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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ELR-W7BKs
― The Reverend, Friday, 2 April 2010 23:41 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
that lineup sounded pretty dnw, but that is dope
― The Reverend, Saturday, 3 April 2010 18:51 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
i hope you're happy or whateva
― samosa gibreel, Sunday, 4 April 2010 16:27 (fourteen years ago) link
on second thought not really HEY!
― The Reverend, Sunday, 4 April 2010 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link
:)
― samosa gibreel, Sunday, 4 April 2010 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
rev can u post mp3
― jihad mane (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.theforeignexchangemusic.com/2010/03/why-dontcha-call-me-no-more.php
― The Reverend, Sunday, 4 April 2010 17:49 (fourteen years ago) link
yahzarah is a babe
― samosa gibreel, Sunday, 4 April 2010 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
yah
― The Reverend, Sunday, 4 April 2010 18:05 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
yah zarah yah
― jihad mane (J0rdan S.), Monday, 5 April 2010 00:50 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
*doesn't want to believe it*
― waka khan (samosa gibreel), Monday, 3 May 2010 15:12 (fourteen 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 (fourteen years ago) link
placed*
― snoop dyao double-g (The Reverend), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 08:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Yahzarah record just leaked, if that's of interest to anyone.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh never mind, I just saw that it actually leaked on Monday. der.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link
thought the quadron rec was 09
it's good either way
― manish pseud (cozen), Saturday, 8 May 2010 10:32 (fourteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link