A cosmic trip from The Comet is Coming synth player. This is on heavy rotation at the moment (like the solar system) 🪐

This mix is my happy place! Ethiopian synthesiser music from the early 80’s 😙👌

A webtoy where you can create a grid of colourful people, move where their hands and feet grip the edges, and move the grid lines around to squash and stretch the people. Be sure to turn on the “twerk” toggle!

A beautiful and meditative skate through Paris. Andy Anderson basically dances on his skateboard. I first showed my kids this when we were chatting about wearing a helmet while skateboarding - Andy Anderson is a big advocate of helmets!

I love this track and trippy music vid from a band fronted by (in their own words) “a wheelchair-using, profanely queer and tiny rapper, with a very distinctly high-pitched sense of humor.”

This has been my favourite track since I first heard it earlier this year. So smooth, yet so deeply funky I can’t stop my face from scrunching.

A weird Instagram account I stumbled upon. This guy basically gaffer tapes bits of rubbish to his head to make lo-fi sci-fi costumes and adds sound effects to seal the deal. I massively respect his commitment to absurdity!

A hazy, crackly album of ambient loops, colourful little dancing clouds for your ears.

An album of solo Flugelhorn played through a harmoniser, loop pedals and the like. It’s such a cool sound, and deep jazzy improvisations to zone in/out to.

I really enjoyed this ridiculous, spooky Netflix series set in Ireland. The performances from the main three women are brilliantly entertaining, and the story rattles along nicely with plenty of intrigue all the way.

Crackazat’s one of my favourite producers, his new full length album is full of sunshine dancing music, ready for barbecues.

The first track on this sunny disco/house flavoured EP had me dancing around the kitchen!

Matt McCreary moves his body in unusual and goofy ways, in conversation with the environment and architecture around him.

Maybe you’ve seen this already (7 million views now whoooaaa) but if not I’m happy to be the one to share it with you. Wonky atonal guitar rock n roll music from a couple of bizarre space-time travellers. Seeing this made me happy that the human creative spirit still thrives in the age of AI!

Wonky, happy, “Avant-Latin” music from Columbia. As one listener’s review puts it: “Listening to this makes it really difficult to be grumpy.”

I can’t really explain this. It’s just very silly and it made me laugh!

I’d never seen this instrument before, it’s called a Khaen and this is a beautiful piece inspired by a car alarm.

Boko Yout is some kind of alien character learning to live in a human world. This is a catchy song!

Lofi, funky jam to strut to. Hit that hihat!

Laura Jurd is a UK based trumpet player (Thanks Jason for the tip!). This album is on the playful side of her work, it’s a happy time!