I spend the majority of my time with music. We hang out, we cook together, go on long drives, run errands, go on runs, shower together.
In the midst of all mundane or dimly lit in my life, it has proven itself a loyal companion through and through.
What exists between us is an inextricable tie— it reverberates through my days like the score of a never ending film.
Despite this bond, I wouldn’t know how to make music from scratch if I tried. I couldn’t imagine finding enough good parts to put together to make a piece of music that I love. That I could listen to over and over and over. The latter is one of my most routine hobbies.
I find it hard to believe that we are able to fabricate our perfect person, our perfect encounter, our perfect song. Someone else has to come into our orbit and do it for us, show us it can be true.
Such is love.
I am no musician, clearly, so the ins and outs of musical production have always and may always remain a mystery to me. Music will remain one of my greatest affairs in life, even if I haven’t the slightest clue as to how the hell it really comes to be. People always fall in love with mystery and the things we can’t explain. It only makes us want it more.
The air of the unknown is highly intoxicating. Beware of its noxious fumes.
On a molecular level, my intoxication stems from many facets; a beat, a vulnerable lyric, and a bunch of other things I actually don’t have names for.
Here’s a little compilation of that mystery I keep trying to uncover in every melody. These songs are deeply stimulating to my brain, my spirit, my heart and my body. I hope they might have that effect on you too.
As of late:
Plastic World by Cruza
You And Me by The Cranberries
Time (Clock of The Heart) by Culture Club
Another Night by Clara La San
Is It Cold In The Water? by SOPHIE
Fool by Adrianne Lenker
This Is The Day by The The
No Reply at All - 2007 Remaster by Genesis
LLTB by Jam City, Wet
Dark Circles, A Performance by Ryan Beatty
KUPU KUPU ELEKTRONIK by Melati ESP
Comfortable by Lil Wayne, Babyface