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SASSAFRAS 2023.04.16
Psychic Attack – Rod Modell
Our Life With The Wave – Dimi Angélis, Jeroen Search
Bergholz – Finn Klein
Untitled A2 – Kassem Mosse
Piem – Steffi
“My Yellow Coat – Extended” – Matador
“Air – Original Mix” – Ntogn
Bioluminescence – Dublicator
Night – Tomasz Bednarczyk
Lost In Oscillation – 4/15/2023
installation work of a hydrodynamics simulation performed in real time
mix tracks below:
Terminal 4/2/23
Ain’t I Folk?
In this episode of Terminal, we dive into two scenes that have grown within indie folk over the last 20 years, anti-folk and folktronica. The former can be traced back to early Beck, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Silver Jews, with artists in the late 90s taking the expectations of the 60s and 70s often politically charged indie folk music( a la Bob Dylan and Simon & Garfunkel) and turning it almost into parody with often humorous lyrics, odd instrumental blemishes, and lo-fi production. While the artists of anti-folk have stripped folk music apart, a new wave of artists in the last 10-15 years have focused on fusing it back together, with artists like Bon Iver, Caribou, and even more singer/songwriter acts like Sufjan Stevens laying the blueprint for meshing electronic production and modern pop and alternative textures into the folk music space. While some songs in this lane closely resemble their traditional folk forefathers, some artists have found ways to elevate the sound into something completely new and unique, throwing in elements of other genres as well to add spice to the mix. Both of these strains of indie folk have seen exponential growth with the internet, especially as music platforms like Bandcamp provide a breeding ground for new ideas and content, and DAWs allowing anyone with a computer to attempt to recreate these sounds. In this set, I selected some small and/or rising artists that I think have either pushed these sub-genres forward, or are putting their own modern spin on it, causing this already eclectic and varied sound to further evolve.
Setlist
- Tea – Frat Mouse
- Cult Boyfriend – Jeffrey Lewis
- Date Night at Daddy Joe’s – Aubrey Key
- Anyone Else But You – The Moldy Peaches
- Random Rules – Silver Jews
- Ravens – Mount Eerie
- Dishin – junk drawer
- Sip – Shelf Life
- Elated – Wyatt Smith
- Del mar county fair 2008 – underscores & Maxwell Young
- Crumbling Together – Mid-Air Thief
- fantasyworld – Quadeca
- After the Magic – Parannoul
international women of disco funk: continental drift 3/29/23
As part of WREK’s 24 hour celebration of women in music, I decided to combine three of my greatest musical loves: international music, women, and disco. Listen to the playlist here.
Badala Zamana // Zohra (Algeria)
Set Me Free // Jaki Graham (Jamaican, based in the UK)
Color My Love // Fun Fun (Italy)
Peggy Gou
is a producer, DJ, and artist from South Korea, currently based in Germany. Her song is the most recent song featured in this episode. Greta y los Garbo were a band of three sisters formed in Spain.
It Makes You Forget (Itgehane) // Peggy Gou (South Korea, based in Germany)
¡Menuda fiesta! // Greta y los Garbo
Ony Onyioha was one of Nigeria’s first female pop stars, and a key part in breaking the stigma that becoming a singer/musician was only for “educationally-challenged” women. The Lijadu Sisters are one of my favorites. They were two twins, Taiwo and Kehinde Lijadu, who combined jazz and disco/funk influences to create some of the best music from the 70s.
The Lijadu sisters
Enjoy Your Life // Oby Onyioha (Nigeria)
Not Any Longer // Lijadu Sisters (Nigeria)
Olhos Coloridos // Sandra De Sa (Brazil)
Nazia Hassan was featured with her brother Zoheb on “Disco Dewanee” from the Pakistan episode a few months ago. Here she is, solo, from the soundtrack to Star.
Boom Boom // Nazia Hassan (Pakistan)
But If She Moves You // Samantha Sang (Australia)
Spacer // Sheila (Australia)
Saada Bonaire
Saada Bonaire was formed in Germany in 1982 of singers Stefanie Lange and Claudia Hossfeld, producer Ralf Behrendt, and dozens of local instrumentalists. The band put out one single in 1982, but as it wasn’t successful, the rest of the album was never released- until now! The full album was released in 2018 and has become a favorite.
Shut the Door // Saada Bonaire (Germany)
Mulher Homem Bicho // Ana Frango Eletrico (Brazil)
Law Laffeina El Ard // Maha (Egypt)
100 wreks #48
Tracklist: Back Off - tracey brakes + DJ Re:Code like u a lot - laura les + Petal Supply Immaterial - SOPHIE Girls and boys—but secretly, you’d love to know what it’s like, wouldn’t you? - underscores me - Jane Remover Ponyboy (Dvnots Bootleg) - SOPHIE Watch (feat. Shygirl) - Arca REACH 4 THER STARS - ALICE GAS suspend (feat. saoirse dream) - leastfavorite! how to dress as human - laura les nomore - saoirse dream Puppy - DOSS Times - Cecile Believe Contact - moistbreezy Girls Night Out - Charli XCX Donuts (Forloque Rave Remix) - Namasenda kiss goodnight <3 - laura les + Petal Supply
