Say hello to a Svelte-generated music blog! After experimenting with the JavaScript framework, I refactored the blog from the Hugo-generated one before. With this transition, there are many subtle improvements including better dark-mode processing, faster loading, lazy loading of imaging based on page-position, better animations, built-in image processing, and many others. I have also laid the foundations for a persistent music player that users can use to control music as they browse the blog. Autoplay fuctionality may also be added in the future.

This website constitutes the 3rd version of the blog. Along with the change, I have adjusted the color scheme of the dark-mode version to more closely match the look and feel of the original Tumblr blog. In homage to that version, today’s posts will be some of the tracks I posted in the old version that I still continue to enjoy. Hope you enjoy them too!

First up is Pretty Lights, a Colorado-based outfit and their album “Glowing In The Darkest Night”, which I had previously praised, I still agree with those comments; it’s a great album.

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It’s the summer and the heat is very real. There’s a specific mood portrayed in the video/music, I appreciate it.

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If there is a constant in this blog, it’s the length of time between posts. These tracks were last on the blog ten years ago.

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They take to the styles of ‘Friendly Fires’ and ‘Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin’ with their next album “Leave No Trace” which is being released tommorow under IAMSOUND.

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Old music back then; new music right now. Montreal-based indie rock outfit Karkwa made several stellar albums from 2003 - 2010. Glad to have featured them on the blog close to when they were active.

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Great song. Footage from the 1956 classic short film The Red Balloon, directed by Albert Lamorisse.

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From Indonesia, Midnight Savari has recently been putting out EPs on his Bandcamp, definitely worth a listen.

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house: deep

It has been a busy fall and winter, but I’m thankful to get some time to post some music! I hope all of you, dear readers, have had a splendid 2022. Blog-wise, keep an eye out for streamlined dark-mode and lazy loading. I’ve also been sporadically laying plans for autoplay functionality and potentially a global player for persistent player controls.

First up, Adam F, with his exemplary drum & bass record Colours from 1997. Tracy Thorn, from Everything But the Girl provides her sublime vocals in to the track “The Tree Knows Everything”, which I’ve included below along with some of the other diverse and intelligent tracks on this record.

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Yasmine Hamdan is a Lebanese singer and songwriter, and puts out albums under Y.A.S. (when she teams up with Mirwais) and Soap Kills (when she teams up with Zeid Hamdan). It was her association with Mirwais that led me to her music, of which Arabology was a teenage favorite of mine and Al Jamilat has been my most recent facination. Below are a couple standout tracks from Al Jamilat. Check out Jamilat Reprise, a remix album, if you enjoy these ones.

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Black Coffee, a South African DJ, has been a regular fixture at Ibiza and has put out many classic house tracks over the years. He studied jazz when he first started and those influences are apparent in his music.

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When you’re in need of some moody electronic music, the enigmatic UK duo The Code are the ones to consult.

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Swedish dream-pop band/indie rock, the Radio Dept., have been active in the indie rock circles for more than decade. The group has undergone changes over the years, changing the original duo from Elin Almered and Johan Duncanson to Martin Larsson and Duncanson. Their shoegaze inspired tunes give a warm fuzzy feeling — especially nice in winter.

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Yes, I watched Chainsaw Man. And I’m glad I did because I found Tooboe, one of the artists featured in the many endings of the show. 錠剤 is one such an ending.

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There is no house today, just techno. Kangding Ray: at the intersection of the physical and experimental.

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At this point you have been hypnotized.