Soundtrack of our lives: Queens based artist Will Kaplan give us his picks as his TransBorder Art residency begins
By Jim F
/ October 3, 2023
New Jersey born, Queens based artist Will Kaplan crosses boundaries of mediums, techniques and text to create his work. Exploring…
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Soundtrack of our lives
Artists from around the world give us their favourite tracks and curated spotify playlists to create a background to their own music
- Soundtrack of our lives: Queens based artist Will Kaplan give us his picks as his TransBorder Art residency begins
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- Soundtrack of Our Lives: Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles freewheel us through great handpicked tracks
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Artist Playlists
Artists pick, create and make their own playlists and top tens
- Soundtrack Of Our Lives: Magna Zero
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- Playlist: Rising soul singer Mica Millar gives us an exclusive playlist for International Women’s Day.
- Track: Thrillhouse – 2045 plus top ten favourite songs
- TOP TEN: Fair Mothers’ Kevin Allan picks the albums that made the difference
- Playlist: Trembling Bells pick ‘tour bus jammers and tequila slammers’ playlists
Label Playlists
We make playlists about labels we like, sometimes picking out our own favourites, sometimes making complete discographies. We also get labels to pick out their own favourites as well.
- Playlist: Sarah Records – The Hundred
- Feature / Playlist: Factory Records – A complete Spotify discography
- Feature: Merge Records celebrate 30 years – Interview and exclusive playlist
- Playlist: Rare gems from the Warp Records Catalogue 1989-1994
Magazine /Radio Show Playlists
We take our favourite Magazine Polls, albums tracks or artists of the year / decade, classic radio shows, and make playlists of their tracks.
- Feature / Playlist: Every track (on Spotify) for every John Peel festive 50
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- Playlist: John Peel Show 26.6.88 tracks
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Classic DJ Set Playlists
We take some memorable DJ Sets and make playlists out of them so you can relive, or experience for the first time a snapshot of Club History
- Playlist: Carl Cox @ Opening Party, Space Ibiza, Spain 31st May 2009
- Playlist: Graeme Park – Hacienda, Manchester 28.3.92
Playlists: Our Picks
Our Staff picks on artists, genres, events and more. As ever with Backseat Mafia, completely cross genre. Includes our picks of the year playlists and more
- Playlist: New Years Ode playlist
- 100 albums of 2021 you shouldn’t miss, plus playlist
- Her Voice : A playlist for International Women’s Day 2021
- Droppin’ Knowledge: A 10 Song Hopeful Playlist For A Time That Strains Hope
- Droppin’ Knowledge: Listening To Music During a Pandemic – 10 Hip Hop Songs To Help You Carry On
- Feature: The 50 best albums of 2020
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