Drake's Radio, Ep. 4 by Kevin Davies

August is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than with another fine assortment of things to read and watch from around the sprawling World Wide Web.

Its reputation may have been unfairly tarnished by package-resort imitations, but the daiquiri deserves better.

Last summer we sat down with painter Benjamin Deakin, for a conversation spanning the politics of landscape art, utopian thinking, and finding inspiration in hostile environments.

We greet the start of July with another round of recommendations, handpicked from across the virtual globe.

This month we present a playlist curated by Cedric Bardawil of Fourth Sounds – a soundtrack for an imagined journey, spanning cosmic jazz, spiritual grooves, and some well-placed sonic oddities.

This month we discover the story of a San Francisco church devoted to a jazz legend, make a wildly popular pasta dish, and spend a week in one of Tokyo’s most celebrated residential projects.

Last year, we visited the East London studio of American painter Phil Hale, to talk about creativity, entropy, and the precise quality of paint.

Our inimitable founder, Mr. Michael Drake, recently got in touch to share some of his favourite drinks recipes, to make the housebound experience a little more bearable. 

Our very own Benjamin Phillips - manager of our Savile Row shop and noted explorer of far-flung sonic territories - returns for a grunge-themed second instalment of our new playlist series.