Here we are in the season of Aquarius, the season of sociability, of intelligence, of celebrating the end of Capricorn season and seeing out the poor, accursed month of January. The season of speaking ideas into existence, of smiles, of charm, of honesty, of loyalty, of owning your freedom, of popularity, of acting out, of forcing your quirks and idiosyncrasies down everyone’s throats, of aloofness which is cool and not alienating, of flakiness which is always forgiven, of deflecting from revealing how you really feel, of saying while never communicating, and of knowing an inordinate amount of people born under an Aquarian sun. Seriously – all that early summer love has consequences you know! Buying birthday presents is going to bankrupt me…
Aquarius Season Mix: Munni
London-based blend specialist Munni has exhibited her adventurous DJing with shows on NTS Radio and Half Moon, dancing through styles and genres with a lithe, refreshing sense of playfulness. She’s behind a couple of my favourite blends: “As Long As You Split In 2” mashes up DJ Florentino with Backstreet Boys to get you in your feelings in a fun way, while the extremely moving edit “You” pitches down Rihanna’s “This Is What You Came For” acapella over the “I Think She Knows” interlude from FutureSex/LoveSounds. They’re both imaginative and quite clean concoctions, and the Aquarian artist channels this approach in her Season mix. I don’t wanna spoil too much and I fully recommend waiting til after to check the tracklist, but let me say the mix brings riddims and tenderness in tandem and is everything I need right now. Munni says:
“This is my first mix since 2019 and it brought me a lot of joy making it and listening back to it. I hope it helps bring some joy to others too and maybe even some respite, from anything going on in their lives related to covid or not. Wishing everyone a happy n healthy Aquarius szn!”
Listen to Munni’s Aquarius Season Mix here.
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“I don’t know if it’s us Aquarius’ / That just like to have fun and ain’t scared to fuck”
-> Megan Thee Stallion - Hit My Phone ft. Kehlani
“She a Aquarius, she keep that mad in her / But I can’t please her, no way / I’m trying, but I can’t”
-> Rich Homie Quan - Take My Hand
“Aquarius was born the night / The shining stars needed brighter shining light”
-> Aqua - Aquarius
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2021 has fully been clobbering me and I can’t do words anymore so I leave you with well-wishes and an image dump below - Tay x
