WILT_2022-41

A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 9 Oct 2022 to 15 Oct 2022.

1. Space Train – Spiral Drive
2. Planet Td1 – Trip the Witch
3. Regarde en bas où l’ombre est plus noire – Ojard
4. Wing Rowing (K08) – Niklas Paschburg
5. Half-Bloom – Asta Hiroki
6. Fold – Asta Hiroki
7. Cosy – Blanka
8. Samba – Samba De La Muerte
9. Phantom Limb – Arthur Hnatek, Taut
10. Wildflower – Robohands, Aleh
11. They & I – The Lasso, Jordan Hamilton, The Saxsquatch

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2022-41

Notes

I just can’t seem to choose the right words.

That’s what writing is all about isn’t it?

There are words and there is meaning.

How you put them together determines one meaning. How they are read determines another.

I just can’t seem to choose the right words.

Listening-wise, this week has seen more down tempo choices being chosen. I’m not entirely sure how that happened, but I remember starting the week listening to some Jimi Hendrix, and that’s when I noticed the album artwork for Trip the Witch (2021) which I then learned is a collaboration between Stone Temple Pilots guitarist, Dean DeLeo, and session guitarist, Tom Bukovac. From there, Space Train piqued my interest with its dramatic control of tone and arrangement. I suppose that’s also when Space Train by Spiral Drive entered my orbit with its dirty bassline and laid back psych-rock.

The next half of the playlist came as recommendations from Spotify after Gaspar Klaus’s 2359 (2022) EP ended. I suppose I was feeling a bit of a drone-y mood with the amount of work that had to be done last week, so I was flitting between the Endel app, and music that could help with deep focus. From here, the textures of Asta Hiroki, Blanka, Ojard, and Niklas Pashburg all became new discoveries for me.

The music of Samba De La Muerte crept along suddenly and it was immediately captivating. Samba (2013) is a glorious guitar and string ensemble piece that evokes a primal stirring emotion that hopes you were alone in your thoughts, but not without the companionship of loved ones.

After that, Phantom Limb creates a euphoric tension that allows its liquid beats to slip undercurrent into your movement. And finally, Wildflower treats us to a ragged jazz inscription of percussion, bass and flute, while They & I goes in quest of cosmic ideas through the realms electronica and a searching saxophone.