HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ CARLOTA FLÂNEUR + SMALLSONGS SESSION
* Providing the A's to the 5 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Q's today is Carlota Flâneur, a music-maker out of Barcelona who recently dropped a lovely album called ‘Uncertainty’ — AND/BUT — providing the Q’s this time, via a High Five For collaboration thing, is Cole Mitchek from smallsongs, who also happens to be in Spain right now and who also happens to have recently recorded a lovely live session + conversation with Carlota Flâneur that you should check out over on the You Tubes… but, first, some recommendations from off the top shelf:
#1 - WHAT IS THE ONE ALBUM (OR EP OR SONG) THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE THE VERY NEXT MUSICAL THING THAT EVERYONE PRESSES PLAY ON THE NEXT TIME THEY FIND THEMSELVES THINKING “WHAT SHOULD I LISTEN TO NOW”?
It really depends on the mood they’re searching for! I feel the question should be: “I’m on a high; what should I listen to now?” or “I need to feel held; what should I listen to now?”. But I highly recommend a song that I love listening to no matter what I’m going through: it’s “I Think Of You” by Rodríguez.
#2 - WHAT IS THE ONE MOVIE OR TV SHOW THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE NEXT IN EVERYBODY’S NETFLIX QUEUE (OK, DOESN’T HAVE TO BE NETFLIX, WE’RE ALL INTERNET ADULTS HERE AND KNOW HOW TO FIND ANYTHING ONLINE, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER)?
I really think everyone should’ve watched Sex Education by now hahah :-)
#3. I (AND BY “I” I MEAN “THE PERSON THAT IS READING THIS”) AM GOING TO THE LOCAL BOOK STORE (OK, MAYBE THE LOCAL LIBRARY FIRST) TO FIND THE VERY NEXT BOOK THAT I WILL BE PUTTING SOME EXTREMELY VALUABLE ‘ME-TIME' ASIDE FOR. WHICH BOOK WOULD YOU GET, IF YOU WERE ME (AND, I SUPPOSE, YOU HADN’T ALREADY READ WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO SUGGEST)?
If I were you, I’d read “things the grandchildren should know” :-)
#4 - WHAT IS THE ONE WEBSITE (OR JUST ANY OLD INTERNET THING: APP, GIF, SERVICE, WHATEVER) THAT YOU WOULD GET REALLY DOWN IN THE DUMPS ABOUT IF IT WERE TO SUDDENLY GO AWAY?
At the moment, I can’t live without Notion (app). I have a specific nightmare which is that the Notion Server falls.
#5 - AND FINALLY… PLEASE GIVE ONE COMPLETELY UNAIDED RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU THINK EVERYONE SHOULD START DOING / USING / WATCHING / EATING / THINKING / QUITTING / ETC-ING TO MAKE THEIR LIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE BETTER AND/OR BEARABLE.
I have this one thought so often (everyday really) which is: I really wish every human being was capable of feeling/seeing the beauty they contain just by being human and feeling/perceiving stuff, no matter if the stuff perceived is pleasant or not.
If everyone was aware of how beautiful (and to me, valuable as well) it is to be human, to be alive… I think the world would change for good. To embrace all of our human limitations is so beautiful if you think about it!!! We live in a world in which almost everyone expects us to act like a machine and it’s so beautiful to actually be aware that we’ll never reach that because we’re made of other stuff, human stuff!
OK folks, there you have it. Things that Carlota Flâneur thinks you should consider incorporating into your day/life. Before you log off and go realize that you are also beautifully human, make sure to follow Carlota Flâneur on the Facebook / Instagram / Twitter and then also give a gander to the session + conversation that Carlota recently recorded with smallsongs over in Spain…
…and if you’re liking what you’re hearing, go do some further carlota-flâneur-flavoured exploring over on the Bandcamp / Spotify AND THEN definitely also go give smallsongs a follow on the Youtube and Instagram, as this lovely session is just one of many, MANY, more (including more & more to come… so definitely deserving of a follow/subscribe)!
And High Five For… cross-continent/country/county collaborations!
—
JEREMY / @HI54LOFI
▲54▼
