What I Listened To: WILT_2021-29

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

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  1. Solitaries – Max Richter
  2. Prelude 2 – Max Richter, Mari Samuelsen
  3. A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra, Anthony Weeden
  4. Reminiscence – Ólafur Arnalds, Alice Sara Ott
  5. Because This Must Be – Nils Frahm
  6. On The Nature of Daylight – Max Richter, Louisa Fuller, Natalia Bonner, John Metcalfe, Philip Sheppard, Chris Worsey
  7. Blessing It [Remix] (Feat. Substantial, Pase Rock) – Nujabes, Substantial, Pase Rock
  8. Default – Atoms For Peace
  9. Light Over The Moor – Sophie Hutchings
  10. Nana (Like A Star Made For Me) [Julianna Barwick Remix] – Malibu, Julianna Barwick
  11. You, at the End [Laurel Halo Version] – Lafawndah, Laurel Halo
  12. Prickly Pear – Portico Quartet
  13. Closer – Kerala Dust
  14. You Look Certain (I’m Not So Sure) [WXAXRXP Session] – Mount Kimbie, Andrea Balency
  15. I’m The Echo – DARKSIDE
  16. Crow (DJ-Kicks) – Forest Swords
  17. The Chain – Kerala Dust
  18. Motions – Kerala Dust
  19. Night Bell (Arizona) – Kerala Dust
  20. Stormy Drums – Sol Monk, Avri Borochov
  21. Caroline – Arlo Parks

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2021-29

Notes

I particularly enjoyed listening to this week’s playlist because I think there are very exceptional musical ideas presented in it. We explore contemporary classical, drone, minimalism, electronica, jazz, and new soul.

I remember starting this week thinking it was going to be a reminiscing of string ensemble music, but that took a turn when DARKSIDE’s latest album Spiral launched on all streaming services. I have been looking forward to this album, and it does not disappoint at all. Be sure to listen to I’m the Echo, a snaking electronica track with melodic and drone inspirations from the Middle East and North Asia, yet the groove is all about the tight pockets found in soul, jazz, funk, and tasty electronica. And the musical interlude featured? It is so disconcerting that it keeps your soul awake.

From there, I also came across Kerala Dust, which makes up a large portion of the second half of the playlist. To me, they sound a lot like DARKSIDE, but there are also brief moments where they take on a shivering dance music tangent that makes the music all on their own.

The music here makes me excited about what else the human race will produce, and is capable of producing. The sensation of limitless expansion comes so rarely these days, that I am just grateful to have grasped a wisp of it.