A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 25 Apr 2021 to 1 May 2021.

WILT_2021-17

1. Sounds of Revelation – Tom Wax
2. Liberation – Youen
3. Sway – Józef Gatysik
4. Sway, Sway – Heinali
5. Do Not Disturb – Ryan Adams
6. The Letter (Demo) – PJ Harvey
7. Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Spring 1 (Recomposed by Max Richter) – Andre de Ridder, Daniel Hope, Konzerthaus Kammer Orchester Berlin, Max Richter
8. Floe (Remix): Specially Mixed for Your Personal Cassette Player – Philip Glass, Michael Riseman, Philip Glass Ensemble
9. CHIAROSCURO – Alessandro Cortini
10. Jeanette (Edit) – Kelly Lee Owens
11. String Quartet No. 5: Movement V – Philip Glass, Tana Quartet
12. Metamorphosis No. 2 – Philip Glass, Jenny Lin
13. While Elephant – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
14. Dry Fantasy – Mogwai
15. If We Don’t Make It (Ronin Edit) – UNKLE
16. In My Heart – Mark Pritchard
17. Helm – Wim Mertens
18. Ritchie Sacremento – Mogwai

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2021-17

Notes

We start off with two very strong techno tracks that I think came from Boris Brejcha’s track IDs. I included them at the start of the week because I have not started on such a note before, and I do reminisce the deep nights at Zouk when we could lose ourselves to the swirling atmospheres never ending rhythms created by masterful DJs.

Philip Glass’s work features a fair amount in this week’s playlist and is definitely worth exploring on a long-term basis. There is new material by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, and Ryan Adams has also released a new single. As usual, Ryan Adams seems to come absolutely leftfield with his musical arrangements, referencing ideas that are familiar, yet unfamiliar for his pre-existing body of work.

What was a surprising discovery for me were the included tracks by Mogwai. I thought I was over the post-rock genre, but perhaps not listening to it for such an extended period of time has allowed me to re-appreciate some of it’s more tenable elements, such as hyperfuzzy tones and ethereal counter melodies.