5 Tewns: Vol.5

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Hello again — it’s been a long time (I shouldn’t have left you, without a dope beat to step to). So here are my five tippedy-top tunes for this week:

Cerys Hafana – Carol Mynydddog

Physically, I’m sitting in a town in northern Portugal, on the veranda, staring out at the Marão mountain range in the distance, tears streaming down my face. Spiritually, I’m flying over Borth to Talybont. Saudade? Hiraeth? I tell myself Ceredigion is everywhere. I don’t know, but I wish my Cymraeg were better. Nonetheless, I can’t think of another artist who has moved me to tears more than Cerys Hafana. Heart-wrenchingly beautiful, ‘Sad Welsh Harp Pop’.

DJ Haram – Voyeur

Wild, industrial, and very naughty. If you aren’t moving to this, go see a doctor — you might well be dead.

Horse Lords & Arnold Dreyblatt – Advance

The first track taken from the forthcoming FRKWYS Vol. 18: Extended Field is truly spectacular: ever-growing astral harmonics that will set up your day nicely. It does mine, anyway. I’m looking forward to the full release.

Tin Man – Lucidité

Taken from Tin Man’s 2023 album, Arles on Hamburg label Bureau B, this luscious dollop of acido-tranquillo has been following me around all week and I’m all the better for it.

Dom Salvador & Abolição – Hei! Você

Not a new one, but sometimes the classics are just unbeatable. As my knowledge of Portuguese grows, so does my love for the Brazilian music I’ve been listening to all these years. Taken from 1971’s Som, Sangue e Raça, Hei! Você is a thing of unfaltering beauty.

Cheers my lovers!

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