The White Tiger

 

During the last weekend I watched the movie The White Tiger on Netflix because you can't go out for a walk the whole day in times where everything is closed except supermarkets. I didn't had great expectations than two hours of entertainment but what I got was a great film showing life in India. A lot of protagonists showed in the movie I saw in the same way when I traveled through this country. The story of an ambitious Indian driver using his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top is simple and many times told in different ways is not new but seldom made as a portrait of a corrupt and crooked country. It is great to see how the main figure in this plot got out of the trap of poverty. It is a movie I can recommend and here are some songs featured in this film,

 

Momentary Bliss

Last week I listened to Momentary Bliss, the latest release the last release by Gorlillaz. It is nothing spectacular and just what you can expect by them. More interesting is the story behind. Gorlillaz's mastermind David Albarn dreamed of an easier way to release music away from the complicated mechanisms of music business in which it lasts forever until a band has enough songs together to release an album. He decided to start a project called Song Machine where he will publish ne songs without stress, without concept, without calendar in the course of the year now and again. The first of these musical diary entry is Momentray Bliss, a collaboration of Albarn withUS-punks Slaves and British rapper Slowthai and as you can see in the video the result is an immediate, relaxed small piece of a pop song.

Unstoppable

Another fine pop-song came to my ears the recent days. It is the newest single by Superfood a London/Birmingham based duo. While they did the Brit-Pop/Indie-rock thing in their early times now the come smoother around the corner. To be geared in reggae, dub and Gorillaz and adding a niftiy sample by Prince Buster they made a catchy song. Something perfect for Sunday morning.

Don't Breath Out

I am not rally into Hip Hop but sometimes a song from this genre comes around that is more than average. Roots Manuva is a Jamaican born rapper from London. I know him from various collaborations he did during the last years especially All Alone on Gorillaz. This is the first release from his newest album that will be released this month. It is a soulful song with a lot of violins including a sample from Barry White's Honey Please, Can't you see.

Enjoy and have a good week.