Marantz Amplified Playlists

Sundance-lauded filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr thinks of music in film as ‘crystallized emotion.” He creates flowing, lyrical and extremely personal cinema, bringing his signature visual style and intercontinental life experience to moving image projects. His established works range from hard-hitting documentaries to fashion ads for Gucci and Louis Vuitton. For his Marantz Amplified playlist Akinola shares a set of highly personal tracks that have inspired or soundtracked his films, especially his latest, the magical realist short, Lizard.

Few things compare to the grandeur of classical music played through a great system, and you won’t find a better guide to its bountiful soundscapes than the infectiously enthusiastic Clemency Burton-Hill. Her persuasive power stems from the fact that while she lives and breathes classical, it’s far from the only music in her life. So, in her unique Marantz Amplified playlist she’s selected tracks that mix styles and cross genres to carefully usher you in.

For Gilles Peterson the hunt for great music is global, endless and all-encompassing. He is driven to share his discoveries as widely as he can, whether on one of his much-loved radio shows, his record label Brownswood, or at the two music festivals he founded. His unique Marantz Amplified playlist brings together lesser-known tracks from artists that he has personally discovered and nurtured throughout his lifetime in music.

For Caroline Polachek, music is “vibrating air that we can have this really rich relationship with.” From synth band Chairlift to a meteoric solo career, her unconventional avant-pop has always explored sound and texture as much as melody. This year sees her star rising to new heights. To mark the moment, she has created a Marantz Amplified playlist that takes us deep into her eccentric inspirations.