You Hid – Toro y Moi
If we’re going to talk about great songs I have to start of with my personal favorite song Toro Y Moi – You Hid. First of all, distorted guitars… hell yeah. Being surprised by those two chords whenever this song randomly plays is a small blessing. This song makes me feel grounded
Little Miss Sunshine – Caleb Hawley
HIGH SCHOOL. ::cringe:: High School was quite possibly the most uncomfortable time of my life… oh, you too?! When you’re a bi-racial kid (Filipino/Caucasian) that looks Latina, but doesn’t speak Spanish, you’re not Asian enough, White enough, and definitely not Spanish enough to sit at any of those lunch tables…
Cranes in the Sky – Solange
Solange, Beyonce’s sister, released this track on her third album, entitled “A Seat at the Table,” released in 2016. Although she had been an artist for many years before, this album has allowed Solange to connect with a wider audience.
Adaletin Bu Mu Dünya – Selda Bağcan
Bu güzel kadını geçen sene haberlerde görmüştüm. Manset, “Selda Primavera Sound Festivali’nde sahne alacak.” şeklindeydi. O an, en cok etkilenip sasırdıgım zamanlardan biriydi cünkü Selda Türkiye’de yıllardır isini zaten gayet iyi bir şekilde yapıyordu ama onun Avrupa’da bu kadar popüler oldugunu bilmiyordum.
Vicky – Big Inf
Bronx emcee Big Inf has released his new album called” New Industry” with 13 songs. Amidst a sea of Underground Mixtapes releases, Big Inf project sounds incredible for this new digital age and how people consume music in this digital era we are in. Big Inf links up With rapper Ali Vegas to set the record straight
The Sea – Morcheeba
My boyfriend at the time introduced me to Morcheeba, I hadn’t heard anything quite like it, the simple and clear lyrics describing somebody’s memory of their time at the sea.
Baltimore – Nina Simone
I first heard this track from Bonobo’s Late Nite Tales and am like whaaaaaat? Nina Simone did Reggae. Well she didn’t just do reggae she wrote an anthem to define the dark streets corroding to urban decay and post-industrial cities with wheels falling off the Wagon.
May I Have This Dance – Francis and the Lights (feat. Chance the Rapper)
I remember hearing this song months after the concert and being plagued by the feeling that I heard it before, but neither did I remember where or by whom. But that didn’t matter because the blissfulness that overcame me was enough for me to know that I’d found a song I never even knew I needed.
Dream A Little Dream Of Me – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Everyone knows the Mama Cass version, and hers is fine, but nothing can ever touch the Ella and Louis recording. The lyrics make it an obvious lullaby, but there’s so much more happening here…
Somebody – Dream Wife
This song isn’t overly complicated nor is it overly angstyInstead, it’s a catchy tune that lightheartedly mocks the unwanted attention that pretty girls in male-dominated industries have to face. Sure, being a pretty girl has its advantages but sometimes it can also feel like a curse.
Thousand Mile Night – Jonah Tolchin
To start our road trip, I have this cool track by Jonah. Such a chilled out track to blow your digs and leave the city limits and head on the road to nowhere.
Physical – Ellen Allien
Every DJ has an artist who inspires them to do what they do and for me that artist is Ellen Allien. The Berlin based queen of techno has been on the scene since the early 90s and there is not one person in the techno scene that doesn’t know her name. Ellen’s music spoke to me as a young boy growing up in a city where techno wasn’t popular and I just happened to stumble onto her by accident at the time. She became the driving force behind the beginning stages of my passion for underground electronic music.