Composers Aska Matsumiya and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s new film release After Yang has just been named one of The 15 Best Movies from This Year’s Cannes Film Festival by Indie Wire. Written and directed by Kogonada and staring Colin Farrell, we can’t wait for the world to hear Aska's incredible work on this project
Link to Aska’s profile HERE
Today’s Dirty Monday Playlist is from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds guitarist and Music Director of the BBC hit TV series The Pursuit of Love, George Vjestica.
“So punk rock comes along and destroys all the Prog Dinosaurs! Three years on from their incendiary debut, they go and release a triple album!”
Listen to the full playlist - and find out which band George is talking about below.
Horizon by Cat Power: A beautiful song, it's relatively new and was on Chan's last album Wanderer. I just love the sentiment and the simplicity of the melody. It feels like one of those songs that's been around forever. She's amazing!
Street Hassle by Lou Reed: Lou Reed was so unique, one of THE great Rock 'n Roll poets. I met him in a cafe in Notting Hill back in the 90s, I just about held my nerve! He personified everything that I loved about musicians and Rock 'n Roll, that whole mix of literature, art and culture is something I got from him. Berlin is my favourite album, for me it tops Transformer and the Warhol/ Banana /Velvets album. It's so hard to choose one song but this is my favourite of his, it's like a sonic journey to the dark underbelly of 70s New York - I love the Spingsteen cameo too.
Shopping by The Jam: The Jam and The Who were a massive part of my musical education when I was a teenager. I loved the whole Mod imagery, both Paul Weller and Pete Townshend are right up there IMHO. This track was on The Jam's final Beat Surrender EP, great subject matter - 'shopping' & fucking great guitar solo too.... this got me into jazz guitarists like Wes Montgomery and Grant Green.
Voodoo Chile by Jimi Hendrix: Hendrix was the reason I got into playing the guitar when I was nine years old. Electric Ladyland is a stunning album and this track just blew my mind when I first heard it. It's a terrifying and beautiful supernatural blues, there's something so eerie about the whole song. Fifteen minutes of the most influential guitar player that ever walked on planet earth.
Sound & Vision by David Bowie: What a song! The fact that there are no vocals for the first 46 seconds, just instrumental... the Harmonized Snare drum, great guitar riff and that Arp Solina String Synthesizer, Mary Hopkins 'Dooing the Doo's' then Bowie.
In A Silent Way by Miles Davis: It's like an ambient album that was made at the end of the 60s & it was all recorded in one day. I love the space, minimal, every note counts. Zawinul and Herbie Hancock on keys, McLaughlin on guitar. Pure vibe!!!
The Revealing Science of God by Yes: Prog Rock's finest hour. This track from the much-derided Tales From Topographic Oceans has everything, from Jon Anderson's Gregorian chant intro, sweeping Mellotron and Moogs galore, Steve Howe going mad on guitar and the brilliant and sadly missed Chris Squire killing it on the bass. Spiritual and totally over the top.
Somebody Got Murdered by The Clash: So punk rock comes along and destroys all the Prog Dinosaurs. Three years on from their incendiary debut, The Clash go and release a triple album. So many great songs on Sandanista but this is my favourite.
Moonlight Mile by The Rolling Stones: I'm in the Stones camp when it comes to The Beatles v The Stones. This track is perfect. Crazy to think Keith doesn't play on this.
The Black Lens Film Festival opens tonight with the London premiere of the amazing How To Stop A Recurring Dream.
There will be a Q&A straight after the screening with director Ed Morris and actress Ruby Barker hosted by broadcaster Brenda Emmanus.
The spellbinding soundtrack is by Nikolaj Torp Larsen with music supervision by Dirty Soup founder Raife Burchell.
Welcoming sound designer and composer Ethan Houser to our talent roster.
Originally from Minneapolis, now based in Berlin, Ethan is creating sonic world's for the most revered Creative Agencies, Production Companies, and globally recognised brands.
Check out Ethan’s work HERE.
Today’s Dirty Monday Playlist comes from 22-year old Berlin singer-songwriter Finn Ronsdorf.
From Abdullah Ibrahim to the S.E. Rogie, listen to the full playlist - and read what the tracks mean to Finn - below.
Whoza Mtwana by Abdullah Ibrahim (At Montreux): Since I was a young boy this classic has touched me over and over again. Abdullah Ibrahim makes you empty. I don't think there is anything as beautiful as Carlos Ward's Saxophone Solo.
Carolyn's Fingers by Cocteau Twins: Elizabeth Fraser's voice brings together life and death. They can't be ripped apart… even if the intellect tries to do so.
Baby by Gal Costa, Caetano Veloso: A classic of pure yearning.
From The Morning by Nick Drake: A song of my childhood. Nick Drake is my father's favourite. His timeless simplicity is still hovering around, luckily.
Mohabbat by Arooj Aftab: Listening to this song, no object-projected desires are left. One becomes desire itself. When you yourself are not there, this is called 'objective art’.
My World by Charles Manson: How tender and vulnerable Mr. Manson is in this. It makes me wonder if there's blame. His world may have been a sad world but surely he had his eyes wide open as it happened.
Stay Cool by Tete Mbambisa: My brother and I listened to this one a lot. It leaves no marks. The word 'acceptance' thrown out of the window leaving what it's meant to mean. Stay cool and you're enlightened.
Please Go Easy With Me by S.E. Rogie: This song is like an orange sunset. S.E. Rogie sings so sweet it hurts.
Devotion No. 1 by Loop Guru: It might happen that you lose the idea through which you look at your bodyparts with the result that you're left with… no body.
Mestre Rei Dos Mares Chegou by A Barca: No more words… listen!