A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 28 Mar 2021 to 3 Apr 2021.

WILT_2021-13

1. Cabin Fever – Subsonic Eye
2. Fruitcake – Subsonic Eye
3. Watarase (Henrik Schwarz Version) – 板橋文夫 (Fumio Itabashi), Henrik Schwarz, Kuniyuki
4. Watarase (Kuniyuki Version) – 板橋文夫 (Fumio Itabashi), Henrik Schwarz, Kuniyuki
5. Watarase (Cover) – Takeyo Moriyama, original performance by 板橋文夫 (Fumio Itabashi)
6. Watarase – 板橋文夫 (Fumio Itabashi)
7. Vultures – Melé
8. We Like It – STR4TA
9. CCMYK4 – Henrik Schwarz, Alma Quartet Amsterdam
10. Night Forest – Kuniyuki

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2021-13

Notes

This week’s edition starts with a recommendation by a friend featuring Singapore indie band, Subsonic Eye’s new single release Cabin Fever. I haven’t been listening to much music in this genre for awhile, but I want to highlight some of the band’s new material because it is icredibly infectious and tasty. Fruitcake stands out for me because of its melodic confidence, excitable rhythms, and lyrical innocence.

The rest of the list is built around some music I heard on a recent radio show hosted by Giles Peterson, Words & Music from Pino Palladino, released on 13 Mar 2021 on BBC Radio 6.

Four of the tracks this week are alternative performances of Watarase, originally composed and performed by 板橋文夫 (Fumio Itabashi). I believe I heard two tracks back-to-back on Giles’ show, the Symphonic Poem version and the version remixed by Henrik Schwarz. Watarase’s melody is both haunting and enchanting, and it’s through these recent rearrangements that I also became acquainted with the works of Henrik Schwarz and Kuniyuki. What really grabbed my attention was the percussiveness of their electronic arrangements and I hope to explore more of this in the future.

Lastly, I also got turned on to the percussive style of Melé’s work and would like to bring to attention one of Giles Peterson’s latest projects, STR4TA, a collaboration between Giles and Jean-Paul “Bluey” Maunick (Incognito).

I am probably late to the party, but Giles Peterson is an absolute tastemaker and truly sees a musical world without boarders.