WILT_2024-24

A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 9 Jun 2024 to 15 Jun 2024.

1. New Fiction – Little Dragon
2. Suite No. 1: Yanvalloux – Frantz Casseus
3. Birth4000 – Floating Points
4. Del Oro – Floating Points
5. Madres – Sofia Kourtesis
6. Care – Hana Vu
7. Find Me Under Wilted Trees – Hana Vu
8. projections – Night Tapes
9. Thief Rockers – Thievery Corporation
10. Letter To The Editor – Thievery Corporation, Racquel Jones
11. Ghetto Matrix – Thievery Corporation, Mr. Lif
12. 自分の気分 – Kyoko Takenaka, Tomoki Sanders
13. Naked – TOKiMONSTA, Channel Tres

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2024-24

Notes

I started the week residual listens from my time with Little Dragon and Yukimi Nagano, which led me to discovering the guitar work of Frantz Casseus and production work of Sofia Kourtesis.

I also came across a great music video by Hana Vu, Care. While the premise is simple, the execution came across as very earnest to me, and I was captivated by the Vu’s performance throughout the video. It definitely spurred me to listen to the full album of Romanticism. 

While exploring music on YouTube, I also came across a seven year-old performance of Thievery Corporation on KEXP. I listened to some of their music in the early 2000’s, but this performance turned me onto their reggae-inspired 2017 album, Temple of I & I.

Next, Spotify brought recommendations of Kyoko Takenaka and new releases by TOKiMONSTA to my attention. I was rewarded for my curiosity as well as reminded what a nuanced produced TOKiMONSTA is with her ability to fuse so many different styles and rhythms together. Channel Tres’s performance on Naked is also equally captivating and reminds me of Baxter Dury’s flair and swag. Quite the standout song to end our playlist on.