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continental drift 9/21/22: finland
Come join me on drift’s first trip to the global north (under this captain, anyway). Today we explore the music of Finland: from classical to heavy metal and the traditional music along the way. Find the playlist here, listen to the episode recording here.
Finland is located in the Scandinavian peninsula and has a population of 5.5 million. Despite being the 66th largest country by area, it is just the 116th most populated. For the past 4 years, it has ranked #1 on the World Happiness Report. This report takes into account income, healthy life expectancy, “having someone to count on in times of trouble,” generosity, freedom, and trust (defined by absence of corruption in business and government. Finland’s official languages are Finnish and Swedish.
Finland is known for its classical composers. Frederik Pacius is the most established Finnish composer, writing the first opera and the national anthem. After writing “Finlandia,” a song which helped the Finnish independence effort, he became a national icon.
Classical segment:
Divertimento For Oboe and String Quartet, Op. 9 // Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Hannelle Segerstam, Jouko Teikari, Olavi Palli
Suomalainen sarja (Finnish Suite) in D Minor, Op. 10: II. Allegretto // Ernst Mielck, Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat, Mikk Murdvee
Here Beneath a Northern Star: Wedding Waltz of Akseli and Elina // Heikki Aaltoila, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Jorma Panula
Höstivsa // Erna Tauro (composer), Magnus Ericsson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Joik is a form of traditional music performed by the Sami people of northern Finland, Sweden, and Norway. Joik is highly spiritual, and sometimes mimics sounds of nature. Joik became more intertwined in modern culture when it was featured in the 1980 Norwegian entry for Eurovision.
Joik segment:
Vildaluodda // VILDÁ
Áddjá (Bonus Track 1) // Resirkulert, Emil Kárlsen
“Iskelma” is a Finnish term meaning “light pop hit,” from the German “schlager” (meaning “hit”.) This next song is a cover of a Lalo Rodríguez song “Ven, devórame otra vez”, in Finnish.
Iskelma sample:
Pure mua // Meiju Suvas
Litku Klemetti is a Finnish indie artist. She has stated that she composes very fast, even so far as one album in a week. Her aesthetic is not “retro,” but instead she “uses the past as a material to construct new unfashionable things. Her use of the past and abandoned things is done as a counterstatement to the prevailing economic order.”
Indie segment:
Jääkunigatar // Litku Klemetti
Ah-Ah-Ah // Pintandwefall
Kaisa meni discoon // Plutonium 74
Joensuu // Amuri
Sinä tiedät sen // Litku Klemetti
Kuollut monta kertaa // Rosita Luu
Mikään ei riitä // Joni Ekman
The episode wouldn’t be complete without some metal. Finland has been named the “promised land for metal,” as it has as much as 53 metal bands per 100k inhabitants, more than any other country. It even hosts the “heavy metal knitting championships.”
Metal segment:
Deathstar // Before the Dawn
Get Stoned // Stone
Thanks for listening!
100 wreks #25 – Covers Week!!!
It’s covers week on 100 wreks! The original artist of every song is listed in brackets :-]
Soundcloud playlist (here) and tracklist:
Kiss Me Thru The Phone – That Kid [Soulja Boy]
hand crushed by a mallet – Misaku Foxx [100 gecs]
i finally understand – diana starshine + JEL: THE DIGITAL DREAM GIRL [Charli XCX]
lovestory – SEBII [Taylor Swift]
CALCIUM – lucas lex [Ecco2k]
Silver – Astra King [A. G. Cook]
whats my age again – Saoirse Dream [Jane Remover]
800db Cloud – Can of Bliss [100 gecs]
CLAWS – Alice Gas + Himera [Charli XCX]
It’s Okay To Cry – Petal Supply [SOPHIE]
Just Like We Never Said Goodbye – umru [SOPHIE]
i could wait right here forever <3 – mental [福原 遥]
sweater weather – Kon + yungblasian + plugp + ami [The Neighbourhood]
teenage dirtbag – dsiboys [Wheatus]
SAD MACHINE – six impala [Porter Robinson]
Snow Globe – Himera + Petal Supply + Gupi [Dux Content]
be nice to me – lucas lex [Bladee]
Kyoto – Glitch Gum [Phoebe Bridgers]
velvet 9-21-22
a lil spacey set this week~
the voodoo / k. roosevelt
holding me / beshken, halima
remember the rain / kadhja bonet
vertigo / nick hakim
checkout line / diaspora dreams, bei ru, krista marina
drive / fana hues, mike dean, see you next year
the hunter gets captured by the game / the marvelettes
potential / amber-simone
safety / greek
about her. again. / son little
in love (don’t mess things up) / lady wray
honest / congee
inner rise / shebad
perfect sweet blue / jakob
spotify link here!
girl rock! 9/20/22- no wave
in preparation for the month of punktober, the hit crew has gone in the opposite direction and brings you an episode of no wave! no wave was a movement, musical genre, and film style born in NYC in the mid 70s as a result of the commercialization of new wave. it features elements of noise, dissonance, and atonality while blending rock, free jazz, and disco. playlist here, picks below.
Pillow Talk // Lustt
Invitation // Saada Bonaire
Flavor Crystals // Suburban Lawns
Film Music // Family Fodder
Don’t Let Go // Pink Military
Goodbye Horses – Demo 1 // Q Lazzarus
In the City // Anika
It’s Alright // ESG
Breathe In, Breathe Out // Melody’s Echo ChambeR
Lights Out // Broadcast
Misery is a Butterfly // Blonde Redhead
Evolution // French Vanilla
Viva // Dog Faced Hermans
An Explanation for that Flock of Birds // Algebra Suicide
Faith in Strangers // Andy Stratt
continental drift pt.4- colombia
Today’s episode is an exploration of colombian music, featuring my friend (and former dummy op) Carolyne! Playlist here, 
listen to the episode here.
Colombia is located on the northwest coast of South America. With a population of 51 million, it is the 29th most populated country and officially the biggest country (population wise) that we have featured in this iteration of the drift. With areas including the amazon rainforest, highlands, grasslands, and deserts, it has the second-highest level of biodiversity of any country in the world (second to Brazil).
Salsa arrived in Colombia in the mid-20th century, after Cuban salsa rhythms made their way across the ocean to Cali (a city that now has the highest number of salsa schools and teams in the world).
Salsa sample:
En Barranquilla Me Quedo // Joe Arroyo, La Verdad
The Embera rap brother duo Linaje Originarios released “Condor Pasa,” which became an unexpected hit and showed how Embera music based on their culture and teachings could become a popular genre. The Embera tribe lives in various communities around Panama and Colombia. However, they are often displaced by rebel fighters and paramilitary groups, which has “wreaked havoc for the spiritual and cultural lives of [their] youth,” according to Higinio Obispo, a leader of the Eperara Siapidara people, part of the Embera tribe.
The younger generation of Emberas wants to show what “publicly goes unsaid” through their music. This track talks about native culture/environmental preservation.
Embera sample:
Condor Pasa // Linaje Originarios
Cumbia is a mixture of spanish, native colombian, and african music that arose on colombia’s atlantic coast among the african population in the 18th century. Originally, the music contained only percussion and vocals, but the genre grew to include saxophone, trumpet, keyboard, and trombone as well. Cumbia really took hold in the 40s and the 50s ushered in a “golden age of cumbia.”
Cumbia segment:
La Pollera Colora // Pedro Salcedo Y Su Orquesta
Colombia Tierra Querida // Lucho Bermudez
Casate Conmigo // Silvestre Dangond, Nicky Jam
Vallenato means “born in the valley.” The valley influencing this name is located between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía de Perijá in north-east Colombia. The Vallenato genre traces its roots from Colombia’s coast and incorporates indigenous, African, and European cultures through indigenous and African percussion instruments, and the European accordion.
Vallenato sample:
Dejame Entrar – Vallenato // Carlos Vives
Estoy Aqui // Shakira
Nuqui (Te Quiero Para Mi) // ChocQuibTown
Hip hop is experiencing a surge in South America, but Colombia is doing it differently. Colombian journalist Santiago Cembrano has described this movement as ““La epoca del rap de acá.” It is characterized by old-school hip hop elements, incorporating techniques such as boom bap.
Hip Hop/rap de aca segment:
Yo Voy Ganao // Systema Solar
De la Cuna al Ataud // La Etnnia, Full Nelson
In Da Building // Sabez, Ansu
Indie segment:
Al Fin Llegaste Tu // El Gran Martin Elias
Cosas que probablemente no van a pasar // Ev
Suenos en Rosa Reverberado // Hipsum
Special thanks to Margot Cecilia Bernal Dornheim Materasso for her input on this episode!
