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Werner’s Weekly (week 17)
It’s that time of the week again, when I re-evaluate all of the great tracks that I added to my container playlist Carte Blanche Music the past seven days (like The Amazons, blink-182, Dua Lipa and Paramore). So many good songs, so diverse, listening to them once again is always a highlight of the week.
But – talking of highlights – then the tough part comes… Which ones are the absolute top tunes and deserve to be in my alphabetically ordered Werner’s Weekly playlist?
This is my verdict (listen to them via the player in the side bar and click the links to read my recommendations):
- Saveus – Levitate Me (this week’s Wildcard)
- The Kooks – Be Who You Are (last week’s Wildcard)
- GotSome feat. Lisa Kekaula – I Don’t Know
- Kraftklub – Fenster
- The Aces – Physical
- The Rifles – The General (Unplugged)
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
GotSome feat. Lisa Kekaula – I Don’t Know
Talented British producer/remixer Adam Gorsky, from Bristol, is GotSome. He is signed to Chase & Status’ label MTA Records. He already made remixes for the likes of Craig David, Róisín Murphy and Basement Jaxx.
For his latest single, GotSome teams up with Lisa Kekaula, singer of American ‘rock ‘n’ soul’ band The Bellrays, but also vocalist on Basement Jaxx’s brilliant track Good Luck. No wonder, then, that I Don’t Know has a Basement Jaxx vibe, which is good news. Not only on paper, but before all in reality. Just listen:
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Werner’s Weekly (week 14)
What’s the definition of luxury? Luxury is dragging new tracks by Anderson .Paak, Aimee Mann, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Texas in my container playlist Carte Blanche Music and including none of them in my ultimate shortlist Werner’s Weekly. Or is that the definition of arrogance? No, it isn’t, as you will see (and hear, via the player in the sidebar) when you check that alphabetically ordered list of mine:
- The Gift – Big Fish (this week’s Wildcard)
- TANA – Leave Away (last week’s Wildcard)
- Alex Lahey – You Don’t Think You Like People Like Me
- Be Charlotte – Discover
- Melga – Cose Che
- The Jesus & Mary Chain (feat. Isobel Campbell) – The Two Of Us
(Clicking the links above, as always, directs you to my original recommendations)
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Werner’s Weekly (week 13)
On Sunday evenings, when you presumably finish your weekend with a nice glass of wine, a relaxing playlist or a good book (or all three of them), I make hard choices. What songs that made my container playlist Carte Blanche Music last week, deserve to be in my alphabetically sorted ‘best of the best’ playlist Werner’s Weekly?
The hardest part is not putting songs in the list, but taking songs out. In the end, each week I’m very proud of the result. This time as well. It’s as varied as ever. A damn fine selection of brand new music, if I may say so myself ?. Follow both playlists to never miss out.
You can listen to the songs by clicking the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar. The links below take you to my short and snappy commentaries on each track.
- TANA – Leave Away (Live) (this week’s Wildcard)
- John Adams – Things That Make You Beautiful (last week’s Wildcard)
- Blas Cantó – In Your Bed
- Cold War Kids (feat. Bishop Briggs) – So Tied Up
- Rilan & The Bombardiers – Supernatural
- Soulwax – Do You Want To Get Into Trouble?
- Ten Tonnes – Silver Heat
- The Gift – Big Fish
Apart from the selection above, I added great tracks by Circa Waves feat. Pvris, The Cranberries, Lizzo and Depeche Mode (and many more) to my daily updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Sounds like an interesting list to follow if you’d ask me… (but hey, it’s a free world!)
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Wildcard (week 12):
TANA – Leave Away (Live)
Remember I wrote about my favourite track on TANA’s EP Broken over a month ago? The Ukrainian band have just released this track, Leave Away, as their next single. Great choice, obviously 😉 .
The video shows the band performing the song live and I like this flawlessly executed version even better than the studio take. Festival material, as far as I’m concerned!
Until then, TANA gets full Carte Blanche Music support. The coming week, Leave Away will feature on top of this blog as my Wildcard.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Pet Shop Boys – Undertow
The Pet Shop Boys’ album Super already produced the radio singles The Pop Kids, Twenty-Something and Say It To Me. A fourth release is on its way.
The album track Undertow will be issued as a vinyl EP on 21 April. The record will feature two remixes of the lead track, a remix of Burn and, most interestingly, a new version of one of my all-time favourites: Left To My Own Devices. The latter was produced by Stuart Price, who based his mix on the version the Pet Shop Boys perform during their (still ongoing) Super Tour.
If Pet Shop Boys would ever consider releasing another single proper from their Super album, I’d suggest this sure fire hit… it’s Groovy baby!
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Mosimann (feat. Joe Cleere) – Never Let You Go
Quentin Mosimann is a Swiss DJ/producer. At the age of 20, he won the French TV reality show Star Academy and currently he is coach in The Voice Belgique himself.
He is ranked in DJ Mag’s Top 100 of best DJ’s for the fourth consecutive year, makes remixes for other artists and also releases his own songs. His most recent single is a great one. Never Let You Go features vocals by British singer Joe Cleere.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Wildcard (week 10):
Fatboy Slim – Where U Iz
Beats International, Freakpower, Pizzaman, Mighty Dub Katz, Fatboy Slim… It’s all one and the same man: Norman Cook, who started his career as bass player in The Housemartins.
Fatboy Slim is far and away Cook’s most successful alias and it’s been too long since we heard from him. Over three years, to be exact. He broke through with The Rockafeller Skank, in 1998, and followed it up with classic dance tracks like Praise You, Right Here, Right Now and – more recently – Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat. That was at the end of 2013.
Now the boy is back with an epic new track. It’s bound to set both dance floors and living rooms on fire with its joyful party vibe, Elton John-style piano, infectious horns, funky guitars and repetitive lyrics (“Where U Iz is where it’s at, and you can’t beat that with a baseball bat”). I absolutely love it, so the whole of the coming week it’ll feature on top of the Carte Blanche Music blog as this week’s Wildcard.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Werner’s Weekly (week 10)
It’s impossible for me to write about all good music that comes out each week. So I must make a selection for this blog. With a few exceptions to the rule, I usually choose brand new artists to feature on Carte Blanche Music, tracks that you probably haven’t heard yet, and that would run the risk of passing by unnoticed if I wouldn’t place them on a pedestal.
But there is so much more… Thankfully, there is Spotify. My Carte Blanche Music playlist has enough room to feature all great new tracks that appear each week. Not only by brand new acts, but also by more established artists like Little Steven, Bush, Lorde, DJ Premier, Di-Rect and Spoon. All of them great acts, with great new songs. Subscribe to that playlist and you’ll never miss any good new music anymore. Promised!
Which brings me to this week’s alphabetically sorted list of my most highly recommended tracks: Werner’s Weekly (which you can subscribe to as well, of course). Listen to these eight songs via the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar and read my recommendations by clicking the links.
- San Fermin – No Promises (this week’s Wildcard)
- MisterWives – Machine (last week’s Wildcard)
- Banner. – Compass
- Disciples – On My Mind
- Dreadzone – Area Code
- Groenland – Healing Suns
- Kid Francescoli – The Player
- The Curious Incident – Honey Hunger
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Disciples – On My Mind
Disciples are a British production trio that reached the masses in 2015 via a collaboration with Calvin Harris on what became a worldwide Top 5 hit: How Deep Is Your Love. Their collab with David Guetta (No Worries) fared less well, but their new tune is a very smart one.
The track is all about the power of repetition. After three minutes there’s no denying what the title is: On My Mind. And that’s exactly where the song will stick for the rest of the day…
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
