Mix #23

The summer has been long. Yet September feels even longer, but in that January way, taking the summer further and further away from our memory. 

Here is my latest playlist, Mix #23

We start with Julianna Barwick which sounds like a sunrise, before moving into lots of old stuff - Steely Dan, Elliot Smith, Dean Blunt, Link Wray, Nick Cave, Joni Mitchell, Nina Simone, Nick Drake, X Ray Spex, Cocteau Twins, Frank Sinatra Jr. (didn't know of him before Protomartyr stuck him on a playlist), Robert Wyatt and Kate Bush. There are pockets of new things though including Pozi, NNAMDÏ, Kelly Lee Owens with John Cale, SAULT and Mary Lattimore.

I had that classic Baader-Meinhof feeling when I heard this song by Einstürzende Neubauten, it's great. I think about the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon a lot.

Some fun stuff courtesy of Mariah (not that one, a Japanese group), CMON (this kinda makes me think of "Temporary Secretary"), Plastics (also Japanese) and Rupa.

The Other People Place is another project from James Stinson, who is also Drexciya, which was featured on the last playlist. Both are pretty new to me. On a Detroit tangent, you might have heard the Bruno Furlan song at the city's BLM protests. 

One of the things, I've been doing over this year is a remote film club. We watched Dil Se and the film's standout moment by far was this scene, hence it's addition to the playlist.

Photo credit - Emil Hernon

 

Mix #12

I've just returned from the western tip of Cornwall. We stayed in Mousehole for 3 nights before getting Great Western's Night Riviera train back to London (the cabin was very cute). We hit up St Michael's Mount, St Ives including the Tate (there was a great Virginia Woolf exhibition on) & Barbara Hepworth, the Minack Theatre (big up Rowena Cade), Cape Cornwall and Porthcurno beach (I had a brief dip). Need to explore more on the next visit but we were limited by only taking our bicycles. 

Mix #12

Anyhow, in this mix, you will find:
Modern Love because of rewatching Frances Ha.
The Psychedelic Furs because I watched Call Me By Your Name.
Talking Heads & Tom Tom Club because I finally watched Stop Making Sense (yes I know).
A fair few Drag City artists as they put a good chunk of their catalogue on Spotify for the first time.
New Jon Hopkins, Natalie Prass, Alexis Taylor, DJ Koze, Kadhja Bonet, Car Seat Headrest, Kamasi Washington, Melody's Echo Chamber, Ry Cooder and more.
A bit of John Cale after seeing him at the Barbican.
Larry Levan cause always. Likewise for The Crystals. 
Brand new things include Biig Piig, Yuno, A Beacon School, Seinabo Sey, Shannon Shaw. 
Moon Gangs sounding very 80s. 
And a bunch of older stuff from Stephen Malkmus and Alex Turner's recommendations. 
I watched the Nina Simone doc on Netflix too - other Netlflix recommendations include LA 1992, On My Block, The Magdalene Sisters, God's Own Country, Calvary, Christine and Victoria Wood As Seen On TV.

Luca Tombolini