Many will know, I am a big fan of Ghibli (and especially so of the soundtracks to the films – Joe Hisaishi is awesome!!), and so I figured that it was time that the World had a Spotify playlist – a collective of some of the songs that have come out of The Studio Ghibli Collection […]
Ghibli Music: “Itsu demo Dare ka ga” (Pom Poko)
I am a huge fan of the music used in the Ghibli films, however currently storming to the top of my Ghibli music charts is Itsu demo Dare ka ga (which roughly translates to ‘There Is Always Someone’). SUCH a cheerful piece of music, sung by raccoons (Tanuki) with mutant testicles that do all kinds […]
Antony & The Johnsons – Fistful of Love
Absolutely love, Love, LOVE this song!! Even though it’s a song with a pretty grim subject matter – centered on domestic violence – it’s been so well put together as a love song that it transcends and really gets into your bones. Absolute masterpiece! http://twitter.com/#!/DarkAeon/status/67522126852268032 Enough said really hehe!! 😛 Without doubt, one of the […]
Michel Legrand & Meow Meow – Sans Toi
As regular readers of my blog will know, I recently went to see Umbrellas of Cherbourg at the Gielgud Theatre, London and had a whale of a time (I am SO gutted that it’s closing early). One of the absolute highlights of the show was Cabaret star Meow Meow’s version of Sans Toi (Without You) […]
Sam Tsui & Kurt Hugo Schneider – BORN THIS WAY!
Regular readers of this blog will know that I am a HUGE fan of internet music sensations Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo Schneider – their rearrangements and covers of many of the popular songs of the day are always phenomenal, with Schneider providing the excellent production and composition skills (along with making appearances in the […]
Gari Wellingham 