Yes I always wanted to do a Radio Show like Christian Slater in Pump Up The Volume, and I have attempted to turn my Midnight Gems Show into a podcast. But I forgot about the whole royalties thingy. So until I get a sponsor that idea is shelved.
After 6 months of my written radio show and shilling it I figured something out.
What are the pillars of this show?
- Me finding Gems and sharing those with you dear reader.
- Us going on a little midnight trip trough the musical universe.
- You being able to listen to these songs using the Youtube & Spotify playlist.
Of course I keep telling my little stories, some backgrounds, or how a specific song makes you feel. @Mipiano loved how the deadly mushrooms for ICE3Peak made her feel last week.
But I have drawn the conclusion that the core business of this show is sharing those gems. Providing people a hand-picked playlist to get them away from the songs the algorithms are serving them all the time.
Because those algo´s are smart, they serve you what you like and you just keep suckin' in those songs, thinking you are discovering new stuff. You´re not, it´s the same song with a different mask.
This show is meant to serve you unmasked music, songs that might require an acquired taste. And above all a free playlist every week for you to pick out the gems that the algo´s will never make you swallow.
Kick It
Well that will be my new intro for a while and probably the loudest I am gonna get to night so I better play this snippet as well before I go soft:
Curtain-up
After being a bit too loud last week I wanted to get back to my usual self this week, back to basic. Just some pretty songs with or without memories.
This next one was just such a nice little surprise, just go check out her channel if your ears like what she is feeding them.
Billie Marten - I Can't Get My Head Around You
Now you might have heard the original version in my Tune Tune Train Musical riddle, but the true gem I kept save for tonight. I am a big fan of these ladies, and yes the song was written by Bat Biter Ozzy!
Larkin Poe - Take what you want
Now lets go a little darker, somehow this song from years back came to mind when I heard the Edwyn Collins song A girl like you. I have that with some songs that in my mind they are connected and this just such a song.
Matthew Sweet - Devil With The Green Eyes
The things you find when you are not looking for them can be so amazing. I was looking for a totally different Waterbaby and then this appeared.....internet is such a magical thing.
WaterBaby - Thin Air
Now I am sure you are curious about the WaterBaby I was looking for, it´s this baby next to Hannes. Now at first glance I did not know what to make from this minimalistic song and video, but it glued itself to my brain.
This a song you just don't get out your head, so don´t say I did not warn you.
Hannes ft WaterBaby - Stockholmsvy
Love that laidback vibe after all the noise I made last week, so let´s slide a bit deeper into this whabbit whole. Or is it a horse hole?
Q Lazzar - Goodbye Horses
Staying in the flow but making it a bit more freakie, found this song after listening to @Edje his DJ Maria discovery. Now this is my type of electronic music. Damn this song resonates so well.
CUPREOUS - Dissonance
Another song that did not want to come out of my head was this one by FAK
First Aid Kit - Out of My Head
These Midnight Gems sessions of mine really ask for headphones, some of these songs have just so many little layers that my DJ ears do not pick up on, unless I am living in my head....phones.
Dan Black - Headphones
Encore
Last week I boasted about all the famous Dutch bands I met, well I did not meet these guys.... I could have... I have been good friends with their sound guy back in the day. I heard quite a couple of stories about them, but well they just did the best cover of the song that kind of triggered this playlist.
And as I gave you the link to the original already let's have this one as a little dessert.
DI-RECT - A Girl Like You (Edwyn Collins cover) live @ Ekdom in de Morgen
Youtube Playlist
All these gems were added to the YouTube playlist.
All Midnight Gems Playlist can be found here
Spotify Playlist:
The Spotify playlist might not capture the whole show but is meant to represent it as well as Spotify makes it possible
Riddle Me This
Guess What, @jasperdick solved the riddle faster than I had expected. So there is nothing to riddle left, but you can have a try to see if you find the connection in this weeks Tune Tune Train (Just don't look at the comments).
What the fluff are midnight gems?
Somewhere lost in time, trying to escape out of the rabbit hole back into the rat race there is a vacuum..... that´s the place where midnight gems are found.
My Midnight Gems will try to uncover & recover those beautiful songs that nobody ever noticed or might have been forgotten.
Who the fluff am I?
Being a former DJ playing about everything and having an uncompleted study of radio journalism. I have been wanting to do this for years...Thought about it many nights and guess now it´s time to finally take it to the streets.
Hope you enjoyed this well-known wave of fantastic music and that you still feel like joining me on the next Midnight Gems Session coming soon.
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