Ipod Ad
Here’s to the original playlist machine! It’s a sad day as Apple officially discontinues its iPod. Who remembers this iconic 2006 ad with Daft Punk’s “Technologic”?
Drop a comment on the album/song you had on repeat on your iPod!
50 years of Clube da Esquina
Clube da Esquina, Milton Nascimento’s double album arranged by Eumir Deodato and Wagner Tiso and released in 1972, had little in common with the musical productions then emerging from the studios of Rio and São Paulo. Behind the famous cover showing two kids sitting on the side of a dirt road, a whole collective of musicians from Minas Gerais gathered, brought together by the ethereal-voiced singer-songwriter, and the Borges brothers. The goal was something universal. It wasn’t exactly a band; more a cultural group made up of friends who meet at the club on the corner (to translate the album’s title) where anything might happen...
Playlist → https://bit.ly/3NvMQYI
The guide to Carnival
Getting into the swing of things with this little overview of the world’s festivities.
Playlist → https://bit.ly/3JgyQ2i
From Paris with Love
Paris will always be Paris. A journey from Bohemia into the more chic districts, from the frenzy of Offenbach to the mischief of Montmartre, from the balls in Bastille to the clubs of the Marais. And not forgetting Notre Dame and the Paris Opera, of course!
Playlist → https://bit.ly/3q77Tql
Ryan Castro - Wasa Wasa live
🇨🇴 Medellín has given birth to major players in reggaeton such as Karol G, J Balvin and Maluma. Their music deals with light-hearted subjects, often linked to the heart, as if to exorcise the violence they’ve experienced. Such pioneers have paved the way for younger talents like Ryan Castro and Blessd.
🔗 Listen to our playlist New Sounds from Medellin : https://bit.ly/35CGB3W
Mangueira, estação primeira
As the world celebrates Carnival, take one hour to discover the most famous samba school in Rio de Janeiro with our playlist on Getup.
🎥 Estação Primeira de Mangueira
Playlist → https://bit.ly/3hBfbOl
Mark Lanegan - One way street | One take sessions
Mark Lanegan, singer of the group Screeming Trees then member of the group Queens of the Stone Age died on February 22, 2022 at the age of 57. Great figure of the grunge movement, he was an inspiration for Kurt Cobain, with whom he has notably worked. Known for his hoarse and deep voice, his unpredictability on stage... He was a pioneer of his movement. Getup has decided to pay tribute to him with a playlist.
📼 One take sessions
Mark Lanegan - One way street
Playlist → https://bit.ly/36wGMhn
The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes (Redux Live MCMXCIII)
Here’s a playlist to put your kids to bed to, and isn’t such a bad listen for the adults.
Children don’t need to be put to bed with dreary old nursery rhymes. Here is an alternative selection of songs and tunes to help them drift off for a peaceful night’s sleep.
📼 The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes (Redux Live MCMXCIII)
Playlist → https://bit.ly/3Jdp00J
Ryūichi Sakamoto - Tokyo melody documentary, 1984
Happy belated birthday to Ryuichi Sakamoto! From the electro pop of the 1980s to music for Bertolucci and Almodovar, here is a portrait of a musical chameleon.
Playlist → https://bit.ly/3Ab4UAP
Phil Spector
1 year after the death of Phil Spector, we take a look into the life of the mad genius who revolutionized the sound of pop music with his “wall of sound”.
Playlist → bit.ly/3fn166f
1989: Rave One
🙂 The Second Summer of Love lasted much longer than the summer of 1988 when it first exploded. Rave music became the soundtrack of the 90s youth who created their own rules of clubbing, and invaded not only the dancefloor but also the charts.
🎧 Listen to our 'Rave On' playlist on Spotify and Apple Music: bit.ly/38LWkMT
The Roland TB-303
Happy 30th Birthday to the Roland TB 303, the machine that made "Da Funk" possible. Playlist → bit.ly/3oSHxs1
The Notorious B.I.G. at a Block Party in 1989
Take a trip back to a long hot summer afternoon in early 90s New York, and immerse yourself in the sounds of a typical block party from 60s funk and soul records to Latin boogaloo and salsa through to the early hip hop tracks that sampled them → bit.ly/3drVwya
Nina Simone - Revolution, 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival
⬜ Can you name the White Album track interpreted by Miss Simone? Find a full selection of covers in our playlist → bit.ly/3BNE4Ox
Caetano Veloso - Alegria Alegria (1967 MPB festival)
🇧🇷 Listen to Tropicália, the psychadelic anthropopthagic Brazilian pop fantasy from the 60s in our playlist → bit.ly/3mFWPyY
Ted Lucas - Love Took A New Twist
Listen to this lofty playlist of charming rediscoveries from America's Private Press folk frontier → bit.ly/3G5JJCL
Don Cherry
A profoundly eclectic selection... Listen in on the four corners of Don Cherry's Life in Music 👉 bit.ly/3jeSgcM
Playlist: Lil Rappers
Who's the best lil rapper? Find them all in our Spotify/Apple playlist → bit.ly/3mF9Is9
A Life in Music: Talk Talk
The last album of Talk Talk was released 29 years ago! Take a dive into the story of one of the most fascinating transformations in British pop music — or the story of how fake Duran Duran clones turned into post-rock heralds.
🎧 Spotify/Apple playlist → bit.ly/3EhlSzc
Lee Scratch Perry in his Studio
🇯🇲 Lee “Scratch” Perry having left us for good on 29th August, let’s take a look back at the first sounds from this other wordly Jamaican producer, whose work changed recorded music world forever.
🎧 Spotify/Apple playlist → bit.ly/3kCrxqE