The album that almost never was. Sydney rapper Ziggy Ramo originally recorded Black Thoughts five years, only for it to shelved out of fear for what its release would do to his career. Flash forward to 2020 and in the wake of the next wave of the global Black Lives Matter movement, birthed from the murder of George Floyd in the United States, Ramo impromptu released what is now an uncompromising debut. On Black Thoughts, Ziggy Ramo shares the hard truths of Australia's black history, and how the "issue" of racism in fact, hasn't changed five years later. TRACKS PLAYED: 'The Beginning of the End' 'Black Face' 'Interlude: Survival Day' 'White Lies' 'Black Thoughts' 'April 25th' 'Stand For Something' 'Interlude: Freedom Rides' 'Secondary' 'Empire' 'Fire' 'Pressure' 'Good Things' 'Interlude: Black Fella' 'Kids' 'Final Thoughts'.

The album that almost never was. Sydney rapper Ziggy Ramo originally recorded Black Thoughts five years, only for it to shelved out of fear for what its release would do to his career. Flash forward to 2020 and in the wake of the next wave of the global Black Lives Matter movement, birthed from the murder of George Floyd in the United States, Ramo impromptu released what is now an uncompromising debut.&nbsp;On Black Thoughts, Ziggy Ramo shares the hard truths of Australia's black history, and how the "issue" of racism in fact, hasn't changed five years later.&nbsp;TRACKS PLAYED: 'The Beginning of the End' 'Black Face' 'Interlude: Survival Day' 'White Lies' 'Black Thoughts' 'April 25th' 'Stand For Something' 'Interlude: Freedom Rides' 'Secondary' 'Empire' 'Fire' 'Pressure' 'Good Things' 'Interlude: Black Fella' 'Kids' 'Final Thoughts'.

Like a book club for music nerds, Dan Gordon and Maia Bilyk take a deep dive through a different album each week. Between the nostalgic and brand new, broken down by the artist themselves.

Recorded and broadcasted on the stolen land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge their ongoing struggle. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Like a book club for music nerds, Dan Gordon and Maia Bilyk take a deep dive through a different album each week. Between the nostalgic and brand new, broken down by the artist themselves.
Recorded and broadcasted on the stolen land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge their ongoing struggle. Sovereignty was never ceded.

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Ziggy Ramo's Black Thoughts

To say FKA twigs in her near-decade career has seen and experienced it all is an understatement. Since first arriving in 2012 as a hot artist to watch, which each release twigs has extended her alt-baroque-electronic world with each new release, culminating in the grandiose opus Magdalene. In the time since, between some very public and very private battles and a pandemic, twigs took some time to recuperate and nearly stepped away from music altogether. Little did she know, in taking "a break", she'd piece herself and her craft back together again, empowered by the everyday intimacy of life itself. Caprisongs is twigs' jubilant and carefree rebirth, where she steadies for mainstream domination. TRACKS PLAYED: 'ride the dragon' 'honda feat. pa salieu' 'meta angel' 'tears in the club feat. the weeknd' 'oh my love' 'pamplemousse' 'caprisongs interlude feat. solo' 'lightbeamers' 'papi bones feat. shygirl' 'which way feat. dystopia' 'jealousy feat. rema' 'careless feat. daniel caesar' 'minds of men' 'track girl interlude' 'darjeeling feat. jorja smith, unknown t' 'christi interlude' 'thank you song'

To say FKA twigs in her near-decade career has seen and experienced it all is an understatement. Since first arriving in 2012 as a hot artist to watch, which each release twigs has extended her alt-baroque-electronic world with each new release, culminating in the grandiose opus Magdalene. In the time since, between some very public and very private battles and a pandemic, twigs took some time to recuperate and nearly stepped away from music altogether. Little did she know, in taking "a break", she'd piece herself and her craft back together again, empowered by the everyday intimacy of life itself. Caprisongs is twigs' jubilant and carefree rebirth, where she steadies for mainstream domination. TRACKS PLAYED: 'ride the dragon' 'honda feat. pa salieu' 'meta angel' 'tears in the club feat. the weeknd' 'oh my love' 'pamplemousse' 'caprisongs interlude feat. solo' 'lightbeamers' 'papi bones feat. shygirl' 'which way feat. dystopia' 'jealousy feat. rema' 'careless feat. daniel caesar' 'minds of men' 'track girl interlude' 'darjeeling feat. jorja smith, unknown t' 'christi interlude' 'thank you song'

FKA twig's Caprisongs

In July 2018, blackgaze (black metal/shoegaze) juggernauts Deafheaven released one of the most unique records in recent memory. Stomach churning vocals balanced across delicate, graceful instrumentation and tropes of classic rock. This was not blast beat, evil black metal; this was pretty and hopeful. Ordinary Corrupt Human Love is a masterwork of blended styes which despite their completely divergent nature, sound beautiful rather than devastating. TRACKS PLAYED: ‘You Without End’ ‘Honeycomb’ ‘Canary Yellow’ ‘Near’ ‘Glint’ ‘Night People’ ‘Worthless Animal’.

In July 2018, blackgaze (black metal/shoegaze) juggernauts Deafheaven released one of the most unique records in recent memory. Stomach churning vocals balanced across delicate, graceful instrumentation and tropes of classic rock. This was not blast beat, evil black metal; this was pretty and hopeful. Ordinary Corrupt Human Love is a masterwork of blended styes which despite their completely divergent nature, sound beautiful rather than devastating. TRACKS PLAYED: &lsquo;You Without End&rsquo; &lsquo;Honeycomb&rsquo; &lsquo;Canary Yellow&rsquo; &lsquo;Near&rsquo; &lsquo;Glint&rsquo; &lsquo;Night People&rsquo; &lsquo;Worthless Animal&rsquo;.

Deafheaven’s Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

Back for the first episode of 2022 and diving right into one of the very best techno records of last year. Released on the iconic Munich based label Ilian Tapes, Pool is a 1 hour 45 minute journey through unbridled experimentation, rhythm and pulsating dance. With this, Skee Mask presents his electro, dub, footwork, ambient, breakbeat wonderland to the world. TRACKS PLAYED: ‘Nvivo’ ‘Stone Cold’ ‘Rdvnedub’ ‘CZ300 Dub’ ‘Collapse Casual’ ‘Testo BC Mashup’ ‘Dolan Tours’ ‘crosssection’ ‘Pepper Boys’ ‘fourth’.

Back for the first episode of 2022 and diving right into one of the very best techno records of last year. Released on the iconic Munich based label Ilian Tapes, Pool is a 1 hour 45 minute journey through unbridled experimentation, rhythm and pulsating dance. With this, Skee Mask presents his electro, dub, footwork, ambient, breakbeat wonderland to the world. TRACKS PLAYED: &lsquo;Nvivo&rsquo; &lsquo;Stone Cold&rsquo; &lsquo;Rdvnedub&rsquo; &lsquo;CZ300 Dub&rsquo; &lsquo;Collapse Casual&rsquo; &lsquo;Testo BC Mashup&rsquo; &lsquo;Dolan Tours&rsquo; &lsquo;crosssection&rsquo; &lsquo;Pepper Boys&rsquo; &lsquo;fourth&rsquo;.

Ziggy Ramo's Black Thoughts

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