I promise that I'm not (totally) joining another pivot back to video. To me, writing is still the best way to communicate what music means. That said, I'm generally game to try new things as long as I can still be me — heck, I once hosted a live cooking show with musical guests (sadly nowhere to be found due to corporate shenanigans, but saved on a harddrive). So sometimes this newsletter will be a short video essay via my reactivated and renamed YouTube channel @vikingschoice. This one's about a dream. —Lars Gotrich

P.S.: I'm on this week's episode of NPR's All Songs Considered, sharing new music from sister folk duo Sibyl, bedroom pop artist Rat Penat and Polish composer Szymon Wójcik.

Stream the Viking's Choice mixtape. Follow me on Bandcamp and check out previous mixes via Buy Music Club. Tracklist below: 

Power Snatch, "DMs"
Joshua Chuquimia Crampton, "Ch'uwanchaña ~El Golpe Final~"
Sibyl, "Witch Wife"
Delphine Dora, "Les heures flottantes"
Rat Penat, "Kijiji"
OHYUNG, "all dolls go to heaven"
Harriet Tubman & Georgia Anne Muldrow, "When You Rise"
Disket, "Vamos A Ganar"
Adiós Cometa, "Una vida en otra parte"
Cult Objects, "Diamond Dust"
The Silver, "Two Candles"
Lightning Bolt, "CLOUD CORE"
Luiz Ser Eu, "Answer Your Phone"
Wendy Eisenberg, "Meaning Business"
Antoine Cognet & Yann Gourdon, "Bourrée d'après Urbain Trincal / Bourrée des vieux"
Frank Hurricane, "Cinnamon of the Mountains"
Fabiano Do Nascimento & Vittor Santos Orchestra, "Spring Theme"
Toni Geitani, "Wasla"
Carl Stone & Asuna, "A Salsa Nocturne"
Tiny Vipers, "Tormentor"
Yuki Aizawa, "Soumatou (走馬灯)"