6/13 - International Premiere

It is here. A new chapter in my blogosphere. A new beginning for music-blogging. After years of geeking away in an ignored corner of the internet I am now making my weekly event TOP 5 available to an international audience. For those who understandeth Swedish; the old blog is still there. For those who wonder what the heck this thing is; click on the 'About' link above. For those who want to go straight to the listening-component of the project, click the link to the right of this post. Is anyone still around? Then read about this week's choices, made to suit an uplifting and life-affirming new beginning:

Flesh Quartet - Play Me
Yes, play me! beckons the Swedish string quartet that excels in making dainty violins hiss like cornered badgers. A melodic start to say the least.

David Bowie - Cygnet Committee
Space Oddity; the breaking point between bright-eyed hippie sentiments and the cheek-in-tongue coolness of his masterpieces. And in the middle of it, this anthemic lament over twisted ideals and distorted utopias; celebrating life despite a revolution gone wrong. 

Kate Bush - Love and Hunger
...and then comes Kate and helps keep the hope up. 
We're building a house of the future together. 

James Blake - Retrograde
I am so psyched. His debut remains one of my favourite albums of the twentyteens, and this first song from the new record absolutely floors me. Purists may complain that he has sold out his experimentalism and gone full pop, but who. the fuck. cares. when it sounds so devastatingly gorgeous.

Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You
Had a filmnight in the flat and watched Metropolis (the anime) with the boys. Many stunning scenes, and amazing use of music throughout. Never more so than when this song floods in:

And as a delightful bonus; this is pretty damn magnificent. Lots of Sound, the Vision-part mostly taken up by Beck's glittery jacket. And yes, I do wonder sometimes.