itt: kinda out there, maybe kinda experimental, maybe kinda pretentious modern r&b

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RBjMrRXTxI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTmAHP1MSck

Reminds me of when we had to take our daughter to Chuck E Cheese and she slept through an entire birthday party while in her stroller, five feet in front of the animatronic loudness.

pretty much going to listen to this song on repeat all day now

― samosa gibreel, Friday, April 2, 2010 6:15 AM Bookmark

I did this yesterday. Might do it today.

Dunno if the J*Davey fans on the thread knew, but they released a freebie ep on xmas day last year: http://jdavey.bandcamp.com/

I'm still waiting for "Dollar or More" to show up in full anywhere. They've been sitting on that song for at least two years, and if it doesn't show up on the next full length, I'm gonna blow a gasket.

Yeah, I've been meaning to give that ep a second spin for a while

I'm way into that Yahzarah track posted upthread a bit.

i originally thought it had nothing to do with the production since the vocal is so outstanding, but it's not like i ever would've been smart enough to know that pop-punk drums way loud in the mix would ever work in a song like this. any releases i should check out?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxihZyey1qM

xp: If you haven't, check out the Foreign Exchange's Leave It All Behind (which features Yahzarah, among others, on vocals) and Nicolay's City Lights 2: Shibuya, both of which are produced by Nicolay and of excellent quality, albeit much more subdued than this. I haven't heard Yahzarah's previous albums, though. I may have to now.

I'm also happy to find out today that there's a new FE album in October. I am becoming such a total stan for them. XD

xp- word, one of my favourite songs of the year so far. i bumped the cult of dilla thread a while ago asking for recs of similar sounding stuff and got told to just read the psychedelic rn'b thread. good things happen when this thread is regularly updated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ELR-W7BKs

lead by ryan olson, GAYNGS members include POS, Dessa, Michael Lewis, and members of Bon Iver, Megafaun and Solid Gold.

I've heard 4/20 and 5/11 as release dates for the new album, "relayted"

this sounds like it's going to be some late night, or driving in the car, or late night driving in the car kind of dope shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m2pBzdlmHw

that lineup sounded pretty dnw, but that is dope

That Quadron disc is pretty killer, like a spacey, more R&B version of Roisin Murphy. Love love "Buster Keaton."

Yahzarah – Why Dontcha Call Me No More Listening now
Yahzarah – Why Dontcha Call Me No More 7 minutes ago
Yahzarah – Why Dontcha Call Me No More 1 hour ago
Yahzarah – Why Dontcha Call Me No More 2 hours ago
Yahzarah – Why Dontcha Call Me No More 2 hours ago
Yahzarah – Why Dontcha Call Me No More 2 hours ago
Yahzarah – Why Dontcha Call Me No More 2 hours ago
Yahzarah – Why Dontcha Call Me No More 2 hours ago
Yahzarah – Why Dontcha Call Me No More 2 hours ago

i would like to point out that i have been otm in this thread

that is a very good music song

if you told me a few years ago that one of the rappers from Little Brother would become one of my favorite working songwriters, I would have looked at you so fucking cockeyed

i hope you're happy or whateva

on second thought not really HEY!

:)

rev can u post mp3

http://www.theforeignexchangemusic.com/2010/03/why-dontcha-call-me-no-more.php

yahzarah is a babe

yah

loooool apparently GAM's pops is one of the dudes behind The Secret. that makes weird sense :/

yah zarah yah

i hope you're happy or whateva

― samosa gibreel, Sunday, April 4, 2010 9:27 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

on second thought not really HEY!

― The Reverend, Sunday, April 4, 2010 10:16 AM Bookmark

That Quadron disc is pretty killer, like a spacey, more R&B version of Roisin Murphy. Love love "Buster Keaton."

― Michael F Gill, Sunday, April 4, 2010 12:42 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yup - totally recommended, esp if it's getting to be summer where you are.

yo rev the yahzarah album has leaked, will report back tomorrow on if there's anything else as good as 'why don'tcha call me no more'

oh and i'm really liking that quadron, thx for the rec

cool thx

like the quadron album but don't feel like playing it much

lol at the continuing theme of "yahzarah rescues decent female-fronted stevie wonder songs from albums not a lot of people liked"

"The Lie" is v good in a "this seems always on the verge of breaking out into stadium disco" type way

if there's anything else as good as 'why don'tcha call me no more'

― waka khan (samosa gibreel), Sunday, May 2, 2010 10:39 PM Bookmark

i'm gonna call a 'no' on that. album is decent but not as good as LIAB or Shibuya

*doesn't want to believe it*

it kinda has Stankonia syndrome, you know, where anything place after "Bombs Over Baghdad" sounds kinda lame no matter how good it is. except "Why Dontcha Call Me No More" is track #2

placed*

Yahzarah record just leaked, if that's of interest to anyone.

Oh never mind, I just saw that it actually leaked on Monday. der.

thought the quadron rec was 09

it's good either way

Speaking of Plug Research, the new and bananas Bilal album fits here.

im excited to hear that

Speaking of Plug Research, the new and bananas Bilal album fits here.

Are any samples of this online aside from the single (which is fantastic)? I can't wait to hear more of this one; is it really that weird?

clips on amazon

Thanks! I have pretty high hopes for this one.

Anybody have any thoughts on How To Dress Well? The upcoming album, Love Remains, is very lo-fi and at times very ambient, but it's really deeply grounded in R&B. Very interesting hearing some of these melodies and phrasings in the context of a experimental record that sounds like it was recorded in a bathroom.

I'm glad Jordan bought it to my attention that their was a neo-soul type thread on ilxor.

Here were the videos I posted on a previous newish thread which basically covered the same subject. I hope people won't mind the reposting of videos. In the last post I mentioned to the user of proto neo-soul and put in three videos of those artists critics claimed actually started neo-soul rather than Erykah Badu and D'Angelo. I feel like these artists were far more edgier than the "first wave." I also spoke on the limited access of finding new neo-soul music. In the US we ahve TV 1 and Centric but you have to pay for those channels. There is also a website called soulbounce.com but they are very pretentious and think mainstream r&b sucks. I would only go there for the music suggestions and not their writing because it is really bad.

Here are the videos I mentioned:

Me'Shell NdgeOcello - If That's Your Boyfriend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpdzEpGIqtY

Groove Theory - Tell Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THtqUDitQ4I&ob=av2e

Joi - Sunshine and the Rain (very rare video that recently surfaced)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7FIfpdNEuY

I gave this video as transition from "proto-" to "first wave":

D'Angelo - Lady (remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myXWAJi55v0&NR=1

i love these two trax that fit here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq0QoQeOFPY

ahu is a turkish singer based in london who does a lot of stuff with sideways hip-hop producers like mr beatnick, soundspecies - i love her voice, it's so smoky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiAXKFTNfOc

suspect this one's going to be big - posted it last week on the uk urban pop thread but it fits better here. i think it's co-produced by burial. jamie woon is great, he was also on subeena's "solidify" last year...

"Night Air" is awesome. Can't decide whether I like the original or the Ramadanman remix more.