All the Playlists

Rely – ODESZA

26 June 2018

I have been playing this song in every single one of my classes lately, and let me tell you, this track never gets old. There’s nothing quite like timing your sequence so that it perfectly aligns with your playlist.

I’ll Be Around – The Spinners

26 June 2018

Detroit natives The Spinners had a slew of hits in the 60s and 70s. The smooth R&B group was comprised of lead singer Bobby Smith, Billy Henderson, Henry Fambrough, Pervis Jackson and George Dixon. Though they started out with Motown, once they got over to Atlantic Records, they had a more cosmopolitan, spirited sound compared to their previous Northern Soul sound…

Part 30 – Given Circumstances

26 June 2018

September 1979. Year three.

I’m at my first Staff Meeting in Uppers. There’s gentle idle chatter as we wait. I’m sat next to Biggles who leans in close. ‘Saw the Master earlier. Looked majorly stressed. We could see fireworks this morning.’

Oh? I peep down to the front of the lecture theatre, where the Big Cheese is checking his watch, eyes flicking to the door where the staff must enter. It swings open and BJ walks in.

‘Have you got a death wish?’ It’s The Big Cheese, shouting, red in face, eyes bulging. All conversation comes to an abrupt end….

Baby Bluebird – Little Sailboat

26 June 2018

Amara, the artist behind Little Sailboat asked me what it was about this track that caught my ear and I remember laughing thinking – you know what – I have absolutely no idea – but if I’m going to add it to the list – I’d at least better try and explain. ;-)…

SAD! – XXXTENTACTION

26 June 2018

So with any thing in life there comes some very sad moments and this happens to be one of them.  Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy was a talented young man who even though he had signed a six million dollar deal still considered himself a peoples man. What I mean by this is he never let his fame separate him from the people that made him who he was “his fans”.

Let Me Do My Thing – Hot 8 Brass Band

26 June 2018

This track is an eight minute melting pot of New Orleans bounce, jazz, hip hop, soul, and just about every other ingredient that makes you want to listen to a song. It’s one of those songs that will make you dance and laugh and clap and scream and shout and then do it all over again, because its just that infectious. 

Oh Darling – Supertramp

26 June 2018

Sometimes all you can do is watch your love walk away. There isn’t anything we can do about it, because you cannot make them return your feelings. Therefore you are left with two choices: fight for your love, or move on. Each has their own struggles…

Traces of You – Anoushka Shankar (feat. Norah Jones)

26 June 2018

Have you ever heard a track whose first few seconds make you stop and realize just how beautiful its composition is and that you’re going to treasure it forever? Anoushka Shankar’s Traces of You was that track for me…

Something New – SiR ft. Etta Bond

26 June 2018

On “Something New”, the worlds of Inglewood, California and Cambridge, UK come together in the form of SiR and Etta Bond, uniting for the chorus: “If everything falls apart, I still have you / If I can’t find my way back home, we’ll make something new…”

Bizarre Love Triangle – New Order

26 June 2018

I don’t know if it’s because I tend to get nostalgic during the summer, but I’ve been listening to a lot of songs from my childhood lately. Growing up, I wasn’t allowed to listen to most pop music. I remember going to grocery stores with my parents and hearing all these songs I thought were great…

Breath – Belau

25 June 2018

Belau originally started as a solo project by Péter Kedves in 2015. He was inspired by his travels and adventures abroad. The idea to translate his experiences into music came to him in a beautiful, remote village on the pristine Croatian seashore. In the world of Belau a constant buoyant mood and a sense of optimism meets innovative electronic

beats.

Valentine´s day – Klaus Nomi

25 June 2018

Las ostentosas capas de maquillaje se quiebran cuando el contratenor juega con falsete en la frágil “Valentine´s day”  

El contraste es hipnótico. De la oscura boca del pierrot cósmico brota pura luz. Este blanco  sobre negro termina por integrarse en una totalidad reveladora. Y es así que uno tiene casi la sensación por un momento ,de que la película terminará bien, mientras el riff se repite una y otra vez. Es el verdadero Major Tom de Bowie el que canta, el “Ashes to ashes antes del Ashes to ashes”