Five Track Friday #6
Who's gassed for the weekend?
Happy Friday!
Hope those of you who tried for Glastonbury last night were lucky, and if not, I hope you’re lucky on Sunday instead!
Out And About
I gave this fascinating interview with Nardwuar a read this week where the interview tried to “out-Nardwuar” Nardwuar. If you didn’t already know, Nardwuar has a knack for finding out rogue secrets about those he’s interviewing, especially things the interviewee have probably never mentioned before. This, combined with his endearing charm and fun outfits, makes for a totally unique interviewing experience, for the interviewee and the audience.
The stunned reactions he gets from those he talks to have become viral hits in and of themselves and compilations have been thrown together showcasing his in depth knowledge of the scene.
Whilst Nardwuar mostly interviews hip hop and rap stars, he’s also recently done an interview with Fred Again! I’d love it if he started interviewing more electronic artists, I would be fascinated to see what he unearths about someone like Four Tet…
Five Tracks
Got an acid-y groover to start this week off. Sohrab’s Fool’s Demise is dark and brooding with a squelchy drive powering through it. The synth riff gives this ethereal charm to the piece.
Mi Amor by Swales comes in at number 2 this week and it’s a fun house beat with varying melodies throughout giving it a pleasing complexity. I’m absolutely hooked on the chord stabs.
Stepping up the BPM, we have SAY IT RIGHT by DJ CDQ at number 3 which is a fun and fast remix of Nelly Furtado. This kind of hard house is very “in” at the moment and I’ve seen calls to brand this style as “tiktok music” as it often performs well there. Personally, I think it’s fun.
A proper house groover in next at number 4. Adrien’s Calvet’s Begin has a real drive to its 4-to-the-floor beat and the addictive bassline gets me moving.
And taking it back to one of my earlier finds for the last track, we have Hamdi by Nachtbraker. This one is a real summer beat that always gets me smiling.
Bonus Content
Got an album that’s a must listen this week. Salute’s most recent release TRUE MAGIC is an electronic music masterclass. His unique production style and sound is just magical from beginning to end. No one quite doing it like him.
Until Next Time
As you can probably tell, I’ve been low key rushing these posts as I panic do them before work on Friday mornings. Whoops. I’ll see how I go in the future as I’m debating resorting to just the long form and dropping this shorter form style as it takes up so much time. Keen to hear thoughts on this so if you actually read this please do let me know.
Anyway, hope you all enjoyed!
See you next Friday.