All the Playlists

Runaway – Freekbass

24 November 2020

Runaway bumps you to your soul. It’s got all the fixins including some crispy hi-hat work.

BADSISTA_FEAT_LINN DA QUEBRADA_BETTER_125 BP – Kelela

24 November 2020

The song combines the power of Kelela’s voice with the softness and sensuality of Linn’s voice, in addition to the incredible production of BADSISTA.

Pirate Karate – Wooden Drone

24 November 2020

One of the things I’m always looking out for on the essay writing list is repeatability – for tracks that you can put on a loop and then lose yourself for an hour – or longer. It’s why the tracks on this list skew much longer in length than your average 3 minute song…

Together We Stand (Wuh Oh Remix) – Wuh Oh

23 November 2020

Having been part of the Glasgow music scene over the past few years, it has been hard to look past the prodigious talent of electronic producer Peter Ferguson who performs under the moniker Wuh Oh. I first came across their work in the form of a track called ‘Stay Tuned’ – a piano led instrumental track with clear leanings towards jazz and funk, whilst still maintaining a perfect combination of lo-fi electronic and hip-hop…

Ghostwind – Steve Morse

23 November 2020

In 1989 I heard Steve Morse was back from his stint as a commercial pilot with a new album entitled High Tension Wires featuring Andy West on bass, Rod Morgenstein on drums and T. Lavitz on keys. After purchasing the cassette tape (so I could listen on my Walkman) from my local Record Hunter in NYC, I bought two tickets to his show at The Ritz from Ticketmaster. Here’s the back story:

Girl (feat. KAYTRANADA) – The Internet

22 November 2020

No matter how many times I listen to this track, it never ceases to amaze me. Not only is “Girl” incredibly smooth, but it’s meaningful, uncomplicated, and hard hitting. Off of The Internet’s album Ego Death, “Girl” is a sultry, trippy love song that works out of a carefully crafted outer-space soundscape.

Relax – MXWLL

21 November 2020

This tune offers up a dose of pure groove. You can’t help but bob your head as the beat rolls along. The energy pulsing with deep synth bass is pure joy and it keeps you subdued for the entirety of this wicked slow jam.

Unemployed – Tierra Whack

21 November 2020

A women who’s rising up in hip hop and you can see why when she dropped this track last year. Tierra Whack makes the top of the list for me with “Unemployed”

Feel Like Makin’ Love by Roberta Flack

20 November 2020

The 70s had some of the best slow jams. Love songs were actually about love. Roberta Flack’s “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” from the album of the same title, is a worthy entry into the 70s catalog of golden love song hits. The silky tune blazed up the music charts in 1974 and remained at number one for a week on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles…

Break the Bottle – Jess Silk

19 November 2020

God I love the story tellers.

The lyricists who construct a reality you can step into, to experience it as if you were there – as if you knew the characters – who do it so seamlessly that – even if it is by proxy – you get to feel the emotions for real.

That’s the point of this list – it’s designed to make you feel – to connect with the emotions that we’re oh so good at keeping hidden, buried under guilt and social conditioning. Because when we don’t deal with those emotions – well – that’s when the bad shit happens…

Dope Vhs Master – Desmond Cheese

18 November 2020

This song is ultimate chilled out FUNK, the song just melts in your ears like butter and makes you feel so light when you listen to it.

Mascara – Niykee Heaton

18 November 2020

The song is a pretty laidback tune and falls within the R&B genre, with finger snaps and minimal beats on full display.