[PLAY THE PLAYLIST] BEST FUCKING MORNING ☕️

Recently I’ve trying to be more thoughtful with how I start my day. With all of this time in quarantine I’ve taken the opportunity to observe how impactful tiny thoughtful adaptations can be. Not just on a daily basis either, as I’ve found that sometimes the change can be so swift it’s often within an hour or even a matter of minutes, depending on the situation.

We all know music is a major mood shifter. Unfortunately, sometimes it feels like because we’ve gotten so accustomed to the habit of recklessly consuming things to make us feel better that we do this with music a lot more than any of us would like to admit. I know I’ve certainly been guilty of that myself. Additionally, when you’re already not giving too much thought of what you’re consuming, it’s hard for me to believe that it means that all that unused thoughtful energy is shifting to what you’re putting out into the world and any subsequent side effects, either positive or negative.

I intend to take more ownership of how this space factors into this consumption habit equation for everyone, so of course I felt the need to make a fucking playlist about it. 🤪

I took some time thinking about not just what makes me feel good, but exactly what makes me feel my ⚡️fucking best⚡️. IMO, there’s truly nothing better in this life than the opportunity to identify how your talents/strengths can help people, throwing all of your energy into that thing, and then witnessing the magic that comes from those efforts. To be clear, I’m not just talking about ways that earn you money from doing this either. It can also be little things like knowing you’re a good personal cheerleader and being able to notice when someone could need some pom-poms waved in their direction and seeing their reaction. It’s ✨ literally the fucking best✨ ESPECIALLY when all parties involved decide that shit is going both wayyysss.

Community.

Connection.

Intention.

These are the things that BEST FUCKING MORNING☕️ is made of to the best of my ability. Sometimes you’ll get ✨a feeling✨ from the music, but as often as I could, I wanted the words ringing through your ears to make you feel fucking great, too. Additionally, I wholeheartedly believe that it’s equally important that the people making the good vibes you ingest should absolutely coming from good fucking people and I can say with a great level of confidence that these are all really good fucking people. I took a lot of care to make sure that even if one were to treat this playlist like a LoFi Chill Beats To Study To kinda deal where it’s mostly going to be background noise, that the few times that your brain decides to focus in on what’s actually happening that hopefully in that moment you feel empowered to remember that you always have the opportunity to choose happiness in spite of whatever bullshit gets thrown at you.

Let me be very clear that this is not me tryna shove some toxic positivity on your ass. That shit is annoying as fuck and not welcomed in this house. You always are entitled to however you feel, absolutely.

BUT

When you wake up feeling meh and decide you deserve to feel at minimum a little bit better.

Or you wake up feeling fucking great and want to hold onto that feeling as much as you can, possibly even going next level with that shit.

I promise you this shit will take you there, wherever that may be.

Although this collection of vibes was arranged in a way to be uplifting incrementally, feel free to let The Algorithm™ move you and shuffle this shit if you are so inclined. That said, I def invite you to see if you can notice a different if you listen both ways. Additionally, I intend to honor the inspiration behind this playlist and occasionally implement tweaks every now and then, hopefully to further enhance this vibe. Mostly likely additions only, no removals or substitutions.

As long as this playlist is in your life may you never forget that you deserve the fucking best. 💖

diSKOAver weekly: Week of June 24, 2020

Hello precious internet cuties! Hope y’all are staying safe. Here’s this week’s update. God there’s some cool shit in this one. I feel like I say that every week but this is also why I also laugh in people’s faces who are like, “Man remember when music was good? There's just nothing cool anymore.” If you hear anyone say that. You tell them to come find me. I’m happy to show them around.

1. DE’WAYNE - “National Anthem”

   If you can’t feel the energy from this track in your veins the second the sounds hit your eardrums I’m not sure what to tell you.

2. binki - “Heybb!”

   Everything binki has released so far is fucking great. My personal favorite is “Wiggle” but this one just fit the vibe I was going for this week.

3. TOKiMONSTA - “Get Me Some (feat. Drew Love & Dumbfounded)

   My favorite cut from TOKiMONSTA’s latest, Oasis Nocturne. It’s just too hot for it’s own good.

4. Hermitude - “Let It Burn (World’s Gone Mad feat. Haiku Hands)”

   Why yes the world has gone mad. (Mental note for me: spend more time with Pollyanarchy. You enjoyed that first spin)

5. The Knocks - “No Requests (The Knocks VIP Mix)”

   I miss DJ booths and people with strong opinions about what the DJ should be playing 😞

6. TOBACCO - “Hungry Eyes”

   We love a fun cover. Also there’s a pre-order for this on beige vinyl if that’s your kinda thing (for the record it’s def my kinda thing).

7. Blockhead - “The Music Scene”

   You know when you fall in love with a song all over again? 10 years later this still hits.

8. Killer Bee - “Feel 4 U”

   We love a local making moves. My brain wanders to far off places with this one. Just me?

9. Latir - “Wallflower”

   Came in loving “Blue Roses”, fell for his new EP Until Forever. This one’s my favorite though.

10. Medasin - “Get By (feat. Cautious Clay)”

    Part of my weekend homework is to spend more time with both Medasin and Cautious Clay. They always seem to be on my radar but somehow don’t make it into my ear holes enough.

11. OKENYO - “Buckle Up”

    OKENYO, on the other hand. God I’ve been having so much fun getting to know her catalog. This one though. Gotta love, “by the way by the way by the way you’re cute as fuck”.

12. Brendan Maclean - “Easy Love”

    All Aussies are perfect. The end. Also while checking in on what else Brendan had going on I noticed he got added to an official Spotify playlist called Search Engine Sex (but is clearly one of those algorithmic editorial playlists because it doesn’t come up for me🙄).

13. Slow Magic - “Home”

    First taste from the upcoming album, it’s the end of the world but it’s ok. Just a little something to curl up with if you’re feeling a little down.

14. iZNiiK - “paradise”

    You gotta check out the EP series from a few years ago that iZNiiK did. There’s some really cool stuff in those.

15. Berry Juice - “She Got The Moon (feat. Deidre)”

    Forever a sucker for nu disco. Seems promising enough. Going to keep my eye on this one.

16. Sushi + Kash - “Shatter”

    Feels kinda Daft Punk lite (and I mean this in the nicest way possible). Looks like dude is starting to really get his footing on his sound. We’ll see how this plays out.

17. Jarami - “Bahía”

    Yes this is from 2018 but don’t worry they have new stuff too. PS guess who also did a track with Cautious Clay? This world gets smaller and smaller every fuckin day man.

18. Herzeloyde - “Disperse”

    Herzeloyde is vibey af. You should check out his newest track too when you like this one.

19. Vandelux - “Live Forever”

    From his Lost In Common EP. The build on this one eases you into the idea of immortality being possible so by the

20. Crowd Control - “My Special Girl (feat. Slug Father & Vantage)”

    Happy house is my favorite house. You will enjoy Housy Love Songs Vol. 2, trust me.

21. Hervé - “Blow Your Mind”

    Bless this man for keeping us dancing in quarantine. Oh how I love him so.

22. Mtbrd - “Damn Fine Coffee”

    This cut from Damn Fine contains my advice to you if you’re choosing to continue to quarantine like me. It’s literally the only way I’ve been able to not lose my fucking mind.

23. Calica - “Bitch”

    You have to check out her TikTok and see her remake loads of cool tracks. Fell for her when she covered BENEE’s “Supalonely”. Also how fun is it to sing, “Cause you’re a bitch and you know it”?

24. Body Language - “Let’s Try”

    These Brooklyn babies are back from their break for some more retro dance vibes. Hope this means there’s more in the pipeline.

25. FVLCRVM - “Bad Blood”

    Other half of this double A-side single officially drops on July 14th, but you can sneak over to Soundcloud and hear “Hate List” now if you want.

26. La Femme - “Mycose”

    I always say there’s a song for everything and in the case of La Femme’s “Mycose” this is a track about….a yeast infection. Took me too long to put this all together. I need to stop blowing off Duolingo if I’m gonna keep falling in love with French artists.

27. Tim Ayre - “Laxx”

    This lil Sydney sweetie tho. Everything of his I’ve put on is just so dreamy. 😍

28. daste. - “Telephone (What’s Your Name?)”

    From their latest EP Same As it Ever Was. Whole EP is so damn SMOOOOOOVE. You will like.

29. Geowulf - “Lonely”

    A cut from last year’s LP My Resignation. I don’t know about you, but quarantine has made me really examine and reprioritize all of my relationships. Here for it.

30. The Districts - “Cheap Regrets”

    I need to play You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere more often. This is by far my favorite off the record.

31. Deeper - “This Heat”

    From their latest, Auto-Pain, that dropped in March. I love that all my brain can think to say about them is they sound very Alphaville/Union Pool. Ugh I miss shows so fuckin much. 😑

32. Oxymorrons - “Justice”

    Did you know: all the proceeds from this track are being donated to community non-profits and projects. Yep! That means all your future obsessive streaming on this one will be for a good cause! Feels good, huh? This is the band’s first drop on 333 Wreckords Crew.