A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 18 Apr 2021 to 24 Apr 2021.

WILT_2021-16

1. Timber: Part 1 – Michael Gordon, Slagwerk Den Haag
2. You, at the End – Lafawndah
3. Solid Ground (Virgil Abloh Remix), Michael Kiwanuka, Virgil Abloh
4. Skywalker – STUFF.
5. Death Pacito – Triorität
6. Endongo – Nihiloxica
7. Great Coat – LYR
8. Alouatta (hembra) – Lion’s Drums
9. Shadow Puppet – Bardo Pond
10. The Limit – DARKSIDE
11. Possible Futures – Paradise Cinema
12. L.M.G.D. – Military Genius
13. Monk’s Robes – Deradoorian
14. Polyesterday – GusGus
15. Lost At Sea – Marcus Hamblett, Kate Stables
16. Street Pulse Beat – Special Interest
17. Baresi – Daniel Avery, Alessandro Cortini

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2021-16

Notes

I am very satisfied with how this week’s listening experience played itself out. There is a lot of unique and future-forward music on this playlist, many of which are new listens for me. Plenty of the tracks featured here touch upon the threshold what has been done before, and what still needs to be done. It is music like this that makes me excited for how else music and culture are developing, and ultimately evolving in being a system of human expression and passion.

Future jazz is probably one of the highlights that caught my attention. Shoutouts to the Virgil Abloh remix of Michael Kiwanuka’s Solid Ground, as well as an incredible performance by STUFF. on the track Skywalker. The tone on that bassline has such a warm growl you don’t even realise that half your arm’s been bitten off.

Speaking of tone, that is another way of describing this week’s joy of listening. I think I selected a lot of these tracks because of how much the tone stood out on various instruments and arrangements. Whether it’s harsh, smooth, tight, warm, cold, every track is identifiable in what they are striving to bring forth. Tone is also one of those musical qualities that let me judge if a particular piece is alive or not. Without good tone, you’ll always sound like too much time has passed beyond each note. And if it’s just dead space, it’s worse than silence.