12/2024

Last month of the christian calendar. People making promises that they don’t intend to keep, mainly to themselves. Our research team promises to keep on making monthly playlists as long as people are into it (and they certainly seem to be).

So for this month we would like to highlight three interesting finds.

The first is “Liar Evil” by BisRock band Aggressive Audio. BisRock was a short lived sub-genre that originated in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. Musically, it’s not dissimilar to 80s style Hard Rock (did someone say Filipino Guns N’ Roses?), but the strange inflection of the Cebuano language adds a special spice to the music, especially when we find ourselves questioning if the consonant currently being sang is a D or a G.

The second highlight is Yann Tomita’s version of “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”. Originally composed by Jerome Kern in 1933, this song has quickly evolved into a popular Jazz standard, performed by Art Tatum, Benny Goodman, Nat “King” Cole and Stéphane Grappelli, among many others. But there’s an argument to be made that Tomita’s unique “Space-Reggae” version with its killer bass-line and seductive electronic soundscape takes this fun little tune to a whole other level.

Finally, we have “Wolves in Plain Clothes” by Italian Mathcore band Noise Trail Immersion from their self-titled debut EP. Beginning with a quote from the beautifully deranged 1981 film Possession, the songs hits hard with fifty shades of screams and growls, all the while jumping between ever changing time signatures and frantic alterations of electric guitar textures. Make sure you are in the right mood and able conjure the attention span required for this one.