Seattle-based electronic musician Lena Raine is an acclaimed composer/producer best-known for her soundtrack work on popular video games who has also recently made waves with her own solo cinematic albums of whimsical electronic music. Working behind-the-scenes on video game soundtracks for nearly a decade, her soundtrack for the award-winning 2018 video game 'Celeste' became a massive underground success story and cemented her status as one of the premier contemporary video game composers. Outside of her video game soundtracks, Lena released her official solo debut full-length album Oneknowing in 2019 through the British label Local Action Records, who also released a diverse remix collection of the album titled Reknowing.
Lena's guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World is a magical journey through some of her favorite songs that leans heavily into her love of dynamic, evocative, and captivating video game music.
| ARTIST | TITLE |
|---|---|
| Midnight In A Perfect World | Intro |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opening Theme |
| Suvi-Eeva Äikäs & Ben Salisbury | Object Input |
| Shinji Hosoe | Records |
| Mitsuto Suzuki | New Bodhum (feat. ORIGA) |
| Hitoshi Sakimoto & Bratphonics | Brat Overflow |
| MONACA & millstones | Temple of Drifting Sands |
| Jake Kaufman | Caught Red Handed |
| Chipzel | Fighting Chance |
| Yoann Turpin | Adventure Time ! |
| Yoko Kanno & Takashi Matsunaga | いつか王子様が (Full version) [Someday My Prince Will Come] |
| mamomo | 空間：ビオトープ [Space: Biotope] |
| Mitsuo Suzuki & Kenta Higashiohji | Expressway Medley |
| Masashi Hamauzu | Jessie's Theme |
| Yasunori Mitsuda & Kosuke Yamashita | Radical Dreamers -Le Trésor Interdit- |
Midnight in a Perfect World, KEXP’s weekly hour-long guest DJ show, airs Fridays at midnight. This multi-genre program features eclectic sets by a rotating cast of international and local DJ’s, each building upon a party vibe to kick off your weekend. Midnight in a Perfect World is made possible with support from New Belgium Brewing.
Fresh off the launch of his new project Quarter-Life Crisis, chameleonic Canadian musician Ryan Hemsworth shares a dreamy guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World that blends ambient, dream pop, downtempo, indie rock, and more disparate styles with a whimsical touch.
Taipei's Sonia Calico delivers an eclectic guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World full of KEXP favorites and delightful surprises that's bound to get parties started and bodies moving.
Sacramento's Terra Lopez aka Rituals Of Mine delivers a magnetic guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World that reflects the immersive and cathartic genre-blurring sounds of her own music.
