Henry Gonzalez
Human Sadness – The Voidz
21 April 2020
This masterpiece felt proper to listen to in these strange times. Sometimes there’s some sadness in the air, sometimes we need to feel in touch with the times and accept life’s struggles…
Symphony No. 3 Op. 36 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”: Lento e largo – Henryk Górecki
8 April 2020
We live in a world that feels so strange sometimes. We’re forced to confront all of the situations we’ve ignored for so long, all the times we’ve ceased to do what’s best and just continued with what was being done wrong…
Spiegel im spiegel – Arvo Pärt
24 March 2020
Close your eyes for a second and breathe, just breathe. Remind yourself that this is the present moment, that you’re currently safe, not anywhere else but here. Remind yourself of the beauty of the present, let go of the troubles of non-existent possibilities, so many of them, so troubling…
René – Residente
3 March 2020
Residente released this song last week, confessing he started writing it after one night he felt so bad he just wanted to throw himself out of a balcony and didn’t know why, he just called his mother and had a friend stay over at his hotel and the next morning started writing it…
Islands – Young The Giant
25 February 2020
One of the best and worst things about curating this playlist is confronting all of the memories that these songs bring me. I must confess I have been feeling like I’m going to run out of favorite songs to add to the playlist a few months ago…
Mr Blue – Catherine Feeny
11 February 2020
So I finished Bojack Horseman this weekend and this beautiful song popped up right at the end (No spoilers), so I decided it was a perfect night tune and a perfect fit for this playlist…
Runaway – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4 February 2020
Karen O’s haunting voice is a wonderful companion for a night like this, cold and silent. “Runaway” is a song that pierces time like a bullet, allows a poignant feeling to go right through your chest and attach to your mind like one of its most important memories…
The Widow – The Mars Volta
21 January 2020
I still remember the time I discovered The Mars Volta, I was watching an MTV Latin American awards show and they were introduced by Zack de la Rocha, I remember his words were profound and exciting…
Perfect Day – Lou Reed
14 January 2020
This song is so beautifully constructed, designed to resonate deeply in the hearts of all suffering souls, to portray the feeling of happiness among pain, something so many people can relate to…
Breathe Me – Sia
18 December 2019
It’s the last song of the year! It’s incredible how endings can feel so rupturing and sad sometimes, even if we know most of them are just based on arbitrary limits and cycles that were just constructions we invented to better organize ourselves…
Understand – Anna Naklab, Tinush Salehi, Karl Thesing
10 December 2019
This week we have another submitted track on the playlist. “Understand” is a different kind of voyage into the natural realm,,,
Why Be A Music Curator?
7 December 2019
Let’s just start by reminding you that this is just a very personal view on a topic that can embark millions of different perspectives, humans are complex and we’re all moved by different things, but having said that, I thought this was a proper moment to share why I think being a music curator is a great thing to do…