Sublime beauty to kick-ass cool, serene traditional to urban punk and pop, Japan’s got the lot. Inspired by last week’s topic and nominations, guest ajostu picks some personal favourites to capture the breadth of this country’s musical treasure trove
Read morePlaylists: songs about or featuring national anthems
Take a world trip from standup straight to unusual traditionals, or distorted version radicals, alternative interpretations to parodies, as well as new lyrical angles, guest Severin creates a truly global selection from last week’s Olympic-inspired topic
Read morePlaylists: songs about sunsets and twilight
It’s a magical and at times surreal period at the end of day. Inspired by all the nominations from last week’s topic, guest playlister Shiv Sidecar picks a set of beautiful lists capturing a full spectrum of light, sounds, moods and genres. What a beauty.
Read morePlaylists: songs featuring conversations
Duelling tablas to bar-room or bandmate banter, flirty duets to star-crossed lovers, chatty parody to skilful dissing, all the questions and answers are here in a creatively conversation playlist picked by guest Amylee from an enormous offering of nominations last week
Read morePlaylists: songs about omens and prophecies
Visions, prophets, psychics, spanning history and the future, with good news and bad – inspired by many nominations from last week’s topic, these superb playlists, picked by guest amylee, journey through time and space
Read morePlaylists: songs where instruments imitate the voice, and vice versa
Beatbox to talkbox, talky wah-wah to chatty mbalax, flutes that pant, buzz and wail, these playlists based on last week’s nominations and chosen by guest pejepeine, are a truly wonderful, international interchangeable blend of human and instrument
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