Hello everyone and welcome back for another warm sunday in a cold world. Or is it that cold I might be exagerating. Nevertheless I had a very good playlist all prepared for today but I thought last minute I'd make another one a wee bit less meditative, less calm. A playlist a bit more energetic and positive because as much as I try to focus mainly on music, and keep it away from the ups and downs of life on earth when I write here, I do feel warmth is welcome. So I cooked what you are listening to today, I have danced to it, ran with it and done many things in the past days so you know it had been tested, verified and approved. Press play, let me do the writing.
We begin with a legend. Out of respect and fear of saying irrelevant things due to my limited knowledge of the context that surrounded the life of Lounes Matoub, I first thought to not write anything. However I think I can fairly say he is one of the most charismatic figures of Kabyle music. I can only recommend you look him up if you haven't heard about him, and enjoy his magnificent style on Imghereq. The variations in singing, with the spoken part, the use of silence, are things that truly make me fall of my chair. Sometimes I think in music like in real life, the acceptance of silence is an underrated strenght.
We continue with the British post-punk explosive band Au Pairs that blew my mind the first time I heard it. I have been shopping groceries with their sound in my ears lately in order to spice up this activity context has made bizarre. Post-punk (or punk for that matter) is not really an area I am familiar with but I do find gems once in a while and always feel bad for not looking into it more. Anyway this one band is perfect to cycle when you're in a rush or to crystalize your frustration in public transport when you have no other choice.
We are now together, with the wife of the owner. Everyday together and the fantastic Ogoya Nengo And The Dodo Women’s Group succeed to remind us that simple fact. I share here the link to the video going with this song, it is almost necessary to hear it in context (as with most songs I guess).
Fadela and Cheb Sahraoui take over with a song that made dance the generation of my parents. A declaration of love and a invitation to celebrate, we remain in context.
After them comes Passy Mermans and his sweet honey voice with the beautiful C'est sérieux tantine (it's serious auntie). I couldn't find much information on Passy Mermans, mostly music which is a fact I'm not sure how to interpret but the music is great.
We continue with the very smooth band Khruangbin I reckon I don't have to introduce. Here we have a track from their last album Mordechai where they seem to take inspiration from Ethiopian music as well as from Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. I am speculating, but I see this song as a strange Je t'aime moi non-plus where the two protagonists are flirting on top of music, almost as two separate things happening at the same time, brought back here and there to the usual understanding of a song by the chorus. Very cool.
Then we have again (but damn is he good) the great Duval Timothy and a song from his latest release, Brown Loop, which this time consists only of him playing piano, what else to ask?
We go on with a great song by another great singer I can't find anything about, at least not anything I comprehend. I do miss the reception and having a flow of people from everywhere in the world popping in, I could then ask about artists like Marília Parente and have precise informations. Anyway at least we have our ears, we can listen. (by the way, here is her album)
After Marília we enter the jazz department of today's playlist, with the famous Alfa Mist and a song from his even more famous album Antiphon, which would be on queue a lot on the YouTube autoplay at the reception. This one features Kaya Thomas-Dyke on the vocals. It is followed by the immense trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center Wynton Marsalis who was actually featured in the original playlist and I thought as a shout out he should be here as well.
Exit the jazz moment with the very smooth Antonio "Toño" Fuentes and his Hawaïan guitar from Colombia. And we end with two songs I searched for after watching a very bizarre Greek movie called Το μίκρο ψάρι (Stratos) but which has great moments. Anyhow the soundtrack of the movie was made by a guy called Babis Papadopoulos, it's all, or mostly, guitar if I'm not mistaken. Very cool soundtrack so I looked it up and found out about a really nice album he made in 2010 called Απ' τη σπηλιά του δράκου (From Draco's Cave). The ending song Δώδεκα η ώρα νταν by Kostas Kollias also appears in the movie.
That is it for today, I hope the playlist will make up for my lack of writing creativity and wish you a great sunday.
Check out time is still 10h30 you bastards,
The receptionist
Playlist:
1. Lounes Matoub - Imghereq
2. Au Pairs - Pretty Boys (BBC Sessions)
3. Ogoya Nengo And The Dodo Women’s Group - On Monday
4. Fadela/Cheb Sahraoui - Nsalfik
5. Passy Mermans - C’est sérieux tantine
6. Khruangbin - Connaissais de Face
7. Duval Timothy - Badman
8. Marília Parente - Dia de João
9. Alfa Mist - Breathe
10. Wynton Marsalis - Superb Starling
11. Toño Fuentes y Su Guitarra Hawaiana - Adrianita
12. Babis Papadopoulos - A Song from Algiers
13. Kostas Kollias - Dodeka I Ora Ntan
2. Au Pairs - Pretty Boys (BBC Sessions)
3. Ogoya Nengo And The Dodo Women’s Group - On Monday
4. Fadela/Cheb Sahraoui - Nsalfik
5. Passy Mermans - C’est sérieux tantine
6. Khruangbin - Connaissais de Face
7. Duval Timothy - Badman
8. Marília Parente - Dia de João
9. Alfa Mist - Breathe
10. Wynton Marsalis - Superb Starling
11. Toño Fuentes y Su Guitarra Hawaiana - Adrianita
12. Babis Papadopoulos - A Song from Algiers
13. Kostas Kollias - Dodeka I Ora Ntan
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