thomas dobly
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:38 (fourteen years ago) link
okay that was unproductive but seriously...feel like the above is a growing genre, and it's BORING. (nb not heard this album, it might actually be good)
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
like if someone like four tet has decided it's okay to make a dance record then that's a sad indictment of dance 09
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:40 (fourteen years ago) link
it's not a dance record! it just has pervasive use of 4/4 beats
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
This is no more a dance record than anything else he's done.
― brain thoughts (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:43 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah...it prob isn't even a dance record, which is a sad indictment of dance 09!
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i forgot it's 2010
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:46 (fourteen years ago) link
dance 2010
4/4 in 2010
gross
― I think ur a probotector (cozen), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
ud think by 2010 we would have left 4/4 behind us
― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
"Guys, if this record sucks then I'm not gonna like it."
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
the moronic thump of the 4/4 has achieved little in modern music
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
ok again...
― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm confused now
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link
this sounds suspiciously like a dance record
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
btw the record i'm working on incl. a dance track with pervasive use of 5/4 beats
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:05 (fourteen years ago) link
1.25 beats
― wmlynch, Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm finding this a bit sickly on first listen, a bit like soft focus pictures of puppies or something. I like Four Tet more when he's bashing the prettiness about a bit.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
most of Four Tet's music I've heard is dance-friendly... not sure why this says anything about dance music in 2010 (i didn't hear anything dubby or 2-steppy on this at all, but maybe I'm not paying enough attention to the latest *step micro-genres or something).
his sounds like Four Tet. If I heard it in a grocery store, I would guess right away that it was Four Tet. dude has a really distinct approach to song writing... so what if he updates his beats or changes what types of vocal samples he chops up? maybe it reflects what he is listening to. still sounds like Four Tet, still hits the same spot for me that Pause did 9 years ago.
― richie aprile (rockapads), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:15 (fourteen years ago) link
and I'm not even close to the world's biggest Four Tet fan or anything, either.
― richie aprile (rockapads), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:16 (fourteen years ago) link
ok i just put this on and i like it a lot
― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, I like it better than anything I've heard by him in a while. will buy.
― richie aprile (rockapads), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:18 (fourteen years ago) link
so easy to imagine this music in commercials or in cheesy bars with way overpriced drinks.
Can't imagine the cut-up vocals on the first track fitting into a commercial or cheesy bar.
It's interesting, I'll give it that. Not enough 4/4 beats, tho.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:20 (fourteen years ago) link
cassie sample = u had me @ hello tho
― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Not even one of those faux-arty car ads where the Saab drives across an alien landscape while it rains oil?
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:23 (fourteen years ago) link
lol! I'd rather play Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm over that sweet ad.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i think the things that are kinda dubsteppy abt this album have been there all along w/ him (shuffled grooves, cut up samples etc) but they just feel more explicit and the production is richer and bassier than b4 but also like i said sleeker and housier
― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:26 (fourteen years ago) link
nothing dubsteppy about this album in my opinion. it's only mentioned because Joy Orbison remixed Love Cry. if you're boycotting over straight kick drums, you're an idiot. this is a classic Four Tet album. the kicks are incidental on most tracks, really just a guide/scaffold for the cut-ups, bell melodies and atmosphere. i'm on my 4th time through and it's gotten better each time.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
also, richie aprile OTM 43mins ago.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 21 January 2010 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i agree almost cept that the atmosphere is v. different and this feels abt a million times less pastoral than all his previous stuff
― plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 21 January 2010 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link
This is his best record.
― brain thoughts (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 22 January 2010 13:53 (fourteen years ago) link
But it's in 4/4!
― EDB, Friday, 22 January 2010 15:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Downloaded one of those promo album mixes, will riffle through it when I get the chance. Don't doubt this album is a doozy, though.
― EDB, Friday, 22 January 2010 15:25 (fourteen years ago) link
better than Rounders? Hmmmmmmm. . . .
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 22 January 2010 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought I'd love Four Tet based on Everything Is Alright back in the day, but listening to the Pause made me a bit nauseous about 2/3 through, it really sagged and ran out of ideas despite some nice acoustic drum sounds, sun-dappled textures etc. That and "She Moves She" put me off investigating subsequent albums. I DLed a nice mix early on, with Can, Hendrix, Byrds, Jay Z, BoC, etc. and a nice segue from Prince Ballad Of Dorothy Parker "it was Joni singin' 'Help me I think I'm fallin'" into... Joni singing "Help me I think I'm fallin'", of course.
First LP streaming track sounds like Hyph Mngo without the groove or uplift, a bit meh. And I thought we left bells/music boxes/xylophones behind with folktronica. Second track is nice. Fourth track sounds like a Bjork sample. Dreaded trip hop beats give way to house beats next. The four-to-the-floors make it all a lot more listenable than sagging boom-boom-bap-boredom. I'm not sure that it says anything whatsoever about "2009/2010 dance". It all sounds pretty pastoral to me still.
Four Tet is... nice. The Moth track with Burial is fenatastic though, a nice update on AFX's Xtal tape degraded dream house with added Burial atmospherics (robbed from video game st's probably), and could go on forever.
― superflyguy, Friday, 22 January 2010 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
For what it's worth, I totally love the Tet but still don't regret having sold my copy of Pause.
― EDB, Friday, 22 January 2010 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
People need to get acquainted with Dialogue.
― counter-clockwise (lukas), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
thread needs more nerd zings about 4/4
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
you started it
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
guess you didn't read the OG post. just think, you coulda been zinging 4 hours earlier!
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
r u still here?
― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:43 (fourteen years ago) link
wait in 4/4 time
― Lamp, Friday, 22 January 2010 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
granny i love when you act a fool then try to blame me somehow
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
cutty i love when you think i care you or your peeps think i act a fool
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
also love when you use the word blame in a illogical way.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img4.realsimple.com/images/daily-finds/food/0309/df-yellow-peep_300.jpg
lol'n @ u
― Lamp, Friday, 22 January 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
blame = thread needs more nerd zings about 4/4
^^^ you think it's my fault everyone is making fun of your dumb ass
but you know what, you'll thank us (me and my "peeps"), next time you are at a party and want to discuss your distaste for any music with 4/4 beats
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf kinda parties
― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
parties where peeps talk about various beats
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/nerveinsider/2008/03/08-15/peeps.jpg
― Lamp, Friday, 22 January 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
This is such a lovely album.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 4 May 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link