Welcome to the fourth consecutive week of music suggestions and updated playlists. I really hope at least some of you are enjoying these posts and have found some good tracks during the past four weeks. I am personally having a great time sharing the best music I have discovered each week and arranging the songs in the playlists in the best way I see fit. Once again I want to thank all my friends and music gurus for sharing the awesome songs they find so I can have even more suggestions for you guys! I hope you like this one too, here we go!

A quick reminder that I am updating the YouTube and Spotify weekly music fix playlists each Sunday and today is not an exception so check them out.

SMYAH/GENA – MOTIVE

Starting off the blog and this week’s playlist with something towards which I really want to direct your attention. This is an incredibly powerful and influential instrumental with a really dark vibe perfect for an intro to a concert, intense movie scene, or just to get you hyped in the span of 3.16 minutes.

Coming from one of the best (my personal opinion) Bulgarian beatmakers this will give you the chills. I am extremely proud to present his art to you even if it is just by a quick sample instrumental.

Apashe – The Good The Bad and The Fake (EP)

Coincidentally The Good The Bad and The Fake fits the pace, mood, and vibe of the short instrumental very well. It picks up the dark mood and energy build up and develops it into a pure masterpiece.

The combination of the beat giving you that pinball energy, the gradual build-up to the drop, the lyrics which are subtle but totally in their place, the quotes which also have their perfect placement and impact – it all works so well together and creates an epic musical experience which will make you feel like an ancient Greek God. The classic music samples make the EP stand out so much and give it’s charm and specific vibe and feel, at least for me. I wouldn’t usually guess classic music sounds can be infused with such modern and powerful beats and create this epic tale. But they can and it works great! The three songs in the EP are thematically named and flow from each other so smoothly and so gently that you can hardly tell when one ends and another one begins (for real I couldn’t tell). A really simple EP on the first glance which is actually quite sophisticated and definitely a masterpiece to lift you up no matter the mood you are currently in.

PS the artwork of Apashe is to die for! Here is some more from the artist – check him out!

Jeremy Zucker – all the kids are depressed

A change of the epic and energizing modern beats and dark vibes – this one here is quite powerful. And really well-thought and composed. Behind the easygoing melody and beat of the song, there are lyrics which are hard to talk about. The song exposes a very important issue in a great way and the best thing is that the melody and lyrics are not the only things that have been done with great attention to detail and thought.

The video (actually it is a short movie) tells several other stories with equal weight and importance and it does that in a really simple but super effective way which makes the song an extremely impactful experience as a whole. It not only sounds great but also shows that art can be used to put the focus on relevant problems and help people feel understood and help them fight their demons. Isn’t that one of the greatest things about music in general?

Sasha Solan – Normal

Another song which sounds really easy going and frankly, at least for me, is super relaxing and dancy. This one exposes another relevant issue which is definitely not mentioned and talked about enough. It describes something which most of us often forget in the daily hustle and bustle and crazy pace of life – being yourself and not trying to fit into the standards of others or the “pre-made” society ones. I agree that we let other people’s behavior and opinions affect our own way too much and the artist makes it so easy to understand how stupid this is. The song is super catchy and Sasha has an incredible voice which is so soothing it will make you fall deep into her mind and world. I definitely recommend checking out her other stuff, she is great.

Des Rocs – Maybe I

I really couldn’t leave this behind! It is so good! The vibe and the energy are strongly reminding me of Nothing But Thieves – great lyrics, incredible instrumentals and tune, sharp and beautiful voice. No way to resist the temptation. Modern sounds and beats are added to the song to make it stand out and enhance the power of the sound and message. Turning the instrumentals down to make the vocals stand out and dominate at a certain part of the song marks its culmination and if by some miracle you managed to stay still until that point this will definitely break you and you will get up and start moving. An incredibly powerful and enjoyable song, filled with great energy and passion.

John Mayer – Slow Dancing In A Burning Room (Live)

I really don’t think there is the need to say anything about this. You can just feel it and live in it, such a great performance with so vivid presence and energy from the band, an amazing song with great lyrics and incredible instrumentals. The passion is so clear here you can almost touch it – this is one of those performances which really feel out of this world and like it will be one of a kind and stay in history forever. And I definitely believe this is the case.

Speaking of live performances which will stay in history which were made with incredibly strong passion and filled with rushing energy. In case you missed it Red Hot Chilli Peppers performed at the Pyramids in Giza and the show looks incredible. I am casually putting the video below.

And this marks the end of the fourth weekly music fix I have for you. I hope you liked it and I hope you find some good tracks to listen to until next Sunday! Hit me up if you have some songs and artists you want to recommend, I’m always taking suggestions.

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