Get Ready for illumine 2025 with the Official “What Remains” Playlist
illumine is almost here!
Get in the spirit with the official illumine 2025 playlist inspired by this year’s theme of “What Remains.” Curated by the illumine artists and the Oakland programming team, the playlist features songs that inspired the artists' work and connect to the spirit of Oakland itself.
Oakland holds many contradictions and multitudes: sorrow and triumph, things remembered and forgotten, truth and mystery, resilience and reflection. Spanning genres, styles, and eras, this playlist captures the complexity and beauty of Oakland after dark.
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Curious which artist recommended which song? Find out here!
Vanna Black
Breathe - Seinabo Sey
Samurai - Lupe Fiasco
Snoopy - Loukeman
Hummingbird - Metro Boomin & James Blake
Bloom - bLAck pArty
VAYNE
Simulation Swarm - Big Thief
My Favorite Game - The Cardigans
Still III - The Smiths
Disorder - Joy Divison
In This World - Moby
Mouthful of Diamonds - Phantogram
Kyoto - Phoebe Bridgers
The Hours - Beach House
FRKO
Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton
Street Life - Randy Crawford
Work it out - Monie Love'
Bojana Ginn
L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole
Levitating - Dua Lipa
The Second Waltz - Shostacovich
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Halo - Beyonce
The Book of My Life - Sting
Kevin Chambers
Among the Ghost (unplugged) - Ben Nichols
Cumbia del Olvido – Nicola Cruz
When You Found Me – Lucero
Before the Devil Knows We Are Dead - Turnpike Troubadours
When I Go Away - Levon Helm
Forget About Georgia – Lukas Nelson
Navin June Norling
Hold On - The Internet
CYANIDE - Daniel Caesar
LIMB - Planet Giza
Baby - Summer Walker
N Side - Steve Lacy
Some - Steve Lacy
Angie Jerez
Alegría - Chancha Vía Circuito
Cumbia del olvido - Nicola Cruz
Mi Sueño - Populous
Ch’usay - Novalima
Yo quiero trabajar - La Dame Blanche
