Sorry for causing a kerfuffle...the long and short of it is I wanted to like this album...didn't very much... He has a voice he can make wobble...thanks...goodnight...
― sonnyboy, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 13:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry just wanted to clarify that IN NO WAY do i link r&b with bland...The reason i was so dismissive was that best r&b can be so fucking trannsformative...Off The Wall period MJ...Instant Vintage Saadiq...Alicia Keys on "You don't know my name"...I know not cutting edge but just so great...
― sonnyboy, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
A point that may be too obvious to mention: within every genre there is music that can be described as "bland", music that studiously avoids taking risks, music that retreads what we've heard a hundred times before. The mini-debate above is really about whether some genres tend to be described as "bland" more frequently than other genres, which might show something about stereotypes associated with, say, r&b or pop. I tried to take the Google approach a bit further but I gave up as I don't think Google is fit for this use (see "Google u r crazy").
Though it's given me an idea for an experiment I might run...
― Lidl Monsters (seandalai), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry for causing a kerfuffle...the long and short of it is I wanted to like this album...didn't very much
This. I think he's got the ability to do an amazing album, but this just disappointed.
― You're fucking fired and you know jack shit about horses (James Morrison), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link
i still quite like this, but im not passionate enough about it to mount a stirring defense really
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
It's probably still my favorite album of the year so far.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 April 2011 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
really liked 'night air', really liked the fragile, veiled menace in his voice. haven't heard anything on the album that approaches that yet, I'll have to give it a few more gos.
― br8080 (dayo), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 04:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I really couldn't get into this, I can't pin point why either. It just doesn't stir any feelings what so ever in either direction good or bad. Its like it doesn't exist lol. Night Air is the best on it at the moment and I still like the Ramadanman remix a load better. Maybe its a creeper...
― jimitheexploder, Wednesday, 27 April 2011 07:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Lady Luck live video in a radio session + some other tracks in audio: http://www.stubru.be/media/herbeleefjamiewoonindelivingroom
― StanM, Sunday, 8 May 2011 13:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Someone please remind me to try speeding up "Night Air" so that it sounds like an old italo record.
― Why'd You Wanna Tweet Me So Bad? (dog latin), Friday, 26 August 2011 08:56 (twelve years ago) link
I heard a terrific straight house mix of Lady Luck last month, but it doesn't appear to be any of the ones that are knocking around on the internet.
― Matt DC, Friday, 26 August 2011 10:19 (twelve years ago) link
i really like the hudmo remix of "lady luck"
― lex pretend, Friday, 26 August 2011 10:25 (twelve years ago) link
oh i said that a few months ago lol
― lex pretend, Friday, 26 August 2011 10:26 (twelve years ago) link
I've had no inclination to go back to the album since I first heard it hungover to death on the slowest busiest train from Brighton to London at about 6.30am with no sleep. Somehow these associations linger. I really love Night Air - I love the little "Thriller"-style bassline that comes in right towards the end.
― Why'd You Wanna Tweet Me So Bad? (dog latin), Friday, 26 August 2011 10:33 (twelve years ago) link
btw he's playing live in Katowice right now and it's transmitted by Polish Radio 3. press "Słuchaj" in the upper right corner: http://www.polskieradio.pl/9/29/Artykul/425639,Koncert-Jamiego-Woona-w-Trojce
― V79, Sunday, 28 August 2011 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
So did this cat just fall off the face of the earth or ??
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
I think he's been doing some production work but haven't heard a peep from him solo-wise.
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 00:40 (nine years ago) link
that's strange... only this evening, i decided to dig out 'night air' for the first time since it came out and wondered the same as JF
― Piss-Up Artist (dog latin), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 01:41 (nine years ago) link
I liked the song he did with Banks, but that's all I've heard him do since his own lp.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 01:46 (nine years ago) link
He was on the Disclosure album!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxD8HS5shIU
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
yeah that's actually my personal fav from the disclosure album tbh
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link
Here's where I admit I never spent a ton of time with that Disclosure lp.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 21:27 Bookmark
The Lewis Taylor influence is v obvious across the span of the album.
― I've been dancing since 9 and I'm tired and hungry (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 12:38 Bookmark
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
extending that analogy would make banks aaliyah tho so uh
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 21:09 (nine years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/woon/sharpness
New single prod. by Robin Hannibal from Quadron, it's so lovely and smooth, love it
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Thursday, 6 August 2015 17:51 (eight years ago) link
YES
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 6 August 2015 17:53 (eight years ago) link
very nice!
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 August 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
tip-toed stevie wonder thing suits him
― ogmor, Thursday, 6 August 2015 18:03 (eight years ago) link
ah i feared he'd gone forever. great news!
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Thursday, 6 August 2015 18:08 (eight years ago) link
LOVE IT!
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Thursday, 6 August 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link
kind of a Bobby Caldwell vibe
― lil urbane (Jordan), Thursday, 6 August 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link
incredible performance imo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J0CjQjjy24
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 17 October 2015 06:47 (eight years ago) link
Indeed. That's what i call a groove. This guy has more soul in his voice than stevie wonder.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 17 October 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link
<3 Jamie so much but that's....quite a statement!
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Sunday, 18 October 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link
LOVE that fast pause just before the 2 minute mark.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Sunday, 18 October 2015 16:17 (eight years ago) link
New album is up on Spotify, haven't had the chance to check it out yet.
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Saturday, 31 October 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link
it's good!
― niels, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 08:01 (eight years ago) link
This guy has more soul in his voice than stevie wonder.
ok lol.
been listening to this a lot though, it's nice. really like the live band sound, particularly because the arrangements are really meticulous and it sounds like they're emulating more of an electronic approach.
― expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link
Mirrorwriting still holds up better than most things from 2011, as I'm discovering tonight.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 7 January 2018 06:56 (six years ago) link
this is still true in 2022.
great headphone album.
― mark e, Sunday, 20 November 2022 20:18 (one year ago) link
Heard this on Martyn's Dekmantel mix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alvp8RWcj3Mhttps://iliantape.bandcamp.com/album/itlp16-music
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Wednesday, 12 July 2023 15:15 (ten months ago) link
like that a lot
revisiting this performance of "sharpness" & it's still awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J0CjQjjy24
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 July 2023 16:14 (ten months ago) link