A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 11 Jul 2021 to 17 Jul 2021.

WILT_2021-28

1. La Jeune Fille en Feu (Bande originale du filme) – Para One, Arthur Simonini
2. 28 – Agust D, NiiHWA
3. Same So – Protoje
4. Blaze Away – Konshens, Collie Buddz
5. A Vibe (feat. Wiz Khalifa) – Protoje, Wiz Khalifa
6. When Will I See You Again – Idris Ackamoor, The Pyramids
7. One Last Kiss – Utada Hikaru
8. A Cruel Angel’s Thesis (Neon Genesis Evangelion Rework) – Ginger Root
9. No Title – NSDOS
10. Turncoat – Goldmund
11. Glory Box (Live) – Portishead
12. I. Lento—Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantibile – Henryk Górecki, Beth Gibbons, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki
13. III. Lento—Cantabile-semplice – Henryk Górecki, Beth Gibbons, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki
14. Under the Weather MIX (Electric Counterpoint Remix) – Steve Reich, Magnus Frykberg, Jay-Jay Johanson, Mats Bergström
15. Godspeed Remix (Nagoya Guitars Remix) – Steve Reich, Mats Bergström
16. lobby (@ The W) – YELLO DICAPRIO, SnailGod
17. Losing My Way (Live at O2 Academy Brixton, 2019) – FKJ, Tom Misch
18. BROKE AF – YETI PACK, J.SON
19. FENGSHUI – YETI PACK
20. LONELY – YETI PACK, PARINDA
21. The Four Horsemen – Aphrodite’s Child
22. Jump Into The Fire – Harry Nilsson
23. I Got The… – Labi Siffre
24. Plastic Love – Friday Night Plans

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2021-28

Notes

This week’s playlist went through a few branches. Let me see if I can recount them.

I remember being drawn to the clapping percussion and choral arrangements featured in the track by Para One and Arthur Simonini, but I have no idea why I started listening to a selection of contemporary reggae tracks after that. I believe the playlist I came across was called “Irie”. Also, it tickles me that all the songs I selected to feature all profess an uncompromising love for the green machine, and the desire to stay vibed.

Past that were explorations into music inspired by Neon Genesis Evangelion, as well as electronic music, and Wednesday was the day I remember revisiting Portishead’s groundbreaking live performance of Glory Box, after a friend played a vinyl pressing of the live NYC recording circa 1997.

That definitely caused the branch into some classical performances because I discovered that Beth Gibbons sang on some arrangements by Henryk Górecki and Krzysztof Penderecki, and by golly are they gorgeous performances. Remixes of some Steve Reich compositions also feature by way of this subtrail, and I can never pass up a good droning arrangement.

By Friday evening, I relaxed by shutting down to TikTok and YouTube because it was an absolutely bonkers work week. I came across YELLO DICAPRIO’s work because of a TikTok video he did, and that brought me to discovering Drill music, and Singapore’s Drill culture. Drill is something like Trap but more melodic, and that’s all I really know. But it has a chill vibe and the deep basslines somehow soothed my mind at the time. I’m not a fan of the more sexualised and what I perceive as misogynistic lyrics, but when the genre does shine for me is when a collective performs, and you get YETI PACK. There seems to be an open exchange of cultures and ideas, as well as an attitude of positive humour, and I can get behind that.

The playlist closes on some tracks I came across from Jungle’s F1 playlist that they were commissioned for. And lordy, are there some bangers on it. The Four Horsemen features a driving proto-rock groove about the apocalypse (what else?). And Jump Into The Fire just has an absolutely filthy bass tone that I got excited about.

Everything pads out with a city pop track that emerged at the eleventh hour because of how poppin’ that bassline is. All in all a fun week of listening, although a bit too meandering for my liking. But maybe that’s more a critique of the way I wrote this post.