All the Playlists

Build – music2work2

5 October 2017

There’s something about metronomic repetition that just conveys the idea of “Come on – let’s go…”  The opening of the track sounds as though it’s written in 2/4 time – the classic marching beat – and that was intentional – the entire first minute is designed to have you thinking about getting started – getting moving – getting to flow.

Unforgettable – French Montana, Swae Lee

3 October 2017

“Unforgettable”, definitely a fitting name for this powerful track by New York City’s own French Montana. French does his thing with witty rapping and Swae Lee provides smooth singing/vocals. The song comes on and the mood is immediately felt…

Finesse – BL’EVE Brown Ft, Jimmy 2Shoes

3 October 2017

Set to an incredibly infectious beat, BL’EVE Brown’s “FINESSE” is the perfect introduction to the New Jersey-based rapper. The Jamaican-flavored Harlem native enlisted the production skills of Platinum Beat Service to craft the beat and frequent collaborator Jimmy 2Shoes to throw in some extra vocal help.

Swang – Rae Sremmurd

3 October 2017

When we are talking new-south hip-hop we cant go without mentioning 2 brothers from Tupelo, Mississippi. Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi first showed up in a major way back around 2013 when producer Mike Will Made-It introduced them.

My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder

3 October 2017

Stevie Wonder’s “My Cherie Amour” was released in 1969, so not quite the 70s, but on the cusp of it.  Co-written with Sylvia Moy and Henry Cosby, it has more of a 70s sound than 60s. It veers away from his R&B popish Motown sound and has more of a straight R&B sound, sans harmonica.

You! Me! Dancing! – Los Campesinos

3 October 2017

This week is not going to be about Los Campesinos songs.

This week we will take a look to the marvellous video and we will go through many epic videos like this following the indie road.

Without – Sampha

3 October 2017

If you’ve yet to hear Sampha’s voice your in for a big surprise. Wielding one of the most unique and distinctive voices in music today Sampha shines on nearly every track he’s on.

Blessings – Chance The Rapper

3 October 2017

Making this playlist shows me just how wide the distance is between most of the music I enjoy listening to and the music I can sing. Hip-hop is a case in point. I love listening to it, but I sound too much like Niles Crane to really participate. Also, rap is not generally a very lullaby-friendly genre. Or so I thought, until I encountered the mellifluous sounds of Chancellor Johnathan Bennett, better known to the world as Chance The Rapper…

Quando – bzur

3 October 2017

bzur is a solo music project born in Cagliari – Sardinia – Italy

He started studying piano at age 7. After several years, an interest in composition developed. His first – almost undocumented! – works were deeply influenced by european electronic music masters Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis.

When We Love – Jhene Aiko

3 October 2017

We haven’t had much melodic vocals so far in this playlist – the closet thing to singing was Tássia Reis.

Hip hop is surely the biggest inspiration for “Music to Dali & Jay-Z lovers”, but it doesn’t mean all of our songs must be rap songs (check our brand statement here). 

The track of the week is Jhene Aiko’s “When we love”, a track from her album “Trip”, which is pretty much a soundtrack for a mental and/or spiritual storytelling trip through a story of love and pain. 

Spider in the Roses (feat. Rob the Man) – Sonia Leigh + Daphne Willis

3 October 2017

When you finally get over the loss of a relationship, especially an abusive and manipulative one like I’ve experienced in my past, sometimes you feel like making a badass comeback…

Geberiyorum – Ahmet Aslan

3 October 2017

Geberiyorum, bu şarkı listesinin ilk öneri parçası oldu. Bir arkadaş tavsiyesiyle dinleme fırsatı bulduğum bu harika şarkının sözleri Nazım Hikmet’e ait ve sanırım en çok vokaliyle vuruculuğu yakalıyor. Ahmet Aslan’ın dünya müziğine, bağlama ile gitarı birleştirerek La-Tar adını verdiği enstrümanı yaratarak katkı sağladığını da söylemeden geçmemek gerek. Ayrıca Türkçeyle birlikte Zazaca şarkılarını da fırsat bulursanız dinlenemenizi şiddetle öneriyorum.