Here is our blogpost titled “In Our Headphones”:
Essay on the significance of headphones within the Spotify Community:
Music is a common language that connects individuals from all walks of life. It has the facility to evoke feelings, transport us to totally different locations and occasions, and produce individuals collectively. With the appearance of digital music streaming platforms like Spotify, music has grow to be extra accessible than ever earlier than. However, to really immerse ourselves on the earth of music, we’d like a superb pair of headphones.
Whether you are an off-the-cuff listener or an audiophile, headphones are a necessary a part of the music expertise. They permit us to listen to each element, from the subtlest nuances in a track to the deep, rumbling bass in our favourite beats. They additionally present a extra immersive and private listening expertise, permitting us to dam out distractions and give attention to the music.
In the Spotify group, headphones are particularly essential. With thousands and thousands of customers around the globe, the group is a hub for music lovers to find new artists, share their favourite playlists, and join with different followers. Headphones are the important thing to totally experiencing every little thing the group has to supply.
No, no, not this one. I meant “What did you guys listened to totally on repeat in the course of the previous month and wish to share with us?”. Those contemporary idioms like “In Our Headphones” are tough, aren’t they?
@Elena , what have you ever?
This month has gone over the reign of an previous fave – the boys from Greta van Fleet. They are the right addition to each good street journey and for me March was such a month. Give them a pay attention subsequent time you are within the automotive (We certain did take heed to this track in a automotive and might verify the suitability of the track for street journeys)
https://open.spotify.com/track/0zlaa4AmbFE7MVDijsyD9Q?si=9fdc6ef83ca04c07
@Yordan What have you ever ready for us?
https://open.spotify.com/track/1hfTVN0aPtUG10fn4fKzOG?si=fb88a13e1cb547ff
Hailing from Poland, Horda play among the fiercest and most aggressive black steel on the planet and positively rank among the many high bands the nation has spawned. This album is a kind of hidden gems that you just encounter by chance now and again. Searing guitars pummeling drums ship savage brutality, with a number of tempo and rhythm adjustments to maintain issues fascinating.
https://open.spotify.com/track/2AD3faozZmU71dxlpPO4PJ?si=f401fe000d0843fe
Let’s be trustworthy. No steel track, not even the utmost brutal, crushing, head-splitting dying steel monitor slaps wherever as exhausting as this one does. The combo of Florin Salam + Costi, two Romanian titans, is simply unequalled, and paired with the enchanting voice of Emilia, the monitor lulls you into an uncontrollable dance frenzy that you just can not resist. It’s the musical equal to the cordyceps, and I’m a sucker for its spores.
Give it as much as Dancho to combine black steel with chalga. Next up: @Joan . This time the format is description first, track second. Enjoy!
This month, my dying steel wave continues and I’ve been going from new issues to the style’s roots. Death are befittingly the godfathers of the style and their albums stay the gold normal for it to at the present time. It’s additionally so heartwarming to see younger individuals take heed to their music and recognize it despite the fact that the band itself has ceased to exist for over 20 years at this level. Whenever I see a 15 12 months previous with a Death T-shirt at live shows, I simply really feel all heat and
fuzzy.
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Pestilence are a Dutch band which were round nearly so long as Death and launched a few of their first albums across the similar time. They are pioneers of the style in their very own proper and among the many first from continental Europe. It’s bizarre to me that Pestilence will not be talked about extra, as they’ve launched not one, not two however three of the perfect dying steel albums ever which have additionally served as cornerstones of the style. Their later proggier stuff continues to be wonderful, however the oldschool stuff is simply unmatched. The songwriting is diverse and interesting, the musicianship is impeccable and the lyrics are extra fascinating than a few of their contemporaries This band is criminally underappreciated for my part and every time there’s dialogue about early dying steel, they should be in that dialog. It’s additionally very apt that two of the pioneering bands of the style bear the names of two of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse.Besides the purpose, I’ve been revisiting the traditional Pestilence albums, in addition to their new materials. Their first report has one of many coolest names ever – Malleus Maleficarum. That sounds prefer it’s straight out of Warhammer 40K. It’s really the title of a fifteenth century guide by a German clergyman detailing how and why witches should be prosecuted. It’s primarily the person guide for witch searching. The title actually means “Hammer of Witches”. It’s a extremely cool title with a cool backstory and it was inevitable {that a} steel band would choose it up and Pestilence positively did it justice with their quick and aggressive songs about warfare, dying and illness.
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Their second album is usually thought-about their greatest, rightfully so. Can we simply discuss in regards to the album artwork for a second? I wanna know the dialog that went down when selecting this: “Hey, you understand what can be the perfect most brutal factor for our dying steel album? Ants! A man coated in ants!”. It’s goofy, however it’s memorable and iconic and I adore it.
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Moving away from steel, I listened to loads of different issues too. I really had a bit little bit of disco fever for a number of days going via issues like Boney M, Modern Talking, Roxette, Abba, and so forth. These are timeless songs that be ceaselessly beloved. They actually do not make pop music like they used to.
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By the best way, do you know that Boney M have a track known as “We kill the world” and it has some fairly heavy lyrics about nuclear warfare? I positively missed it. It’s a extremely good track too. Also exhibits that it isn’t simply steel that talks about nasty “taboo” subjects and severe points. All music can study a bit from this monitor and be extra trustworthy with it is message.
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Good stuff, @Joan , great things my good friend! You’ve clearly loved your headphones up to now month. @Kiril What’s in your bag of goodies? We’re switching the format once more. Songs first, description later:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6KGggJ08SRmMuJojRYM4Lv?si=1baac5735b704986
https://open.spotify.com/track/2NOpmvOnJUm7qA7jhfGZ2Y?si=bc5a9be7c3304696
Max Romeo (age 78) is a veteran within the reggae music and one of the crucial iconic artists in the entire Reggae Universe! Througout his musical profession he is labored and produced with musical titans just like the Rolling Stones and the composer of the tribal-rock musical “Hair”. Last however not least he was bootleged into trendy days music by the likes of Prodigy with their smash hit “Voodoo People”! I’m extraordinarily blissful {that a} group of associates and I’ll be capable to journey to Greece in few days time and attend a present from his “Farewell” tour in Europe. The title of the tour hints that the majority in all probability this will probably be his remaining worldwide tour and so forth 1st of April I’ll be in Thessaloniki to get pleasure from his nice musical expertise stay! What a niceness!Be certain to take a look at Max Romeo’s musical legacy as properly, as a result of his son Azizzi and daughter Xana are additionally as gifted as their father! They will probably be touring alongside as properly, so this month I’m setting my temper proper for the upcoming gig! Irie!
Wow, that was fairly the journey. It appeared like this weblog wrote itself, ain’t it so?
Stay contemporary and sustain the funk,
keep away from meals from the class “junk”,
keep usually hydrated
and revel in
the Easter holidays lengthy awaited!
Cheers!
Here is the playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6lv6DjjryalvuDqg0oirRb?si=03ecf211ecab4fc6