THE BEST MUSIC: NEW & OLD
You’ll know Shanti Celeste for her dance floor energy, but in this mix for RA she’s stripped it back, slowed it down and flipped it over. Trust me, it’s nice. And it has plants.
Bonus track: always love an appearance from Little Dragon (@45 mins in the mix) https://open.spotify.com/track/47LapIOjkAaeaC2uk7xwAO?si=d5cc434fa23d48c2
Hey hey. After a February-sized break I’m coming back to you with one from the 2011 vaults. Dust it off. Top album.
Something a little different for you to dive into today. Song Exploder is a podcast that gets artists to open up about a track they have made. It goes deep on why and how they made it. It will honestly add a whole new layer of appreciation to some of your top tracks and artists.
At the time of writing there are 194 episodes, each at about 20 minutes in length, so plenty to choose from. Scroll through to find your favourites, including: Phantogram, Fleetwood Mac, Tame Impala, Robyn, Bon Iver, Little Gradgon, Gorrilaz, Bonobo, DJ Shadow, Mobb Deep, and whole load of others. The best I’ve listened to so far was Caribou, explaining both the message behind Home, and the techniques he employed in the production.
You can subscribe via your favourite Podcast provider here. Shout out to Ollie Lyth for the recommendation.
Hands down one of my favourite tracks from the past few years. Drawn is a beautiful collab between Little Dragon and hip-hop royalty De La Soul. It’s delicate, it’s strong, it’s brilliant. My only criticism is that it doesn’t go on for long enough.
Little Dragon is playing alongside Harvey Sutherland at Printworks this Friday. Cannot. Wait.
P.S. the image is taken from the video. It’s a good one. Watch it here
I keep a little list of artists that I really really want to see live. Little Dragon has been on that list for a while. And then; 1) Little Dragon is playing London in November; 2) Little Dragon is playing at Printworks*; 3) Harvey Sutherland is supporting. So I’m pretty happy about all this.
* Probably the best soundsystem in the city
Tried is her latest release – a typically soulful and funky collab with BADBADNOTGOOD. They a bunch of jazzy joker from Ontario. One of my highlights from Glasto last year was seeing them bop around the stage barefoot enjoying themselves just about as much as anyone else in the crowd.
Bonus track: my favourite Harvey Sutherland tune:
HARRY'S MUSICAL EMPORIUM 