Excited about seeing Kingdom, Girl Unit, Bok Bok, & some other dude (Monolithium???) next week.
― sasha and maliaweed (The Reverend), Thursday, 22 September 2011 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__TJzz0LJ4o
:D
― handy ban (lou), Saturday, 24 September 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
Cute, but kind of awkward?
― The Reverend, Saturday, 24 September 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I am kinda surprised by how simple that beat is. Seems like was trying to stay out of the way.
― handy ban (lou), Saturday, 24 September 2011 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
there was legal beef re: rights over mind reader, i'm surprised they got back together again at all but he's a nice guy - probably a factor.
― fauxmarc, Sunday, 25 September 2011 08:48 (twelve years ago) link
hey wait, fauxmarc- didn't i dance with you last night? dj rashad?
― handy ban (lou), Sunday, 25 September 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
lol no i wish i'd gone but i did the pothead pass out and wake up at 1:30 thing.
― fauxmarc, Sunday, 25 September 2011 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
oops ok lol
― handy ban (lou), Sunday, 25 September 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
love me like it's the end of the worldand i'm the very. last. girl.your good love's got me floatin aroundwe can (???) to the kingdom soundsail away on the breeze togetherin the trees forever we can do whateveri'm a boss chick, babygirl, bad muthatalkin slick, mouth quick, baby you could own this
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
"deep in love we drown to the kingdom sound"
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
loves it
the prince william fade to mind mix is bangin', cannot wait for tomorrow
http://fadetomind.net/audio/ftm_mix_001.mp3
― queen latifah approximately (donna rouge), Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
sooo jealous
― handy ban (lou), Thursday, 29 September 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone else going tonight in Seattle?
― Ford Cumlord (The Reverend), Thursday, 29 September 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
That party was sick. And I even left before NGUZUNGUZU came on!
― queen latifah approximately (donna rouge), Saturday, 1 October 2011 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
T Williams ft Terri Walker - Heartbeat (Paul Woolford Rewurq)
This is an absolute jam, I love the way she makes my heart go BOOM BOOM BOOM.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah that's a great track. Paul Woolford, at his best, is unfuckable-with as a producer. Weird that he's coming up in sets of this sort of stuff and even in straight funky sets, almost seems the wrong kind of ravey but his stretchy MDMA noises always sound great.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
that remix has never really overtaken the original (or the mosca remix) enough for me
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
xp
co-sign on that, I've always thought The Truth was a really under-rated album. His sounds are so brutal and earthy but in the best ways.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
Woolford >>>>> Mosca even when Woolford is being lazy.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 08:47 (twelve years ago) link
The original is vv good though.
Yeah the Mosca is kind of underwhelming? It doesn't have "make it go BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM" either obv.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 09:38 (twelve years ago) link
it's not as good as the original obv but i find the vocal treatment lovely and tactile. can't really hear anything notable about the woolford one at all
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 10:24 (twelve years ago) link
"make it go BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM"
― Tim F, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 10:25 (twelve years ago) link
ok the mosca remix has those amazing echoing birdsong noises and the STRINGS! and those awesome tactile bass pads in place of the booms. the woolford one just sits there and doesn't add anything except slightly tuffer beats
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 10:29 (twelve years ago) link
I know let's drop this and instead talk about this awesome and overlooked prior Terri Walker number from 10 years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t7WhQ2ZN_8
― Tim F, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 10:34 (twelve years ago) link
or her awesome new track with donae'o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpJeu9Ua7ew
(donae'o's new album is out, or soon to be out, and is really good btw - i haven't had time to really big it up anywhere)
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 10:35 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah love "When Angels Sing". The Donaeo album is actually up for free download from the dude himself weirdly. First listen seemed good.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 10:37 (twelve years ago) link
the woolford one just sits there and doesn't add anything except slightly tuffer beats
He doesn't add much to the first half but the second half is completely different! I'd say what Woolford brings is, if not an acid house sensibility then certainly a bleepier, techier vibe, that big ascending hook in the second half is what makes the track for me. Sensibly he doesn't mess with the original's bassline as well - the bass pads are what put me off the Mosca version (although I like the strings and the bird noises).
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 13:01 (twelve years ago) link
If we're talking Woolford then maybe his acidy sensibility comes out more on tunes like the second half of this absolute banger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnmsZaaSJrg
This is also marvellous:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-_pSv9Qh3U
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
rizzla (on kingdom's f2m label)'s free collab ep with blk.adonis is pretty on-point
http://soundcloud.com/rizzladj/bekiki-blk-adonis-rizzla-pnp
http://db.tt/yfTZIBgx (ep dl)
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
lol why is Talib Kweli on the Donaeo album
― The Reverend, Thursday, 27 October 2011 08:59 (twelve years ago) link
also lol: Donaeo's James Brown impression
― The Reverend, Thursday, 27 October 2011 09:00 (twelve years ago) link
Is Kweli the first US rapper to appear on an (I'm assuming) UK funky track? As a guest in his own right rather than remix form, I mean.
He strikes me as the worst possible rapper to put over funky but that's neither here nor there.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 27 October 2011 09:31 (twelve years ago) link
ha i didn't realise that was talib kweli, the promo version came without guest vocalist info (SO ANNOYING WHY CAN'T PEOPLE FIX UP)
― lex pretend, Thursday, 27 October 2011 09:36 (twelve years ago) link
new EP in a couple weeks with "stalker ha"/"let you no"/other stuff
http://soundcloud.com/blogtracks/kingdom-dreama-ep
― The Reverend, Saturday, 5 November 2011 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
mndr - cut me out (kingdom rmx)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAGICuVXwBk
― fauxmarc, Monday, 7 November 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
New mixhttp://www.thefader.com/2012/01/06/download-fade-to-minds-fader-mix/
― Number None, Saturday, 7 January 2012 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
lol he did the soundtrack to darkness ii!
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 9 February 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
http://agenda.complex.com/thedarknessii
haven't had a chance to listen to this yet but
http://soundcloud.com/fadetomind/fadefm-july27-2012-kingdom
― The Reverend, Monday, 30 July 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/fadetomind/fadefm-11-2-12
^^^^2.5 hour mix with mikeq, nguzus, total freedom. yeaaaaaaaaaaaah
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Saturday, 10 November 2012 04:40 (eleven years ago) link
(deej if he is reading this will prob be interested to hear it has "mirror dance" v near the beginning)
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Saturday, 10 November 2012 04:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2012/12/kingdom-announces-compilation-fa
― rapä¹’ 4-tay (The Reverend), Thursday, 6 December 2012 04:43 (eleven years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/bac7fd448c2c1cf1db6c7b8d9cd61538/tumblr_mkdvzr45XX1qa7dyho1_1280.jpg
https://soundcloud.com/kkingdomm/bank-head-feat-kelela
― Number None, Saturday, 30 March 2013 11:35 (eleven years ago) link
I guess this is maybe not the best existing thread for it, but here's an excellent interview with Rizzla about appropriation in dance music:
http://www.factmag.com/2013/04/08/get-to-know-it-and-you-wont-want-to-rip-it-off-fade-to-minds-rizzla-on-confronting-appropriation-and-humanizing-the-exotic/
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Monday, 8 April 2013 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
love "bank head". the part where the vocals keep jumping up to those high notes kept reminding me of something, finally figured out that it's 'stillness is the move'.
(rizzla article is great too)
― shit tie (Jordan), Monday, 8 April 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
"Bank Head" is totally on slow burner status
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Monday, 8 April 2013 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
it hasn't burned for me yet, felt a bit like a lesser "take me"
though this whole axis has been disappointing me for a year or more now so *shrug*
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
f2m/ns/qb camp's been hyping kelela for a bit, i haven't listened to other stuff she's done yet. she was opening on the solange tour, dunno if still.
but yeah this rules, he's been dropping it in his mixes for a while now and it's always stood out.
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 03:52 (eleven years ago) link