I thought about calling this week’s one hour episode “Tiny Violins” because I selected an awful lot of songs with strings in them, but decided instead to name it after the Lana Del Rey song that played such a haunting role in the soundtrack of The Great Gatsby. I was partly inspired by the bittersweet beauty of that film while selecting this playlist, as the overall sound is much more moody than upbeat. Its an eclectic set, genre wise, with hints of vintage music and a nostalgic feeling overall. There’s some great free downloads included, so be sure to grab your faves from the links below.
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Today’s musical guest is the English duo of Aluna Francis and George Reid, better known as AlunaGeorge. These two are blowing up and with good reason. Today we’re viewing the video for “Watching Over You (Extended Mix)” which was featured on the Annie Mac Presents 2012 compilation released last October, alongside artists including Diplo, Dismantle, Jessie Ware, Drake, Frank Ocean, Hot Chip and many more. AlunaGeorge are on a huge Spring/Summer tour – check out the dates at alunageorge.com/live
BOCrew from Paris just dropped a single on Bandcamp called “Up All Night” by TheDeepr which features a vocal by Anji Bee. This song goes back to the Secret Mixter project held in 2010 on the CCMixter site. The site allows musicians to collaborate with vocalists and other musicians using files that are deemed as Creative Commons, which means that collaborations generally happen without artists’ direct input. This is one of the more impressive mixes that I’ve heard from the site.
First off I’d like to extend a hearty welcome to all of my new listeners over at The Movement HD Radio. The Chillcast just joined the Sunday night lineup and I’m excited to be the first chillout show on this great EDM station. Today’s show is chock full of cutting edge electronica music from some of the brightest new producers working primarily in the chill trap and chill step genres. Usually I only play music released in the past couple months, but I wanted to include a few slightly older tracks that slipped thru the cracks. 9 of the 14 songs are FREE DOWNLOADS, grab ’em from the links below.
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I fell in love with the “Alive” single by Toddla T & Shola Ama when it first dropped late last year, so I was excited to discover there is a video for the song. The Alive video was produced by Saloon Films with direction from The Late Misters for Ninja Tune. In related news, Shola Ama just released a fab new single called “Boyfriend,” and Toddla T has an amazing remix coming out soon. Watch for that on The Chillcast with Anji Bee audio show as soon as its out!
