WILT_2022-42

A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 16 Oct 2022 to 22 Oct 2022.

1. La colline – Samba De La Muerte
2. A Love Moment for the End – Blacklight Chameleon
3. Young Summer – Blacklight Chameleon
4. Sugar Pain – Blacklight Chameleon
5. Lovin’ Feeling – French 79, Kid Francescoli
6. Open The Floogates – The Smile
7. Paraiso – Gizmo Varillas
8. Back South – Mansur Brown
9. Between Memories – Flying Lotus, Niki Randa
10. Sum Body – Lapalux

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2022-42

Notes

Musically, this week is a hazy continuation of the previous week. Physically, this week is an intense continuation of the previous week.

If I type with less structure, or with less description about what has been going on the past week, I do hope that you will excuse me. It is the final week before a big event that my workplace is organising, and as I am typing this, it is the last thing I decided to do before winding down for the day.

Samba De La Muerte continues to make its presence felt. There is also something about the way that “Muerte” is spelled that I am so drawn to. It sounds more poetic than death, perhaps equal parts diabolical and celebratory. Either way, it probably stems from my ignorance of the Spanish language and culture.

I also came across Blacklight Chameleon, I think due to the album art being recommended to me. Musically however, I was drawn into its cacophony of symphonies, samples, electronic beats and arrangements. It is very drenching music, and just the sort of accompaniment you might want on tired evenings.

I do recommend exploring Blacklight Chameleon. The music and arrangements are rather abstract, experimental, and unbound by any preconceived notions of what music ought to be.

By the time Lovin’ Feeling comes on, it does feel like a page has been turned. I’m not sure where, when, or how the page turned, but it turned onto a warm French disco-tinged pop number. A bit like a folksy Chromeo. There’s a place for the music, and this might be the place.

Open The Floodgates came on because I stumbled upon this live performance by The Smile, and I was simply enamoured by the melodic counterpoint of the guitars underneath the piano and synthesizers. There is no percussion that happens in the song, and I think that makes it perfect.

Paraiso stands on its own as a gorgeous guitar-led composition with laid back latin-funk groove. Cool suns were made for these.

Mansur Brown comes in very strong with Back South. A sick groove just sitting on top of a laid back groove and rippin’ guitar part. This is a soulful guitar interlude in one of its finest moments.

Flying Lotus’s arrangement and production on Between Memories is downright gorgeous. A bassline that flirts between liquid, chords, and presence, actually sitting underneath some absolutely snare work and synth arrangements, all while Niki Randa’s ethereal vocals orbit a nebula of music. It is absolutely spellbinding, and I love that it’s less than two minutes. Ideas like these are perhaps better off as ideas than songs. That way, you never really get to catch them. They just exist. The best type of cosmology.

Lapalux provides us with yet another stunner. Sum Body effortlessly threads between mood, vibe, and soul, offering one last riposte to the fading light.