WILT_2023-22

A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 28 May 2023 to 3 Jun 2023.

1. Nostalgic Body – CFCF
2. Model Castings – CFCF
3. HPHCPH.MMBL – Unc D, Thin Thicket, Damon Soulful Samurai Poole
4. Living By Faith – Francisco Morales
5. Count Yer Pace (featuring Kemani Anderson) – Werkha, Kemani Anderson
6. New Dawn – Dave Okumu
7. manbagpig – Unc D, Thin Thicket
8. Agua de Jamaica – Sly5thAve, Roberto Verástegui
9. The Garden – Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2023-22

Notes

The hot pink title art of CFCF’s 2021 album memoryland caught my attention and what followed was a spiral into the electronic producer’s mindscape of swirling sounds and textures.

I also revisited Thundercat’s work because I recently learned that he played in Suicidal Tendencies and that just made him even more intriguing to me. However we will not be hearing Thundercat on this list, but maybe some adjacents to his style. I fired up a Jazztronica playlist, and that’s where the rest of this week draws its inspiration from.

Unc D and Thin Thicket are an interesting duo for musical output, and have rather exciting projects in the pipeline.

The synth work on Francisco Morales’s Living By Faith is so syrupy, funky, and groovy that you’ll be making faces with mojitos.

Count Yer Pace is an interesting crossover between footwork and R&B vocals. I think that’s what drew me to it.

I’m digging that bass line on New Dawn by Dave Okumu. 

Agua de Jamaica is a bit of a slow burn, but when the grill gets hot enough, there’s enough heat to cook some grooves low and slow. 

Finally, the guitar solo on The Garden by Unknown Mortal Orchestra is scorching and soaring. Well worth a listen.