Those synths and beats are not so unique, but as soon as the angelic voice fills the airwaves you just feel that this is how it should be, well this and a cold drink on a hot night.
Ioanna Gogos - No sugar
Like London Grammer meets Shiny Toy Guns, both those bands are in my "I Love It" List. So when I finally fell onto Christine it didn´t need much to make me fall in love.
Christine and the Queens - To be honest
What is it with that 80s standard synth beat, I just can´t get enough so glad to bring it back for a day through playing the Sixth June. Don´t think they actually were born back then, but they are keeping the vibe alive.
Sixth June - Back for a day
Another sick synth find, maybe the biggest gem tonight, maybe I should have kept it hidden a bit longer. I couldn´t I just needed to share this beast.
GUNSHIP - Ghost (feat. @powergloveaudio)
Personally, I hate those DJs that think that they are there to educate their audience.....get off your high horse mates, and just play a classic every now and then.
David Bowie And Massive Attack - Nature Boy
Alison Goldfrapp, how long has it been? You were such a find back in my DJ days, you have been overtaken left and right but few can do it better....few can create a musical Utopia as you do.
Goldfrapp - Utopia
Guess we have arrived at the quality dream pop part of this set, and even though I want to get out like a bat out of hell, there was one more small song required to move to something stronger.
Phantogram "When I'm Small"
It´s not as dark if you like it darker, but it did it. It has that Cohen feel in a style Leonard would never even consider, and for those on YT, "damn that VID!"
Kerala Dust - Maria
The thing with Cohen is that I keep forgetting he´s dead, it´s like he´s always around. Just like Johnny Cash, or am I the only idiot that hears a bit of Cash in The Gardener & The Tree?
Love a good collab like this to end an awesome trip!
Ghost Rider x Neelix feat. The Gardener & The Tree - Wonders
ENCORE
Trip is over guys and these girls did not make the cut tonight, but they have been all over the news and probably are gonna be the biggest new thing this year. That is so well deserved, hence just close your eyes and take that last zip....let it linger on your tongue and swallow this.
Boygenius - Leonard Cohen
Youtube Playlist
All these gems were added to the YouTube playlist.
All Midnight Gems Playlist can be found here
Spotify Playlist:
The Spotify playlist might not capture the whole show but is meant to represent it as well as Spotify makes it possible
Riddle Me This
Guess What, No One Guessed [My Riddle])! So you still stand a chance to get that $1 boost on your next post.
These are the songs you need to connect!
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The hints:
The Old Hint from this week´s Tune Tune Train
- Being dead is only part of the connection
The new hint - Let´s do a musical hint to make it really easy!
What the fluff is midnight gems?
Somewhere lost in time, trying to escape out of the rabbit hole back into the rat race there is a vacuum..... that´s the place where midnight gems are found.
My Midnight Gems will try to uncover & recover those beautiful songs that nobody ever noticed or might have been forgotten.
Who the fluff am I?
Being a former DJ playing about everything and having an uncompleted study of radio journalism. I have been wanting to do this for years...Thought about it many nights and guess now it´s time to finally take it to the streets.
Hope you enjoyed this well-known wave of fantastic music and that you still feel like joining me on the next Midnight Gems Session coming soon.
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