternative approach this week, I was excited to discover the Young Lions from Brisbane Australia. Released this past September, their single “Help” A song that I think we can all get behind,…

I Feel It Coming (Feat. Daft Punk) – The Weeknd

If someone told me that Abel Tesfaye (aka. The Weeknd) could be featured on a picnic playlist in 2012, I probably would have laughed in disbelief. But here we are in 2018 and The Weeknd’s chart-topping 2016 single, “I Feel It Coming,” is my track of the week…

Alone With You – Zane

Christmas parties – Ugh! Really – you mean that’s part of my job description now? That I have to go outside of work hours – off the clock – and socialize with people I can barely relate to when you’re actually paying me?!…

Home Alone, Too – The Staves

“How I hate this time of year
It’s dark and it’s cold
And I feel I’m getting older…”

Resonating with anyone out there?