Mute the News Cycle & Chill with Baqvas

Hey all, I feel like the past week's world news cycle has been particularly rough in a lot of ways, so I'm inviting you all to chill and tune it out for awhile as I play you some new tunes. I've got some ambient music, some chill and soulful RnB & hiphop, and the like. And of course, I'm playing music made all over like Australia, the UK; Austin, Texas; Montreal, Canada; Minnesota; and made by artists of various backgrounds/diasporas: Indian-Muslim, Indian, Latino, African American, Punjabi-Sikh, French, Gambian-Swedish, and more.

Rafiq Bhatia Bandcamp

The Fader interview with Patrick Paige II (The Internet)

Playlist

  1. Doomsday Clock by Abbe May on Fruit (Luxury Cat Records)
  2. Breaking English by Rafiq Bhatia on Breaking English (Anti-Records)
  3. Somebody Else by Fatima (Eglo Records)
  4. Native Sun by Mobley on Fresh Lies, Vol 1 (Violent Films)
  5. Skyline by FKJ on French Kiwi Juice (Roche Musique)
  6. Air Above Mirage by Tess Roby on Beacon (Italians Do it Better)
  7. Mt. Fuji by Grumby (Self Released)
  8. Under My Wing by Young Galaxy on Down Time (Self Released)
  9. On My Mind / Charge It to the Game (feat. Syd & Kari Faux) by Patrick Paige II on Letters of Irrelevance (Empire Distribution)
  10. Criminal by Prof on Pookie Baby (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
  11. I Won't Mind by Raveena on Shanti EP (Self Released)
  12. My Body Hurts by Sofi Tukker on Treehouse (Ultra)