The Video Playlists

Angélica Negrón is a very active composer in New York

Currently, Lady Gaga is back again on tour in Amsterdam

Here is a playlist of some compositions by another associate

This is a London band

Though I chanced upon him to begin with on Soundcloud

Today’s encounter with “Love Will Tear Us Apart” was unexpected, and I was struck, but not for the first time, how this song is one of those capable of evoking an entire period even decades later. Then, nearly automatically, I started to hum that other old hit, New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle,” which is even more … Continue reading “Bizarre Love Triangle”

Operating in the intermediate zone

With a conservatory training, in the hands of this Slovakian musician

The repertoire of the gifted amateur organist in Knetzgau

Whom by Fire (known earlier as Caleb) is a duo hailing from Southend-on-Sea

Tona Scherchen is a present-day composer whose name, though not unknown

Gregory Douglass, a singer/songwriter in Burlington, Vermont

This playlist features the music of the band

Jasmine Thompson, a very young singer in London

Soul Keita is one of Nicolas Jaar’s colleagues

Though the name of the band

Stephen Carmichael (Brisbane, Australia), with his striking performance persona

Stephen Edwards is a young American composer nearly finished with his studies

Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets, an Amsterdam DJ duo specializing in house music

Nick Pitera can emphasize a vocal passage

The second of three

Stephen Dedalus, a Joycean and a composer

The last of the three

Since the 1980s the Parisian jazz guitarist

The first of three playlists d’occasion

It’s a very witty sort of dance music that Boogie Belgique makes

Peter Hollens, of Eugene, Oregon, is a prominent beatboxer

A striking denizen of the New York underground of thirty years ago

Andi Kristins, from Reykjavik and living in New York, is a singer, songwriter, and electronic musician

The band 17 Hippies was first formed in the mid-nineties in Berlin

A tabla player and vocalist from southern India who’s made his home in Paris

Jazz in London has been updated by the Portico Quartet

Over the last several years, under the moniker

This band makes “music for the end of the world,” and though the term

A new band based somewhere in the Midlands

Together with his friend Adam Cuthbért

The Hungarian band Tripes – currently a duo

A young composer from Adelaide

A.P.P.L.A.U.S.E. – spelling out the word

In Amsterdam there’s a four-piece band

Le Peep, an evidently one-off musical collaboration

Although he’s since moved to Los Angeles, Eli Lieb visits the city in which his musical life began

Soft Riot is a musical project initiated by Jack Duckworth

Whether Michael Kiwanuka is letting loose with his band or going solo

A DJ and electronic musician in Tokyo

Andy Lange is a pop musician in Los Angeles; a songwriter, a singer, a musician (several instruments), and a producer all in one, he has single-handedly been creating some very pleasing music over the last few years, recently in conjunction with fellow musicians Andrew Garcia, Josh Golden, and Chester See. This playlist aims to showcase his … Continue reading Andy Lange, Andrew Garcia, Josh Golden, and Chester See

Jornt Karel is a musician and singer located in another corner of this country

Those who need a refresher course in electronica

Ørjan Matre is a young composer in Norway

Knalpot is an Amsterdam band that embraces sound technology yet eschews

This is a second playlist of Nicolas Jaar’s music

Hailing from Toronto, Canada, but moving about frequently

Pursuit Grooves (the multitalented Vanese Smith), known on both sides of the Atlantic

Cornelia (Cornelia Dahlgren) is a young Swedish singer and master of the remix

A fellow from Kansas who lives in London

Here’s a collective playlist that presents some of the music, satire, and humor circulating in one particular corner of downtown New York – the one where Cazwell, Amanda Lepore, and Sherry Vine are to be found (and Peaches too when she’s in town). It includes some of their music, some of their fun self-promotion, and some … Continue reading New York, Downtown: Cazwell, Peaches, Lepore, and Vine

Hailing from Dallas and currently residing in Nashville

A composer in Milan, Giovanni Dettori is well-known for

A saxophonist, a composer, and an adept of the computer

A native of Belfast and a resident

A new Australian duo

Known for her couture, the English heiress Daphne Guinness is less often recognized for

Hailing from Geneva, Switzerland, she is

Jonathan Nichol plays the saxophone in Billband, but his solo repertoire

Here in Amsterdam there’s a two-piece band

How to sample outmoded or discarded records from near and far

Currently pursuing a doctorate in composition and theory

A pianist, singer, and – it’s becoming clear – a born presence on stage

A band from Manchester by way of Huntington Beach

Singer and pianist from Austin, Texas; one who knows well how to convey inward feeling.

Ilpo Jauhiainen is a cosmopolitan Finn

Samm Bennett’s path has led from

In The Netherlands there’s a DJ who’s in a class all his own

Next week, Gossip is coming to Amsterdam

The London singer and songwriter

This playlist represents a tribute of sorts

In the music of this graduate of

One of the most interesting of young composers and musicians in New York

A short playlist of the compositions of Nikita Quasim

Craig Yopp is a singer in Sydney who, in some of his covers at least

Jennifer Dalby, better known as Jennifer Left

Forestears is a band in Brighton with at least one pun in its name

A trio comprising the Australian Hugo Race and two American counterparts

A young band from Amsterdam, Avant la Lettre – the name’s French, but they perform entirely in English – has been breaking through this year with a number of live performances for Dutch radio and television, and a first album, Belief.

The band French Cassettes – a group from San Francisco

Once again a trio

There are a number of talented a cappella singers

From Antwerp, Belgium, this singer and songwriter

Női Kabát (the term, I’ve learned, means a “woman’s jacket” in Hungarian) is “a dark electronic three piece from London”

Bill Ryan is a contemporary classical composer, producer, and educator

A classically-trained euphonium player

Ali Brustofski is a New York singer – her videos, very well filmed, are often set there

As the name might already suggest

Luiz Henrique Yudo is a contemporary classical composer

With his rough voice and perfect Southern accent in performance

This playlist is dedicated to the works of the contemporary classical composer

Brian Petuch is a young composer in New York

Over the last couple of years, Nicolas Jaar has been turning