Tandem listen

Songs have this ability to make me travel in the past. Every time I hear a song I like, I can associate a corresponding time in my life. This is very helpful to keep track of seasons, especially at a time where it’s hard to separate events from each other, where even the concept of event has become some blurry. I was going through my Spotify playlists lately , and each playlist tells a story: of elation, of break ups; of happiness and of sadness.

I also like to put songs together, to bend the passing of time and bring together eras and ideas. Here’s a list of tandem listen I curated. I hope you’ll enjoy these pairings!

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Tandem #1: Obamas
No Man Is Big Enough for My Arms, Ibeyi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzxDKqdfPr0
Una Rosa Blanca, Ibrahim Maalouf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY2CGLWpkuI

Tandem #2: Strangers
Stranger, Anna van Hausswolff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbjkjTsOKx8
Stranger, Portishead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbSu2UM8kcQ

Tandem #3: Hayes sample
Ike’s rap II, Isaac Hayes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN2l8irYbNE
Here, Alessia Cara
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZRPRf84HO4

Tandem #4: Couple struggles
Ike’s rap VIII, Isaac Hayes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUq7W2mNPHk
Hotline Bling, Drake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxpDa-c-4Mc

Tandem #5: Fight
Isaac Hayes’s Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCzElCx_LK8
Public Enemy’s Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM5_6js19eM

Tandem #6: Love as low
With all my love, Melanie Di Biasio
https://youtu.be/NYdGNmsziAM
A shot, Sarah Blasko
https://youtu.be/h_ltkVfrzI4

Tandem #7: Is it only smoke?
Firesmoke, Kate Tempest
https://youtu.be/pwMtfS0Tqr8
Honey and smoke, k.d. lang
https://youtu.be/pwMtfS0Tqr8

Tandem #8: Maybe?
Teresa Teng – Goodby My Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIR-ql2ulXg
Quizás, Quizás, Quizás – Nat King Cole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDGgUGBD-90

Tandem #9
DJ Shadow – midnight in a perfect world
https://youtu.be/InFbBlpDTfQ
Nightmares on Wax — Les nuits
https://youtu.be/_Q7IJOYxAMo

Tandem #10
Prince – When Doves Cry
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UG3VcCAlUgE
Zsela – Earlier Days
https://youtu.be/jH-b42WW3sk

Tandem #11: Compassion
Maxime Le Forestier — Être né quelque part
https://youtu.be/DagKAzSk9Z8
Neneh Cherry & Youssou N’Dour
https://youtu.be/wqCpjFMvz-k

Tandem #12: Belgian techno
Pump Up The Jam, Technotronic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EcjWd-O4jI
Paténipat, Charlotte Adigéry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBmzhj9DCPo

Tandem #13: Shoegaze
My Bloody Valentine – Soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft56il9bGMk
Cocteau Twins – Pitch the Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaNstV12cl8

Tandem #14: Elation
Bourvil – Le Petit Bal Perdu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXV-1ZebdBs
Sandese Aate Hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgqwUXqv_vU

Tandem #15: More elation
London Grammar – Lord It’s a Feeling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx1_ulFP6vQ
Shirley Brown – Woman to Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SxES8LzDp8

Tandem #17: Deception
Isn’t it a pity?, Nina Simone
https://youtube.com/watch?v=LLn3FT9BsRs
Children’s world, Maceo Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdieosq3PSc

Tandem #18 – Female gaze
Clara Luciani – Le Reste
https://youtu.be/c0fV4w-wLOU
Tirzah – Tectonic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCCSAa8n24k

Tandem #19 – Quo?
Daft Punk – Veridis Quo
https://youtu.be/HhZaHf8RP6g
Lower Dens – Quo Vadis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hXjbpsaEHk

Tandem #20: strings
The Cure – A forest
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SbAxbmAHgx4
Queen – I’m going slightly mad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od6hY_50Dh0

Tandem #21 – Fire season
Joni Mitchell – California
https://youtu.be/4fvxx8cIdn4
Django Django – Under Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b2gbgD7NUA

Tandem #22 – Covers
Sharon van Etten – Femme fatale
https://youtube.com/watch?v=iHC9UP5SZxc
Pomplamoose – Dreams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ztWQm577Q

Tandem #23 – Longing
Kurt Vile – Skinny Mini
https://youtu.be/8ZhhyoXDu4Q
Low – Slide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s-qi5Hzgzk

Tandem #24 – Covers of Satie
Kaori Muraji – Satie’s Gnossienne No. 1
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zq3rSwX4QHM
Tierney Malone & Geoffrey Muller – Transmission for Jehn: Gnossienne No. 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNRkDuiepPQ

Tandem #25: Love samples
Massive Attack – One Love
https://youtube.com/watch?v=QNnofK
The Mahavishnu Orchestra – You Know, You Know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9aH-bf3F3k

Tandem #26: Splits
Jeff Buckley and Elizabeth Fraser – All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vtk3mztdTdM
Feu! Chatterton – Libre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkZkkUXST5o&t=1s

Tandem #27: So you’re here, what now?
Sinéad O’Connor – A Perfect Indian
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hACTtKzFrvg
Gaye Su Akyol – Meftunum Sana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWL1dUqJ8RM

Tandem #28: Toys
Alain Bashung – Madame Rêve
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hc5gJSN2qIs
The Weather Station – Robber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ9SYLVaIUI

Tandem #29: Melancholy on the piano
Bat For Lashes – Laura
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UznHTBZIa8E
Kate Bush – Coral Room
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hVqk9kAEWI

Tandem #29: Is there still a way?
Jill Scott – Until Then
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EokceD-onJ0
Ela Minus – they told us it was hard, but they were wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s8CPeAX81w