Nickie’s Niches #24: December 2023

Start Artist Song Time Album Year 0:02:26 Mariusz Duda I Love To Chat With You 3:31 AFR AI D 2023 Gayle Ellet & The Electromags 0:06:28 Gayle Ellet & The Electromags Via Valencia (Featuring Alfonso Rodenas) 3:42 Friends 2023 Circle of Dominion 0:10:39 Circle of Dominion Velocity (album version) 4:04 Collection of Echoes 2023 Jim Griffin 0:15:13 Jim Griffin Autumn Leaves in Winter 4:49 Marginalia Suburbia 2023 Van Deurzin 0:20:32 Van Deurzen Pillars of Faith ft Ffion Elisa 5:29 Pillars of Faith 2023 Analog Sunshine 0:26:47 Analog Sunshine As the Miles Pass 6:18 The Mountain 2023 Kalandra 0:33:31 Kalandra Bardaginn 5:23 Single 2023 Gabriel Keller 0:39:30 Gabriel Keller Melancholia Acoustic Live session 4:11 Trio 2023 Residuos Mentales 0:44:12 Residuos Mentales The Missing Part 5:28 A Temporary State of Bliss 2023 Katy J Pearson 0:50:30 Katy J Pearson Willows Song feat Broadside Hacks 4:27 The Wicker Man 2023 Roz Vitalis 0:55:43 Roz Vitalis Bait of Success 5:44 Quia Nesciunt Quid Faciunt 2023 AFR AI D by Mariusz Duda favorite track I LOVE TO CHAT WITH YOU Riverside frontman and Lunatic Soul multi-instrumentalist returns with another dark ambient electronica release. Here he explores the fear and anxiety of our obsession with AI, and whether it is ultimately good or evil. I say, like any technology, it depends upon whose hands it’s in, and how it is used. Obviously keyboard heavy, Mateusz Owczarek lends his very human hands by providing both searing and delicate work on electric guitar. Friends by Gayle Ellett & The Electromags favorite track Via Valencia (Featuring Alfonso Rodenas) Djam Karet’s Gayle Ellett has assembled an array of friends to contribute to these very California-style instrumentals. His Topanga roots are showing throughout, this sounds just like he wanted it to, a gathering of friends, playing just for the fun of it. And fun it is, every track differs, yet they all stay firmly in their own lanes on the wide open musical highway. Drop on by the Topanga Corral after a day on the beach and enjoy he band.