Let's just call this the "sideways r&b thread". We can discuss, post youtubes, whatever. This is what I'm really into right now.
I'll go first.
J*Davey: Spaced out, warped, synth jams with sexy-time female vocals
"Mr. Mister" (Future Screw Remix)
Muhsinah: Sometimes off-kilter, lo-fi, samplebased stuff, usually pretty cheerful
"Construction"
More to come.
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 03:50 (fifteen years ago) link
whoops, forgot the youtube for "Construction"
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 03:51 (fifteen years ago) link
you started this for me rev, didn't you
just cataloged the G&D album
snagged tons of this weekend
will be posting tons on this shortly
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 21 December 2008 03:52 (fifteen years ago) link
really feelin "mr. mister"
― usic soulchild (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 21 December 2008 03:55 (fifteen years ago) link
G&D = Georgia Ann Muldrow and Dudley Perkins
They did one album with 2tall billed to him, and one w/o billed as G&D.
Both in 2007
DL'd so many of your suggestions today too.
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 21 December 2008 03:56 (fifteen years ago) link
haha, me & brainwasher have been talking this stuff for a couple hours
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 03:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Finally checking out Spacek (waaay behind on this one)
but I knew you'd be down
ahhh, all I've heard Spacek-wise is the (mostly instrumental) Black Pocket album. Which is pretty good in a dilla x timbo instrumental jam way
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 03:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Steve Spacek guests his vocals on several things in this vein outside of Spacek (the group).
Platinum Pied Pipers should be listed here too.
What other Waajeed should I have other than Triple P???
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 21 December 2008 03:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Right now, listening to this Swedish group called Little Dragon that Brainwasher just introduced me to. Good so far!
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 03:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't really know much about Wajeed
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Little Dragon's chick singer was famed for her work with KOOP, which is more loungey or whatever.
I'm going to check more into Waajeed this weekened. http://www.discogs.com/artist/WaajeedWill report back.
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:02 (fifteen years ago) link
kinda off topic: this 80s jam was remixed by sa-ra...and the original itself fits into this mold w/o the remix effort
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Speaking of 80s jams, Phonte Coleman of Little Brother/The Foreign Exchange and a producer named Zo! have an awesome EP of 80s covers called Zo! & Tigallo Love the 80's. There cover of "Take On Me":
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Where the Erykah New Amerikka fans out on this thread???
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:12 (fifteen years ago) link
oh cool, you made the thread! here's some stuff I've been into recently:
M$NEY "Future": sort of janelle monae-ish futuristic house&b about aliens and shit:
Little Dragon "Test" : whole album is crazy, this swedish experimental deconstrted r&b type stuff with very soulful half-japanese vocalist:
Flying Lotus & Andreya Triana "Tea Leaf Dancers" - Flying Lotus' album Los Angeles is getting lots of love, but this song >>>>>> that album, it's the song that really got me into him last year... really spacey, reverby, hazed-out dilla-esque production and equally hazy vocals:
Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldow:
will come back to thread with more later, but really we need jaxon to come back lol
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:13 (fifteen years ago) link
and Shafiq Husay'n from Sa-Ra released this really cool instumental EP recently, everyone who loved New Amerykah should check it out:
http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/s/shafiqhusay_jankrando_101b.jpg
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:16 (fifteen years ago) link
damn this thread is some hot fire, keep it up
― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Fair amount of overlap here: platinum pied pipers/sa-ra/the new downbeat-rnb thing: why don't i like this stuff more?
Just happened to listen to Spacek's Curvatia for the first time in a while -- it has held up really well.
For out-there Waajeed R&B, the epitome is the Tiombe Lockhart feature "O'Bloody Days, O'Starry Nights on the Bowery" off The War LP.
Has anyone heard the Shafiq instrumentals on Poo-Bah?
haha xp
― Andy K, Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Not to get too Dilla on this thread, but he overlaps in places:
Dilla's remix of the first Spacek single back in 2000 should get note Steve Spacek - Eve (J Dilla Remix)
This was my summer jam!!!Soo off kilterLucy Pearl - Without You (Jay Dee Remix)
I'm looking to hearing more from Rozzi Daime. She got a hot song currently on Brownswood Bubblers 3, but no youtube yet.
Her with Sa-Ra in 2007:Sa-Ra ft. Rozzi Daime - So Special
xxp
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Though obviously more of a house record, Moodymann's "Freeki Mutha F cker" (finally out, after all these years) deserves mention here.
― Andy K, Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:35 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.myspace.com/araceofangels
http://www.myspace.com/tiombelockhart
http://www.myspace.com/tyandkory
― Andy K, Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:41 (fifteen years ago) link
hi dere
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:42 (fifteen years ago) link
so where's the line between stuff like "zo! and tigallo" and stuff like "the cool kids"
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Cool Kids are a rap group
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:45 (fifteen years ago) link
(a v. boring rap group)
if youre talking about the retro-humping aspect in particular, the big problem with Cool Kids isn't the retro thing, it's that they can't rap at all
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Before this thread gets too okayplayer-ish, here's Muffy Cakeopia:
http://a913.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/39/m_e428452480e5806d011bcfa4649696f8.jpg
Muffy is to Bangladesh as Kelis is to he Neptunes .. she's got cool style, she raps & sings, and has one of the craziest producers behind her... check out "Dope Boi" are retarded:
http://www.myspace.com/muffymommy
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:50 (fifteen years ago) link
lmao that was supposed to say "the beat switches in 'dope boi' are retarded"
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I was all excited about Spacek's Space Shift when I first got it, then I realized that it was so xx-ed out that it almost doesn't exist. Great in places, just wheezy in others.
― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Am I weird in that I don't really like much Dilla stuff, but I like almost everything influenced by him? There's something about the way his tracks lurch in particular that I find offputting.
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:52 (fifteen years ago) link
how great is her bio:
Muffy Cupcakeopia is Hip-Pop, Alternative-Glam Sweet! Muffy was born in Detroit to musical parents. Her mother sang with funk pioneer George Clinton, her father played the BASS and the "Real MAn" who raised her plays the piano and was a musical engineer out of Detroit "dats How he met mommy". From birth she was always encouraged to express herself creatively. As a teen she was unexpectedly uprooted and transplanted to Newark, N.J. Without the security of home, she felt she had to be "everything at once." This move spawned the emergence of Muffy Cupcakeopia. Cute. Independent. Sexy. Tough. Determination lead Muffy to Atlanta, GA. It was there in the southern music capital that acclaimed Platinum manager Coach K began guiding her career. He introduced her to Maverick Super-Producer Bangledesh . Together they have produced ironically titled tracks like "Dope Boy" which have nothing to do with drugs and everything to do with swag. Muffy now laughs at the days when she had to sneak and sell candy in school to buy her prom dress. Her quirky fashion is a reflection of her musical influences. Blondie to Beyonce. Bjork to Badu. All of these women represent independence. Her song "Let Em hate" dismisses anyone who isn't "On what I'm on." This attitude actually inspired her to coin the phrase YummyPops to describe her fans or anyone doing whatever they do to the fullest. YummyPops identify with her Uncensored lyrics and Unapologetic sexuality. Even though her mouth is Tart, she is still Sweet.
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Come See da Duck (8:32:05 PM): yeah I think it's gonna be big next yrReverend Dollars (8:32:55 PM): the thread or the music?Come See da Duck (8:32:57 PM): 'cuz I think J*davey will blow up next year and ppl will become more interestedCome See da Duck (8:33:02 PM): bothReverend Dollars (8:33:43 PM): I don't think most of this has any chance of becoming mainstream, maybe j*davey, just because jack davey is such a persona hahaReverend Dollars (8:33:59 PM): do they have a major deal?Come See da Duck (8:34:09 PM): haha yeah she is, and their new stuff is sounding more accesible Come See da Duck (8:34:12 PM): yeah they doCome See da Duck (8:34:14 PM): I forget which labelCome See da Duck (8:34:24 PM): but they have some new stuff on their myspaceReverend Dollars (8:34:57 PM): ahh, will check outCome See da Duck (8:35:27 PM): the first song that plays "end of the world (mama's back)" is amazingReverend Dollars (8:38:08 PM): okay, thisReverend Dollars (8:38:16 PM): this j*davey songReverend Dollars (8:38:56 PM): I dunno, I'm not sure j*davey stand much chance of being bigger than, say, janelle monaeCome See da Duck (8:39:25 PM): I think she's gonna be big too Come See da Duck (8:39:37 PM): I mean, everyone seems to like herCome See da Duck (8:39:45 PM): like, even people I know that aren't into underground stuffReverend Dollars (8:39:45 PM): maybe they have more of a sex sells going for them than monae doesCome See da Duck (8:40:11 PM): yeah thats possible beacuase Jack Davey is sexyReverend Dollars (8:40:25 PM): well, that's what I was trying to say hahaReverend Dollars (8:41:00 PM): I think Monae is a ws, too, but she doesn't seem as confortable trading on sex appeal as davey doesCome See da Duck (8:41:17 PM): yeah thats trueCome See da Duck (8:41:26 PM): but I mean, she had a Gap ad campaignReverend Dollars (8:41:30 PM): did she?Come See da Duck (8:41:31 PM): so she's not likeCome See da Duck (8:41:35 PM): a fringe artistCome See da Duck (8:41:36 PM): yeahsargnt88 (8:41:53 PM): critics love herCome See da Duck (8:41:53 PM): I think she could definitely blow upReverend Dollars (8:42:00 PM): the new stuff on myspace seems a bit more streamlined then their earlier stuffCome See da Duck (8:42:08 PM): yeahCome See da Duck (8:42:17 PM): I mean, if Kelis can find an audienceCome See da Duck (8:42:22 PM): then I think J Davey canReverend Dollars (8:42:28 PM): good pointCome See da Duck (8:43:31 PM): speaking of, I should post about Muffy in the sideways threadCome See da Duck (8:43:32 PM): brbReverend Dollars (8:43:37 PM): I could see J*Davey or Monae getting Kelis-big, but not achieving actual superstardomReverend Dollars (8:43:39 PM): lol muffyReverend Dollars (8:44:13 PM): but, a lot of what I like about J*Davey is they're messy
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:54 (fifteen years ago) link
damn, "Dope Boi" is kinda ridiculous
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 04:59 (fifteen years ago) link
still can't believe her name is "Muffy"
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 05:00 (fifteen years ago) link
is this the time when i point out AGAIN that a lot of this was prefigured by Common's Electric Circus (largely inspired by Badu and Dilla? and then Shipley clowns me for repeating myself?, because let's just get that out of the way
― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 21 December 2008 05:01 (fifteen years ago) link
or is this the time when I say MUFFY CUPCAKEOPIA CALL ME BOO
there's a lot other than Electric Circus that prefigures this. (some not even connected to Badu, Dilla or ?uesto) Don't give Com too much credit.
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 05:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Although I'm tempted to divide a line between Kedar's Neo-Soul, OK Player, Soulquarians, and this, let's PLEASE not turn this thread into a tiresome debate over what the boundaries are.
If we just remain in the center here of what's what, we can continue with the jams for now.
I'm kinda dissappointed in the G&D project, but the 2Tall feat G&D so far isn't bad.
Waiting for Tiombe Lockhart & J*Davey to come in.
Haven't listend, but Steve Spacek's Space Shift came in. Dimension 5ive has given me a slight bit of cynicism about the listen though.
What more should I know about Bangladesh (insert joek here)?
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 21 December 2008 05:22 (fifteen years ago) link
he produced "A Milli" and "What's Your Fantasy" among other things
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 05:23 (fifteen years ago) link
no duh rev but you know i'm partially right darn it
― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 21 December 2008 05:32 (fifteen years ago) link
it's easy to keep going back in time on this, the black avant-garde did not even start with sly stone as you know but a lot of this stuff sounds like dubbed-out remixes of there's a riot goin' on
― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 21 December 2008 05:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I was more talking in regards to the start of this current scene (as I'm sure you were) but lets not get lost in these sort of arguments. Please.
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 05:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, and why do I have to be the big booster for the Foreign Exchange album?
"Daykeeper"
cover of Stevie Wonder's "If She Breaks Your Heart" (my current last.fm count: 43)
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 05:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I got it now rev. Wonderful stuff. Thanks for your rec on this!
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 21 December 2008 05:46 (fifteen years ago) link
XD
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 05:47 (fifteen years ago) link
b-b-but i wasn't trying to...OH FORGET IT, I WILL GO BACK TO MY OLD MAN KIOSK AND LISTEN TO GOMEZ
― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 21 December 2008 05:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I still need to listen to that Foreign Exchange album, I'll try to do it tomorrow.
Anywho, more Swedish weirdness, Kissey Asplund:
http://www.myspace.com/kisseyasplund
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 21 December 2008 05:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I meant to ask about Kissey Asplund, I heard something or other by her and liked it.
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 05:58 (fifteen years ago) link
This is my THREAD!
Rodney, is it time to xpost this:
http://www.last.fm/group/afrofuturists
???
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 21 December 2008 06:03 (fifteen years ago) link
haha, I forgot I started that group! If you are on last fm, please join it!
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 06:10 (fifteen years ago) link
liking this Kissey Asplund track
― super ws bros (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 06:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Indeed
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 21 December 2008 06:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Non-rap Bangladesh:
Kelis - "Bossy," "Aww Shit"Beyonce - "Diva"Ciara - "Hotline"M.I.A. - "Hit That"
Shawnna's "RPM" (obv. rap, though) never got enough attention.
― Andy K, Sunday, 21 December 2008 13:35 (fifteen years ago) link
The new Steve Spacek album is really good...The Sa Ra Creative Partners Thread, finally...Underground R&BSpacek - Microsoul? (*shudder*)
― Andy K, Sunday, 21 December 2008 13:42 (fifteen years ago) link
"Sa-Ra ft. Rozzi Daime - So Special"
this track is like something from 1992.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Sunday, 21 December 2008 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Some other releases, not yet specifically cited, for which I will rep:
Pattie Blingh & the Akebulan 5 - Sagala (GA Muldrow plus a little Declaime/Perkins; later Samiyam mix of "To: Re" is also pretty much messed up)
Dabrye's off-center R&B'ish remix of King Midas Sound's "One Ting"
Steve Spacek's pair of solo 12" for Jazzy Sport
Rahsaan Patterson - "Pitch Black," with the Cure bassline and bubbling tarpit FX:
― Andy K, Sunday, 21 December 2008 14:02 (fifteen years ago) link
still lovin Sy Smith's 'Conflict'
― Timezilla vs Mechadistance (blueski), Sunday, 21 December 2008 14:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Snippets of Asplund's Dorian Concept-produced 12":
http://www.hardtofindrecordsrecordstore.com/mp3/MR281498_1.mp3http://www.hardtofindrecordsrecordstore.com/mp3/MR281498_3.mp3
― Andy K, Sunday, 21 December 2008 15:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Good thread.
― chap, Sunday, 21 December 2008 16:26 (fifteen years ago) link
super duper work yall
― Sherlock HOOS's Baker Steen Motherfuckers (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 21 December 2008 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
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― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 21 December 2008 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
haha WHOOPShttp://www.youtube.com/v/lOMqutXWf4Q&hl=en&fs=1%22
― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 21 December 2008 18:08 (fifteen years ago) link
okay i knew nothing good would come of my trying to come back here, sorry everyone, delete effed-up post plz
― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 21 December 2008 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link
― Andy K, Sunday, 21 December 2008 18:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Why is there no info online about Hello My Name is Tiombe Lockhart?
Not even her bling47 entry:http://www.bling47.com/index.cfm
Did I find a bootleg or something?
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 21 December 2008 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
"Sa-Ra ft. Rozzi Daime - So Special"this track is like something from 1992.― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Sunday, December 21, 2008 8:46 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Sunday, December 21, 2008 8:46 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
I knoiw, right?
Sounds like Young Disciples or seomthing, lightly remixed by SA-RA
Have you seen Rozzi's photos?
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f185/PappaWheelie/RozziDaime.jpg
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 21 December 2008 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
This thread is an example of why I stay on ILM
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Sunday, 21 December 2008 20:57 (fifteen years ago) link
i thought it sounded like chante moore...
im reinvestigating this last van hunt album. more of a new wave influence on it but it just seems so derivative. some nice touches here and there but barring a few tracks on each album where it all comes together, he still seems to have absolutely no certain identity of his own.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Sunday, 21 December 2008 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
he sings too tepidly too. argh. i just want to slap him.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Sunday, 21 December 2008 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone know a good place to get mixtapes (err, CDs) of this stuff? The bling47 website isn't selling any at the moment...
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Sunday, 21 December 2008 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Buy links on Waajeed's myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/waajeedandthebling47group
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 21 December 2008 21:59 (fifteen years ago) link
i love janelle monae but she only has one KO song so far - smile. if anyone could take this stuff mainstream, its her... but ive a feeling this stuff will stay underground with the gilles/benji b listeners and straight no chaser/shook readers.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Sunday, 21 December 2008 22:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Szechuan dumplingsAfter the deal has been done
http://bossip.files.wordpress.com/randyandguest2.JPG
"randyand'guest'" -- oof.
― Andy K, Sunday, 21 December 2008 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Off topic I know but woah Andy "R.P.M" is amazing.
Will check out a lot of the stuff in this thread. I like that first Foreign Exchange youtube vid.
― Tim F, Monday, 22 December 2008 00:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I know we're doing our best to steer clear of boundaries here, but I think Foreign Exchange is more of a Darien Brockington/Eric Roberson/Dwele thing.
DJ Spinna's neo-soul efforts probably too.
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Monday, 22 December 2008 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
OMG I feel so behind on this thread. Pappa, your new screen name rocks.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than Your MIDNITE POWERTOOLS (Bimble), Monday, 22 December 2008 01:51 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.rappersiknow.com/2008/10/19/sa-ra-creative-partners-fantastic-vampere-featuring-erykah-badu-herbie-hancock/
Eric H. just posted this on the Sa-Ra thread and oh fucking man is it doing my head on. The talkbox/Herbie coda ffs
― The Reverend, Monday, 22 December 2008 08:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks bim.
And Eric H/Rev, this Sa-Ra/Badu thing SMOKES
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Monday, 22 December 2008 08:23 (fifteen years ago) link
ok im not sure what the boundaries are on this but does meshelle ndgeocello count? what about that bilal album from last year?
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Sunday, December 21, 2008 4:01 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is so rong dude -- many moons???
― K DEF FROM REAL LIVE (deej), Monday, 22 December 2008 09:31 (fifteen years ago) link
also i dont think it works the same way in the u.s. as it does in the u.k. as far as 'underground-mainstream'
theres a really niche-but-large slow jamz audience out there that some of these artists can easily get slotted into
― K DEF FROM REAL LIVE (deej), Monday, 22 December 2008 09:32 (fifteen years ago) link
anywayz awesome thread!!
― K DEF FROM REAL LIVE (deej), Monday, 22 December 2008 09:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Me'Shell was never as good as she was here IMO. But this was amazing:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=30QtMpCnmS4
― Tim F, Monday, 22 December 2008 09:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I really like her whole first album though.
― Tim F, Monday, 22 December 2008 10:01 (fifteen years ago) link
ha thought that was gonna be the basement jaxx track
― K DEF FROM REAL LIVE (deej), Monday, 22 December 2008 10:01 (fifteen years ago) link
That was probably her next peak TBH. Though really I wouldn't know about the last few albums.
― Tim F, Monday, 22 December 2008 10:02 (fifteen years ago) link
greg tate on MeShell Ndegeocello's The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams: "stupendously, consistently genius"
― K DEF FROM REAL LIVE (deej), Monday, 22 December 2008 10:15 (fifteen years ago) link
me'shells cover of hendrix's may this be love might be the best thing shes ever done.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 22 December 2008 10:16 (fifteen years ago) link
ive only heard it once tbh
― K DEF FROM REAL LIVE (deej), Monday, 22 December 2008 10:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Hmm now I'm curious. Thom Jurek's AMG review makes it sound like the greatest album ever made but so many of his reviews do that (esp. for long term female singers making tough, uncompromising, experimental albums 10+ years after their commercial peaks).
― Tim F, Monday, 22 December 2008 10:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Voodoo to thread please.
― Ioannis, Monday, 22 December 2008 10:24 (fifteen years ago) link
the only meshell album i have is bitter, which is just gorgeous (if uh slightly opaque) - been meaning to get the rest of her discography for ages (esp peace beyond passion). i should probably do that, they're probably like 2p on amazon marketplace.
― lex pretend, Monday, 22 December 2008 10:26 (fifteen years ago) link
get the 2nd one.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 22 December 2008 10:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I am always suckered in by Me'Shell at first but then repeated listenings make me tired, too much work for not enuf payoff. But I am a sucker for other things that probably aren't as "good" so there we have it.
― Dimension 5ive, Monday, 22 December 2008 15:00 (fifteen years ago) link
he is more jazzy and has gotten tons of attention b/c of KDJ, but Jose James really is the shit. "The Dreamer" might be one of my favorite records of the year.
― the table is the table, Monday, 22 December 2008 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.last.fm/group/Bling47+Group
― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Monday, 22 December 2008 18:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I keep meaning to dig deeper into the album and always get snagged -- in a good way (/Avant) -- on "Park Bench People"/"On the Red Clay" or whatever he titled it.
― Andy K, Monday, 22 December 2008 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
― Ioannis, Monday, December 22, 2008 2:24 AM Bookmark
I know this is gonna sound all "rev hates Voodoo", etc. and here I go with the imposing limits and stuff, but I don't want this thread to be about stuff that's already canon like D'Angelo or Badu.
― The Reverend, Monday, 22 December 2008 22:28 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i love the shit out of voodoo but let's get on some new stuff
(good thread btw)
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Monday, 22 December 2008 22:49 (fifteen years ago) link
haha YOU CANNOT DENY YOUR OWN HISTORY MY SON
― Dimension 5ive, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 00:39 (fifteen years ago) link
aha! then you must revise thread title thusly: "...pretentious post-modern r&b", no?
― Ioannis, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 11:01 (fifteen years ago) link
dug out me'shell's bitter last night. even more gorgeous than i'd remembered. this was considered a bit of a departure for her at the time, right? i am absolutely going to get the rest of her stuff now...
also, i dimly remember being sent the pattie blingh album mentioned upthread ages ago, just before i moved house and forget about it - i actually managed to find it & am looking forward to using it as a xmas-survival album
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 11:32 (fifteen years ago) link
can we stick to new stuff rather than play neo soul catch up in this thread plz? (just so i can pick up tips for new music).
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 23 December 2008 11:44 (fifteen years ago) link
can u eat my butt?
― K DEF FROM REAL LIVE (deej), Tuesday, 23 December 2008 22:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I fully endorse this thread.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, 23 December 2008 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I like a couple of these so far, so thanks, this thread looks promising.
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 23:15 (fifteen years ago) link
("a couple of these"--I only just started clicks on these links, you understand)
woah.... Here is a damn funky piece of vocoderized warp-out.
Georgia Anne Muldrow, "Killa Peach"
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 10:38 (fifteen years ago) link
from this comp:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XSoD6FrsL._SL500_AA240_.jpg
also includes the aforementioned Flying Lotus
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 10:43 (fifteen years ago) link
More Georgia being Georgia, this time on a track by producer Yameen called "Never Knows Best"
I need to look into this girl some more.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 11:00 (fifteen years ago) link
err, track is called "Spirit Walker" actually
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 11:02 (fifteen years ago) link
gotta post one of my favorite J*Davey songs:
"No More" -- supersexy and I love the lyrics.. "I just wanna climb/ and leave some footprints on the wall"
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 11:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Commix f/ Steve Space "How You Gonna Feel"
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 11:24 (fifteen years ago) link
should read "Steve Spacek" blah
"can u eat my butt?"
only if i can spew it out on your face.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Wednesday, 24 December 2008 12:12 (fifteen years ago) link
increase the peace
― The Reverend, Thursday, 25 December 2008 11:00 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm goin' in
― baby got bahn (country matters), Thursday, 25 December 2008 11:01 (fifteen years ago) link
i just want to put "dollar" up here, because i fucking love that song
― winston, Friday, 26 December 2008 04:38 (fifteen years ago) link
thankig u winston
― The Reverend, Friday, 26 December 2008 05:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Haven't had much of a chance to wander through youtube linkages, etc. But I finally gave the Foreign Exchange album a spin and whether or not it fits properly into this category, it's really something else.
― the other Alex in MTL, in fact (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 26 December 2008 06:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Does the new Raphael Saadiq album have any place being mentioned on this thread? It's fucking fantastic; one of my favorite albums this year.
― Muomas (nickalicious), Friday, 26 December 2008 06:32 (fifteen years ago) link
No.
― The Reverend, Friday, 26 December 2008 06:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Sorry to be condescending, but have you read the thread title or listened to anything posted in this thread?
― The Reverend, Friday, 26 December 2008 06:40 (fifteen years ago) link
I figured Leave It All Behind was fair game, given that it was brought up two or three times, and the prominence of Muhsinah on the album. Sorry.
Regardless, the highlight of a lot of it for me is the disconnect between the three-part harmonies, lush production and the almost mundane quality of some of the lyrics. (Not in a bad way...just...it's a lot of day-to-day details of relationships. Bringing you wings for yo' lunch break, and so forth.) Entrancing stuff.
― the other Alex in MTL, in fact (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 26 December 2008 06:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Sorry, that was in reponce to nick's post, not yours. As far as I'm concerned, FE are fair game for this thread. I posted a couple of their tracks earlier. And your post is totally otm. One of the best albums of the year. I love how it captures both the mundanities and complexities of a relationship... and shows how they intertwine.
― The Reverend, Friday, 26 December 2008 07:13 (fifteen years ago) link
I also love how the Phonte vs female vocals are played against each other in unexpected ways throughout, avoiding cliched duet formats.
― The Reverend, Friday, 26 December 2008 07:14 (fifteen years ago) link
This thread is particularly perfect given the nebulous status/release dates of Pts. 2 and/or 3 of New Amerykah. I desperately need more stoned afrofuturist science-funktion in my life.
― the other Alex in MTL, in fact (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 26 December 2008 07:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Need to give LIAB a few more spins before I can comment on more than the first impression of WOW.
― the other Alex in MTL, in fact (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 26 December 2008 07:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Shit sorry man! FWIW I have listened to almost all of these posted on here, I own the Flying Lotus LA album and Georgia Anne Muldrow's Olesi Fragments on Earth. Whatever. Sorry.
― Muomas (nickalicious), Friday, 26 December 2008 07:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Also I figured it fit in under the "maybe kinda pretentious" label but like I said sorry.
― Muomas (nickalicious), Friday, 26 December 2008 07:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Naw, I should be the one apologizing. Sorry I was such a dick. And yeah, the Saadiq album is kinda pretentious in it's own way, but the emphasis I wanted is more on the out-thereness and experimentalism. (I might be undermining that with my pimping for Foreign Exchange, but they at least have a v. modern sound and run in these circles.) I just kinda had a "oh no!" moment because slavish retro-soul is pretty much 180 degrees away from what I wanted this this thread to be about. (Btw, how is Olesi?)
― The Reverend, Friday, 26 December 2008 07:36 (fifteen years ago) link
haha I am almost afraid to start seeking out the stuff on this thread I don't already know (i.e. most of it) simply because I'm trying to ease into '09 rather than keep digging into '08, but when I like this kind of stuff I like it a lot. thanks for starting it Rev! I'm looking fwd to seeing how it develops.
― Matos W.K., Friday, 26 December 2008 08:16 (fifteen years ago) link
A good amount of the stuff in this thread predates the past year, and I have no idea what I'd be easing into in '09 anyway. It just feels like in the past couple months this sort of stuff has really captivated me.
― The Reverend, Friday, 26 December 2008 08:26 (fifteen years ago) link
This thread is particularly perfect given the nebulous status/release dates of Pts. 2 and/or 3 of New Amerykah.
There should be Muhsinah and Platinum Pied Pipers albums coming in the couple months. XD
― The Reverend, Friday, 26 December 2008 09:29 (fifteen years ago) link
what ive heard of the new ppp album is (not great) retro 60s soul. was never crazy about them in the first place but theyve done quite a turn around.
some of my favourite experimental R&B stuff from the past year or 2 are the tiombe lockheart tracks on the wajeed war album. really incredible. better than georgia anne any day ;)
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 26 December 2008 11:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Suggest Ban Permalink― K DEF FROM REAL LIVE (deej), Monday, December 22, 2008 2:15 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Just checked out this album and ^o^. It strikes me as an album that will take a while to unpack. "Elliptical" is my initial favorite.
xp: I still haven't heard any of the new PPP so judgement reserved. I still need to check out Lockhart.
― CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (The Reverend), Friday, 26 December 2008 11:45 (fifteen years ago) link
DAMN Janelle Monae's unreleased Audition from 2003 smokes!
Especially:
Letting Go
My Favorite Nothing (despite its production being an obv Hey Ya knockoff)
― bro pono (PappaWheelie V), Monday, 29 December 2008 04:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, Sincerely, Jane from her 07 EP has caught me
― bro pono (PappaWheelie V), Monday, 29 December 2008 04:40 (fifteen years ago) link
"Letting Go" has been a favorite since it appeared on Big Boi's Got Purp? vol. 2 comp
― Дyo! (The Reverend), Monday, 29 December 2008 04:43 (fifteen years ago) link
I regret waiting so long to check it. It's my favorite song at the moment.
― bro pono (PappaWheelie V), Monday, 29 December 2008 04:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Another thing I love about the Foreign Exchange album: It totally captures that Aaliyah-style future-classy vibe.
― Дyo! (The Reverend), Monday, 29 December 2008 08:24 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't find it to post here, but Tiombe Lockhart and Bilal's duet "Strange" is very much worth checking out. It's built very minimally, mostly around a simple, unvarying string bass loop, and features Lockhart and Bilal, using phrasing that signifies jazz moreso than soul, completing each other's thoughts until they finally come together for the chorus. It is tremendously sweet.
― Дyo! (The Reverend), Monday, 29 December 2008 10:56 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone check out the new theo parrish single, "chemistry"? it's got om'mas from sa-ra and steve spacek on it, as well as plenty of other collaborators. i personally found it a little too jammy at first but it's seriously growing on me. also the new moodymann ep does a similar thing (all by himself) but even better i think. i linked to this on another thread, but i reviewed the moodymann here, if anyone's interested in checking out the house end of the spectrum on r&b experimentalism:http://bassandsuperstructure.blogspot.com/2008/12/moody-detriot-67.htmlunfortunately these are both only available on vinyl i think, but if you do vinyl seriously worth it.
― unclejam79, Monday, 29 December 2008 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ I will be checking that out, as I'm currently playing Steve Spacek's 2005 album and is growing on me (in an Amp Fiddler way)
― fuck washing a cat (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
*****SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION*****
Wrote an article about Georgia Anne Muldrow here.
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 January 2009 06:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Since I've properly tagged "Strange" as being by Leron Thomas, anyone heard more from dude?
Curious if I should prioritize his Dirty Draws series.
― Crackhead #2 (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 2 January 2009 17:25 (fifteen years ago) link
and lol @ lastfm tagging Strange as featuring "Tiambe Lockhart"
I should probably get that whole Tiombe project that track comes from. Looks intersting.
― Crackhead #2 (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 2 January 2009 17:27 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone check out the new theo parrish single, "chemistry"? it's got om'mas from sa-ra and steve spacek on it, as well as plenty of other collaborators. i personally found it a little too jammy at first but it's seriously growing on me...
― unclejam79, Monday, December 29, 2008 11:29 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark
Fucking hott
― Crackhead #2 (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 3 January 2009 05:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Lovin Tiombe's Electric Bullets now (almost as much as Johnnie Walker)
Waajeed & Tiombe Lockhart interview.
She immediately cites the band Suicide (twice) as inspiration for Soul music.
Waajeed being crazy.
― Crackhead #2 (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 3 January 2009 06:45 (fifteen years ago) link
is he wearing a fucking morning star around his neck? that is the punkest thing I've seen all day
― ::cannon:: (The Reverend), Saturday, 3 January 2009 06:57 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.gourmetretailer.com/gourmetretailer/photos/stylus/27223-20080501_hm_morningstar.jpg
― Crackhead #2 (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 3 January 2009 06:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know if this fits with this thread but I don't know where else to post it right now. The Dazz Band "Let It Whip".
Completely fucking bad ass, if you ask me.
― With Oatmeal Sauce (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Saturday, 3 January 2009 22:18 (fifteen years ago) link
it doesnt really fit in with this thread no
― choom gangsta (deej), Saturday, 3 January 2009 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone hear Fader Suite903 No.15? Has a lot of overlap:
http://www.discogs.com/release/1107955
1-1 Garth Trinidad Intro - Thank You1-2 Sa-Ra Creative Partners Space Fruit Producer - Sa-Ra Creative Partners1-3 J*DaVeY Dancehall Producer - Brook D'Leau Rap [Featuring] - Kardinal Offishall1-4 J*DaVeY Lalalaland Producer - Brook D'Leau Rap [Featuring] - Elucid1-5 Coultrain vs Waajeed The Hustler Producer - Waajeed1-6 Chuck Brown Block Party Rap [Featuring] - DJ Kool1-7 Cool Kids What It Is1-8 Wale Good Girls1-9 Wanlov The Kubolor Never Die1-10 Vieux Farka Touré Sangaré (DJ Center Remix) Remix - DJ Center1-11 Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek Turn It On Producer - Mark Pritchard1-12 DJ Vadim Got To Rock (Aaron Jerome Remix) Remix - Aaron Jerome1-13 Politik, The Money (Don't Let It Catch Ya) (Maddslinky Remix) Remix - Maddslinky1-14 Taylor McFerrin Broken Vibes (Isoul8 Edit) Remix - Isoul8 Vocals - Vincent Parker (2)1-15 Ruth Ann Cunningham* Be Free1-16 Vikter Duplaix Make A Baby (Remix)1-17 Stoney Rock A Song About Her Producer - Stoney Rock1-18 Jill Scott Epiphany Producer - Scott Storch2-1 Rocket Science (3) Intro Producer - GE-OLOGY Voice [Drop] - Benji B , Waajeed2-2 Black Pocket U're A Sta Producer - Steve Spacek2-3 Bilal Heaven2-4 Kim Hill Nutshell2-5 Politik, The She's Gone Producer - Mark De Clive-Lowe2-6 Deborah Jordan Home Rap [Featuring] - Replife2-7 G&D Time Producer - Georgia Anne Muldrow2-8 DJ Spinna Tribute To The G.O.A.T. Producer - DJ Spinna2-9 Electric Conversation Hey Vocals [Featuring] - Patricia Marx2-10 Replife Spirit2-11 Umod U Better Recognise Producer - Domu2-12 Paola Jean Featherlight2-13 Spacek They Don't Know You Rap [Featuring] - Common Vocals [Featuring] - Ledisi , Raphael Saadiq2-14 Dolphin (9) Airsounds For Libras Producer - Dolphin (9)2-15 Tiombe Lockhart & Waajeed The Overtaking Guitar - Saadiq Producer - Waajeed2-16 Cuba After Market Without Regrets Producer - Roddy Rod Vocals [Featuring] - Muhsinah2-17 Morgan Zarate M.A.B. Producer - Morgan Zarate Vocals - Sarah Anne Webb2-18 GE-OLOGY Longin' Producer - GE-OLOGY Vocals [Featuring] - Yukimi Nagano2-19 Jack Sample Pros Perskryptshyn Co-producer - JackSmiles.aka.Chordz* Producer - FlyJack2-20 Replife Put It Down Vocals [Featuring] - Kissey Asplund2-21 Q-Tip Work It Out2-22 Common Drivin' Me Wild Keyboards - Omar Edwards Producer - Kanye West Vocals [Featuring] - Lily Allen2-23 Angie Stone Baby
― Crackhead #2 (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 3 January 2009 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ got me more curious about GE-OLOGY
― Crackhead #2 (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 3 January 2009 23:50 (fifteen years ago) link
ws sy smith /wshttp://www.soulbounce.com/soul/blog_images/sy_smith-thumb-473x314.jpghttp://mosaicthump.com/soulpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/sy-smith-conflict-201x300.gif(but i'm a sucker for style)
― Crackhead #2 (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 4 January 2009 00:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Listening to the Sy Smith album now and it is sweet.
― Patrick South, Sunday, 4 January 2009 07:37 (fifteen years ago) link
which sy smith album? i got one of hers a while back cos i loved one or two of her early songs and thought it was really dull. great production but totally song-less.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Sunday, 4 January 2009 11:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I haven't heard her albums, but that's the impression I got from the track posted upthread.
― The Reverend, Monday, 5 January 2009 03:38 (fifteen years ago) link
i tend to think that about a lot of this kind of music though, esp georgia anne. although im not sure she even has the great production thing going for her.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 5 January 2009 13:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Checking out disc 2 of Fader Suite903 No.15 now.
2-6 Deborah Jordan Home
WHOA!
This track is exclusive to the mix. Was unaware of her before this.
A youtube search turned up one tacky live jazz show that she was featured at. Not worth posting.
Anyone know of any decent tracks out there featuring Deborah Jordan other than this?
― burnt_station (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 02:27 (fifteen years ago) link
2-12 Paola Jean Featherlight
This one's nice too. Also claims to be exclusive to this mix.
Youtube on this one is completely fruitless.
― burnt_station (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 02:29 (fifteen years ago) link
livebloggin my listening...
2-14 Dolphin (9) Airsounds For Libras
ESPECIALLY nice. Possibly the best on this disc yet.
― burnt_station (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 02:30 (fifteen years ago) link
So much of this mix is like early bootlegged Sa-Ra, all off-kilter beat programming.
Including this Cuba After Market & Mushinah jam, which is the jam.
SOO much good stuff on here (with a fair amount of filler that doesn't end up being distracting)
Q-Tip coming off like the Coleman Hawkins on this affair. Like, the old guard who is down, but not fully developed into what's going on.
This Common/Lily Allen track is surprisingly great. Like, GREAT great.
Angie Stone sounds exactly like Angie Stone, kinda O_o why is it on here? Not a bad jam, but typical.
― burnt_station (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 02:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Listened to the Kissey Asplund album last night. Didn't do much for me. Her voice is very slight and her cutesy tendencies grate.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 02:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Ahh, that Common song is the worst track on it's not-particularly-outstanding album.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 02:40 (fifteen years ago) link
i tend to think that about a lot of this kind of music though, esp georgia anne. although im not sure she even has the great production thing going for her.― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, January 5, 2009 5:10 AM Bookmark
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, January 5, 2009 5:10 AM Bookmark
Eh, I get "freeform" out of Muldrow's tunes, whereas I get "poorly structured" out of Sy Smith's. One seems to use it as a virtue unto itself, whereas the other just seems to not know any better. I know you don't like GAM at all, so you're not likely to agree.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 02:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Wait, what Rev?
Yeah, Common's lyrics are soo ugh, but that beat is hot. Different than the rest of the disc, but you already stated aversion to Dilla-esque production (which that track is).
The album is like most mixed cd's that comes with mags, full of filler, but the idea that even you would dismiss that mushinah jam comes off as ilm contrarian style.
Having only heard disc 2 and finding 5 songs for regular rotation is a better track record than most of my recent acquisitions.
― burnt_station (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 02:50 (fifteen years ago) link
I didn't offer any opinion on the Muhsinah jam!
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 03:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I haven't heard it.
The "not-particularly-outstanding album" was Common's Finding Forever.
And the Common/Lallen beat doesn't sound like Dilla to me, it just sounds like Kanye being weak sauce. All of Ye's other beats on Finding Forever are better, and so is the Dilla beat! And the will.i.am beat!
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 03:13 (fifteen years ago) link
WHOOPS, sorry, once again, reading comprehension problems on my part.
I never heard the Common album.
And good call, like a Kanye/Dilla babby, which is more Kanye.
For whatever reason, the mix in question gets "normal" in the last few songs.
On a side note, I still cannot find a taste for Dudley Perkins. The G&D track on here is |>|>
― burnt_station (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 03:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Kanye said he was specifically trying to imitate Dilla in his production on that album (which was recorded in the year after Dilla passed)
I don't got any love for Dudley P. either. What a cornball.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 03:23 (fifteen years ago) link
I do like Finding Forever, though in all it's non-outstandingness. It is the rap equivalent of comfort food. No surprises, but feels just right. I just can't stand that particular song cause the beat is meh (I did discover the sample on that Rotary Connection album haha) and Common's raps are the worst he'd done before his new, utterly sad, album.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 03:27 (fifteen years ago) link
So why so many G&D collabs???
I mean, talk about hot + cold
― burnt_station (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 03:31 (fifteen years ago) link
"Ladies Sing" by Sa-Ra puts me right in the middle of summer.
― a permanent state of o_O (The Reverend), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 23:51 (fifteen years ago) link
haha, NOW PLAYING!
― Are men ever friends with a woman without wanting two boners? (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
I was about to send you this track too!
oh shit, vulcan mindmeld! haha
― permanent revo_Olution (The Reverend), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 23:53 (fifteen years ago) link
The way the beat is chopped is very Todd Edwards.
― permanent revo_Olution (The Reverend), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 23:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Checking you lastfm shows we both listend to Strange and Ladies Sing back to back (although I changed my tag to show Leron as the artist, feat. Tiombe).
When you need more GAM, I advise picking up that Pattie Blingh project. It's quickly finding a place in my rotation.
― Are men ever friends with a woman without wanting two boners? (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 23:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I've heard the Pattie Blingh and love it.
― permanent revo_Olution (The Reverend), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 23:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I figured out exactly what is awesome about Tiombe Lockhart and it that all her songs sound like sparse demos of songs that are supposed to be very lush, but work in their stripped-down states anyway.
― permanent o_Ovolution (The Reverend), Wednesday, 7 January 2009 01:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I wonder if that has to do with her obsession with the band Suicide? She's grown on me a lot over the past week or two.
Anyway, more new:
Paola Jean6 tracks on her myspace page, including Featherlight, the track featured on the Suite903 mixwww.myspace.com/paolajean1
More of an Acid Jazzy/neo-Soul setting live @ SOB's
http://paolajean.org/http://cdbaby.com/cd/paolajean2
― Are men ever friends with a woman without wanting two boners? (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 7 January 2009 01:50 (fifteen years ago) link
And the other female diva discovery from suit903, Deborah Jordan:
http://www.myspace.com/deborahjordanmusic
― Are men ever friends with a woman without wanting two boners? (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 7 January 2009 02:10 (fifteen years ago) link
HEAVy:
http://www.myspace.com/whoisheavy
― beware of shamwow imitators (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, 7 January 2009 02:53 (fifteen years ago) link
lol after a few months i deleted Finding Forever except for Driving Me Wild. Amazing hook, wish it had been a massive hit.
― subroc back to haunt, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 02:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I liked Lily Allen for about 3 month when I first heard her album and haven't been able to stand her since, so my opinions on anything Lily Allen related are probably taken with a grain of salt.
― permanent o_Ovolution (The Reverend), Wednesday, 7 January 2009 03:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah i'd agree with this exception, i just really like the floatiness with the rolling piano, poppy and exhilarating to me. BTW this was Duff/G Rap level of o_0 when i realized who it was.
But back to this excellent thread. The things I like a lot: Musinah, Foreign Exchange, Commix, 2nd JDavey, old "hey love" sa-ra from another thread. Things not sure: Little Dragons, Asplund. Things dislike: 1st JDavey. Things I have to contribute: 0 :( Sowwy.
(Anyone know the sample in the Musinah song? Madlib used it for "Happy Home" in Liberation.)
― subroc back to haunt, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 08:43 (fifteen years ago) link
As of the early hours of Wednesday, January 07, 2009, "Ladies Sing" by Sa-Ra is my favorite song ever.
― ^likes brown, yellow, puerto rican, and haitian girls (The Reverend), Wednesday, 7 January 2009 09:46 (fifteen years ago) link
this thread makes me love the world.
― the table is the table, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Sorry for merely generic comments (maybe it's better that way anyway, because I'll probably just say something stupid otherwise), but I'm struck but how much of this I kindof like, given that I know nothing about almost any of this.
(Oh jesus New Mexico's slow internet speeds plus old Gateway PCs in the library make it impossible to do anything in timely manner.)
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Another (2008) double disc mix to fuel the fire of discovery.
Plenty of Muhsinah, SA-RA, and Steve Spacek included:
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Various-Assets-Not-For-Sale-Red-Bull-Music-Academy-Toronto-2007/release/1274001
Various - Various Assets - Not For Sale: Red Bull Music Academy Toronto 2007
1-1 Muhsinah & Jake One You (3:56) Vocals - Muhsinah Written-By, Producer - Jake One , Muhsinah1-2 Didem Süzen Something's Gone (4:33)1-3 TRG , Benga & DJ Zinc Benga Woz Here (4:05) Mixed By - DJ Zinc Vocals - Zephec1-4 Kez YM , David Ryshpan , Mara TK & Randy Muller Oniyama (4:32) Mixed By - Erik Breuer Recorded By - Erik Breuer1-5 bRUNA (3) With Your Fingers (1:29)1-6 Migumatix vs. MAT64 Toronto Mindgames (4:33)1-7 Mara TK & Jake One Look What You've Made Of Me (3:23) Mixed By - Erik Breuer1-8 Om'Mas Keith Trouble Girl (4:08) Effects (Talkbox) - Todd Osborne* Vocals - Muhsinah , Om'Mas Keith1-9 Akiko Kiyama & Ronald Kohn Found In Translation (6:43)1-10 Africa Hi Tec feat. Rio* Too Late (3:59) Trumpet, French Horn - Ben Lamar Vocals - Rio* , Steve Spacek Written-By, Producer - Mark Pritchard , Steve Spacek1-11 Zephec Queen St. (6:55)1-12 Samiyam & Hudson Mohawke Eff This (2:35)1-13 Kat!Heath! , Dirty Sonix & M.J. Zilla Victoria's Secret (5:26) Mixed By - Dirty Sonix Vocals - M.J. Zilla Written-By, Producer - Cosmin Nicolae , Kat!Heath!1-14 Baris K. Show You Love (7:27) Recorded By, Mixed By - Erik Breuer1-15 Sara Lahey & David Ryshpan No Place (4:34) Backing Vocals - Torreblanca Drums - Kez YM Producer [Additional] - DJ Zinc Recorded By, Mixed By - Erik Breuer Vocals - Sara Lahey1-16 Dead Leaf Requiem In A-Flat Reprise (5:42) Bass, Guitar - Lumi Drums - Kez YM Effects [Sound Design] - Deaf Leaf Producer - Dead Leaf Written-By - David Ryshpan , Paul Jebanasam2-1 Juba Dance We Will Wait For You (3:59) Backing Vocals - Aleisha Thomas , Samaek Thenci Bass - Rio Hemopo Drum Programming [Additional] - Waajeed Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Mauricio Fleury Guitar [Electric] - Clonious, The Percussion - Vario Percussion [Body] - Shaheen Ariefdien Recorded By - Erik Breuer Synthesizer - Mark Pritchard2-2 Marks & Muhsinah In Need Of (2:48) Mixed By - Erik Breuer Vocals - Muhsinah2-3 Luis Davis & St. Göran* I Am Not Sure (4:17)2-4 MarToRio Share Of (5:41) Producer, Recorded By - Marco Passarani , Torsten Schmidt Vocals - Rio Hemopo Written-By - Marco Passarani , Rio Hemopo , Torsten Schmidt2-5 Quareback Dark Ascent (6:02) Written-By, Producer - Tomá Ivanov2-6 Marks & Om'Mas Keith Streets Is Cold (3:22) Backing Vocals - Mara TK Guitar [Additional] - Kez YM Mixed By - Erik Breuer Vocals - Muhsinah , Om'Mas Keith Written-By, Producer - Markus Salo , Om'Mas Keith2-7 Tufan Demir & MAT64 Gone Away (4:35) Mixed By - Erik Breuer Vocals - Muhsinah2-8 Kat!Heath! , Torreblanca & Sarah Lahey Qué Esperas? (2:48) Vocals - Sarah Lahey , Torreblanca Written-By, Producer - Katherine Heath , Torreblanca2-9 Turbo-Rexx & Granufunk Re-Faust (6:18)2-10 Clonious, The feat. n.i.a.m.h. & Granufunk Valediction (3:43) Vocals - n.i.a.m.h.2-11 Happy Melody Indian Summer (5:45) Recorded By - Erik Breuer Written-By, Producer - Marc Codsi2-12 Makoto , DJ Zinc , Om'Mas Keith & Denius Close To Me (3:37) Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] - David Ryshpan Recorded By - Erik Breuer Vocals - Om'Mas Ketih2-13 Tony Allen Jam Session* Interlude (4:00) Bass - Rio Hemopo Drums - Tony Allen Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Theo Parrish Guitar - Paul Movahedi Percussion - Ron Trent Vocals - Steve Spacek2-14 n.i.a.m.h. & Ronald K.* Falling Star (Reinterpreted) (4:06) Mixed By - Cubist Vocals - n.i.a.m.h.2-15 Sarah Lahey & Om'Mas Keith Get Over It (4:24) Mixed By - Erik Breuer Vocals - Sara Lahey2-16 Tufan Demir & Vélez* Send More Cops (6:57)
― Are men ever friends with a woman without wanting two boners? (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 7 January 2009 22:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Something about The Foreign Exchange's "House of Cards" struck me as a bit odd and I figured out what it was. It's in 7/8 time.
― Et tu, Crut? (The Reverend), Friday, 9 January 2009 14:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Listening to Heavy's Jazz Money$$ right now. It's more toward the J*Davey/Janelle Monae precocious space-girl end of this, although they try to hamfist it with the lyrics in the way Monae would. Lots of tweaked synths and showy/skippy drum programming and the occaional talkbox. My favorite tracks as on one listen are "Countdown" and "Mylittlesong". Live clip of the former:
― Et tu, Crut? (The Reverend), Sunday, 11 January 2009 08:08 (fifteen years ago) link
good call on the 7/8 time!
probably why i gravitate towards it so much when listening to that album
― i miss cleo :-( (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 11 January 2009 08:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, it's been my new favorite this week. I've pretty much gone "If She Breaks Your Heart" -> "Daykeeper" -> "House of Cards"
― Et tu, Crut? (The Reverend), Sunday, 11 January 2009 08:21 (fifteen years ago) link
offtopic, but I obsess over documenting hit songs that are in 12/8
i couldn't figure out why and how i got on this, then i realized it stems from my love affair with sly & the family stone's hot fun in the summer time. i have never gotten over that song being in regular rotation.
12 gives it so much room to stretch out the strings and such, while the piano is banging away in 8th notes. this quickly made me realize that the impressions' "it's alright" was built on the same idea, which probably all stemmed from fats domino's cover of blueberry hill.
despite 12/8 hits (billy swan's i can help, genesis' misunderstanding, toto's hold the line, whitney's i'm your baby tonight, etc), odd time signatures beyond 3/4, 6/8, and 12/8 freaked me out when i was little thanks to hearing dave brubeck's take five (5/8) in a local car add when i was maybe 11. got the time out album when i was about 18. became a fan.
i've since gotten into odd time sigs in a serious way (thus, becoming a stereolab fanatic)
― i miss cleo :-( (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 11 January 2009 08:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I love odd time signatures, maybe even especially 7/8. "Unsquare Dance" is my favorite Brubeck. XD
― Et tu, Crut? (The Reverend), Sunday, 11 January 2009 08:42 (fifteen years ago) link
new PPP mixtape: http://www.divshare.com/download/6302006-1a8
may end up liveblogging this haha
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 05:52 (fifteen years ago) link
lol i just more or less did this in the PPP thread. go over there and correct all my errors.
― subroc back to haunt, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 05:56 (fifteen years ago) link
oh no wait, haven't heard that. plz do!
― subroc back to haunt, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 06:01 (fifteen years ago) link
was talking about platinum pied pipers/sa-ra/the new downbeat-rnb thing: why don't i like this stuff more?
― subroc back to haunt, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 06:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Before I get into that, I have to post some Jesse Boykins III. This shit is ridiculous smooove.
lol @ the vid using that played out Hype Williams letterbox splitscreen effect
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 06:18 (fifteen years ago) link
so nice! shit i've gotta make a mixtape of all the stuff i love on this thread and foist it on ppl.
― subroc back to haunt, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 06:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Hold up. This PPP may have to wait, cause the Boykins stuff I'm listening to is incredible. Like swimming in a sea of warm butter and less describable fluids. Smashtape material if I've ever heard it.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 06:45 (fifteen years ago) link
What is it with all these r&b singers using that Curtis Mayfield "Think" instrumental? Beyonce AND Tiombe Lockhart AND James Boykins III. This killed my buzz.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 06:51 (fifteen years ago) link
odd time signatures beyond 3/4, 6/8, and 12/8 freaked me out when i was little thanks to hearing dave brubeck's take five (5/8) in a local car add when i was maybe 11. got the time out album when i was about 18. became a fan.
That's interesting to me. My parents always played several different versions of "Take Five" basically since I was born, so I always took it for granted. It wasn't until I was in middle school and started taking band class that I realized there was anything odd about it.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Speaking of time signature goofiness and "Think", "Think" is in 9/8.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:03 (fifteen years ago) link
PPP Mixtape: Starts with some washed out synth chords, then a "1 Thing"-ish remix of Coultrain's "Angel" by Waajeed that BANGS. Then a remix of a J Dilla track from the PPP debut. It's full of game boy sounds and is giving me a bit of a bad Crystal Castles aftertaste. Guilt by association.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:19 (fifteen years ago) link
"Your Day Is Done" featuring Georgia Anne Muldrow. It's pretty good, not great, gets better when she starts rapping. I have a feeling she knows better what to do with a straightforward Mary J.-in-92 hiphop beat when rapping than singing, but doesn't realize this.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:23 (fifteen years ago) link
A warped-out sub-house Waajeed remix of the warped-out sub-house Sa-Ra jam from the debut. Trades in the originals mechanistic stomp for mellow rhodes piano. Me like.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:25 (fifteen years ago) link
We also get an altogether nice and unassuming and by-the-books Waajeed and DJ Topspin of a Tiombe track and another Waajeed/Topspin remix, this one a very J. Dilla-ish (like more than normally) retouch of Zero's Fever, both from the first album.
― 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:32 (fifteen years ago) link
"Goodbye" A rather straightfoward r&b track with some chick named Jamila Reagan. Love the stadium claps. Followed by "Stand For Something", a duet with unison vocals from Reagan and Coultrain over Muhsinah-ish chopped 'n' skittered drums. So far I've been enjoying the fuck outta this tape.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm going to stop liveblogging at this point.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:40 (fifteen years ago) link
this sounds like it fits with this thread a lot more than the album itself, tbh.
good werk, yer reverence.
― subroc back to haunt, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 07:44 (fifteen years ago) link
The original version of the cover of "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" with Raheem Devaughn on vocals appears toward the end. Rogiers' vocal on the album version is a lot better. Devaughn doesn't fill out his note hear at all.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 08:06 (fifteen years ago) link
notes*
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 08:07 (fifteen years ago) link
here*
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 08:16 (fifteen years ago) link
hi
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
i would have posted earlier, but i was out of town for 2 weeks and when i got back this thread already had a billion posts and a billion youtubes for me to catch up on. there are so many artists on this thread i've never heard of. a lot of it is great, but there's so much that's kinda forgettable. i haven't really listened to current black music in at least a year or more so i have little to contribute.
the closest i've gotten was stealing a promo from my mom of the Aloe Blacc album (?!). kinda fits in here. a mix of post-dilla hip hop, post-sa-ra soul and even some latin stuff where he sings in spanish. not a bad album. but it's from 2006. here's the first track. really great http://www.robotsinheat.com/temp/WholeWorld.mp3
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:20 (fifteen years ago) link
oh yeah, Flying Lotus had a bbc essential mix. it's really fucked uphttp://www.newmixes.com/flying_lotus-essential_mix-sat-11-29-2008.html
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
and while listening to a lot of these youtubes, found this korean artist Asoto Union. not exactly this thread, but i think papawheelie would love it. smooth and funky. kinda like some japfunk thread he started
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:28 (fifteen years ago) link
here's another one i thought was kinda rad
Samon Kawamura - Try (feat. Aloe Blacc)
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
this isn't r'n'b, but thought people here would be interested. post dilla chop'n'thump instrumental hip hop. amazing
Onra - for fans of dilla's donuts and sublime frequencies
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 01:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Jaxon giving me some material to catch up on now!
Anyone see this post from Muhsinah (who frankly, pwns this thread):
http://www.muhsinah.com/2008/11/11/check-this-out/ 11 Nov 2008 | from www.muhsinah.comMy little brother’s EP drops today.11/11His name is 00Genesis.The future of the future.Get it. NOW.
11 Nov 2008 | from www.muhsinah.comMy little brother’s EP drops today.11/11His name is 00Genesis.The future of the future.Get it. NOW.
I'll be hunting for 00Genesis later today along with Jaxon's additions.
I spent some serious time listening to Sy Smith recently. Yeah, I wasn't the only one underwhelmed, but far from terrible (some truly embarrassing lyrical moments though, for sure). However, the broken beat track (Art of You) found its way into regular rotation for me.
― serious sockpuppet here (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
And speaking of Japanese additions to this, Cro-Magnon did a minimal, rhodes heavy track with Steve Spacek that's worth noting (Time Flies) in 2008.
― serious sockpuppet here (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Tonight's the night I play catch up on this thread again, so expect some live blogging soon(especially on the Not For Sale: Red Bull Music Academy Toronto 2007 mix)
― serious sockpuppet here (PappaWheelie V), Thursday, 15 January 2009 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link
PPP album is sorta/kinda a live(-ish) band-oriented spin on Press Play (the back half of PP especially) with no rapping, a couple '60s throwbacks, and a couple nods to Basement Jaxx (at their most Funkadelic).
Remember when Britney and Waajeed were photographed together? Some of this stuff could be fronted by Britney -- "Go, Go, Go" especially.
Very different from Triple P. Love it.
― Andy K, Thursday, 15 January 2009 12:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone know much about Computer Jay?
His song '1000 Fold' ft. Gray Kid on the 2007 'Art Don't Sleep' compilation (that also featured Flying Lotus) has entered my regular rotation.
Discogs entry shows little more than what I have (some edits on another artists project).
Youtube results are somewhat interesting live sets, and show a LOT of potential, but not quite on par with this track I have.
― serious sockpuppet here (PappaWheelie V), Thursday, 15 January 2009 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Other than liking their other work, the Press Play and Jaxx comparisons are the first things I've heard to make me enthusiastic about hearing it.
― The Reverend (rev), Thursday, 15 January 2009 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.muhsinah.com/2008/11/11/check-this-out/11 Nov 2008 | from www.muhsinah.comMy little brother’s EP drops today.11/11His name is 00Genesis.The future of the future.Get it. NOW. I'll be hunting for 00Genesis later today along with Jaxon's additions.
I grabbed this compilation in search of 00Genesis and unearthed some other gems in that Flying Lotus/off-kilter Sa-Ra beats/Post-Dilla vein:
http://www.discogs.com/release/1221095A1 Powell (7) Dimension XA2 Jackhigh Arachnid EyesA3 Rustie Dog MaskB1 Hubert Daviz Smut CutB2 fLako InsideB3 00Genesis Dream Catcher
A1 Powell (7) Dimension XA2 Jackhigh Arachnid EyesA3 Rustie Dog MaskB1 Hubert Daviz Smut CutB2 fLako InsideB3 00Genesis Dream Catcher
Also found a Jackhigh project (album? compilation?) that featured 00Genesis called Interplanetary Thoughts.
― serious sockpuppet here (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 16 January 2009 01:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Been a bit busy to keep up with this thread this week, so hoperfully I'll be able to do that over the weekend. Btw, I'm totally down w/ international additions and some chop n thump instrumentals, so long as they don't become the focus of the thread (which they haven't, carry on).
― The Reverend, Saturday, 17 January 2009 10:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Remember when Britney and Waajeed were photographed together?
I can't find this. :-/
― The Reverend, Saturday, 17 January 2009 10:48 (fifteen years ago) link
and some chop n thump instrumentals, so long as they don't become the focus of the thread (which they haven't, carry on)
I've mostly been avoiding instrumentals, but I thought 00Geneis was worth nothing being Muhsinah's brother.
However, if occasionally welcomed: guided by seeking more JackHigh, I also grabbed a compilation called "Metro Sampler Line 2&3" that has some more of this off-kilter, sampler based, rhodes heavy, beats that fits the bill.
― THE SUGGEST BANS! THEY DO NOTHING!! (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 17 January 2009 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Loving the PPP albums so far, esp "The Ghost of Aveiro"
― The Reverend, Sunday, 18 January 2009 00:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Uhhhh, worth NOTING.
― THE SUGGEST BANS! THEY DO NOTHING!! (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 18 January 2009 00:41 (fifteen years ago) link
(and how many mixtapes Waajeed got???)
Waajeed got too much to name. there's so much that i've found it hard to even know where to start with him. suggestions other than the usual remixes etc?
Flying Lotus is some nasty shit.
― the table is the table, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 02:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Did you all follow directions and download the pre-Abundance mixtape? Lots of remixes, TWO different versions of "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," good-ish stuff. Album's probably tighter.
― Dimension 5ive, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 02:06 (fifteen years ago) link
this kid i used to know in LA djs this kinda stuff.
http://www.myspace.com/djkaleem http://colderthanaratsass.blogspot.com/ i'm currently listening to his peven everett mix. it's mostly his upbeat housey stuff, but he's got some weirder slow stuff too. definitely a name to check out.
it's funny how this stuff started in detroit but is so LA centric now. guess it makes sense since jay dee moved there and sa-ra is from there.
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 02:53 (fifteen years ago) link
oh shit, just realized rozzie daime is my friend's friend reese that sang on the sa-ra album
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 02:57 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone know about this Antantiquity thing? compiled by garth trinidad
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Atlantiquity/release/568528
Tracklisting:1 Kleeer Tonight (SA-RA All Stars Remix)2 Slave Watching You (Vikter Duplaix Remix)3 Eddie Harris Bold And Black (DJ Nu-Mark Remix)4 United 8 Getting Uptown (To Get Down) (Quantic Remix)5 Average White Band Pick Up Te Pieces (Charlie Dark Remix)6 Sister Sledge We Are Family (Daz-I-Kue Remix)7 Donny Hathaway Little Gheto Boy (Freddy L Remix)8 Chic A Warm Summer Night (King Britt Remix)9 Spinners I'll Be Around (Kev Brown Remix)10 Carmen McRae Just A Little Lovin' (GB Remix)11 Faze-O Riding High (The Army Of Love Remix)12 Yusef Lateef Nubian Lady (Metisse Remix)
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 06:24 (fifteen years ago) link
or anything about SunGodSuns? it's total project blowed dudes (2mex, omid [who i went to highschool w/], and dj nobody. but has production by sa-ra
http://www.discogs.com/SonGodSuns-Everyday/release/766140
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 06:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh shit, new blood! I'm thinking garth trinidad is a man to watch, considering I liked his Fader mix.
Matt, I need to pick up your suggestions asap. Booting slsk won't happen for a bit though.
Thanks for keeping this alive! Will report back.
― your cussin' cousin (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 07:43 (fifteen years ago) link
garth is a dj for la public radio station KCRW and does a show called chocolate city
http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/cc
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 07:53 (fifteen years ago) link
hold the fuck up
― The Reverend, Thursday, 22 January 2009 02:51 (fifteen years ago) link
(btw jaxon, et al, thank you for your contributions!)
this PPP album is a lot better than i thought it would be. prefer the stuff that isnt so locked into the dilla-ish drum programming but its interesting. the first single they leaked had me worried they were trying to do the 60s soul pastiche thing.
― uk grime faggot (titchyschneiderMk2), Thursday, 22 January 2009 08:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I like how they use retro-soul more as a starting point than as an end unto itself.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 22 January 2009 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh man, this thread is so great and appreciated. It is totally hooking me up with stuff I was looking for when I started this thread: Contemporary mellow jazzy soul...
― del (dell), Thursday, 22 January 2009 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I sort of want to listen exclusively to this kind of stuff from now until perpetuity.
― del (dell), Thursday, 22 January 2009 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link
so i got back in contact w/ Kaleem that i mentioned just upthread and he mentioned some new names
http://www.myspace.com/opswamp81 (really feeling this)
http://www.myspace.com/afta1
http://www.myspace.com/samiyambeats
the last 2 are primarily instrumental. samiyam even does a weird (not necessarily good) remix of soldier boy's "crank that"
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Thursday, 22 January 2009 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Moodymann Live:
― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Thursday, 22 January 2009 23:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I discovered a podcast on slsk of garth trinidad and muhsinah
in the process of getting now
― PappaWheelie V, Thursday, 22 January 2009 23:59 (fifteen years ago) link
musinah seems a lot like GAM to me. not sure if i like her. screechy singing all over the place and not very songful.
anyone like frank mccomb? hes very neo soul but not in the posery/too cool way, very donny hathaway influenced, to the point where its almost like glenn lewis and stevie wonder. still like him though, but i wish he had some better lyrics on some of his songs. theyre as inane as a lot of modern R&B, just less noticeably so cos the music and singing are so 'deep'.
― uk grime faggot (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 23 January 2009 12:42 (fifteen years ago) link
so very late on this particular bandwagon but my brothe just sent me Tide's Arising by Mark de Clive-Lowe and "Slide" is like the perfect mix of Prince and house music, woot
― Barack You Like A Husseincane (HI DERE), Friday, 23 January 2009 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm sure it's mentioned up there somewhere, but the PPP album is up on emusic now
― sonofstan, Friday, 23 January 2009 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link
i listened to Flying Lotus' "Los Angeles" and honestly, it was kinda really boring. no songs, no basslines, no samples, just beats and weird noises. kinda lost me. his bbc essential mix is still pretty rad though.
the j*davey album is great
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Monday, 26 January 2009 22:52 (fifteen years ago) link
The Flying Lotus album didn't make a huge impression on me, either. I haven't gone back to it. Maybe I should, maybe I shouldn't.
― The Reverend (rev), Monday, 26 January 2009 22:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Your capacity for constant rongness astounds me.
― The Reverend (rev), Monday, 26 January 2009 23:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Woops, meant Garth podcast of Georgia Anne. On 1st listen, it's decent, with some exclusives. Will listen again soon.
haha on the GAM comparison, considering my mixup above. Although I don't get the "screechy" accusation on Muhsinah. Screechy is how I define much of the R&B out there, as Tombe Lockhart says in the interview posted above.
Gotta admit...it was that album that opened the door for me to revisit the Broken Beat meets Neo-Soul thing, which surely led me to this, but I don't think they're exactly the same. I got into Mark and Ticklah thanks to DJ Spinna colabs.
i listened to Flying Lotus' "Los Angeles" and honestly, it was kinda really boring. no songs, no basslines, no samples, just beats and weird noises
I consider Flying Lotus, 00Genesis, Jackhigh, et al to be a sub-genre. Not R&B, although, occasionally in an R&B mode.
xp
― c?ke (PappaWheelie V), Monday, 26 January 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean, I'm not saying you are rong about Muhsinah and GAM being similar, just the rest. ; )
― The Reverend (rev), Monday, 26 January 2009 23:16 (fifteen years ago) link
tbh i only heard her once a few months back and i prob should reinvestigate just to make sure i was right or not but i dont know if i want to repeat that experience.
― uk grime faggot (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 26 January 2009 23:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I love both their voices, especially Muhsinah's.
― The Reverend (rev), Monday, 26 January 2009 23:27 (fifteen years ago) link
weird. the tracks on her myspace arent like the ones that were there last year at all. these are nicer. not very GAM at all.
― uk grime faggot (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 26 January 2009 23:32 (fifteen years ago) link
for the record, day.break has been my favorite album on this whole thread (probably of the whole decade). not just saying it to pile up. i'm really blown away by it. i just know contrarian ass ilm would'nt agree if stated (and probably won't anyway), so i was hoping everyone would find it on their own and at least have no expectations
― c?ke (PappaWheelie V), Monday, 26 January 2009 23:40 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost - that flying lotus album has pretty good bass if you listen to it on a good system. i find if i hear it just on my PC speakers a lot of the low end disappears.
― uk grime faggot (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 26 January 2009 23:46 (fifteen years ago) link
xp For real, dawg? I like day.break, but it runs together after a while.
― The Reverend (rev), Monday, 26 January 2009 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
what is day.break
― twitty milk (deej), Thursday, 29 January 2009 09:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Muhsinah
― The Reverend (rev), Thursday, 29 January 2009 18:05 (fifteen years ago) link
For real, dawg.
― BAROQUE AS A JOKE! (PappaWheelie V), Thursday, 29 January 2009 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Tonight's the night I play catch up on this thread again, so expect some live blogging soon(especially on the Not For Sale: Red Bull Music Academy Toronto 2007 mix)― serious sockpuppet here (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:28 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark
― serious sockpuppet here (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:28 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark
Finally, some of this has come in.
So far, not half as good as the Fader Suite903. Musinah gives way to IDM, Dubstep or whatever, inst Acid Jazz, Electro, but...
This Mara TK & Jake One track is great.
Om'mas Keith Prince-a-like track with Talk Box is great
Samiyam and Hudson Mohawke's "Eff This" is a *fantastic* beat that begs for a great vocal
Waiting for the rest.
― BAROQUE AS A JOKE! (PappaWheelie V), Thursday, 29 January 2009 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, btw: you may be interested in the Brownwood Bubblers series. I downloaded the third last night, but haven't listened yet. Has Stacy Epps and Rozzi Daime on it among others, the clips I listened to mostly sounded in this vein.
― The Reverend (rev), Thursday, 29 January 2009 20:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's on my list to get too. Have a few cuts from it already.
― BAROQUE AS A JOKE! (PappaWheelie V), Thursday, 29 January 2009 20:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Finally figured out what "Mr. Johnnie Walker" sounds like to me:
― The Reverend, Saturday, 31 January 2009 04:23 (fifteen years ago) link
LA area fans, Janelle Monae & Garth Trinidad @ Giant Step Sat Feb 7
http://www.giantstep.net/events/1074
― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 31 January 2009 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
oh shit, just realized rozzie daime is my friend's friend reese that sang on the sa-ra album― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:57 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:57 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark
jaxon, met your friend Ben last night. We related on 1,000 topics, including gaining some insight on Rozzie Dame.
Anyway...
Anyone know anything about MarToRio? His song Share Of from the Red Bull Toronto mix is in the heart of this. I've found next to nothing so far.
― nabisock (PappaWheelie V), Thursday, 5 February 2009 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
haha. nice! yeah, he's my oldest bestest friend. how'd you put 2 & 2 together? did you mention that u knew me from the internet?
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Thursday, 5 February 2009 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
ilx came up. he said his friend jason forwarded him a thread about new, weird r&b. dan was in the convo, pointed out jason = jaxon. ben started talking about his friend reese.
he said several terrible things about you. kinda endlessly.
― nabisock (PappaWheelie V), Thursday, 5 February 2009 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
ha. of course. unrequited love, etc
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Thursday, 5 February 2009 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
She's not quite "out there", but I figured I'd mention Algebra Blessett in here... her album Purpose was one of my favorites from last year:
Gorgeous voice.
― De Pussyclot Dolls (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 5 February 2009 20:55 (fifteen years ago) link
this dude just added me on myspace. Always is pretty cool. looks like he had a remix on that garth trinidad mix i mentioned upthread
http://www.myspace.com/giftedblessed
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Monday, 9 February 2009 07:20 (fifteen years ago) link
oh, nice. i asked GB who was singing on that Always track and he said it's muhsinah
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Monday, 9 February 2009 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Snippets of Asplund's Dorian Concept-produced 12":http://www.hardtofindrecordsrecordstore.com/mp3/MR281498_1.mp3http://www.hardtofindrecordsrecordstore.com/mp3/MR281498_3.mp3― Andy K, Sunday, December 21, 2008 10:02 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark
― Andy K, Sunday, December 21, 2008 10:02 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark
"Silverlake" video (plus other stuff):
http://ibootleggedyourmum.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/kissey-asplund-silverlake/
― Andy K, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link
this is where we talk about PPP right? i'm enjoying this album more and more every time i spin it. i'm partial to the karma stewart songs, my favorite is 'on a cloud'; her voice is so soulful and retro (in a good way). does she have anything out there on her own that is worth checking out?
also looks like lastfm is autocorrecting them now, i remember rev complaining about that recently
― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 03:43 (fifteen years ago) link
I need to catch up with this thread.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 04:18 (fifteen years ago) link
but for real though, me too
― PappaWheelie V, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 04:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I like the Algebra tracks! I'd seen something of hers posted over at lolbounce, but it didn't catch me.
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 04:34 (fifteen years ago) link
For those curious about Muhsinah's day.break, and a few other things in this thread, this was put together for someone else, but might as well place it here too.
― FTWWW (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 14 February 2009 06:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Aight, so on one listen I like this new Heavy record a lot. It's a lot less hamfisted then their debut. More neo-soulish, too. Lots of rhodes and sax all over the place. And a heap of Stevie-isms. They even call the last track "Wonderlove" and go for a glorious, all out, unabashed Minnie-circa-Perfect Angel tribute. Somewhere in the middle there's a broken-beat rendition of the Sesame Street theme. The two "bumpers" are a good vamp that a didn't need to hear for more than a minute, but otherwise I can't really find fault. I didn't expect much of this, but color me impressed.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 06:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, wow. I think the Jazzanova remix of "Wonderlove" might be even better than the original.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 06:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Sa-Ra album on Ubiquity, release date of 6/9.
Obviously the hold up was in waiting for a 6/9 Tuesday.
― Andy K, Friday, 27 March 2009 00:24 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/essays/images/BillTed3.jpg
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Friday, 27 March 2009 00:49 (fourteen years ago) link
awesome
― uncle otm (The Reverend), Friday, 27 March 2009 01:06 (fourteen years ago) link
what's it called? black fuzz?
― knive k (k3vin k.), Friday, 27 March 2009 01:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Pubic Cube (In Space): Book 1 of 4
― Andy K, Friday, 27 March 2009 01:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Clip Never Stopping When It's Time to Kick or Spray, Vol. 1: Meccanomics
― Andy K, Friday, 27 March 2009 01:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Pretty sure Black Fuzz was abandoned sometime before the release of The Hollywood Sessions and has mostly been cannabalized.
― uncle otm (The Reverend), Friday, 27 March 2009 01:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Actual title is Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love
― Andy K, Friday, 27 March 2009 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I am so disappointed that this doesn't appear to be real.
― uncle otm (The Reverend), Friday, 27 March 2009 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Wasn't the Black Fuzz stuff recorded strictly for GOOD/Sony? There was that teaser EP ("Nasty You," "Big Fame," etc). I can't keep it straight.
― Andy K, Friday, 27 March 2009 01:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I have no idea what legalities were involved.
― uncle otm (The Reverend), Friday, 27 March 2009 01:21 (fourteen years ago) link
From Ubiquity press release:
Their plan was to release their Black Fuzz album through Sony Urban and follow-up with the Ubiquity album. However, as with the best made plans (especially those involving major labels,) Black Fuzz has yet to be released.
― Andy K, Friday, 27 March 2009 01:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Om'Mas Keith is currently producing and writing for P. Diddy’s upcoming album (Last Train to Paris), and will co-star in a major network reality television show.
― Andy K, Friday, 27 March 2009 01:24 (fourteen years ago) link
all music guy
― knive k (k3vin k.), Friday, 27 March 2009 01:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Helping SRCP realize their potential on Nuclear Evolution is a crew of friends and co-conspirators that includes legends like soul chanteuse Erykah Badu, and saxophonist Gary Bartz with his quartet. The album also features up-and-coming talent like Debi Nova, Rozzie Daime, Noni Lamar, Erika Rose, Brook D’leau of J*Davey, Joseph Liemberg, Fenetta Lowe & Jimetta Rose.
― Andy K, Friday, 27 March 2009 01:26 (fourteen years ago) link
so one of the "Moodymann" videos posted above is actually this guy Paul Randolph. he is with Moodymann and Waajeed, Innerzone, etc. damn good stuff:
http://www.myspace.com/prandolph
― the table is the table, Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
ooh, "rough and tough" is some good shit. i'll have to track some of this stuff down
― knive k (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
aight i cnt really find anything by him, even on last.fm so if someone wants to be a bro and webmail me that'd be great
― knive k (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
just sent you a mail, k3vin
― the table is the table, Saturday, 28 March 2009 18:10 (fourteen years ago) link
much love
― knive k (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 March 2009 18:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Damn, that's pretty nice. Can I get a...?
― uncle otm (The Reverend), Sunday, 29 March 2009 02:56 (fourteen years ago) link
got u homie (hope you dont mind, table)
― knive k (k3vin k.), Sunday, 29 March 2009 03:17 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks, kev!
― uncle otm (The Reverend), Sunday, 29 March 2009 04:48 (fourteen years ago) link
no prob :) that first album of his wasnt bad, but i'm back to listening to the songs on him myspace, and damn i'm looking forward to a next album by him, this is some great stuff.
― knive k (k3vin k.), Sunday, 29 March 2009 04:57 (fourteen years ago) link
ruff and tuff/let me show ya
― knive k (k3vin k.), Sunday, 29 March 2009 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks kev! and yeah. i also like "About Last Night," but it is a bit housier for sure.
― the table is the table, Monday, 30 March 2009 00:45 (fourteen years ago) link
so one of the dudes from Excepter has produced an album with a sextet of 12-14 year old girls from Brownsville rapping over VERY Excepter=like beats. my friend's label is putting out the vinyl. very strange and obviously a novelty, but kind of awesome, too. like Rye-Rye but more fucked-up and menacing, on first listen.
http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/12726-born-2-b-fly/
― the table is the table, Thursday, 16 April 2009 22:34 (fourteen years ago) link
@_@
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Thursday, 16 April 2009 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Since this thread sorta went unnoticed the first two times around, I'm gonna put it here. I might be claiming new favorite band. Francis and the Lights
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Monday, 20 April 2009 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
that's kindof a bit more balearic yacht rock than kinda out there, maybe kinda experimental, maybe kinda pretentious modern r&b and there are about a million threads about that.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, 20 April 2009 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I think i kinda like it tho
just came in here to rave about algebra, but brainwasher did it a couple of months ago! 'run & hide' is gorgeous.
― lex pretend, Friday, 24 April 2009 09:08 (fourteen years ago) link
So off one listen Triangle is basically awesome. Lots of really blunted loops with prettiness strewn about on top. Shock sample of the album: Antibalas' "Beaten Metal" on "Re: Outsource".
― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:12 (fourteen years ago) link
new Muhsinah album, I should point out
― the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh man, love your new screen name, Rev. That's really set the bar higher, I think.
― "some dumb fucking indie reason that you refuse to admit" (Bimble), Saturday, 23 May 2009 10:10 (fourteen years ago) link
the Muhsinah album i listened to (daybreak 2.0?) was unbearable imo
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Saturday, 23 May 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
was this the thread where someone was posting about Paul Randolph?
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Saturday, 23 May 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah!! anything new from him? "ruff and tuff" was my shit a couple months ago
― man see united (k3vin k.), Monday, 25 May 2009 04:11 (fourteen years ago) link
If you don't like Daybreak, it's probably safe to say you won't like Triangle.
― the tenth-most noxious weed on the planet (The Reverend), Monday, 25 May 2009 04:33 (fourteen years ago) link
rev wanna webmail a kev?
― i am rubber, turkoglu (k3vin k.), Monday, 25 May 2009 04:41 (fourteen years ago) link
why not
― the tenth-most noxious weed on the planet (The Reverend), Monday, 25 May 2009 04:42 (fourteen years ago) link
no, but I downloaded that ysi when I saw it and I'm having a second wave of loving them, partic let me show yeah, which is some pretty classic old school disco imo. If anyone wants to recommend anything else by him i'd be happy to hear it.
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Monday, 25 May 2009 23:49 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah that let me show ya was actually a jazzanova track he was featured on, if you didnt know. i've got "this is what it is", an EP of his, which didn't leave much of an impression on me, but he's featured on a couple of other jazzanova tracks from of all the things. i forget who but i think someone said he's coming out with something this year
― i am rubber, turkoglu (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 00:05 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i know, i like it more than rough and tough tho
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 07:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I got the impression from discogs that he had already put out his own version of that song and maybe they sampled the vocals?
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 07:31 (fourteen years ago) link
So I saw Muhsinah and Platinum Pied Pipers last night. Well, only really one song by PPP b/c they didn't go on until 1 AM and I'm old.
Thoughts on Muhsinah: really dug her sound a whole lot -- but her songwriting is kinda weak, IMO. I like that her melodies are unpredictable, full of weird half-note jumps, but it's almost to a fault: lots of times it just sort of sounded meandering. But I'd be interested in hearing the recordings.
― sad-ass Gen Y fantasist (jaymc), Friday, 3 July 2009 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
i) heads up to grab muhsinah's the oscillations: square 2day
ii) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i_7gDhLqpE
― lex pretend, Monday, 20 July 2009 08:38 (fourteen years ago) link
"her songwriting is kinda weak"
thats pretty much all these guys :(
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 20 July 2009 09:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Questlove, Foreign Exchange, Zo & Carlitta Durand - Purple Flip
― amateurs write for recognition. professionals write for an audience (Tape Store), Monday, 20 July 2009 09:53 (fourteen years ago) link
new sa ra album is really disappointing. sounds like all the acts it influenced. lost all focus.
― spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch (jaxon), Monday, 20 July 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
it sounds like theyre essaying everything.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 20 July 2009 23:43 (fourteen years ago) link
is this kind of music strictly for the grown and sexy?
― I'm a Matt...I'm a DC (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 20 July 2009 23:45 (fourteen years ago) link
nahh.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean, yeah, but the young and repulsive can listen too.
http://djkaleem.podomatic.com/
Some relevant tracks in the first mix.
*new to the board* - hello!
― Archi, Thursday, 13 August 2009 14:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Nice, I've been looking for a good introduction to Peven Everett.
Welcome to ILX, Archi!
― louturistic jag (The Reverend), Thursday, 13 August 2009 14:21 (fourteen years ago) link
"i know all the bitches" by mr beatnick ft. ahu is just gorgeous http://www.myspace.com/mrbeatnick
― lex pretend, Monday, 7 September 2009 09:24 (fourteen years ago) link
dropped a bunch of cds at my local store for sale -- if i get fair value i will finally get the georgia anne muldrow record and then float around in the ether for a long time
― Cave17Matt, Monday, 7 September 2009 11:21 (fourteen years ago) link
dunno how 'out there' this is or if it should just be in reg-R&B thread but this is coolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljJP86w7m3U&feature=player_profilepage
― BiG HoOs is the one claim!!! (deej), Thursday, 17 September 2009 07:47 (fourteen years ago) link
gettin a teedra vibe from that
― The Reverend, Friday, 18 September 2009 06:17 (fourteen years ago) link
dunno if this belongs in this thread either but what do you dudes think of the new nicolay record?
― xhuxk mangione (deej), Saturday, 3 October 2009 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link
wasn't aware of it, is it a solo?
― wit and wisdom (snrub 'n' tug remix) (The Reverend), Sunday, 4 October 2009 06:30 (fourteen years ago) link
cool cover arthttp://www.removethelabels.com/images/city_lights_vol_2.jpg
― xhuxk mangione (deej), Monday, 5 October 2009 22:09 (fourteen years ago) link
b-_-d
glad there are vocal tracks, wasn't hugely into the idea of an all-instrumental Nicolay record, but I shouldn't have worried about anything as the instrumentals are rich with detail, too
― the smug persian (The Reverend), Sunday, 11 October 2009 07:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Ah, just realized the vocals on here are Carlitta Durand. I've been obsessed by "Her" off this - http://rs615.rapidshare.com/files/222174745/Carlitta_s_Way.rar - mixtape at various points.
I want to hear "Saturday Night" out, but realize it will probably never happen.
― the smug persian (The Reverend), Sunday, 11 October 2009 08:46 (fourteen years ago) link
looks like the only place Hudson Mohawke's been mentioned on ilm is in the dubstep/wonky threads. this is the only song i've heard from him, but it def belongs in this thread. pretty nice.
http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/10/premiere-hudson-mohawke-rising-5-mp3/
― jaxon, Sunday, 11 October 2009 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
yo at any point did ya'll discuss the j*davey album(s)? i know it's over a year old but i only got a hold of it a week ago and have been finding alot to love about it.
― samosa gibreel, Sunday, 11 October 2009 17:36 (fourteen years ago) link
The J*Davey album was pretty enjoyable for a few listens. Some keepers there. I look forward to seeing where they go in the future.
Shafiq Husayn's En A-Free-Ka is pretty good, a lot better and a lot more focused than this year's Sa-Ra album. Interesting how most of the rhythms seem to be based more in Afro-beat than hiphop or R&B.
― on a top secret challops mission in contraristan (The Reverend), Monday, 12 October 2009 23:30 (fourteen years ago) link
vid is pretty cool. sounds like a mix between outkast and sa-ra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlyeNkxlNhU
― jaxon, Thursday, 18 March 2010 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
i dont like that one much -- was def feeling this tho
havent checked the albumhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hWrxfuzwjQ
― The BoyBoy Big HOO$ (deej), Thursday, 1 April 2010 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
ugh hate that dude. garish neon bullshit imo
― wakaflockapitusberry (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 April 2010 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Kinda surprised at the mellowness/playfulness of Kings Ballad, no?
― T Bone Streep (Cave17Matt), Thursday, 1 April 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
damn, GAM got another album already?
― wakaflockapitusberry (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 April 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I know I stan for anything FE-related but OMG this is so fucking good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV5mNZ_fVnc
I hope you have a little girlAnd she's the apple of her eyeYou'll never see her cryTil somebody breaks her heartThe way you did mineI hope they make her cryI hope somebody makes her cry*cue guitar solo*
― british is happening (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 April 2010 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty much going to listen to this song on repeat all day now
― samosa gibreel, Friday, 2 April 2010 13:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Early February, yeah -- very good (if not Umsindo level).
― Andy K, Friday, 2 April 2010 13:21 (thirteen years ago) link
The Quadron album is my favorite of the year thus far (without doubt my year-end number one).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InYDnSPaIUE
― Andy K, Friday, 2 April 2010 13:27 (thirteen years ago) link
damn, GAM got another album already?Early February, yeah -- very good (if not Umsindo level).
Kings Ballad is so much more listenable and interesting to me than Umsindo, which often prized weirdness over actual quality. Here the balance is a lot better.
― T Bone Streep (Cave17Matt), Friday, 2 April 2010 13:48 (thirteen years ago) link
FITE
― Andy K, Friday, 2 April 2010 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RBjMrRXTxI
― Andy K, Friday, 2 April 2010 13:50 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Andy K, Friday, 2 April 2010 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
― samosa gibreel, Friday, April 2, 2010 6:15 AM Bookmark
I did this yesterday. Might do it today.
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 April 2010 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 April 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I've been meaning to give that ep a second spin for a while
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 April 2010 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm way into that Yahzarah track posted upthread a bit.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 April 2010 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
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?
― samosa gibreel, Friday, 2 April 2010 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxihZyey1qM
― Don't Make Me A Burrito (Craig D.), Friday, 2 April 2010 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 April 2010 23:39 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― samosa gibreel, Friday, 2 April 2010 23:40 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ELR-W7BKs
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 April 2010 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― nicky lo-fi, Saturday, 3 April 2010 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
that lineup sounded pretty dnw, but that is dope
― The Reverend, Saturday, 3 April 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
That Quadron disc is pretty killer, like a spacey, more R&B version of Roisin Murphy. Love love "Buster Keaton."
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 4 April 2010 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― The Reverend, Sunday, 4 April 2010 01:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i would like to point out that i have been otm in this thread
that is a very good music song
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 4 April 2010 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― The Reverend, Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
i hope you're happy or whateva
― samosa gibreel, Sunday, 4 April 2010 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
on second thought not really HEY!
― The Reverend, Sunday, 4 April 2010 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
:)
― samosa gibreel, Sunday, 4 April 2010 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
rev can u post mp3
― jihad mane (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 17:48 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.theforeignexchangemusic.com/2010/03/why-dontcha-call-me-no-more.php
― The Reverend, Sunday, 4 April 2010 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
yahzarah is a babe
― samosa gibreel, Sunday, 4 April 2010 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
yah
― The Reverend, Sunday, 4 April 2010 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
loooool apparently GAM's pops is one of the dudes behind The Secret. that makes weird sense :/
― The Reverend, Monday, 5 April 2010 00:47 (thirteen years ago) link
yah zarah yah
― jihad mane (J0rdan S.), Monday, 5 April 2010 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
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― The Reverend, Friday, 30 April 2010 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
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yup - totally recommended, esp if it's getting to be summer where you are.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 30 April 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
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'
― waka khan (samosa gibreel), Monday, 3 May 2010 05:39 (thirteen years ago) link
oh and i'm really liking that quadron, thx for the rec
― waka khan (samosa gibreel), Monday, 3 May 2010 05:40 (thirteen years ago) link
cool thx
like the quadron album but don't feel like playing it much
― WE THE VIKING (The Reverend), Monday, 3 May 2010 06:33 (thirteen years ago) link
lol at the continuing theme of "yahzarah rescues decent female-fronted stevie wonder songs from albums not a lot of people liked"
― WE THE VIKING (The Reverend), Monday, 3 May 2010 09:00 (thirteen years ago) link
"The Lie" is v good in a "this seems always on the verge of breaking out into stadium disco" type way
― WE THE VIKING (The Reverend), Monday, 3 May 2010 09:05 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― WE THE VIKING (The Reverend), Monday, 3 May 2010 09:43 (thirteen years ago) link
*doesn't want to believe it*
― waka khan (samosa gibreel), Monday, 3 May 2010 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― snoop dyao double-g (The Reverend), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 08:46 (thirteen years ago) link
placed*
― snoop dyao double-g (The Reverend), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 08:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Yahzarah record just leaked, if that's of interest to anyone.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh never mind, I just saw that it actually leaked on Monday. der.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
thought the quadron rec was 09
it's good either way
― manish pseud (cozen), Saturday, 8 May 2010 10:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Speaking of Plug Research, the new and bananas Bilal album fits here.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 3 August 2010 12:06 (thirteen years ago) link
im excited to hear that
― blap...tremendo (deej), Sunday, 8 August 2010 04:46 (thirteen years ago) link
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?
― Evan R, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link
clips on amazon
― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks! I have pretty high hopes for this one.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Evan R, Friday, 3 September 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
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 Boyfriendhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpdzEpGIqtY
Groove Theory - Tell Mehttps://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
― lilsoulbrother, Friday, 24 September 2010 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
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...
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Saturday, 6 November 2010 09:28 (thirteen years ago) link
"Night Air" is awesome. Can't decide whether I like the original or the Ramadanman remix more.
― Tim F, Saturday, 6 November 2010 11:50 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dhPuid9e4Q
― Shirley MODOK (Andy K), Thursday, 3 March 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^
Shoestring-budget tribute to an imaginary Wonderlove album has been in my head all week
― Andy K, Thursday, 10 March 2011 13:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Sweet J*Davey video for the standout on Evil Christian Cops; Raincheck.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsP2z1ikWls
― mmmm, Thursday, 21 April 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
"The Story" is so great. Other songs on that ep are pretty good too.
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Thursday, 21 April 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
Don't know "The Story"?? I just got the d/l from here http://jdavey.bandcamp.com/album/evil-christian-cop-the-great-mistapes
Kinda enjoying the Nirvana cover after a few listens.
― mmmm, Thursday, 21 April 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
whoa that KING track is so good, who are they??
i mean, i'm looking on the internet right now at who they are but you know
― goole, Thursday, 21 April 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
xp, Sorry, I was talking about the revive before yours, about King.
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Friday, 22 April 2011 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
The King EP is so fucking good. Pretty much had it on repeat all day.
― 3.5" flopson (The Reverend), Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
i'm really impressed with this album right now - http://boglewaltz.bandcamp.com/album/boglewaltz-we-came-for-the-music - some gorgeous sounds and vocals on there
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgfUt3RHsk8
― lex pretend, Saturday, 14 May 2011 11:29 (twelve years ago) link
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRoIgFaK5MY
― lex pretend, Saturday, 14 May 2011 11:42 (twelve years ago) link
this is cool, dude is Erykah Badu's bassist on the New Amerykah albums!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8nuH6SKtNU
would rather it didn't have the SUPER LO-FI production, though.. reminds me of Cody ChestnuTT. Apparently his whole album will be produced by Flying Lotus (!!!) so definitely one to look out for.
Also, don't know if this was posted but it's dope:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rbGreE943c
The whole EP is worth checking out
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 3 June 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5obqJqUfa-Q
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 3 June 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
similarly,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puW4cs3qLSs
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 3 June 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
i think bonjay maybe qualify for this thread, been playing this a lot lately:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we_WRUIYeKE
― from shmear to eternity (donna rouge), Friday, 3 June 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
bonjay = fucking awesome. stumble and its video are A++ good, creepin is awesome too. want a full album from them.
― semi-ironic 'faggot' (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 4 June 2011 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
Wow that Thundercat thing sounds like it was taken from Stanley Clarke's Journey To Love, it's great. Still making my mind up on Fatima.
― mmmm, Saturday, 4 June 2011 06:38 (twelve years ago) link
Agree on Thundercat. I've been digging Bonjay too. That Amalia track is new to me...and it's GRAND.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 4 June 2011 06:43 (twelve years ago) link
Brain, love Fatima's "Warm Eyes", cheers for that.
― Tim F, Saturday, 4 June 2011 06:58 (twelve years ago) link
haha i don't feel like clicking under the cut but i'm pretty sure i posted some fatima tracks last year
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Saturday, 4 June 2011 07:07 (twelve years ago) link
this is her new one fyi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL4wijBqBhw
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Saturday, 4 June 2011 07:08 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah you did Lex, I remember.
I think I like her in classicist breezy mode more than in #based mode which seems to be her more common m.o. though she's pretty good either way.
― Tim F, Saturday, 4 June 2011 07:10 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i agree - best things i've heard by her are her guest vocals on shafiq husayn's "lil girl" and scratcha dva's "just vybe", where she can really get her teeth into a song that stands up
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Saturday, 4 June 2011 07:12 (twelve years ago) link
Yeaaaaah, loving that Thundercat. Immediately thought of My Mans Stanley Clarke!
― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 June 2011 07:14 (twelve years ago) link
How have I been sleeping on Slakah the Beatchild. Oh. My. God.
― ♫♪♫♪♫ ((┗|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|┛))♫♪♪♫♪♫ (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 25 June 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdfhPnnNmjkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfqGdHdecLchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByNFaTUNmRA
― ♫♪♫♪♫ ((┗|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|┛))♫♪♪♫♪♫ (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 25 June 2011 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
this is a jam y'all: http://soundcloud.com/allnaturalinc/proh-mic-turn-it-over-feat
― these goons were made for waka (The Reverend), Monday, 4 July 2011 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
really felling this. keyboard solo and special fx are awes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svZMb3zc__s
heard a few more of their songs and they're nice, but imo, kinda dated and too 'nice'. sounds a lot like dwele or something
― jaxon, Thursday, 21 July 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.mpmsite.com/?area=artists&view=detail&id=292
^ more songs
Dig the song. They sure were in a rush to get to the solo.
http://official-inc.com/
"SOMETIMES IN THE AFTERNOON WE LIKE TO PLAY JAZZ."
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
http://defgray.bandcamp.com/track/lunar-sun-light
ayoooo
― cece peniston (The Reverend), Sunday, 31 July 2011 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
The male voice there... eurrghh. Great otherwise.
Szjerdene over Dimlite: http://szjerdene.bandcamp.com/track/leilas-tale
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
Thought I had linked to this but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ume677WIWr8
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Friday, 5 August 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJf-5hRwBfQ
― Tim F, Monday, 15 August 2011 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
Loving dude's EP so much.
― Tim F, Monday, 15 August 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
sounds like stbrkt or jamie woon or those guys more than R&B.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 15 August 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
something a bit bland about it too
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 15 August 2011 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
this is dope, ur crazy
― just sayin, Monday, 15 August 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
Seriously tho:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhS2pFD0Y2c
― Tim F, Monday, 15 August 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
Boykins! Loved the album he released a few years back, downloaded this EP but haven't listened to it yet... will have to get on that.
He's really great live as well, I saw him open up for Chrisette Michele.
― The Brainwasher, Monday, 15 August 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
also, ws
― The Brainwasher, Monday, 15 August 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
This JB is great.
― streetball technician in the flesh (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 15 August 2011 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
There is a lesson to be learned from situations where I like something and titchy dislikes it.
― Tim F, Monday, 15 August 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
Gives me the same feelings that early Dwele gave me.
― streetball technician in the flesh (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 15 August 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
Sounds like King Britt really wanted to make a Little Dragon/Georgia Anne Muldrow/Kissey Asplund-type record.
http://saturnneversleeps.com/2011/08/yesterdays-machine/
Last track is Italo post-punk, though -- something you could play between the Cure and Klein & MBO.
Whole thing is excellent.
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Thursday, 18 August 2011 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
Regarding Thundercat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk_RfQmV1Zg
This opens the album and it's obviously covered later on, as linked above.
A lot of Flying Lotus fans are going to think the album is garbage, but anything that uses MPS-era George Duke, Jan Hammer Group's Melodies, and Todd Rundgren as touchstones is OK in my book.
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Thursday, 18 August 2011 13:11 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh31etowmbk
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Thursday, 18 August 2011 13:12 (twelve years ago) link
"There is a lesson to be learned from situations where I like something and titchy dislikes it."
he sounds like sam sparrow
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Thursday, 18 August 2011 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
found out about this thundercat from pitchfork. seems kinda ill
― D-40, Friday, 2 September 2011 06:35 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i need to check dude out -- i hadn't heard of him until yesterday
― J0rdan S., Friday, 2 September 2011 07:46 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, that album is so dope. I kinda forgot about it for a while though.
― swagliacci (The Reverend), Friday, 2 September 2011 08:27 (twelve years ago) link
thundercat album is great, sort of like agent k/george duke/kaidi and dego
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 2 September 2011 11:08 (twelve years ago) link
New track by José James - It's All Over Your Body
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGtHvy_3W4Q
His voice is so friggin sexy. This is a smooth little groove, pretty damn perfect imo.
― Gred The Flopson (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 15 September 2011 06:43 (twelve years ago) link
Another new one... Troublehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gz2kqOupCI
― Gred The Flopson (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 15 September 2011 06:46 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjhkSskYuBA
I see she was mentioned on this thread already (only mention on ILM). Not saying I love this, but I like her voice and kindof like the whole thing. Could stand a harder sound though obviously a harder sound isn't what they're going for.
― Cal Jeddah (_Rudipherous_), Monday, 19 September 2011 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
Actually, listening to "Leila's Tale" now for the first time and I think I might like that more.
― Cal Jeddah (_Rudipherous_), Monday, 19 September 2011 04:25 (twelve years ago) link
Or maybe not.
― Cal Jeddah (_Rudipherous_), Monday, 19 September 2011 04:27 (twelve years ago) link
Does Jose James belong in this thread or the reg R&B rolling thread?
― raunch you raw (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 19 September 2011 04:36 (twelve years ago) link
Leila's Tale sounds better to me. Production is pretty cool.
― raunch you raw (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 19 September 2011 04:37 (twelve years ago) link
@Thundercatbass ThundercatI will give my eagle a pompadour and decorate his beak with Christmas lights and macaronies.
― turfin' bird (The Reverend), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
This Pandr Eyez track is enchanting
http://vimeo.com/28883031
― Evan R, Thursday, 13 October 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRn2DAggPEE
Does Goapelle belong in here? Maybe this song belongs in the Sade thread, cos its very Sade like.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 05:51 (twelve years ago) link
that pandr eyez track is pretty amazing
― jaxon, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 06:04 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I'm loving Pandr Eyez and Goapelle tracks both.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
Second J*Davey album finally seeing the light of day later this month. http://soundcloud.com/illav8r/newdesignerdrug
Sounds great on my first run-through. AND HELL YES! "Dollar or More" is finally gonna be out there. I've been waiting for a finished version of that song for almost three years.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
gotta say i had high hopes and feel kinda let down w/ new j davey. compared to the dangerous sexy randomness of the first double-set, it's bland. dang!
― iglu ferrignu, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
Goapele album is waaaaay good. For real.
― I'm a HOOS hunter in the winter (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 18 November 2011 05:25 (twelve years ago) link
Very cohesive, only 9 tracks, no filler.
― I'm a HOOS hunter in the winter (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 18 November 2011 05:26 (twelve years ago) link
Old unreleased cut from 04.
Raphael Saadiq feat common and ledisi 'They Don't Know You'http://soundcloud.com/mathieuschreyer/ray-ray-feat-common-and-ledisi
― dr dre throwing dubstep balloons (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, 11 February 2012 05:42 (twelve years ago) link
i was skeptical about this because of the name but i like it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSUICxeOiy0
― flopson, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 01:10 (twelve years ago) link
Cool track.
― dr dre throwing dubstep balloons (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 04:17 (twelve years ago) link
anyone else listened to the robert glasper experiment album yet? really liking it on a couple of listens. as well as erykah, there are also guest spots from meshell ndegéocello, king, lupe fiasco, musiq soulchild, chrisette michele, mos def...
― if u leave imma crank wu-tang in my black matte truck (lex pretend), Friday, 17 February 2012 10:37 (twelve years ago) link
and i can't stand the original "smells like teen spirit" but this makes the second cover of it i like
― if u leave imma crank wu-tang in my black matte truck (lex pretend), Friday, 17 February 2012 10:38 (twelve years ago) link
I do want to hear that.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, 17 February 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
Dunno the best thread to post this in, since it's maybe a little alt-y for the R&B thread yet it's not really that out there or experimental, but I'm really enjoying the new Nylo EP. The closer, in particular, seems of a piece with the most subdued moments on the new Dawn Richard album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m5MeusgRpI
― Evan R, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
this is fantastic. thanks.
― Look at how funky he is! (jer.fairall), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
i keep forgetting to post this - i saw her open for katy b and she's playing pop montreal soon - local artist who goes by a k u a
http://soundcloud.com/akuamtl
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 03:15 (eleven years ago) link
this stuff is nice, kind of has a Jessie Ware vibe?
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 03:39 (eleven years ago) link
yeah this is real nice. twin shadow affiliated, if that sucks anyone else in. would like to catch her at the pop thing, i don't quite ~get~ the kells theme tho
― let's get the banned back together (schlump), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 03:52 (eleven years ago) link
i'm just gonna put it here before i finish listening cuz it might be of interest - jack davey (of former out there, maybe kinda experimental, maybe kinda pretentious r&b duo j*davey) has been doing solo stuff this year. lo-fi scuzzy garage rock solo stuff. so far i'm...kinda enjoying it!
http://www.giantstep.net/index.php/2012/12/new-release-jack-davey-l0-f-dlux/
― lex pretend, Thursday, 20 December 2012 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
it's funny to be reminded in "the year of alt R&B" that this stuff still is exists, is often good, and still isn't very big with critics
― 2 Celloz (some dude), Thursday, 20 December 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
not former! brook's just busy out in miguel's tour band
― Rolling "2 chainz" draadje (The Reverend), Thursday, 20 December 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmYe9i8IxWA
I looked and we didn't have a thread for King, but here's some new shit.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 05:32 (eleven years ago) link
Jesse Boykins III cutting loose. As usual kinda awkward, kinda awesome:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0REMZ8vPMA
― Tim F, Monday, 15 April 2013 13:51 (ten years ago) link
guess there was brief discussion of this on the Chicago thread. anyways, La Lechera alerted me to this, cuz she knows I am R&B/dance-sympatethic. Not at all sure this belongs on this thread--probably doesn't, in fact--but def feels this might be something that Rev or Tim F might find some enjoyment from:
https://soundcloud.com/feedthedragon
― pink lady lemoncankles (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 28 April 2013 05:35 (ten years ago) link
Denitia and Sene's 'His and Hers' is one of my favorite albums of the year, and this track in particular
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbvMcZVcgzs
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 28 April 2013 07:21 (ten years ago) link
I'm not sure this is weird enough to qualify but I didn't want to post it in the rolling r&b thread because it's got white people with beards in it and we know how that offends a particular brand of poster. It's from Rare Times' EP "Missionary" which I'm really enjoying. It reminds me of Morgan Geist too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuEiV8hL8lA
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 28 April 2013 07:49 (ten years ago) link
Those were both dope. I might have to check out that Denitia and Sene album
― pink lady lemoncankles (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 28 April 2013 16:44 (ten years ago) link
loving the Alla mixtape (which can be downloaded in more convenient fashion here: http://chicagoist.com/2013/03/04/exclusive_alla_to_feed_us_feedthedr.php )
― The Reverend, Thursday, 2 May 2013 06:30 (ten years ago) link
is there a discussion on Stacey Barthe going on anywhere?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MsSLEzdZBo
― brb buying poppers w/my employee discount (forksclovetofu), Friday, 3 May 2013 20:03 (ten years ago) link
I like it although it fits right in with the reg r&b thread.
― deeznuggz (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 3 May 2013 20:21 (ten years ago) link
this shuanise song off the new eglo records comp a) sounds nothing like anything else on it (it's a good little label though), b) blew my mind a bit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqHwqOKQr8k
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 12:00 (ten years ago) link
Everything I've ever heard with Shaunise on it has been great yet I still have no clear idea who she actually is.
More from the beached whale school of R&Bhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2EA83HWq70
― Studied keyboard mash (tsrobodo), Monday, 24 June 2013 09:40 (ten years ago) link
that shuanise song is easily the most underrated of the year so far. it's spectacular. i don't know anything about her either.
― lex pretend, Monday, 24 June 2013 09:49 (ten years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/mapei/dont-wait
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 17:50 (ten years ago) link
this is probably straight bobbins territory by now; can anyone hear why I think this is superdope?
https://soundcloud.com/feedthedragon/start-feelin
― Drugs A. Money, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 12:06 (ten years ago) link
Is this the thread to discuss Blood Orange? Curious to hear what the regulars think of Cupid Deluxe. The world is so over-saturated with mock Sade these days that I have a hard time getting excited about this sound, but some of these songs are pretty OK.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 21:26 (ten years ago) link
no time in this life for dev hynes
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 21:36 (ten years ago) link
I love chamaray
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 21:39 (ten years ago) link
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― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
it's so sterile
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
What else has dude done? I feel like I've listened to several hours of music that sounds just like this over the last few years, and I can't remember a single damn chorus from any of it
― Evan R, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 21:46 (ten years ago) link
He helped do the only good Sky Ferreira track
That's all I know
Most of the album I listened to was boring but I'll rep for champagne coast and chamaray
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
What else has dude done?
ruined solange
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
I think it's called Chamakay.
I actually quite like a lot of the stuff he's done with female vocalists but Cupid Deluxe was a real bore.
― monotony, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 23:50 (ten years ago) link
if Solange likes Kelela so much, she should just make a Fade To Mind-produced record too (or even better, hire another like-minded crew of producers and take the same approach).
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 23:54 (ten years ago) link
(sorry lex)
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 23:55 (ten years ago) link
I have a lot of problems with this whole aesthetic; the biggest is that artists use it as an excuse to disguise thin songwriting. But the one that bothers me the most is the way every artist seems to think its incredibly unique and novel, when in reality the internet is saturated with this stuff
― Evan R, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 00:37 (ten years ago) link
Dev Hynes did this which is def the best fake Prince song I've heard this year
https://soundcloud.com/luckynumbermusic/friendstheway
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 02:41 (ten years ago) link
that solange compilation was so boring
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 08:52 (ten years ago) link
haha I came here to post the same thing
― Dominique, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 22:59 (ten years ago) link
i didn't listen to it, just saw that it had not one but two tracks from the kelela tape
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 23:09 (ten years ago) link
seems like this would be the thread to post that if u get a chance to see thundercat on this tour go do it, he played a relatively tiny venue here last night and it was so damn magical
― sleepingbag, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 23:17 (ten years ago) link
I tried to go the other night but it was sold out when I got there :(
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Thursday, 21 November 2013 00:43 (ten years ago) link
Not sure if this belongs here. Was listening to the Diskotopia label releases the past few days, trying to figure out why they're hyped in a way, and this Fujimoto Tetsuro record stood out after a couple of listens. It's nothing remarkable, but hits a sweet spot of like IDM-versioning Rock the Boat-era Aaliyah.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u80PUwlfILU
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 13:27 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rzQmVieV60
was kinda nonplussed when I started watching this but really into it by the end?
― uppers epilepsy sh@kedown (The Reverend), Sunday, 1 June 2014 21:53 (nine years ago) link
oh this is brilliant - and yeah, takes a couple of minutes to really get going but thereafter brings the good stuff thick so fkn thick. is the world ready for slow-burning avant-r&b jamz. who cares we are
― xelab V¸¸ (imago), Sunday, 1 June 2014 22:46 (nine years ago) link
like holy shit - extraordinary. just finished now.
― xelab V¸¸ (imago), Sunday, 1 June 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link
is there going to be a pegasus warning album?
― Who whom kissed? (imago), Saturday, 7 June 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link
This is pretty sweet imo: https://soundcloud.com/brainfeeder/taylor-mcferrin-decisions-feat
― dem bow dem bow need calcium (seandalai), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 00:38 (nine years ago) link
Thinking about seeing Foreign Exchange tonight, anybody seen em live before?
― brimstead, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 01:44 (nine years ago) link
FUCK why didn't I remember to vote Pegasus Warning in the EOYs
― Ban Kil Moon (imago), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 14:19 (nine years ago) link
my gf has unearthed the following
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgPyrJTejJs
it's really good
― twunty fifteen (imago), Saturday, 7 November 2015 22:29 (eight years ago) link
shamir on the late show was interesting
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Monday, 9 November 2015 06:18 (eight years ago) link
ok this echelon the seeker ep is incredible, its basic set of sounds is very '80s but they're recombined into these unwieldy rhomboid compositions https://echelontheseeker.bandcamp.com/
accompanying bandcamp interview https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/02/21/echelon-the-seeker-interview/
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:05 (seven years ago) link
Sevdaliza's (rather extraordinary) album ISON, released a few weeks ago, seems like it belongs here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znV9KDsNtXY
― monotony, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 04:48 (six years ago) link
holy shit harriet brown
loads of you have surely freaked upon hearing this?
― imago, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 10:20 (six years ago) link
well here you go anyway https://harrietbrown.bandcamp.com/album/contact
― imago, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 10:22 (six years ago) link
hmmmmm
In L.A.'s revivified funk scene, the 26-year-old Bay Area native is emerging as a potential torchbearer. On his debut full-length, Contact, Brown triangulates early Prince, a grown, sexy Janet Jackson and Mr. Contact himself—Carl Sagan, if you're nasty—connecting the corporeal, the spiritual and the extraterrestrial through vintage synths, bangin' drum machines and the occasional ripping guitar solo. And he does it while rocking a look best described as Lloyd Christmas-meets-new jack swing.
http://www.wweek.com/uncategorized/2017/07/05/harriet-brown-is-the-l-a-funk-scenes-new-resident-alien/
― curmudgeon, Friday, 7 July 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
Wow, can't believe how much he sounds like Prince vocally.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 7 July 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
enjoying the MHYSA record from the quietus' year-end
― imago, Monday, 4 December 2017 13:14 (six years ago) link
oh my god L'Rain
oh my god
this album is like a sort of sad amazing dream
― #TeamHailing (imago), Saturday, 13 January 2018 22:02 (six years ago) link
i'd post like 5 pages of trademark imago hype but rly i shdnt need to, just listen to it
― #TeamHailing (imago), Saturday, 13 January 2018 22:03 (six years ago) link
listening to the new DoNormaal album again too, it's rly great
― #TeamHailing (imago), Saturday, 13 January 2018 22:48 (six years ago) link
i really like both donormaal records
― ogmor, Sunday, 14 January 2018 16:25 (six years ago) link
Sad amazing dream otm, L'Rain is great. We can send it up the EOY poll.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 14 January 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja6cuCfML98
― the late great, Monday, 10 September 2018 21:19 (five years ago) link
was only able to find one mention of DAVON BRYANT aka DREAMCAST on ILM (buried in a dj mix)
he is really good
― the late great, Monday, 10 September 2018 21:21 (five years ago) link
yes he is, "Floral Place" is also lovely
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 07:24 (five years ago) link
that is one fabulous 7"
― brimstead, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 17:31 (five years ago) link
dreamcast only has the two 7"s out, right?
― milkshake duck george bernard shaw (rushomancy), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 23:16 (five years ago) link
three 7”s and an LP
all available at earcave
― the late great, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
the new Jai Paul release has shot straight to the top of the RYM 2019 chart. listening now I can't really hear what's so special and his stop-start production trick got stale very quickly but...why does RYM love it so much?
obviously ilx hates him, or at least did back when the lex posted
― imago, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 13:17 (four years ago) link
it's not exactly new since it first leaked 6 years ago but i haven't really given it much thought since then. i think it's just the whole cult of mystery thing - him releasing two promising and distinctive (though still fairly overrated) demos before all these other demos leaked and he disappeared for ages. it seems like a shame they did leak because hearing more polished versions of some of those songs would have been cool, instead of what happened which is that the leak freaked him out and frustrated him enough to not release anything until now. skimming through the 'album' again i still really like 'str8 outta mumbai' and some of the rest shows some promise but it's not too special and i don't get why people are so enamoured with it.
― ufo, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 13:50 (four years ago) link
anyone here listen to black grapefruit? think they fit this thread and are also pretty wonderful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOOBRAcV99c
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
They fit the thread, but that’s kinda the problem. They’re not doing much new with this approach. Not bad . Just ok imho
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link
Maybe you don’t always have to do something “new,” but there’s something missing from the Black Grapefruit song that keeps me from being wowed.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
reread this whole thread the other night. really miss this meta-genre lane in my ilx reading
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Monday, 1 February 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
curmudgeon was otm about black grapefruit i think, i am easily mesmerized by aesthetic
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 1 February 2021 17:00 (three years ago) link
https://terence.bandcamp.com/album/v-o-r-t-e-x
really liking this! debut from someone more famous as a filmmaker
― imago, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 15:21 (one year ago) link
listening to J*Davey the beauty in distortion for the first time in 10+ years. Sounds f’in great. Love all the warm distortion.
― brimstead, Monday, 16 October 2023 16:34 (five months ago) link
The Niecy Blues record is really really good (sorta minimal, 'lo fi', spacey r&b)
https://niecyblues.bandcamp.com/album/exit-simulation
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 27 November 2023 20:53 (three months ago) link
https://jouskajouska.bandcamp.com/album/suddenly-my-mind-is-blank-2
i liked this jouska album a fair bit
― ufo, Monday, 27 November 2023 21:15 (three months ago) link