Sam Valenti IV

founder, @ghostly. co-founder, All Flowers Group. playlist minder @herbsundays on @substack. he/him/his

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Herb 189: Sam Wilkes

The Los Angeles composer, producer, arranger, and Fender Precision bass player goes wide.

Art by @Michaelcina. Link in bio.

@sawilkes2

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@sawilkes2 @HerbSundays https://t.co/Qd3JdDMPjH

[Sam Valenti IV @VALENTI]

Herb 189: Sam Wilkes

The Los Angeles composer, producer, arranger, and Fender Precision bass player goes wide.

Art by @Michaelcina. Link in bio.

@sawilkes2

[Sam Valenti IV @VALENTI]

“this was made quickly and for a late spring early summer sunday” / @sawilkes2 for @HerbSundays

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@raihan_ <scribbling furiously>

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💡What Talk Talk and Mark Hollis Taught Me About B2B SaaS and Digital Marketing

A Thread 🧵🪡

[Hoshina Anniversary @HoshinaA]

Really enjoyed this playlist.
Pat Metheny, Eberhard Weber... and I love this Curtis Mayfield's album.
And I'm looking foward to see @sawilkes2 live show at FRUEZINHO this weekend.

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https://t.co/QDRT7wmzZY

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Herb 189 @sawilkes2

art @Michaelcina

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@brynnposting And one of the best sleeves @timothysaccenti

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https://t.co/TQppfd3qoj

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Herb Sundays 188: Car Culture (@fysicaltherapy)

The Queens producer and DJ shares "low tide" - a soft genre study "that's hard to exactly pinpoint but you know when you hear it. (Springsteen, Smog, Townes, Sundays, Rickie Lee Jones, Prince).

Link in bio. art by @Michaelcina.

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It was hard to exactly see what Fisher was doing with Car Culture; the climate of the moment could have made you think that the album was a COVID-era hard drive raid, but with the arrival of last year’s Rest Here (NAFF, 2025), the mission was very much clear. A love letter to his fave music that somehow holds together, the album is now on its victory lap for 2026, arriving on CD with more songs (a trend I’m enjoying), plus an exquisite Purelink remix and a version by who else but Physical Therapy. Electronic music is often best in a Face/Off (1997) two-fisted gun battle with itself.

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Getting a lot of msgs about this one, instant @HerbSundays platinum: "The theme was ‘low tide’ which was a vague prompt but it spoke to me. I put together a mix that was kind of soft rock, fourth world, smooth jazz, folk...once described to me as ‘second divorce’ music: when an artist from the 60’s or 70’s started making music in the 80’s or 90’s with really good session musicians."

[Sam Valenti IV @VALENTI]

Herb Sundays 188: Car Culture (@fysicaltherapy)

The Queens producer and DJ shares "low tide" - a soft genre study "that's hard to exactly pinpoint but you know when you hear it. (Springsteen, Smog, Townes, Sundays, Rickie Lee Jones, Prince).

Link in bio. art by @Michaelcina.

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Herb 65 / Herb 189

[aquarium drunkard @aquadrunkard]

Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes :: Unrelated

https://t.co/2bq67s9t7x

On their fourth LP together, the West Coast duo trades saxophone and bass for synthesized textures, artificial tones, and strange tropical pulse. A wobbly set that ventures deeper into the Uncanny Valley.

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@xjeremyharris Thats all my account is

[jg @jacquesgreene]

crushed - STARBURN *(jacques greene remix)

@crushedwrldwide @ghostly ⭐️

https://t.co/WxMl2qJYxU

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@ppatrickholland wonderful

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a better tomorrow

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Discovered Dexter Wansel via this sample in an intro by DJ Q (the Scottish one), would have killed to know who made those beautiful sounds

"We Are One" https://t.co/FwF2W1M0Pk via @YouTube

[Hoshina Anniversary @HoshinaA]

Great selection.
I'm so surprised, incl. Jimmy Haslip!!!
It might be worth listening to some GRP records from around 1993 for the first time in a while.
Bob Berg, Vinnie Colaiuta, Billy Childs and Chick Corea...