I have a Spotify playlist called “⚠️Samples‼️” that is made up of covert art and/or songs that inspire me in one way or another.
Today, I want to go over some of the highlights!
some things I've been thinking about lately
fine-sir-1584660650
I found this experimental electronic piece through CROWNED’s Cyberpunk 2077 Timelapse video.
The video itself is STUNNING, and highlights a glitched cop-car. The game on release had so much beauty, but also so many issues. Having the focal point be a “mistake” that with the right camera angle & music enhances the experience is perfectly suiting for the game.
The music has never left me since then. fine-sir-1584660650’s albums were the first I ever bought on Bandcamp, and helped pave the path for my listening to more ambiant work like Father 2006 and tuesdifferente, as well as experimental eltrinic artists such as Iglooghost.
That’s why I wanted to start this off with “some things I've been thinking about lately”. It was my first exposure to what would become a much deeper well, and I find that terribly intristing.
JOYR1D3
BABii
I found JOYR1D3 from a now-deleted Apple iPhone 16e ad.
The video (similar, but not the one I linked above,) featured a few songs, with one being these wonderfully unique, futuristic “I’ma take you for a joy-ride, joy-ri-i-i-d-ee” vocals that grabbed my attention.
A little googling later I found BABii, who’s boyfriend is actually the aforementioned Iglooghost!
Artists daisy* (FKA BABii) & Iglooghost released their joint album ᲘᲘ (pronounced “rabbit”,) this year. It’s FANTASTIC!
I’ve since become a massive Iglooghost fan, which makes sense as BABii & Iglooghost often produce and/or feature on each other’s projects.
They even recently collaborated on a baby, with is pretty hard-core. (Congrats guys!)
Skin
Hans Williams
I’m a sucker for fonts. And good music. This is both!
My now-fiancée is a massive Chance Peña fan, (as am I but her even more so,) and we got to see Hans Williams open for Chance. He was lovely, and matched the vibe of his music perfectly.
Afterwards, I was talking to his merch guy about fonts, and he mentioned Hans spends a pretty penny to license his fonts as he’s such a nerd about it.
I love when people have the guts to make something out-of-focused, distressed, or with odd-exposure.
Skin is in my ⚠️Samples‼️ playlist to remind me of people like Hans. You can be down-to-earth and taking risks, I don’t need to play music loudly to feel some-way.
And I know this. But I need to be reminded of it, often. Plus like I said, it’s good music.
Now, I’ll leave you with this;
Subliming
Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners
Subliming is my heart, my soul, expressed by someone who knows words better than I.
This song builds perfectly, it fills my mind exactly, and despite having a massive amount of music i love it’s one of the few I’d consider directly referencing in a tattoo at some point.
It didn’t help me get through a part of life, it just feels like my life, despite the lyrics not even being exactly me.
Songs like this I feel I fall into rambles trying to explain, because it’s a feeling, not something I can use words to fully capture.
Subliming is in my playlist because it’s important to me. When I’m looking for inspiration I can try to think big and wide, and I get lost in that. This is me, and in that I find comfort.
That’s a bit of the music from my ⚠️Samples‼️ playlist!
I don’t go through it as often as I used to as I don’t have Spotify on my phone, so I use an iPod Nano which makes album listening the easiest method of consuming music.
But that’s a story for another time. Hope your day is going well, it’s 1:44pm here and I gotta get to an editing project.
Cya!
