When I first saw the album cover, I remembered taking a similar photo at the exact same place: Joshua Tree Park, Cholla cactus garden. More relevant: I remember driving the long desert road with the …

Today, on May 5th, we celebrate freedom in The Netherlands. Exactly 80 years ago the German occupation ended. Last week in Scotland I was reminded of the country’s long fight for independence, when I …

Now that the sunny weather seems to have left us, it is time to bring back those vibes with Saya Gray’s deliciously breezy, yet intricately layered latest album, released last February. The melodies …

For some reason, a couple of mornings ago, I had Planet Inc playing on my iPhone speaker, and forgot all about it while continuing tinkering on a side-project. It was magical. Only when the album …

About ten years ago during Afro heyday, virtually every DJ in Amsterdam carried the down-tempo ‘Normalizo’ of this album. I heard it so often, I couldn’t listen to the South African Letta Mbulu for a …

For today’s recommendation, we go back in time sonically to the early 2010s, when the indie scene was dominated by the subdued, lo-fi sounds of Youth Lagoon, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Mac …

Il Quadro di Troisi is Eva Geist and Denato Dozzy. Two Italian producers with a fine taste; just look at them lounging in the curved couch on the cover of their self-titled debut album (2020). A …

Last few days I’ve been compiling a mix-tape for Amsterdam based music platform ‘Far Blue’. They operate under this quote and I’m gonna shamelessly CTRL-C+CTRL-V the thing in, because it’s beautiful: …

Sometimes, I just want music to be soothing—no weird noises, no dissonance, just beautiful sounds to ease me through. At the same time, I can be quite critical of soothing music: it should not be too …

Now why I love this album so much might be the same reason as why I’m blown away by David Lynch movies; They never fully disclose the situation. There’s just a deep unknown with different …