HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ IZHAV
* Providing the A's to the 5 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Q's today is IZHAV — a music-maker out of Sweden who kicked off 2021 by dropping their first single ‘Catch The Sun’ on the 1st of January (and you can also catch that track on the HI54 Mix CD ‘A NORDIC BREEZE’)
#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”?
Tracy Chapman's self titled album from 1988. It never gets old. And in one way that's kinda sad, that the same battles are being fought still today.
#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)?
The animated series ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ (not the movie). It's a kid production but people of all ages can learn a lot from it. I think it's the only series I've watched all the way through.
#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)?
An informative book about bees and natural beekeeping. They are so rad!!
#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?
Ted Talks and other platforms for people to share their crazy awesome ideas. And Yoga with Adriene. I´d be heartbroken.
#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.
Go out in nature. See it, smell it, feel it. Bring a kid and see how they act and follow their moves. They are really good at seeing the true magic that exist everywhere.
…and if you like what you’re hearing, go do some future IZHAV-flavoured audio exploring over on Spotify / Apple Music.
