Episode 27: Between the Living and the Dreamers

Everyone seems to be celebrating the dead, the living, the missing, the still-here. For one long weekend the macabre comedy wins over our daily stress. Halloween is everywhere, right before we place a flower on a grave among other graves.

Dark thoughts? Not really, just the season speaking. I won’t be celebrating Halloween in my living room anyway. It’s already full of LP’s, crates of CDs stacked high, and hard drives brimming with mp3s. Maybe yours looks the same.

So let’s do what we do best: settle in, warm up, learn a little more about each other, and let the music be our guide for a beautiful hour. Together. Come as you are, bring friends, there’s always room here.

Opening Vibe

Mitxoda — Patience
Tegan Hughes — Fate (Deephouse Edition)

In the Flow

After Tegan Hughes opened the door with Fate (Deephouse Edition), we welcomed two Salon regulars, Marco’s J&M Band with the pulsing Endless Feed, and the unmistakable voice of Nikola Zenko on The Letter. I then slipped in my first instrumental, Desertland, from the EP Distant and Close.

• J&M Band — Endless Feed
• Nikola Zenko — The Letter
• Mitxoda — Desertland

Fresh Sparks

We kept the energy shifting with a Belgian novelty: ISA-AURA feat. Moomak, before cruising into the hook that Multivariate Outliers bring on Blue, and the new warmth from Randie O’Neil with That Smile (No No Song).

• ISA-AURA feat. Moomak — Hey
• Multivariate Outliers — Blue
• Randie O’Neil — That Smile (No No Song)

Late-Hour Momentum

Then came the early-morning flicker of Tension Splash with 7:45 AM, the exceptional drive of Longtime Dogs on Century 21, a sensory wake-up with my Greek friends Antonis Vlavo & Vana Rose on Freeze Frame Solitude, and a luminous first visit from the French artist KIER with the inspiring Le Mouvement Tidal.

• Tension Splash — 7:45 AM
• Longtime Dogs — Century 21
• Antonis Vlavo & Vana Rose — Freeze Frame Solitude
• KIER — Le Mouvement Tidal

A Note from the Living Room

Between music, small illnesses, family, projects, and the delightful chaos of a creative life, these past weeks reminded me how lucky I am. Lucky to have you, as listeners, readers, friends, artists. You form a whole that gives me the energy to keep going, even when fatigue circles back.

Mitxoda began as a simple idea, a mask I wanted to put forward for many reasons. Then the machine started to run on its own, more people read, listened, reached out. I’m still astonished. Today, this show will even be rebroadcast on My Indie Radio in Europe. I repeat: I’m fortunate to have you. I’m just the messenger of your beautiful music.

The indie world is alive and not going anywhere. We’ll never surrender. Our instruments, our words, our stage energy, these are our tools. Our will to surprise, to offer the world another message.

Halloween, Gently

Even Halloween deserves a small musical moment. See you next week, with the same joy.

Closing Triptych

• Nadine de Macedo — All Hallow’s Eve
• Belet Seri — Caelum Spectat Madum
• Morino — Quiet In The Crowd

Full Episode 27 Playlist

1. Mitxoda — Patience
2. Tegan Hughes — Fate (Deephouse Edition)
3. J&M Band — Endless Feed
4. Nikola Zenko — The Letter
5. Mitxoda — Desertland
6. ISA-AURA feat. Moomak — Hey
7. Multivariate Outliers — Blue
8. Randie O’Neil — That Smile (No No Song)
9. Tension Splash — 7:45 AM
10. Longtime Dogs — Century 21
11. Antonis Vlavo & Vana Rose — Freeze Frame Solitude
12. KIER — Le Mouvement Tidal
13. Nadine de Macedo — All Hallow’s Eve
14. Belet Seri — Caelum Spectat Madum
15. Morino — Quiet In The Crowd

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