#sevi projām dot

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Dārta Stepanova ft. Dagnis Roziņš - Sevi Projām Dot (lyrics video)

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It's good; I'm just crying about the Baltic Way again (2.6%) -- "Via Baltica," Instrumenti, Ewert Sundja, Jazzu

The song that taught me to say "naked" in Latvian (3.2%) -- "Kolkas Raga Smaile," Citi Zēni, Patrisha

What a beautiful way to say "Later, skater!" (3.5%) -- "Čau, kakao!" Keitija Bārbale

Just a little gentle summertime funk for you. (3.7%) -- "Kur saule," Aminata feat. Būū

It's the 8-bit synths that are absolutely sending me on this one. (5.3%) -- "Roboti Dejo," Tavas Māsas Nāsis

Tea really does solve everything, though. (6.1%) -- "Šajā sētas pusē," Sudden Lights

The only thing that can make folk pop even better? Ska. It's ska. (7.8%) -- "Mazo Cilvēku Vārdā," Oranžās Brīvdienas

This is literally just spooky piano and synths, and it fucking slaps. (8.8%) -- "Early March," Pamirt

It's not an 80s throwback jam without a kickass sax solo (9%) -- "Sevi Projām Dot," Dārta Stepanova feat. Dagnis Roziņš

No, but like, we actually become werewolves, though. (15.8%) -- "Raganu Nakts," Tautumeitas

Fuck yeah, oak trees! (16.9%) -- "Ozoliņi," Auļi

If you can't get down to the accordion sound, then I don't know what to tell you. (17.2%) -- "Vidēji Glīts," Bermudu Divstūris feat. Olga Rajecka

Tagging: @not-kaiva, @the-dandelion-queen, @mysoulspiralbound, @jahooloopy, @viiperfang, @creatureactivist, @cheerfulomelette, @brytewolf, @lizardywizard, @lpbear, @cecilyacat, @inkydragonlord, @arbesgarbanzos, @einfesteburg, @plain-and-simple-ninja, and @flerica.

And for anyone curious about the "līgo, līgo" refrain in "Raganu Nakts" and "Ozoliņi," here is a video about Latvian midsummer traditions (with pertinent vocabular lessons) from Irregular Latvian, who is one of my current favorites on YouTube. Please note that while the astronomical solstice is tonight, Līgo/Jāni is celebrated in Latvian on the 23rd/24th of June, so maybe hold off a few days on the beer, cheese, and skinnydipping. Or don't, I'm not the boss of you.

Anyway, here is some music for your midsummer, however you choose to celebrate. I hope you listen, and I hope you find something you like!

So I usually try to do music from a bunch of different countries on these playlists, but now that the Latvian thing has become an acknowledged running joke, it's time to take it to the next level. Also, while I dunk on the algorithm as much as any tumblr user... it really has taken my love of Citi Zēni and turned into a plethora of awesome artists that I've had an amazing time listening to. So I'm gonna just give Latvia some love here.

The game is simple: Pick a song from one of my bad descriptions. You do not have to recognize the song to pick it. Just go with the description that suits your mood. Feel the vibes. Vote, reblog so other people can vote, and at the end of a week I will make a playlist out of the results, from the song with the least votes to the song with the most votes.

If you are burningly curious about a song and don't want to wait a week, shoot me an ask and I will tell you what the song is. And if you want to hear the playlist (I promise you do), leave a comment asking to be tagged, or ask to be tagged when you reblog, and I will tag you.

Except I'm tagging @not-kaiva now, because you asked for recs that were similar to Bermudu Divstūris on the country poll, and I didn't really get back around to answering, but there will probably be something on this playlist you like, so stay tuned.

Okay, that's it. Please vote, please reblog, and please listen to something new this week. It's fun.

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Dagnis from Citi Zēni is featured in the song Sevi Projām Dot by Dārta Stepanova

This is their live performance (plus a mini interview at the beginning) on the morning news show of LTV1 - listen to the song on Spotify HERE

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Dagnis Roziņš and Dārta Stepanova on RADIOTEV promoting their song Sevi Projām Dot 📷 Full interview will be uploaded as soon as it is posted

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Dagnis Roziņš and Dārta Stepanova promoting their new song Sevi Projām Dot on Star.fm Latvija 📷📹

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Dagnis, along with Dārta Stepanova, on Latvijas Radio 1, promoting their new song Sevi Projām Dot Listen to the interview HERE 📷📷