WILT_2025-08

A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 16 Feb 2025 to 22 Feb 2025.

1. Just Dreams – Alfa Mist, Amika Quartet
2. Symphony No. 1 in E Minor: I. Allegro ma non troppo – Florence Beatrice Price, Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
3. Radiance III – Basic Channel
4. Dael – Autechre
5. My Red Hot Car – Squarepusher
6. Tha – Aphex Twin
7. Carn Marth – Aphex Twin
8. Cryo – Oneohtrix Point Never
9. Yellow Calx – Aphex Twin
10. Smokes Quantity – Boards of Canada
11. Kodomotachi – Susumu Yokota
12. Sea-Watch – Floating Points
13. lambic 5 Poetry – Squarepusher

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2025-08

Notes

I was curious about the representation of black artists in the classical realm, and yes, it is a somewhat rare occurrence. However, that also did lead me down a path of Yuseff Dayes’s 2023 album, Black Classical Music, which is more jazz, but it does incorporate some classical stylings and arrangements. Despite the under-representation, there were black composers like Florence Beatrice Price who did contribute to the history of music, and they also had to navigate the racial boundaries and stereotypes of music that were apparent then as they are now. 

The next section of the playlist had to do with how I was having trouble concentrating at work and if I were being honest, I was slightly bored of the procedural binaural beats and frequencies. I had a flash of inspiration that some of the ambient freneticism of Aphex Twin and other similar artists might be a good accompaniment and it was just the right amount of busyness and calm that accompanied deep work so well and effectively for me.