Inspiration is not always a blessing, I guess. I was very much inspired by some gems in the set that @seckorama shared last Saturday.
That much inspired that I promised myself to kick off this week's session with a little bit of Kandy. Fever Ray is a welcome guest on this show, her songs are just sickeningly original.
Fever Ray - Kandy
That outro somehow made me think of this death song, I sometimes have those weird connections, can that be do to my deteriorating brain?
Death in Vegas - Hands Around My Throat
Okay so where to go from here, the start of this show was triggered by inspiration but what to play when inspiration runs out, well I can always fall back on some modern post-punk. Don´t listen to this song more than once, because this is no heartworm but an earworm.
Heartworms - 24 hours
Loving where this is going, but this vibe.... I want to hold that the whole night through and not have to fall back on easy picks. So don´t let this next intro fool you, it sounds like a typical Midnight Gem, but then....
Borns - Past Lives
It took me some time, but I think I have got a follow up that fits the bill and takes me out of my comfortzone while keeping this sets vibe alive.
Moderat - A New Error
It´s really not that I am not into electronic music, but it needs to fit my mood. This set was screaming for it, and this video was asking for it.
Lorn - Anvil
Great, I am in the mood and out of my zone, so how to cross over to get back?
Total different genre, but somehow I think this will work very well in this setlist.
Lana Lubany - Clones
Getting there, almost home, the vibe is still alive and I feel myself sliding in to something I feel a bit closer to.
These guys had millions of streams on Spotify, but I only found them this week. Unlike the title, the song does not sound that heavy, but damn what a freaking Gem is this.
The Backseat Lovers - Heavy
Yes I made it, and it didn´t hurt...at least not that much. Love to close this show like this, hope you dig me going above and beyond once again to give you a playlist that will brighten up your week.
Charlotte Cardin - Like it doesn't hurt
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, No One Guessed [My Riddle])! So you still stand a chance to get that $1 boost on your next post.
These are the songs you need to connect!
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The hints:
The Old Hint from this week´s Tune Tune Train
- American Pie
The new hint - Queen Louise Veronica Ciccone
What the fluff is 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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