All the Playlists

El Mañana – Gorillaz

29 March 2018

I do this because I believe music can make the shit times better.  

Henry is a Music to Curator – he curates the Music to Stay Up Late At Night playlist – it’s a beautifully put together list – the music is often familiar and yet when you hear something new – it’s always great.  But for me – my favorite thing about his list, is the writing.  He writes with such an authentic voice that you can’t help but feel as if you’re sitting there, next to him…

Flow – FLOW

28 March 2018

I’m in love with this track – I’m listening to it on repeat as I write this.  

It has helped me outline the post, encouraged me to focus on what I want to say and created a perfect sonic environment where the outside world has disappeared – it’s just me and the text – and it feels great!

Leidseplein – Klangriket & Sjors Mans

28 March 2018

It’s the ticking clock.

Oh sure, it isn’t always there – you don’t always hear it, but you feel it – feel it in the same way we all do when something is due – when time is running out and we actually have to create.  And make no mistake, writing is a creative act and creating is hard – which is why this playlist exists – to make it easier 😉

I Love You, Honeybear – Father John Misty

27 March 2018

It is funny how love can dispel the intense feeling of loneliness but also alienate one from the rest of the world. As Father John Misty sings about his Honeybear, it is interesting to see the picture he paints of the world around them. Their love is messy, but so is the world outside, and they’d rather stay indoors with each other…

Plug Walk – Rich The Kid

27 March 2018

Dimitri Leslie Roger was born in Queens, New York. He is of Haitian descent and grew up speaking Haitian Creole fluently. After his parents’ divorce, Roger moved with his mother to Woodstock, Georgia, a suburb 30 minutes north of Atlanta, when he was 13. His first rap name was Black Boy The Kid, but later changed it to Rich the Kid. Being one of the original artist signed to Quality Control Music along with The Migos he has had to work very hard to stand out among all the talent in Atlanta…

Away – Yeek

27 March 2018

Sebastian Carandang is the Asian American artist known as Yeek. With less than $1000 in his bank account he packed his car and set out from Florida to Los Angeles with dreams of becoming a musician. Now on his second EP Sebastian he’s found his rhythm. Mixing electronic, hip hop and indie music in refreshing way…

Blah Blah Blah – Ke$ha

27 March 2018

This song is about hitting on someone you like between the hours of 11 and 2 am at the club. This song is about being continuously rejected by your lustful objects of pursuit. This song provides you with that free-spirited feeling of not listening to whatever anyone tells you and just being yourself and having fun…

Strangers – Sigrid

27 March 2018

This song is blushing cheeks in the dark of a cinema, reaching hands to hold, to kiss, to be close. This song is the glow of a screen illuminating young faces, the bravery of a kiss on the cheek, to a soft one on the lips at the end of the night. This song is innocent love, the glow of your entire body after getting a kiss back, running up to your room to call your best friend and tell them all about it…

İstanbul – Birsen Tezer

27 March 2018

Birsen Tezer is one of the most recognized voices of the Turkish jazz scene. She is known for her soft voice that touches the souls of many, including me. She blends the classic sound of jazz with Turkish music essentials like irregular rhythms and folk instruments. She also knows how to play the “kanun”, which is a traditional Turkish string instrument. 

Are We Here? – Kzmiblzf

27 March 2018

What I love the most about experimental music is how it sounds to me like an abstract experience from which anything can bloom, really like a surrealist painting. “Are we here?” is the type of track to evoke such feelings. Everything works perfectly in this conceptualistic song in which modern beats convey a timeless feeling.

El Mañana – Gorillaz

26 March 2018

It was a couple hours after midnight, last Saturday. My father passed away in a hospital after two years of struggle with a very difficult disease. It was one of the worst moments of my life, completely unexpected for me and so difficult to handle that for a few moments I thought I would faint, I still haven’t fully understood the magnitude of the event, I still haven’t completely accepted I lost my father.

Gold Dust – Ted Russet

26 March 2018

A little more than a decade ago, a self-proclaimed Japanese scientist called Masaru Emoto conducted a series of tests on water. One part of his experiment consisted of placing tap water in a glass and exposing it to different words. To put this in a more simple way: He spoke to a glass of water. After this, Emoto froze the water he’d been conversing with and studied how the water crystals looked…