It's got more than a bit of a 'Night Falls' vibe to it but at the same time I could never imagine Booka Shade making a track like 'Allowance' even when they were good. It reminds me of something earlier as well that I can't put my finger on, something late 90s IDMish.
Amazing track anyway.
― Matt DC, Friday, 22 March 2013 12:41 (eleven years ago) link
Looks like it's a 3 track EP. Disappointed 'Wobble' wasn't a Skrillex cover tbh. 'You could do your memories' also has a prettiness to it.
― rawr, Saturday, 23 March 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
New 3-track out, p nice. I love the bass whomp on the first track.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 19:16 (five years ago) link
the kick whomp I mean
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 19:49 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJTF_Qe7mJM
rest is the best album ever made
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 19:59 (five years ago) link
it really is though
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 8 April 2019 16:40 (five years ago) link
I bought it years ago based on hyperbole (or heartfelt sincerity!) about its greatness and never really got it.
― Duke, Monday, 8 April 2019 21:22 (five years ago) link
It's definitely a classic dance full length for me, sounds so ahead of its time too. Can't believe that stuff came out 1999/2000. Funky squiggly digital shards, headphuq tech
― brimstead, Monday, 8 April 2019 22:45 (five years ago) link
On the basis of this thread I'm listening to 'Rest' for the first time in maybe ten years and wow. I know 'Beau Mot Plage' has unimpeachable classic status already but people should really talk more about the rest of the album in the same breath as 'Alcachofa'.
― Matt DC, Friday, 12 April 2019 11:23 (five years ago) link
It’s good but Villalobos is on another level (and not just on Alcachofa).
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 April 2019 11:38 (five years ago) link
I've seen those photos of him gurning, you're right
― brimstead, Friday, 12 April 2019 22:40 (five years ago) link
ok yeah yeah i know isolee "rest", last night i played a beau mot plage remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWCoQbabBRs
but really friends ... losoul "belong"!
― the late great, Saturday, 13 April 2019 03:24 (five years ago) link
Belong is a wonderful album - I’ve been super into LoSoul’s 90s stuff lately. I mean, I aways was into it but have been finally buying those record in the last year. That said, I just got “Getting Even” last week, after long being hesitant about it - I was right, it’s not very good. But Belong though.
Anyways, Rest is good but I’ve never felt it compared to Wearemonster, which is definitely among my top albums of the 21st century.
― ed.b, Saturday, 13 April 2019 18:04 (five years ago) link
Ginster 12" is pretty good. "Sudden Frost" is possibly the highlight.
― Jeff W, Sunday, 14 April 2019 15:44 (five years ago) link
new album sounds really good in this hot weather we're having: crisp, bumpy and rumbling all at once
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 15 June 2023 21:01 (eleven months ago) link
I would def take rest over wearemonster, always felt like the latter’s acclaim was a little ott
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Thursday, 15 June 2023 23:26 (eleven months ago) link
agreed, I do like “today” off wearemonster a lot, though, it reminds me of flash and the pan or something
― brimstead, Friday, 16 June 2023 00:02 (eleven months ago) link
I actually listened to Wearemonster recently for the first time in many years and was mostly like yeah this bangs
― jaymc, Friday, 16 June 2023 00:04 (eleven months ago) link
Wearemonster is not as good as Rest, and yes some of the acclaim was more reflective of how Isolee's rep had grown in the interim (Rest and Vocalcity both had a lot of people playing catch-up between 2001 and 2003, but Isolee more than most probably got a boost from the crossover acclaim for Alchachofa as well) than of the album itself, but it's still pretty great, and its layered mutating disco sound really caught the moment, it feels a bit like a prequel to the first Lindstrom and Prins Thomas album that came out later in the year.
― Tim F, Friday, 16 June 2023 02:50 (eleven months ago) link
the packaging of “rest” is timeless and classic, that probably rubs off on how i hear the music (vs his other efforts)
they just reissued the holy garage remix single, which has 1996 isolee on one nice and 1996 losoul on the other, their remixes neatly encapsulate their dynamic
― the late great, Friday, 16 June 2023 02:56 (eleven months ago) link
I always liked Wearemonster better for whatever reason
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Friday, 16 June 2023 13:41 (eleven months ago) link
I never got the ambivalence towards wearemonster, or the idea that it pales compared to rest. To me it’s such a high-water mark of my favourite dance-music sounds, whereas Rest is great but never had that kind of gut-level feeing. The Stefan Marx covers on isolee releases feel more classic to me too, compared to Rest. But Wearemonster also has the benefit of being released at a formative time for me, so I may be biased. But I also just love about everything isolee does and have huge respect for him, so I suppose I don’t really care which album is less good.
― ed.b, Friday, 16 June 2023 14:02 (eleven months ago) link
for me it’s something like this: isolee and losoul stand in front of a bubbling cauldron, asking themselves “what can we possibly add to improve this heady minimal house brew?” after some consideration, one of them says “i know, we’ll add a generous splash of post rock!”
and the soup was forever ruined
― the late great, Friday, 16 June 2023 14:40 (eleven months ago) link
"my hi-matic" is one of my fav tracks ever, it goes on a whole ass fantasy adventure without ever feeling like it's breaking minimal house kayfabe like some of the other tracks do
― ciderpress, Saturday, 17 June 2023 04:30 (eleven months ago) link