This? It's a list of things I've been enjoying recently. That up there? It's a Rorschach test.
Suicide - Dream Baby Dream
From featuring on a perfume advert (Marc Jacobs I think) to popping up on all sorts of radio shows, I haven't been able to escape Suicide's sickly sweet synth-punk classic.
Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love
Feels like I've been unable to escape this City Pop banger either recently. That though may be down to listening to NTS lots, as well as dipping into the stream of 🇯🇵 Japanese 70s 80s New Music Soul Funk Disco Fusion City Pop Kayo Reggae 和モノ ニューミュージック🗼.
DFA presents: James Murphy - 12 November 2020 on NTS
Talking of NTS (and I'll be doing a lot of that in this post), the LCD Soundsystem frontman and DFA co-founder ran through the formative tracks for both band and label earlier this month on the station. Lots of post-punk, new wave, and disco (mutant or otherwise), AKA the good stuff.
Akiko Yano - Hourou
Can you take a second to appreciate one of the greatest album covers of all time, please? Thanks.
Hourou is another joy from the 🇯🇵 Japanese 70s 80s New Music Soul Funk Disco Fusion City Pop Kayo Reggae 和モノ ニューミュージック🗼 stream. It's track four from Iroha Ni Konpeitou.
New Order - Ceremony
Finally took the step of becoming an NTS supporter this month. One of the perks is live tracklistings. Which obscure cut did I use first it on? Errr... Ceremony by New Order on Charlie Bones' breakfast show. Look, I was still half asleep. But what a classic. And also big love for a breakfast show that starts at 9am and finishes at midday.
Philip Glass - Vanessa and The Changelings
I promise this is the last mention of NTS in this list (maybe). A recent In Focus episode was on the classical minimalist legend Philip Glass. 34 mins in is this beautiful, if far too short, piece called Vanessa and The Changelings from The Hours OST. Someone must have made a loop on YouTube.
Avalon Emerson - Poodle Power
Right, time for something new in this list. How about some plinky techno from a recent DJ Kicks? Fab, here we go then.
Luther Ingram Orchestra - Exus Trek
That's it, back to Winnipeg. Here's a Northern Soul stomper from 1966. Huge.
Little Richard - Rubber Duckie
We've been leaning on the TV a lot to keep the boy entertained recently. Look, the park closes at 3.45pm now. And it's well dark, like all the time. And there's pandemic.
Anyway, Sesame Street have a load of playlists on YouTube, including 90s and 80s classics. There's plenty of delights from huge stars, so here's Little Richard singing Rubber Duckie.
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