WILT_2021-04

A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 24 Jan 2021 to 30 Jan 2021.

1. ҉.·.·*´¨.·*:･✧๑ඕั ҉ // ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ
2. Entreat – ||||||||||||||||||||
3. 　̟̞̝̜̙̘̗̖҉̵̴̨̧̢̡̼̻̺̹̳̲̱̰̯̮̭̬̫̪̩̦̥̤̣̠҈͈͇͉͍͎͓͔͕͖͙͚͜͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢ͅ 　ఠీੂ೧ູ࿃ूੂ✧ළʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(ƪ❍⊁◞..◟⊀　̟̞̝̜̙̘̗̖҉̵̴̨̧̢̡̼̻̺̹̳̲̱̰̯̮̭̬̫̪̩̦̥̤̣̠҈͈͇͉͍͎͓͔͕͖͙͚͜͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢ͅ  // ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ
4. Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part One (Live) – King Crimson
5. Alone, Note Alone – Tiny Leaves
6. Kaleidoscope – Hiromi
7. Can You Feel It – Tom Misch, Yussef Dayes
8. Visit Croatia – Alabaster DePlume
9. Will The Feelings Leave – cktrl
10. A Bottle of Rum – Xiu Xiu, Liz Harris
11. The Handle/The Blade – The Body
12. DAWN feat. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (Hayden James Remix) – BRONSON, Hayden James, ODESZA, Golden Features, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
13. Don’t Give Up – Peter Gabriel

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2021-04

Notes

The main thing I want to say is fuck ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ.

For the following reason: It is extremely frustrating having a compulsion to verify the wingdings of the song titles across various streaming services. For background, Spotify does not allow you to copy text, so while there is a popular notion that ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ is Four Tet and it’s easy enough to research discographys of the particular artist, track listings are a slightly different sorry and because of the nature of wingdings, these symbols sometimes end up being transcoded differently on various platforms.

So yes, I did spend the last twenty minutes or so attempting to verify whether the track title 　̟̞̝̜̙̘̗̖҉̵̴̨̧̢̡̼̻̺̹̳̲̱̰̯̮̭̬̫̪̩̦̥̤̣̠҈͈͇͉͍͎͓͔͕͖͙͚͜͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢ͅ 　ఠీੂ೧ູ࿃ूੂ✧ළʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(ƪ❍⊁◞..◟⊀　̟̞̝̜̙̘̗̖҉̵̴̨̧̢̡̼̻̺̹̳̲̱̰̯̮̭̬̫̪̩̦̥̤̣̠҈͈͇͉͍͎͓͔͕͖͙͚͜͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢ͅ  was indeed what the artist intended it to be in its expressions across the Internet. I will admit, I did give up on my quest after arriving at a personally satisfactory conclusion, and a tryst with my inner monologue that neither the artist nor I need to take this endeavour too seriously.

This past week I peeked a bit deeper into a group of artists with indecipherable or unpronounceable artist names. Not that I did a lot of deep research, but that it was a jumping-off point for how I wanted to steer this playlist. Unfortunately I also got side-tracked by a video exploring Tony Levin’s involvement as a bassplayer on Peter Gabriel’s So (1986) record. Which explains two of the tracks I’m featuring in this playlist.

In the end, I still find myself being very drawn to rhythms, tones and melancholia. In short, this playlist is a real vibe check with some sick beats.