Q3/15

So, another three moths are behind us, the summer is over and the end of the year is slowly approaching. Plan to limit myself to 50 tracks per mix is totally out of the window, and I’m not even a little bit sorry.

And while we were enjoying warm weather Years & Years, Kwabs, Halsey and Meg Myers released their debut studio albums. Beach House and Tame Impala also have new albums out and I can already see them being among top ten albums of the year. Also, I have to mention new albums from Youth Lagoon, Disclosure (I really had my doubts with them but they proved me wrong) Chvrches and Lana Del Rey.

Daughter have a first single from their upcoming album due for January. Jamie Woon (!!!) is alive, has a new single out and his 2nd album is scheduled to be out in November.

ZHU is working on a new Genesis Series project which will feature AlunaGeorge, Skrillex, A-Trak, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Gallant and more.

While we are talking about new projects I have to mention Sexwitch, a musical collaboration between Toy and Natasha Khan of Bat for Lashes. Their self-titled debut album, released on 25 September 2015, consists of six cover versions of 1970s psych and folk songs from Iran, Morocco, Thailand and the United States.

You can hear all of them, as well as new tracks from Jarryd James, Låpsley, John Grant and many more if you just play the 8tracks mix below.

http://8tracks.com/jaatil/new-q3-15

Q2/15

When I started this I was planing to do this quarterly mixes with each limited to 50 tracks, but the 2nd quarter brought so many new things that i had to add a few extra songs.

The National, !!! and Beirut are sticking to their recognizable sounds with their new songs.

IAMX is back with Happiness but don’t let the title fool you, it’s still as dark as one would expect from Cris Corner.

MS MR‘s first single from the upcoming 2nd album let me a bit disappointed, but they  made it up Wrong Victories.

These past three month introduced us to some interesting sounds from some new names from around the world like Kloë, Luke Black, MiAmigo and Emilie Nicolas.

All of them and many many more can be found in the 8tacks mix below.

http://8tracks.com/jaatil/new-q2-15

Q1/15

The first three months of the 2015 are behind us and here are the 50 songs that marked them.

We heard the long anticipated returns of Florence + the Machine, Sufjan Stevens and Róisín Murphy, Marina and The Diamonds, Say Lou Lou and Twin Shadow already have their albums out, Christina Wood and Cicely Goulder, aka Kaleida, finally released the debut EP, while James Bay, Kwabs and Shura with new tracks proved that BBC was right when they were nominated for the Sound of 2015.

Also, the begging of the year introduced us to Matt Woods, Maiday and Jarryd James who all have just one song so far but it was more than enough to totally fall in love with them. You can hear all of them, as well as a lot more if you just play the 8tracks mix below.

http://8tracks.com/jaatil/new-q1-15

Top50 songs from the 2014

So, another year has past and I don’t know if I could call it a great year music vise but it had it’s good moments.
I won’t dare and say these are the best songs from the past year, but these are the ones that marked it for me.

There is a bit of everything on it, from the long anticipated comeback of Damien Rice, over a great collaboration of Röyksopp & Robyn, next to the new stars as Banks, Broods, FKA twigs and Sam Smith that made a mark with their debut albums, all the way to the Kwabs, Shura, Movement, Pale, Zhu and Chløë Black which all gave us just a taste of what is yet to come and made us look forward to hearing more and more from them in the future.

You can play all 50 songs on an 8track mix while the list on spotify is missing 3 of them.

http://8tracks.com/jaatil/jaatil-s-top50-from-2014

Ms. Niia

You probably don’t remember her, but she was the girl featured on Wyclef Jean’s Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) together with Akon and Lil Wayne in 2007. A lot of time has passed since then and she is all grown up and mature now with the music to prove that.

During the years she did the James Bond themed shows and some great covers of various songs, my favourite is Jai Paul’s BTSTU. Finally, last year she reintroduced herself by independently releasing powerful ballad Made for you.

Her debut album should be released by the end of the year so while we wait for it to come out here is the video for the second song she released, Generation blue.

 

http://niiamusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/NiiaMusic
https://soundcloud.com/niia
http://www.last.fm/music/Niia

Kaleida

The minimalist electro-pop/synthpop London-based duo consisting of Christina Wood and Cicely Goulder came out of nowhere at the end of last year with Think and Tropea, two tracks that I was hooked to and spammed everyone around me with.

This year saw a release of Picture you, a track with the haunting vocals and beats that perfectly accompany them and keep you wishing for the song to never end. The EP is announced to be out sometimes this year and I can’t wait for it to finally come out.

https://www.facebook.com/KALEIDAMUSIC
https://soundcloud.com/kaleidamusic
http://www.last.fm/music/Kaleida

Ms. Tei Shi

I’m finding it really hard to describe the music this talented, Brooklyn based lady makes. It’s R&B, it’s downtempo, it’s electronic, it’s pop, it’s dreamy, it’s all of the above and so much more perfectly combined into something really mesmerizing. Her facebook page says mermaid music and I couldn’t think of a better description, it lures you in, it stays stuck in your mind and her first single M&Ms is the best proof of that.

The debut EP, “Saudade”, was released in december last year and through the six songs it tells a story of love, loss and nostalgia. The second track from the EP that got a video was Never mind the end and it totally, in a weird way, captures the layers of the song.

 

https://www.facebook.com/teishimusic
https://soundcloud.com/tei-shi
http://www.last.fm/music/Tei+Shi

Marian Hill

Marian Hill is actually a duo consisting of vocalist Samantha Gongol and producer Jeremy Lloy that came together only a year and a half ago. Seems really short but during that time they managed to get us drunk and hooked up on Whiskey and then they found a way to our hearts with Lovit.

Their debut EP, “Play”, was released in march and it’s a perfect blend of electronic, r&b, jazz and blues sounds. So while we wait for some new tracks and a full length album here is One time and i dare you to try and play it only one time.

http://marianhill.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/MarianHillMusic
https://soundcloud.com/marianhill
http://www.last.fm/music/Marian+Hill

Ms. Charlotte OC

Charlotte O’Connor had a bumpy start in the music business but in november last year she finally released a debut EP, “Colour My Heart”, with four amazing tracks that prove that pop music can still be great, honest and emotional. Later she did the live versions of all the tracks from the EP  and they totally broke my heart and it felt good.

First she took my heart with Stolen car, then I got addicted to Hangover and my vice at the moment is Colour my heart. 

p.s. She did a great cover of one of my favourite house tracks from the beginning of 2000’s

http://charlotteoc.com/
https://www.facebook.com/CharlotteOCOfficial
https://soundcloud.com/theoneandonlyoc
http://www.last.fm/music/Charlotte+OC

Ms. Kwamie Liv

There is not much to say about this talented Danish lady and that’s only because she is letting her music speak for her and keeping her private life private. She got into our hearts with dark/seductive/captivating 5 AM realised last winter and almost two months ago her first official video for Follow you came out, minimalistic and yet still perfect and coherent with everything she did so far.

So while we wait for August 13th to come and the release of her debut EP, “Lost in the girl”, let us all take take a look at this video and let Kwamie guide us.

https://www.facebook.com/kwamieliv
https://soundcloud.com/kwamieliv
http://www.last.fm/music/Kwamie+Liv