The Monthly Playlist For September 2024
September 30, 2024
CHOICE MUSIC FROM THE LAST MONTH ON THE MONOLITH COCKTAIL: TEAM EFFORT
The Monthly Revue for September 2024: Fifty choice tracks from the last month, chosen by Dominic Valvona, Matt ‘Rap Control’ Oliver and Brian ‘Bordello’ Shea. Features a real shake up and mix of tracks we’ve both covered in our review columns and articles. We’ve also added a smattering of tracks that we either didn’t get the room to feature or missed at the time. Covering many bases, expect to hear and discover new sounds, new artists. Consider this playlist the blog’s very own ideal radio show: no chatter, no gaps, no cosy nepotism.
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David Liebe Hart ‘James Earl Jones’
Mosik Rhymes & Tha God Fahim ‘E.S.P.’ – this month’s cover art
Seez Mics & Metermaids ‘Walter Wrong’
Kong The Artisan, Essa & Phat Kat ‘Get Nasty’
Etran de L’Air ‘Amidinine’
Carmen Souza ‘Amizadi’
Daniel Inzani ‘Beyond The Pale’
Zerrin ‘Spring Cleaning’
Black Artist Group ‘For Peace And Liberty Part 2’
Michal Urbaniak ‘UrbTrap’
AINON ‘Komorebi’
Derrero ‘Painting with Sound’
Neon Kittens ‘Lika Like’
SHITNOISE ‘Gum Opera’
The legless Crabs ‘Piercings And Tattoos’
I do You do Karate ‘Jabiru’
Cuushe ‘Faded Corners’
Inflatable Men ‘He’s Going Out With Marilyn’
Inre Kretsen Grupp & Prins Emanuel ‘Volta Semantron’
Phantom Handshakes ‘Dusk Enchanted’
Xeno & Oaklander ‘Via Negativa (in the doorway light)’
Beauty Stab ‘Use Me As Bait’
Wings Of Desire ‘OTTAMYMIND’
Nonpareils ‘Bring It On’
Short Fuze & 4Most ‘3AM Thoughts’
Desert Camo, Heather Grey & Oliver the 2nd ‘Sun Lord Mixtape’
leisure fm ‘illuminated manuscript’
Ghostwriter ‘Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down’
Elea Calvet ‘Trigger – Acoustic’
Holy Matter ‘The Dove’
Trust Fund ‘The Mirror’
Christopher Haddow ‘Look Homeward’
John Howard ‘Great Horse’
Minarets of Nessef ‘Instrumental’
Daniilaioi Brotherhood Choir ‘Christos Anesti, Mode Plagal A’
Umlaut ‘Gaze back into you’
Anja Ngozi & OKI ‘Utanobori’
Will Lawton and the Alchemists ‘Fossils of the Mind – Sebastian Reynolds Rework’
The New Tigers ‘Saba’
Viktor Ori ‘Vsetci sme v tom spolu’
Banca De Gaia ‘Electric Sheep’
Tanya Morgan, 6th Sense & Rob Cave ‘The Motion’
The Doppelgangaz ‘W.I.T.H.H.’
Xray & Monsta Island Czars ‘Evacuate The Club’
Jon Phonics ‘U JUST A LYING ASS HOE’
Ant ‘4-Track Beyond Beat 1996’
Leonard Charles ‘Rose’
Dr. Syntax & Pete Canon ‘Robot Problem’
Diamond D & KRS-One ‘THE KINGS’
Dead Players ‘Just Above Water’
Monolith Cocktail Social Playlist XXXIV
July 31, 2018
Playlist Selection From Dominic Valvona
Our imaginary radio show, a taste of our DJ sets, the Monolith Cocktail Social is a playlist selection that spans genres and eras to create the most eclectic of soundtracks. Placed in a way as to ape a listening journey, though feel free to listen to it as you wish, each playlist bridges a myriad of musical treasures to enjoy and also explore – and of course, to dance away the hours to.
Volume XXXIV of this intrepid voyage begins with a musical traverse of the Sudanese and Ghanaian Highlife and funk scenes, with short intermissions from the all-too forgotten Psychedelic R&B and bluesters on the 6os West Coast, Electric Flag, and jazz explorations from the Invisible Astro Healing Rhythm Quartet. After that we’re off into calypso, kosmische, prog, golden era hip-hop, gangly post-punk love songs and alternative American rock music from the 90s, via Laba Sosseh, Thee American Revolution, Adam’s Castle, Novalis, Frick And Frack, Asher D, Archers Of Loaf, Ludus, Dunkelziffer, Grace Jones and many more. Plenty more genres pop up, with a few surprises from artists we feel have been neglected. The full track list can be viewed below.
Tracklist:-
Kamal Keila ‘African Unity’
Sweet Talks ‘Akampanye’
Pasteur Lappe ‘Dora’
The Electric Flag ‘See To Your Neighbour’
Invisible Astro Healing Rhythm Quartet ‘Praise One’
Vis a Vis ‘Obi Agye Me Dofo’
Pratt & Moody feat. Cold Diamond & Mink ‘Words Words Words’
Laba Sosseh ‘Maria Elena’
Marvin Pontiac ‘Small Car’
Lionlimb ‘Turnstile’
Les Variations ‘Silver Girl’
Thee American Revolution ‘Electric Flame’
Adam’s Castle ‘Dark Party’
Novalis ‘Dronz’
Ihre Kinder ‘Stunden’
Just-Ice feat KRS-One ‘Going Way Back’
Frick And Frack ‘Go Southside’
She Rockers ‘Give It A Rest’
Special Ed ‘Think About It’
Boogie Down Productions ‘Stop The Violence’
Asher D ‘Brutality’
Daddy Freddy feat Tenor Fly ‘Go Freddy Go’
The Cutlass Dance Band ‘Hwehwe Mu Yi Mpena’
N’Ghare Hi Power Band ‘Campus Rock’
Clive Zanda ‘Chip Down’
Tapes ‘n Tapes ‘Just Drums’
These Animal Men ‘You’re Always Right’
Subcircus ‘Shelly’s On The Telephone’
Archers Of Loaf ‘Wrong’
Exploded View ‘Summer Came Early’
Family Fodder ‘Deja Déjà Vu’
Ludus ‘Let Me Go Where My Pictures Go’
Josef K ‘Sorry For Laughing’
Dunkelziffer ‘Give Me Your Soul’
Ray Brown And The Whispers ‘Go To Him’
Joanne Grauer ‘Who I Am’
Grace Jones ‘I’ll Find My Way To You’
Michael Nesmith & The Second National Band ‘Bonaparte’s Retreat’
Graham De Wilde ‘Stratus’
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