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[030] Playlist of the week: House music, duty as prescribed and guitar noise
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Twenty pieces for the first issue. We start with Berliner Elektronik, stop for a rap about overtime, and end up with a band from Michigan that prefers to crank up their guitars. Two of the records were released this week. In between are rediscoveries from our archive and new names. Digitalism and Moderat pick up the pace, Baile Entero opens the door to other rhythms. After rap, indie, and three tracks by Melodic Canvas, Nils Frahm turns off the lights.
ASA 808 – “let ur heart breathe”
ASA 808 released three pieces on TOYS Berlin at the end of 2024. We will bring back the title track because house and ambient also come together here before midnight.
Moderator – “A New Error”
Apparat and Modeselektor set the tone for their joint debut as hosts with “A New Error”. In our sequence, the piece takes over the shift change according to ASA 808. From here, it’s off to the club.
Digitalism – “Pogo”
“Pogo” comes from Idealism, the debut of the Hamburg duo. The song stands for the moment when indie and club share the dance floor. A piece that even brings the name for the right movement.
Sébastien Tellier – “La ritournelle”
Tellier has published “La ritournelle” on Politics and gives the piece more than seven minutes. After “Pogo”, we indulge in this detour. It leads over piano and strings and gives the playlist time to take a deep breath.
Say She She – “Forget Me Not”
The New York singing trio was a guest at the Berlin Columbia Theater with their disco and soul. We take a look at the album Silver with “Forget Me Not”. After Tellier’s long efforts, the voices are now in the foreground.
Baile Entero & Pablo Martín Jones – “Sorteao”
Pablo Martín Jones dissects a dance rhythm from Peñaparda and reassembles it. Pedro Perles sings the melody, the square frame drums only come in afterwards. It is precisely this idea that makes the piece a discovery between disco and Dawunas R&B.
Dawuna – “Love’s Ekongo”
Ian Mugerwa wrote and produced Love’s Arp at home in Baltimore. In “Love’s Ekongo”, desire and self-doubt meet, and in the middle of it all suddenly it’s all about the bass. According to ASA 808, this keeps the rhythm in the foreground and gives the voice more space.
Kendrick Lamar – “squabble up”
On GNX, Kendrick Lamar uses “When I Hear Music” by Debbie Deb on “squabble up”. The freestyle sample takes the momentum out of the disco part again and pushes the selection towards rap.
Kobito – “Curse of the Acumen”
Overtime, boss chair, grease trap. For a moment, we liked Kobito 2016 especially where he could spare himself the big seriousness. Here, the wordplay has a goal, and that sits one floor higher.
Danger Dan – “Don’t be afraid”
“No fear” we had at [030] Already picked up in July. Here is the song on Kobito and Special K. Two stations with attitude, before Die Sterne bring the guitars back into play.
The stars – “What on earth ruined you so much?”
The title of Posen sounds like a question you’d rather avoid asking yourself the next morning. We take the original from the album. It goes from German-language rap to guitar pop, without losing the groove.
Lasse Matthiessen – “Night Train”
We had recommended the song for the Berlin concert in February. After Kobito’s office, we go out into the night, and before the guitars take over, the playlist can slow down for a while.
The National feat. Phoebe Bridgers – “Laugh Track”
In the title track of Laugh Track, Phoebe Bridgers stands next to Matt Berninger on the microphone. After Lasse Matthiessen, we stay with the vocals for one more song before Melodic Canvas leaves the guitar to speak for three songs.
Melodic Canvas – “Limn”
For the louder part, a new discovery from Michigan. A Portrait Of Fear was released on November 4, “Limn” was already out beforehand. The piece stands for the side of the album where grunge and shoegaze share the stage.
Nils Frahm – “First Defeat”
“First Defeat” comes from the piano album Empty. After “Limn”, “Shacket” and “Dust”, only the piano remains at the end. Right now, there’s no need for anything else on the way home.