The Overlooked Tracks Podcast

The road begins quietly.  No loud announcements. No flashing lights. Just the soft hum of an engine… and the sense that something new is unfolding.  

This time around, the Magical Music Bus rolls into 4 countries — not with noise, but with rhythm. Places where melodies feel ancient, magical and futuristic at once. Outside the window, colors move like brushstrokes across these lands. Cars and Motorcycles hum around many cities, and  conversations drift through the air. Somewhere in the distance, a soulful voice rises and refuses to be ignored.

We’re not chasing charts this season.  We’re chasing the dreams hidden inside melodies, the desires carried in basslines, the quiet parts of ourselves that only music seems to understand. Let these tracks meet you where you are — and maybe help you discover who you’re becoming.  

From neo-soul whispers to indie R&B reflections and pop confessions that linger long after the last note, this journey moves through voices meant to travel beyond borders.  So take a seat. Let the world soften.

Find your window.  You’re riding with the Overlooked Tracks Podcast.  Season Seven — On the Road Again.

The journey is already in motion.

Featured Music Artists for Episode 101:

MUSIC FROM INDIA: 

- Easy Wanderlings: Instagram

- Shilpa Ananth: Instagram

- Sanjeeta Bhattacharya: SoundCloud

- Mali: Bandcamp, Instagram and Website

MUSIC FROM KOREA: 

- Hoody: Apple Music and Instagram

- Rad Museum: Instagram

- Sumin: Instagram and Soundcloud

- Saay: Instagram and Soundcloud

MUSIC FROM BRAZIL: 

- Jadsa: Instagram

- Mahumundi - Instagram & SoundCloud & Adriana Calcanhotto - Instagram: 

- Luedji Luna: Instagram and X

- WandermanXVR: Instagram, SoundCloud and X

MUSIC FROM SOUTH AFRICA:

- Filah Lah Lah: SoundCloud & X

- Ami Faku: Instagram & X 

- lordkez: Instagram & X 

- DJ Lag: SoundCloud

PLEASE NOTE: 
The Overlooked Tracks Podcast — Use & Intent Statement

Each episode of the Overlooked Tracks Podcast is created to promote independent and established music artists and to introduce listeners to sounds they may have overlooked.

This podcast is noncommercial in nature.  No episodes are produced for profit or monetary gain.

The music featured is used with the intention of:
Supporting and amplifying music artists
Encouraging listeners to explore, follow, and purchase music directly from the artists
Celebrating global music culture and creativity

Listeners are strongly encouraged to:
Visit the artists’ official pages
Purchase music through platforms such as Bandcamp and artist websites
Support artists through live shows, merch, and direct engagement

The Overlooked Tracks Podcast exists to give music room to breathe—not to exploit it.
If you are a rights holder and have questions or concerns, please reach out and we will respond promptly and respectfully.  Thanks for listening and supporting music!!

This episode was written somewhere between cobblestone streets and quiet realizations.
Between missed turns, long walks, train windows, and moments where time slowed down just enough to let the truth catch up.

Italy didn’t ask me to change.
It asked me to pay attention.

Episode 100 lives in that awareness.

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This is Episode 100.
No flex. No fireworks.
Just heart, breath, and truth.

This one isn’t about talking over tracks.
It’s about letting the music carry the weight—
like a soul finally exhaling.

This episode is a love letter.
To myself.
To you.
To anyone learning how to stay standing when life tries to fold them.

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Music Artists  & Tracks Featured in Episode 100  (Alphabetical Order): 

14KT – The Power of Same
Alfa Mist – Run Outs
Aman-D & Lost Desert – Open Form
Axel Boman – Hello
Christian Rich – Real Love (feat. Angela McCluskey)
Cornelius – If You’re Here
Domenico Modugno – Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu
Double Touch & Reigan – Greatest Day (Lost Desert Remix)
Floating Points – LesAlpx
Glue70 & KinKai – All I Can Send
Ichiko Aoba – Asleep Among Endives
IIya Gerus – Illusory Worlds
Khruangbin – Texas Sun
Leon Bridges – River
Leo Brunbaum – Bloom (feat. Aerial East)
Lifafa – Jaago
Mali – Walk Away
Maysa – Right Here Right Now
Nu Genea – Marechià (feat. Celia Kameni)
Nujabes – Feather
Odyssee & Saib – Montmartre
Ornella Vanoni – L’appuntamento
Otis McDonald – One for Dilla
Secret Rendezvous – Feels So Good (Don’t It)
Steve Arrington – Keep Dreaming
Terita – In My Head (feat. Cold Callers)
Tom Misch – Follow (feat. Laura Misch)
Ultra Naté – Twisted
Wanderson XVR – Now
Weir – innerbloom (feat. Tanner Fruit & Cassie)

 

PLEASE NOTE: 
The Overlooked Tracks Podcast — Use & Intent Statement

Each episode of the Overlooked Tracks Podcast is created to promote independent and established music artists and to introduce listeners to sounds they may have overlooked.

This podcast is noncommercial in nature.  No episodes are produced for profit or monetary gain.

The music featured is used with the intention of:
Supporting and amplifying music artists
Encouraging listeners to explore, follow, and purchase music directly from the artists
Celebrating global music culture and creativity

Listeners are strongly encouraged to:
Visit the artists’ official pages
Purchase music through platforms such as Bandcamp and artist websites
Support artists through live shows, merch, and direct engagement

The Overlooked Tracks Podcast exists to give music room to breathe—not to exploit it.
If you are a rights holder and have questions or concerns, please reach out and we will respond promptly and respectfully.  Thanks for listening and supporting music!!

The heart of Italy is beating in 4/4 time — and it’s louder than ever.

In Episode 99 of Overlooked Tracks, host Kenny Chiba takes you on a sonic adventure through Italy’s underground house and electronic scene, where passion meets precision and the dancefloor becomes pure art. From deep, hypnotic grooves to soulful club anthems, this mix is a journey through rhythm, emotion, and the unmistakable Italian flair that makes every beat feel alive.

Featuring some incredible artists including Marco Faraone, Fabio Florido, RISE, Daddy’s Groove, Deborah De Luca, and more — Electric Amore builds from silky 90 BPM moods to 120 BPM of pure nightlife energy. It’s a moment of deep love for the craft — a celebration of DJs who spin stories instead of just songs.

Turn up the volume, close your eyes, and let these Italian frequencies move you from the first drop to the final fade.

Episode 100 is on the horizon — a historic milestone for the Overlooked Tracks Podcast — but this time around, it’s all about the revolution of rhythm, the spark of soul, and the power of Electric Amore.

🎧 Don’t overlook the urban in you.

 

For our Japanese listeners:

免責事項：
このエピソードは、紹介している音楽アーティストを応援するためにシェアしています。私たちはこの投稿から利益を得ていません。

インディーズ音楽を発見して応援することに共感したら、ぜひフォローしてね。
アルゴリズムが見落とした音、ここにあるよ。
いつも聴いてくれてありがとう🙏🏽🎧
\#OverlookedTracks #インディーズ音楽 #音楽発見

The Magical Music Bus is taking a quick pause to refuel, fine tune the rhythm and paying homage to D'Angelo , the heartbeat of Neo-Soul, and celebrating the new wave of global groove-makers. From the U.S. to Europe, Australia, and beyond, these artists blur genres and borders, crafting moods that move the soul:

Featured Artists & Links
Here are the artists we’re spotlighting in this episode, with their websites and social handles where available:

Blk Odyssy — Song: "Diamonds and Freaks" / Website: blkodyssy.com 

Throne x Protagonist — Song: "I Need Me" Bandcamp: somerapcouple.bandcamp.com T H R O N E

Armed Rhymery — Song: "Be Careful" / Instagram: @armedrhymery Instagram

Crystal Chen — Song: "Can't Help It" / Website: crystal-chen.com 

Kee’ahn — Song: "Heavy" with Kee'ahn, Pataphysics, OjiAji, Yusuf Harare Jnr, Kawel Che, Kasinda Fa'ase / Website: https://www.keeahn.com/

Rau_Ze — Song: "La dérive" / Website: https://www.117records.ca/rau_ze/

Joy Bogat — Song: "Growing Pains" / Website: joybogatmusic.com 

The Marías — Song: "Ruthless" / Website: https://www.themarias.us/ 

Secret Rendezvous —  Song: "Two Faced Lover" / https://www.secretrendezvous.org/ 

Evil Needle & Chromonicci — Song: "Highrise" / Website: https://www.evil-needle.com/ 

Alehlokapi —Song: "Silence" / Website: https://alehlokapi.com/ 

SophieTheHomie — Song: "fall" 

Erin Buku & DJ Spinna — Song: "The Ones (Featuring Ta'Raach)"

Fatima — Song: "Donuts Waffles Sweet Grief"

Seba Kaapstad — Song: "What the Beep" 

Michelle David & The True‑Tones — Song: "Brothers and Sisters" 

WizDumb — Song: "Daddy Bug" 

Shane Great —Song: "Revelation"

Alcynoos & Parental — Song: "Forsake"

Jalen Ngonda — Song: "Anyone in Love" Website: https://www.jngonda.com/ 

Mayra Andrade — Song: "Navega"

Azekel — Song: "02 DUPĖ ft Kwesi Arthur"

Disclaimer: This episode is shared solely for the purpose of promoting the featured music artists. We do not profit from this publication in any way.

If you believe in discovering and supporting independent music, follow us for more sounds the algorithm forgot. Thank you for listening. 🙏🏽🎧

For our Japanese listeners:

免責事項：
このエピソードは、紹介している音楽アーティストを応援するためにシェアしています。私たちはこの投稿から利益を得ていません。

インディーズ音楽を発見して応援することに共感したら、ぜひフォローしてね。
アルゴリズムが見落とした音、ここにあるよ。
いつも聴いてくれてありがとう🙏🏽🎧
\#OverlookedTracks #インディーズ音楽 #音楽発見

🎶 Episode 97: “Fusion at the Edge: Turkey’s Sonic Mosaic”
Where continents hum, and music is the bridge.

🌀 Ride the Bosphorus with us.

I’m Kenny Chiba — your cosmic bus driver and sonic guide — and in this episode we plunge deep into Turkey’s soundscape. Here, East and West don’t just touch — they collide, converse, shake hands, and remix. The Bosphorus isn’t just geography — it’s pulse, it’s groove, it’s the tubular vein where melodies flow between worlds.
On this journey, tradition coexists with jazz fusion, rock chops echo in ancient alleys, and rap/hip-hop voices carry modern rebellion on old winds.

✨ In Episode 97 of the Overlooked Tracks Podcast
We let Anatolian psych, jazz fusion, and boundary-breaking hybrids rise — from Anatolian soil, through crowded bazaars, out into the cinematic sky.

🎤 Featured Artists & Their Online Footprints

Kapiko — Website: https://www.kapikoband.com/ KAPIKO • Instagram: @kapikoband Instagram • SoundCloud: kapiko SoundCloud

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek — Artist Page Info / Profile: https://www.europavox.com/bands/derya-yildirim-grup-simsek/ Europavox or https://deryayildirimgrupsimsek.com/ 

Gaye Su Akyol — https://www.gayesuakyol.com/ 

Lalalar — https://lalalar.net/ 

Hey! Douglas — https://heydouglas.bandcamp.com/ 

Baba Zula — https://www.babazula.com/ 

Congulus — https://www.congulus.com/ 

Hiçamahiç — https://hicamahic.bandcamp.com/ 

Fuzziliers — https://www.slavalobanov.com/fuzziliers 

Altın Gün — https://altingunband.com/ 

DJ Psychiatre — https://djpsychiatre.bandcamp.com/ , https://oathcreations.bandcamp.com/track/moving-into-jazz or https://www.oathcreations.com/ 

Brother Ali — https://brotherali-mmg.bandcamp.com/track/cast-aside

Disclaimer: This episode is shared solely for the purpose of promoting the featured music artists. We do not profit from this publication in any way.

If you believe in discovering and supporting independent music, follow us for more sounds the algorithm forgot. Thank you for listening. 🙏🏽🎧

For our Japanese listeners:
免責事項：
このエピソードは、紹介している音楽アーティストを応援するためにシェアしています。私たちはこの投稿から利益を得ていません。

インディーズ音楽を発見して応援することに共感したら、ぜひフォローしてね。
アルゴリズムが見落とした音、ここにあるよ。
いつも聴いてくれてありがとう🙏🏽🎧
\#OverlookedTracks #インディーズ音楽 #音楽発見