For our second episode of Circumference Radio, co-editor Michael Barron and Palto Flats label head Jacob Gorchov once again turn to the poets and writers from our new print issue to assemble a mixtape of tracks made in the regions and sung in the languages represented in Issue 9. This edition includes Russian pop, Egyptian disco, Korean surf rock, Mexican cosmo chant, Martinican r&b, and more.
Playlist:
- Il mio canto libero (My Free Song)
Lucio Battisti (Italy) - Pada Siang Hari (At Noon)
Senyawa (Indonesia) - Нежные вещи (Nezhnyye veshchi/Delicate Things)
Тальник (Talnik) (Russia) - جلجل علي (Iljal eali/Jingle Ali)
إلهام المدفعي (Ilham al-Madfai) (Iraq) - Millonária (Millionaire)
Rosalía (Catalonia) - 央金瑪 (Yāng jīn mǎ/Melodious Goddess)
朱哲琴 (Dadawa Zhu Zheqin) (China) - Jestem twoim grzechem (I Am Your Sin)
Izabela Trojanowska (Poland) - خدایا چه کنم (Khodaya Cheh Konam/God, What Can I Do?)
شهرام شبپره (Shahram Shabpareh) (Iran) - La Constelación Del Peielagarto (The Constellation of the Lizard)
Elbin Macari (Mexico) - Πάει έφυγε το τραίνο (The Train Is Gone)
Λένα Πλάτωνος/Σαβίνα Γιαννάτου (Lena Platonos/Savina Yannatou) (Greece) - Jusquà Ce Que La Force De Taimer Me Manque (Until I Miss the Strength to Love You)
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes (France) - Luar (Outside)
Priscilla Ermel (Brazil) - أيونها (Ayonha/It’s On)
حبيبي فنك (Hamid El Shaeri) (Egypt) - Diamanter är en flickas bästa vän (Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend)
Lustans Lakejer (Sweden) - 가나다라마바 (Ganadaramabasa/Alphabet Song)
김정미 (Kim Jung Mi) (South Korea) - La Leyenda del Tiempo (The Legend of Time)
Camarón de la Isla (Camaron of the Island) (Spain) - Ufødte (Unborn)
Jamaika (Denmark) - Rettet die Wale (Save the Whales)
Gustav (Austria) - Fou, jaloux (Wild, Jealous)
Michel Alibo (Martinique) - телефон (Telefon/ Telephone)
Kate NV (Russia) - Barro Tal Vez (Maybe Mud)
Luis Alberto Spinetta (Argentina)