Katy B - On A Mission (4 April 2011) - hype, anticipation &c

Definitely. There's something intensely likable about her stuff - the raver next door. I'm not surprised she's a big Neneh Cherry fan.

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Reassuringly creepy looking.

Is that Katy B's house?

haha trying to imagine katy b recording her album in a church

it could work! that church in dalston that's been renovated as a rave venue

Hah, that was meant to go on the PJ Harvey thread, in case you hadn't guessed.

Katy B - In A Mission

I am laying the word-of-mouth groundwork in the U.S. (I got one person I work with to listen and she liked Katy B. I doubt she has her on her iPod yet though.)

Broken Record is good. Not sure if it's going to be an official single?

i think i heard broken record was going to be next single, in which case i approve. so excited for this album!

<3 Katy B. Mucho excited for this.

very much looking forward to this.

Count me among the super-excited. Katy B is one of my favorite discoveries from the EOY polls. What was the name of "Mission"'s B-side? I wz kinda bummed that that had been left off the album's tracklist...

do you mean "louder"? yeah, i didn't even notice it isn't on the tracklist until you mentioned it :\

^Why no "Louder"? That song is too good to be categorized as a buzz single.

Also, I'm glad people are anticipating her album on here. I've been wanting to listen to this more than Lady Gaga or Britney. I loved all the singles so far. I kinda like the idea she learned music in school too.

That song is too good to be categorized as a buzz single.

it's not categorised as a "buzz single," it's a b-side

odd for b-sides to get videos, esp given that she can't have a huge budget (not that it looks like it cost much to shoot)

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

This is a really nice album!

Really nice as in... cheese pop with a load of dance signifiers that manages to not quite sound like shit? Cos that’s something I can get on board with!

Not feeling "Broken Record".

Me either worst of the lot yet by far.

Lights On might be my fave so far and I wasn't that keen on it at first. It seems to have the most legs out of all the singles. On A Mission isn't really working for me anymore and Louder was a bit, well not there...

Really nice as in... cheese pop with a load of dance signifiers that manages to not quite sound like shit? Cos that’s something I can get on board with!

― jimitheexploder, Thursday, 3 March 2011 23:34 (Yesterday) Bookmark

Yes, exactly.

Has this leaked?

i am feeling "broken record"

I don't like it and I suddenly am expecting this album to disappoint me. (But if I expect it to disappoint me, can I still be disappointed?)

"Broken Record" is very much an album track rather than single. I'm still expecting this album to be great.

Lots of remixes up of Broken Record on Rinse's youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWbduBTmcf0

Jacques Greene is my pick of the bunch so far and it isn't to hot, Todd Edwards is ok, Geeneus' funky remix doesn't really sound like funky... all a bit weak really. hmm...

Love Broken Record. The remixes don't sound too hot, though.

Quite like the JG. It's opened up the original for me a bit. Haven't heard the Geeneus mix yet but curious where he goes with it.

broken records not bad. sounds like something from the late 90s. im imagining the album will be like recent skream/magnetic man, just with songs.

Yes, although it is less horrible than those two albums.

It is very much in the spirit of girl-next-door 90s pop-dance, but I like that.

brit school house

It's the second sign that there's a sort of 'nuum hit factory being built. like a dubstep Stock Aitken Waterman or something.

What was the first?

"lights on" is classic

xpost oh sorry, was gonna say Magnetic Man. There's no reason why Rusko, Benga, Skream et al wouldn't keep the popstep game up if it's successful. They seem mercenary enough and the music's refreshing as far as British chart-pop's concerned.

Ill Blu really need to get their arses in gear on this one.

what good pop songs have ill blu produced apart from frontline? roskas a more likely candidate than ill blu as far as someone who could join the nummy SAW than them, even if i cant think of any great songs hes produced either.

weirdly i like that stadium dubstep tune by nero that radio 1 was playing. the saw theory only works if theres other artists in line after katy b. i dont know of any so far though.

what good pop songs have ill blu produced apart from frontline? roskas a more likely candidate than ill blu as far as someone who could join the nummy SAW than them, even if i cant think of any great songs hes produced either.

Basically I want more along the lines of their Cheryl Cole and Sabrina Washington remixes.

Jakwob might be a contender. He's already remixed a whole bunch of singers in that accessible stadium style.

As for singers, I'm sure if Katy B is successful, they'll have tons of people queuing up for production work.

Katy B isn't really very "stadium" though, the last thing I want is a load of singers fronting awful sub-Chase & Status type productions.

but the only guy who seems to be consistently good at making songs is geeneus. benga and skream seem a bit hit and miss (still dont like on a mission thaaaaat much). if theyre gonna be some sort of hit factory theyre only gonna be as good as the talent theyre producing. cos katy b is the one who can write songs it seems, not that lot.

cos katy b is the one who can write songs it seems, not that lot

yes, so glad someone said this - imo automatically going producer-centric is entirely the wrong way to be assessing katy b (also any attempt to make her a genre figurehead)

well its obv isnt it. those guys still cant write songs. just listen to that awful magnetic man album!

and not being producer centric i think is a good idea. that sort of thinking is what leads to so many american R&B duds.

i think it goes against what i think the important thing about katy b is, this sense that she's not going to get bogged down in genre wars or boundaries - whenever she's been asked about "dubstep" or "funky" or whatever she's consistently answered that she doesn't want to represent those genres, and her thing is rather versatility over any sort of beat, from house to r&b.

right, which is good for her in the long run, she wont be tied to any one scene or genre. in a few years she will therefore be able to make big fat ballads without much duress.

it's also the total opposite perspective of the nerd boy debate that's often bogged down these scenes.

sounded great then too

I'm on a plane at 36,000 feet so

featured on remix of Moses Boyd's "2 Far Gone" - so nice to hear her voice again! it's been far too long

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOYNV7asf74

ah that's fantastic

when I saw this on my Release Radar my heart skipped a beat, and it’s everything I hoped it could be. she sounds fantastic on this.

It's great! I love the original but this makes a whole new song out of it.

new music finally coming next week. i’m still chasing the feeling.

oh yeah

The debut (a decade old!) is still one of my favorites.

wow has it really been five years since her last album

it's called "Under My Skin". i'm so excited!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-ZMMpWzkLo

wonderful song, co-written and produced by P2J!

real nice

delightful

beautiful (no surprise)

mmm

so good

8 song project 10/29 come thru

the new single which isn't on youtube so i can't link it is kind of a jazzy R&B number, kinda cool

I think I consciously leaned into my R&B side more on this project. With the clubs being closed, it reflects what I’d be listening to and vibing to at home. My top 10 songs are classic R&B songs, I’m a nostalgia head and I wanted to bring that throwback feel to the music.

This isn’t a project necessarily made for the clubs, I’d say it’s a soundtrack to a pre-drinks soirée with your girls. That may surprise some people. These songs are a taste of what’s to come, I’m dropping Easter eggs all over this project. I want people to find an escape in these songs, I want them to feel hope but also the power within themselves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH7xtKbcBuY

fantastic stuff

wait the EP just came out last week & no one at all noticed? it got zero coverage anywhere i had no idea

oh no it got delayed to today, that makes much more sense

it's absolutely gorgeous, lovely chill vibes but i kinda wish she'd been able to come up with another track or two to make it a proper album though

did no one else listen to this at all? still really enjoying it

i'm enjoying it too! i'd still prefer her to be making less low-key songs but it's accomplished

its very good

it's pretty good

I'm less patient when the beats slow

going to check this out today

it's okay, although there's nothing quite as thrilling as on her first album. might be too much to ask her to repeat the more dancey styles of "on a mission", but this more grown-up pop-soul thing isn't particularly exciting for me and i think there's stuff out there that's simil;ar but better.

I still need to listen to her newest one, but in the meantime, On A Mission is still one of my favourites of the last decade, Movement is pretty close to a perfect song to me.

Was I always like this?
Or did I have some kind of fun?