New activity: searching events on Spotify to see if they have official playlists. World Cup: check. And it seems like they’re doing it right– naturally it includes the official World Cup song by Nicky Jam with WILL SMITH (don’t bother, it’s not good), but otherwise it’s got an array of music from all over, a fair portion of which is not totally basic. Take Kenya Che by Dirton, a young Italian producer. If you google it you’ll get one result in Italian and then a bunch of other internet tabloids about dirt, which means the playlist committee actually had to consult someone about which songs to include. This track samples driving Kenyan folk music in the repetitive way of someone who makes house music, which makes for a nice backdrop rather than a bother. Actually, all the tracks off Dirton’s EP make for good, rhythmic background listening. Not bad for a vibey jump into Monday.
