MOJO PLAYLIST
1 PETER GABRIEL PANOPTICOM (BRIGHT SIDE MIX)
Classic PG moves, with help from Eno, to initiate what he calls, “an infinitely expandable accessible data globe.” From new LP i/o. Find it: streaming services
2 THE NATURAL LINES A SCENE THAT WILL NEVER DIE
Matt Pond’s latest incarnation head for the wide-open spaces of heart-swelling, Petty/ Springsteen American rock.
Find it: streaming services
3 A CERTAIN RATIO AFRO DIZZY
From new LP 1982: this tribute to Promethean Afrobeat titan, Tony Allen, is built around his drum samples and jaw-dropping Manchester soul singer Ellen Beth Abdi. Find it: YouTube
4 BAABA MAAL AGREEMENT
A low, hypnotic groove and slow-build percussion cut against Maal’s powerfully expressive voice. From new LP, Being.
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5 DAVID BYRNE AND MILEY CYRUS LET’S DANCE
From a NYE TV show, Bowie’s song of yearning becomes a glinting duet tinged with anguish.
Find it: YouTube
6 DONOVAN AND DAVID GILMOUR ROCK ME
From new LP Gaelia, Donovan goes elfin glam/‘Gaelic roots’ with choice Gilmour guitar. Don’t go changing, Don.
Find it: YouTube
7 NYOKABI KARIŨKI NAZAMA
First single from the Kenyan artist’s March debut: a velvety lattice of gently burbling found sounds and her own honeyed vocals. Find it: streaming services
8 THE PRETENDERS I COULD BE SO GOOD FOR YOU
Live from Peter Blake’s 90th birthday gig, Chrissie plays it straight with the theme to ’80s dram-com Minder. It’s a deal! Find it: YouTube
9 EDUARD ARTEMYEV MEDITATION
The recently deceased Siberian electronic composer’s shamanic theme for Tarkovsky’s 1979 cine-profundity Stalker.
Find it: YouTube
10 KATE FAGAN WAITING FOR THE CRISIS
Early-’80s Reagan-skewering cult groove from the frontwoman of ska-Chicagoans Heavy Manners, unearthed for a March solo anthology.
Find it: Bandcamp