WILT_2024-30

A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 21 Jul 2024 to 27 Jul 2024.

1. Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar
2. BUNKER/PREROLL – mynameisntjmack, Tommy Richman
3. Rich Spirit – Kendrick Lamar
4. Four Hands Piano 4 – Irena Havlová, Vojtěch Havel, Irena & Vojtěch Havlovi
5. Four Hands Piano 5 – Irena Havlová, Vojtěch Havel, Irena & Vojtěch Havlovi
6. Four Hands Organ 12 – Irena Havlová, Vojtěch Havel, Irena & Vojtěch Havlovi
7. Four Hands Piano & Organ 16 – Irena Havlová, Vojtěch Havel, Irena & Vojtěch Havlovi
8. The Secret of the Old Mill – Emile Mosseri, Sam Gendel
9. Ready Rubbed Blue – Lilacs & Champagne
10. GH – Sam Gendel
11. Your Love (Might as Well Been Hate) – 01LUCID, Robert Quinn
12. たましい – ELAIZA
13. Construction – Haruy
14. Let’s go – DONGURIZU
15. Once (feat. 荒谷翔大) – Shōtaro Aoyama, 荒谷翔大 (Shota Aratani)
16. 白鯨 (Compuma Remix) – Summer Eye, COMPUMA
17. Angel – Ako
18. By Now (feat. marco marets) – RiE MORRiS, marco marets, TAAR
19. Dreaming Kills (2024 Remix) – Glen Check
20. A Damn Will Always Divide (Lew E Asks The Dust Remix) – Avalon Emerson, Tornado Wallace
21. Mystical Composer (feat. I’M) – Tokimeki Records, I’m
22. ASAHINAGU – MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2024-30

Notes

I started the week curious about Kendrick Lamar because I came across the music video for Not Like Us. Some see this as the peak of the Drake vs. Lamar beef that’s been brewing for months and while I’ve heard snippets of it here and there, the disses in this track were not hiding behind any metaphors or reference but absolutely out in the open and delivered with absolute smoothness and conviction. It’s like watching a courtroom defence by a rapper lawyer. 

Next, I explored more of Irena & Vojtěch Havlovi’s work and it’s been quite a journey. The album Four Hands has been a journey into their musical relationship and the two musicians sound absolutely in tune when playing with each other.

That exploration led to a few meanderings of contemporary electronic music that incorporated jazz and classical elements, which by now some readers should be familiar with. 

Up next, I chanced upon the music video for たましい by ELAIZA and I was quite transfixed, both by the beat and the beauty. However, that really opened the door to into a branch of Japanese electronic music that I would like to intensely know more of and perhaps that is what I will delve more into in the future.

Lastly, I chanced upon a fan music video of the movie Linda Linda Linda (2005) set to the music of ASAHINAGU by MASS OF THE FERMENTING DRUGS. It was very well edited and definitely made the film a compelling recommendation to me. The choice cuts revealed a sensitive and contemplative cinematography and composition, and there is also something about Bae Doona’s screen presence that is so alluring.