Votes have been counted and verified and we are good for take off this evening! We have a full house of twenty participants this evening so sit back, relax and enjoy this special flight starting just after 8pm (thereabouts x)

 

In the meantime, feel free to speculate on the results and sights you wish to see. I'll just say we are sure to have some turbulence ahead

 

Here's some listening in the meantime as we attempt to namecheck every Around the World song in this edition:

 

On the subject of Monolithic from the last few posts in the voting thread, I just checked Spotify again and it had this to say under the artist bio; “Monolithic is the alias of the Japan-born, New York based music producer and DJ Jun Torii.” so the person who sent this artist can be forgiven they have indeed followed the rules properly. Bré can apologise to them later when they are revealed. ;)

Hype :cheer:

Not sure how my track is gonna go (and I wasn’t at the listenthrough so I don’t know who sussed me out), it could well probably flop, but it should be interesting :)

Nihiloxica for the win :cheer:

So on our flight this evening, the results will be presented in a round-the-world format as we start with the country with the most northerly point and end with the most southerly (South Africa), I have checked and this does ensure some tension will be kept up throughout. If I mislead you at any point, don't blame me, this was all planned x

 

A reminder of your contenders

 

01; Yellow Magic Orchestra - Rydeen

02; Weird Genius ft. Sara Fajira - LATHI

03; Karyendasoul feat. Ami Faku - Umthandazo

04; Nihiloxica - Black Kaveera (pq & Ekhe's Recycle)

05; Ganzi Mdudu - Chafu Pozi

06; Hoàng Thùy Linh - See Tình (Cukak Remix)

07; Aero Manyelo feat. Thee Suka - Kunitamale

08; Logic Lost - Blunt Force Trauma

09; Funk Tribu - See You

10; WUKONG - Legend Of Wong Fei Hung: Rebirth

11; Mr. Raoul K - Sene Kela (feat. Sona Diabaté) [Mr. Raoul K & Laolu Version]

12; Aiobahn x Phritz feat. Yaginuma Kana - Grayscale

13; Cosmic Armchair - Conversation

14; Sun-EL Musician Feat. Azana - Uhuru

15; TORIENA - C.Q.C

16; Aspara - Terminal

17; Laur - Sound Chimera

18; Obeidmusic & Pamela Antoun - 3ala bali

19; DNGDNGDNG - Hiperbórea

20; Monolithic - Between Us

 

Our first voters will be Aiobahn x Phritz, though we'll be taking a slightly unexpected detour for it...

I have no idea what to expect from these results but I'm hyped for them

 

 

Aiobahn x Phritz feat. Yaginuma Kana - Grayscale - Dan

 

 

12; Laur - Sound Chimera

10; Obeidmusic & Pamela Antoun - 3ala bali

08; Yellow Magic Orchestra - Rydeen

07; Monolithic - Between Us

06; Karyendasoul feat. Ami Faku - Umthandazo

05; Sun-EL Musician Feat. Azana - Uhuru

04; Funk Tribu - See You

03; Aero Manyelo feat. Thee Suka - Kunitamale

02; Cosmic Armchair - Conversation

01; TORIENA - C.Q.C

 

12; Laur - Sound Chimera

10; Obeidmusic & Pamela Antoun - 3ala bali

08; Yellow Magic Orchestra - Rydeen

07; Monolithic - Between Us

06; Karyendasoul feat. Ami Faku - Umthandazo

05; Sun-EL Musician Feat. Azana - Uhuru

04; Funk Tribu - See You

03; Aero Manyelo feat. Thee Suka - Kunitamale

02; Cosmic Armchair - Conversation

01; TORIENA - C.Q.C

 

So courtesy of detective Bre in the listening sessions (more on that later x), Aiobahn is actually South Korean. I was surprised we didn't get anything from this coutnry submitted so an excuse to revel in some more scenery Gyeongbokgung Palace x Anyway, Dan is our first voter unmasked and he's sent a rathere quirky piece of electronic music, his votes ensure our first leader is fellow Japanese entry, Laur. How similar will this be by the end of the night?

 

We will go to our sole entry from Lebanon next, who sent Obeidimusic...

Did not expect Laur to nab the first 12 if I'm honest

 

 

Obeidmusic & Pamela Antoun - 3ala bali - lewistgreen

 

 

12 points: Monolithic - Between Us

10 points: WUKONG - Legend Of Wong Fei Hung: Rebirth

8 points: Nihiloxica - Black Kaveera (pq & Ekhe's Recycle)

7 points: Ganzi Mdudu - Chafu Pozi

6 points: Weird Genius feat. Sara Fajira - LATHI

5 points: Funk Tribu - See You

4 points: TORIENA - C.Q.C

3 points: Logic Lost - Blunt Force Trauma

2 points: Sun-EL Musician feat. Azana - Uhuru

1 point: Laur - Sound Chimera

 

19; Monolithic - Between Us

13; Laur - Sound Chimera

10; Obeidmusic & Pamela Antoun - 3ala bali (lewistgreen)

10; WUKONG - Legend Of Wong Fei Hung: Rebirth

09; Funk Tribu - See You

08; Yellow Magic Orchestra – Rydeen

08; Nihiloxica - Black Kaveera (pq & Ekhe's Recycle)

07; Ganzi Mdudu - Chafu Pozi

07; Sun-EL Musician Feat. Azana - Uhuru

06; Karyendasoul feat. Ami Faku – Umthandazo

06; Weird Genius feat. Sara Fajira – LATHI

05; TORIENA - C.Q.C

03; Aero Manyelo feat. Thee Suka – Kunitamale

03; Logic Lost - Blunt Force Trauma

02; Cosmic Armchair - Conversation

 

Lewis took one for diversity and switched from Japan to Lebanon with this beautifully chill number from an artist I keep reading as Pamela Anderson. His votes ensure Monolithic is off to an early lead with two sets of strong votes and Laur picks up a few as well.

 

Going to our most popular country of Japan now, first of our four stops will be our current leader, who sent Monolithic

Aside from when I voted, I listened to everything without the details so I don't know which songs I like and which I don't :/

Get those mod reveals in early eh. I just had to switch when I heard this song, really liked the chilled Arabic vibe it

 

 

Monolithic - Between Us - awardinary

 

I think this is what I’ve settled on but it was certainly one of the harder CB themes to rate;

 

+12 Aero Manyelo feat. Thee Suka – Kunitamale

+10 Funk Tribu – See You

+8 TORIENA – C.Q.C

+7 Nihiloxica – Black Kaveera (pq & Ekhe's Recycle)

+6 Yellow Magic Orchestra – Rydeen

+5 Logic Lost – Blunt Force Trauma

+4 Cosmic Armchair – Conversation

+3 Karyendasoul feat. Ami Faku – Umthandazo

+2 Aspara – Terminal

+1 Sun-EL Musician feat. Azana – Uhuru

 

19; Monolithic - Between Us (awardinary)

19; Funk Tribu - See You

15; Nihiloxica - Black Kaveera (pq & Ekhe's Recycle)

15; Aero Manyelo feat. Thee Suka – Kunitamale

14; Yellow Magic Orchestra – Rydeen

13; Laur - Sound Chimera

13; TORIENA - C.Q.C

10; Obeidmusic & Pamela Antoun - 3ala bali (lewistgreen)

10; WUKONG - Legend Of Wong Fei Hung: Rebirth

09; Karyendasoul feat. Ami Faku – Umthandazo

08; Sun-EL Musician Feat. Azana – Uhuru

08; Logic Lost - Blunt Force Trauma

07; Ganzi Mdudu - Chafu Pozi

06; Weird Genius feat. Sara Fajira – LATHI

06; Cosmic Armchair – Conversation

02; Aspara – Terminal

 

So it was Wardy who sent our current leader, possibly the most 'normal' song here at least in comparison to other editions and that may be because the artist is actually American-based, the nerve -_- (Was born in Japan so dw it's all fine x), anyway, Wardy does ensure a joint leader at this stage with Funk Tribu with some of the African entries starting to threaten too.

 

Staying in Japan next, we have Laur...

great picks fellow mods though I see you've both snubbed my entry -_-

Monolithic was a great closer! Nice one Wardy *.*

Oops at Dan voting for both of us but us snubbing him.

 

Wardy coming through with a banger :cheer:

Monolithic is my favourite of the reveals so far, here for that doing so well atm!

 

 

Laur - Sound Chimera - Iz~

 

 

12; TORIENA - C.Q.C

10; Aiobahn x Phritz feat. Yaginuma Kana - Grayscale

08; WUKONG - Legend Of Wong Fei Hung: Rebirth

07; Sun-EL Musician Feat. Azana - Uhuru

06; Weird Genius ft. Sara Fajira - LATHI

05; Yellow Magic Orchestra - Rydeen

04; Mr. Raoul K - Sene Kela (feat. Sona Diabaté) [Mr. Raoul K & Laolu Version]03; Karyendasoul feat. Ami Faku - Umthandazo

02; Hoàng Thùy Linh - See Tình (Cukak Remix)

01; Obeidmusic & Pamela Antoun - 3ala bali

 

25; TORIENA - C.Q.C

19; Monolithic - Between Us (awardinary)

19; Funk Tribu - See You

19; Yellow Magic Orchestra – Rydeen

18; WUKONG - Legend Of Wong Fei Hung: Rebirth

15; Nihiloxica - Black Kaveera (pq & Ekhe's Recycle)

15; Sun-EL Musician Feat. Azana – Uhuru

15; Aero Manyelo feat. Thee Suka – Kunitamale

13; Laur - Sound Chimera (Iz~)

12; Karyendasoul feat. Ami Faku – Umthandazo

12; Weird Genius feat. Sara Fajira – LATHI

11; Obeidmusic & Pamela Antoun - 3ala bali (lewistgreen)

10; Aiobahn x Phritz feat. Yaginuma Kana – Grayscale (Dan)

08; Logic Lost - Blunt Force Trauma

07; Ganzi Mdudu - Chafu Pozi

06; Cosmic Armchair – Conversation

04; Mr. Raoul K - Sene Kela (feat. Sona Diabaté) [Mr. Raoul K & Laolu Version]

02; Aspara – Terminal

02; Hoàng Thùy Linh - See Tình (Cukak Remix)

 

You could've probably guessed Iz would go with Japan and he really was serving the chaotic vibes with this entry, managing to be about three different genres, which I guess makes it live up to its title given Chimeras are made up of three different animals? That's a very Iz thing if so x His votes ensure a new leader in TORIENA, staying loyal to the other chaotic entry...

 

and just so coincidentally, they are up next! Who sent TORIENA...

 

Funk Tribu to win this please.

Sorry for snubbing both my fellow dance mods, it was not intentional. :ph34r:

 

So yes, Monolithic was mine, and yes he is New York based (which I did state on the Google form at the time) but I also knew he was from Japan. It was not perhaps the most obvious entry, especially as it’s currently missing from Spotify, but when YouTube introduced me recently I saved the link just in case it would come in handy! ;)]

 

Thank you for the points so far. *.*