oh fucking hell, she was working with Nicola Roberts?!
Very sad news regarding the passing of SOPHIE. I had the opportunity to work with her and the PC music family some years back, in awe of the imagination and rulelessness approach to creating music which is so often full of restraints. She and her creativity will be hugely missed— Nicola Maria Roberts (@NicolaRoberts) January 30, 2021
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 30 January 2021 13:37 (three years ago) link
Her set at Simple Things festival in Bristol back in 2014 blew my mind, incredibly creative producer and gone way too soon - RIP.
― (the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Saturday, 30 January 2021 13:42 (three years ago) link
this is so devastating
― winters (josh), Saturday, 30 January 2021 13:53 (three years ago) link
Horrible news. So young.
― I am using your worlds, Saturday, 30 January 2021 13:55 (three years ago) link
this sucks so much
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 January 2021 13:59 (three years ago) link
Wtf... :(
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 30 January 2021 14:04 (three years ago) link
rip. i remember hearing bipp for the the first time and being like wtaf; still an amazing giant rubber exclamation point floating in the air. maybe the pop musician whose music seemed best to understand now now now and in any case way too young to go.
― plax (ico), Saturday, 30 January 2021 14:04 (three years ago) link
re-posting this beautiful passage on SOPHIE's work from @sashageffen's 'glitter up the dark' https://t.co/zM6u5SYDZs pic.twitter.com/PyJoTAnnTy— 𝖊𝖌𝖌 (@emmaggarland) January 30, 2021
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 30 January 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link
I remember when PC Music came on with Beautiful and Like You and I was excited by this new spin to club pop music. That stopped there, I never got into Sophie, and now it's quite strange to think that the few years since then was her career.
― Nabozo, Saturday, 30 January 2021 14:34 (three years ago) link
this is so sad :(
― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Saturday, 30 January 2021 15:05 (three years ago) link
Really tragic news. She was such an incredible and trailblazing artist.
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Saturday, 30 January 2021 15:09 (three years ago) link
Jesus Christ, this is awful. RIP.
― emil.y, Saturday, 30 January 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link
this was upsetting news and it wrecked me and my partner tonight. both of us greatly admire sophie, she poured her personality into her music and we are rlly gonna miss witnessing more of that.
― davey, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:00 (three years ago) link
This is so sad, RIP
― Gavin, Leeds, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:01 (three years ago) link
Holy shit, what
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:05 (three years ago) link
had a good fucking cry this morning. too young, too soon.
― maelin, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
so, so tragic. RIP. so young and had so much more to do.
listening to one of my favorite singles of the last decade, which many might not know sophie was involved in https://cocktaildamoremusic.bandcamp.com/album/sfire-digital
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:14 (three years ago) link
I wasn't intimately familiar with her work, but "Faceshopping" (song/video) was one of the most provocative things I'd encountered in pop in a long time. Seems like an important artist, terribly young to go.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
I knew BIPP from our own poll a few years ago, but that's really the extent of it. This put the loss in a greater context for me.
If you don’t know the music and need a comparison Sophie had a Dilla like impact on that scene which will be felt for decades— Rashard Du Soul (@dances) January 30, 2021
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:38 (three years ago) link
Damn this is really sad
― Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
RIP, only knew her from a few things but I really dug all those things.
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:09 (three years ago) link
This is just the fucking worst. Far too soon.
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link
massive loss. Rip
― flopson, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link
:( rip
― dyl, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
I came across this spotify playlist entitled "every SOPHIE produced song on this damn site'
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
This is so sad. Pretty much my favourite producer of the 10s, and a genuinely exceptional performer.
The show at Heaven from just before the album (of which there are excerpts on Youtube) was thrilling. Not just the spectacle and fierce performance, but the atmosphere in the room was one of sheer joy. What SOPHIE represented for everyone there, in terms of owning their identity, made it such a celebratory night and the mixture of ecstatic pogoing and vogueing triggered by 'Immaterial' was something I'll always remember.
Outside of the playlist Fetchboy just linked, there's an incredible amount of unreleased and leaked material floating around. These are some of my favourites:
Ooh - this pre-dates or is of the same era as Bipp, you can hear the echoes throughout:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKiX91tZv50
Psalms (with fka Twigs) - this was leaked this year though must date from earlier, it was nommed in this year's tracks poll but as it isn't on Spotify I guess most people missed it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sGu4yb_R_o
Banoffee - Count On You - not a leak or unreleased, but I don't think it's widely known that this is a SOPHIE co-production, just a really pretty song and the one I've been listening to most today:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BeBn4mCnP4
― Twelves, Saturday, 30 January 2021 18:56 (three years ago) link
Astonishing sounds and delicious melodies, what a bright streak in the heavens, what a beacon. I’m sad for her and sad for us that we missed what’s next, and what’s ten steps down the road. She made pop new for me again.
― assert (MatthewK), Saturday, 30 January 2021 19:52 (three years ago) link
lovely posts
― nxd, Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
the first time i heard "bipp" was revelatory
― ufo, Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/zqOPhluF7j— frozen reeds (@frozenreeds) January 30, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:57 (three years ago) link
Gutted seeing the news this morning. She was just getting started... fuck
― octobeard, Saturday, 30 January 2021 22:04 (three years ago) link
@nilerodgers
#RestInPower SOPHIE! You were one of the most innovative, dynamic, and warm persons I had the pleasure of working with at 2019 @southbankcentrehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/Es_JjdRXUAQYPIZ?format=jpg&name=medium
― dow, Saturday, 30 January 2021 22:32 (three years ago) link
Oh! It’s THIS SOPHIE. :( I overheard some girls earlier in the supermarket talking about how an artist called Sophie died in an accident and I didn’t connect who they were talking about. This sucks.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 30 January 2021 22:59 (three years ago) link
she should've seen the day she would be talked about in all of the supermarkets. appreciating the music shares and messages here today
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 30 January 2021 23:25 (three years ago) link
We lost SOPHIE way too soon at just 34 years old. Thanks to Eavan McNeil for assembling this 68-song Spotify playlist of every track she produced. RIPP https://t.co/i8zN0Pi7ue pic.twitter.com/kfbr3WwhZi— Zachary Whittenburg (@trailerpilot) January 30, 2021
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 31 January 2021 01:56 (three years ago) link
Maybe it’s the mexican side of me, but if you want to smile remembering SOPHIE check out Vince Staples twitter account for some warm anecdotes of her.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 31 January 2021 02:43 (three years ago) link
ha, sweet
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 31 January 2021 03:16 (three years ago) link
thread of some of SOPHIE’S unreleased gems 💄— SOPHIE UPDATES (@MSMSMSMUPDATES) January 31, 2021
here's a bunch of unreleased tracks & rarities
― ufo, Sunday, 31 January 2021 07:57 (three years ago) link
I had never really understood her music-- just felt like it wasn't my thing. Yesterday I listened to a bunch of her songs, and felt profound grief that I'd somehow missed something before, and that I wouldn't be able to enjoy more in the future. Then, last night, I had a lucid dream where I was a helper to a neuroatypical adult who was trying to communicate with their friend, another neuroatypical adult, through a Plexiglas screen, and the both of them were crying because they couldn't communicate properly, then 'Its Okay to Cry' started playing in the dream and I woke up sobbing.
Something in the air. Horrible news.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Sunday, 31 January 2021 14:59 (three years ago) link
Truly horrible news. She was in my dreams last night too.
Those Vince Staples anecdotes were a help. Thanks for the heads up.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 31 January 2021 17:49 (three years ago) link
still can’t believe this. Rest Peacefully Sophie. 💔 🙏🏿 pic.twitter.com/OsYGdCKgkz— Rihanna (@rihanna) February 1, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 February 2021 17:09 (three years ago) link
Some short thoughts.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 February 2021 18:07 (three years ago) link
Currently rolling through that Spotify playlist <3
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 1 February 2021 21:35 (three years ago) link
Great thoughts Ned, and loved the quote you singled out, the desire "to make the brightest, most intense, engaging thing." It started me thinking who else was doing that and the most obvious answer (apart from AG Cook of course) was Yasutaka Nakata (Perfume, Capsule, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu etc.). Does anyone know if SOPHIE and Nakata interacted? I was thrilled when Autechre did the first ever SOPHIE remix.Also apologies for my use of "her" to refer to the artist upthread, I learned from Philip Sherburne's brilliant p4k piece that SOPHIE disliked both gendered and nonbinary pronouns. https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/remembering-sophies-radical-futurism/
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 05:41 (three years ago) link
and had I not been such a lazy git, I would have found this almost first uphttps://i.pinimg.com/originals/47/8e/e7/478ee7e50301e7aa827eb6293b597938.jpg
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 05:43 (three years ago) link
wow, that pic! i was living in Nagoya in 2010 and made to see Capsule play a live show in Osaka back then. so glad i did. i never imagined a SOPHIE - Capsule connection. and i wondered what the hell happened to Capsule... now i know.
thank u Ned for that writing. i'd never seen the video, it made me cry and that's ok :)))
/haxxZ ilx0rz serverz, replaces all lower-case renderings w/ {"SOPHIE"}, removes pronouns
― davey, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 14:09 (three years ago) link
Thank you.
All the subsequent/related posts are lovely to read.
pic.twitter.com/got6zIqv2p— Art (@_artsartsarts) February 2, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 00:33 (three years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/cfyBmy1clO— Charli (@charli_xcx) February 2, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 00:37 (three years ago) link
this right here is the absolute shit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXPSe57pOss
― assert (MatthewK), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 00:42 (three years ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/vince-staples-sophie-tribute-1122824/
― just sayin, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 08:01 (three years ago) link