Week 21 - JuLY 26, 2024
EPISODE 21 of Z-GR! Radio
Z-GR! Radio overview right from your Host:
- My name is Scot Apathy – I’m the lead singer for Zero-G Racetrack, and I curate the ‘Floating Around the Racetrack’ Spotify/YouTube playlist. It’s not a pay for play list; I personally choose what’s on it based on what I hear. True story.
- For Z-GR! Radio, I pull from tracks/artists on the playlist (current and archived) and include newer finds that might not be on the list yet (but likely will be).
- The artists included come from myriad genres, geographical locations and stage of growth. I stay away from mainstream established artists, but I will play artists that I’ve followed as they grow. I love it when emerging artists gain traction, and I like to celebrate it.
- I include a cover song each week, and highly recommend checking out MetroVeteran’s (Ruel Smith) ‘Synthwave Covers’ Spotify playlist. There are 900+ great tracks on that list.
- I post a page like this each week to help you find out more about the artists you heard on this week’s show and to make it easy to do so.
- I’m working with NEWHD on a Featured Artist program, and I’ll note those artists as they appear.
Have fun with the list below, enjoy the artists/music and…
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Episode Twenty One - On Demand
Z-GR! Radio Episode Twenty One Lineup
Candy Apple Blue - Special Star (Matt Pop Mix)
We’re opening the show with an awesome cover this week – Matt Pop, who is amazing, brings another fantastic mix, this time for Pittsburg’s synthpop sibling duo Candy Apple Blue. This is their take on 80’s dance Pop legend Dead or Alive’s ‘Special Star’.
Candy Apple Blue
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Matt Pop
Breathe of My Leaves / Train to Spain - Perfect Defeat (Train to Spain Remix)
Ekynoxx - Side By Side
Amy Douglas - Freak At Night
If you don’t love Amy Douglas, there just might be something wrong with you. She self describes as dance music’s bonafide rock chick but I like to think of her as Z-GR! Radio’s resident Disco Diva – ‘Freak at Night’ is a joint with Brooklyn’s JKriv, who is also killing it.
Amy Douglas:
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JKriv:
Young Empress / ToneF - Ghosts - I Ain't Afraid of No Remix
I had Young Empress on Episode 10 with their excellent cover of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Go Your Own Way’, but the truth is that they’ve got a ton of really great songs and ‘Ghosts’ is one of them. It’s off of their 2021 ‘Lost Time’ album, and they’ve got several remixes of the track, my favorite among them is ToneF’s ‘I Ain’t Afraid of no Remix’.
Young Empress:
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ToneF
Junksista - The Truth
Junksista is a munich-based duo known for proudly advocating for healthy libidos worldwide. They are a lot of fun – ‘The Truth’ off of their 2014 album ‘High Voltage Confessions’ and they’ve got a bunch of cool tracks so be sure to take a listen.
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Zero-G Racetrack - My Baby Done Left Me
Keep Shelly In Athens / Georgia Hurd - You
Keep Shelly In Athens, a project founded by Greek producer RPR as a vehicle for working with other artists is, truthfully, way beyond the status of ‘emerging artist’ but I love their stuff and took the opportunity to get it in your ears. ‘You’ is off of their 2023 album ‘Among Wolves’ and it’s worth taking a spin through their library for sure.
Keep Shelly in Athens
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Georgia Hurd
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Modern Day Heroes - Danger Zone
The Fiends - Talk Soon
Low Indigos - Shadow of Love
Paper Pilots - The Weather (Sneakout Mix)
Estella Dawn - 514 Denim
I had Estella Dawn on Episode 7 so she’s way overdue for an appearance on the show – of course, her latest release is crazy great – Estella’s got a way with words that’s rarely seen and truly remarkable, and she could run a clinic on how artists can and should use social media. She comes across as very authentic and very likeable and her voice and music are fantastic – it’s no wonder she’s blowing up and ‘514 Denim’ is a perfect example of why.
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Invisible Squirrel - Tsetses Funking
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