dj koze - kosi comes around

don't worry about it boxedjoy; i've been here over a decade and have yet to say anything clearly, logical or insightful.

i like koze a whole lot but this record bored the tits off me. i reserve the right to totally revise that last statement at a later date.

i feel like the new coma album, despite being almost entirely instrumental, works as pop-based-around-kompakt-techno far better than amygdala, which feels almost a bit sluggish in places, regardless of what the vox do or don't bring to it. i'm not sure koze's ever really grabbed me though, i've always found something a bit...off about the textures etc he uses - neither kosi comes around nor reincarnations hold a particularly special place in my heart and i def remember disliking his "minimal" remix compared to the original

I like the parts where it gets schlager more than pop. Like, the unashamed cheesiness of it is really great. 'Das wort heist: Love!' And stuff like that

I definitely get more out of this record listening for textures and melodies than I do for groove per se, and a lot of it clearly isn't concerned with the dancefloor at all. I wouldn't call it shoegaze sensibility in the slightest but otherwise I don't think Boxedjoy's comment is that off-base.

Oh no it was only the shoegaze/indie reference which I found amusing, the rest is spot-on.

But I'd also say that in general terms it's not as uncommon an approach in dance music as the comment implies; conversely, the way in which Koze is singular - that overly-intimate, queasily physical quality to his music, like the sound of your organs talking to one another - is so specific I'm not sure there are easy parallels in rock or dance.

This album is great. I gave Kosi Comes Around lots of play 05-07 as well.

The sounds of this one are up to the times, which is good. Koze endures. It's maybe a bit more accessible for the broadening audience of electronic music (which some people seem to take partial issue with in this thread); and it's generally less mix-friendly than its predecessor. But like Kosi Comes Around, it's one of those albums that immediately pops with playability — in both rhythm and melody - and it continues to offer more in replay value. For me, it's the most exciting full-length in the genre released this year. At least so far. BOC and Daft Punk will be noble contenders in the next few months. I predict that upcoming releases of newer artists (like Mount Kimbie) will trail behind.

I listened to this and got very, very annoyed by how staid and mannered it was up until it hit "Marilyn Whirlwind", which made me go out and buy the album

The sounds of this one are up to the times, which is good. Koze endures. It's maybe a bit more accessible for the broadening audience of electronic music (which some people seem to take partial issue with in this thread); and it's generally less mix-friendly than its predecessor. But like Kosi Comes Around, it's one of those albums that immediately pops with playability — in both rhythm and melody - and it continues to offer more in replay value. For me, it's the most exciting full-length in the genre released this year. At least so far. BOC and Daft Punk will be noble contenders in the next few months. I predict that upcoming releases of newer artists (like Mount Kimbie) will trail behind.

― Eggs and the marketing board behind them, Thursday, April 4, 2013 8:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

someone tell this guy the news about BOC :/

...what??? Nooooooooooooooooooo. Well, the point stands.

Further, I think a lot of the criticisms of this (boring, too indie) stem from the album opener, which is perhaps the weakest track.

I'm like 7 minutes into this and I already want to vocals to stop :(

A reward goes our to anyone who brings me Matthew Dear's vocal chords, dead or alive. (To be fair, I don't mind his voice so much as his egocentric and self indulgent urge to put his vocals on fucking everything - especially remixes of other people's tracks)

lol of course lex hates the matthew dear vocals, they're actually pretty great.

Didn't expect this to be so completely laid back and woozy, nothing half as direct as the bangers on Kosi Comes Around. Reminds me of the Wolf+Lamb / Soul Clap DJ Kicks. Best track's probably the one with Apparat.

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i can see thinking they're serviceable or that they round out the track(s) in a way that is somehow appropriate, but great, purely as a vocal performance, is a stretch.

mb not but they have character. at least it's not panda bear.

"at least it's not actual dogshit"

Anyone else finding this record just makes so much more sense in the spring sunshine?

Definitely an album for great weather. (See also the new Daft Punk, I suspect.)

+ the Classixx album

Fab: http://www.factmag.com/2013/06/17/fact-mix-387-dj-koze/

Loving the Sohn track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AslPYSm7jfg

And speaking of mixes, this is stupid great:

http://www.thefader.com/2015/06/09/stream-dj-koze-dj-kicks

the koze remix of geduld by wolfgang voigt is maybe not great but quite interesting, the youtube is 240p shit but anyway

Great mix. This is great:

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

Enjoying this: https://soundcloud.com/pamparecords/pampa024-dj-koze-xtc

Yeah, excited about hearing this mix, will download asap when I get home.

Between Koze and Actress, great year for DJ Kicks!

Also love his titles: Music is Okay; All People is My Friends; I Haven’t Been Everywhere But It’s On My List.

This mix sounds perfect in the cool air of a sunny Saturday afternoon. I had never really bought into the hype of Marcel Fengler's "Jaz" but it sounds so good in this mix, and there's no bad time to hear Portable's "Surrender" either.

Jaz is great on it's own!

Anyways, this mix is basically just a compilation of tracks with kind-of-irritating vocals, no?

Love this mix. Exactly none of the vocals bother me.

Also, last week I learned his name is pronounced "kot-zuh" and it means "vomit" in German. Also, ppl say that he is an actual crazy person irl and they're worried about him.

The stretch from the Session Victim track to the end is perfect, the rest is just really enjoyable despite itself.

this "mix" would be much better without all the dicking around. Impeccable selections of course.

actually I take it back, this 2 Bears track is horrible

DJ Koze Presents Pampa Vol 1 is mostly good, a few too many self-indulgent moments of whimsy, but generally reminding me that it's my favourite contemporary dance music label.

yousendit/slsk???
― marc q, Thursday, July 21, 2005 10:16 AM (10 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

Koze's remix of "Operator" is one of the top tracks from 2016 IMO

Such a good remixer

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/18789-michael-mayer-joe-goddard-for-you-dj-koze-mbira-remix/

New track from new EP is a jam

wow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE63vMzb3UE

haha we both just posted. i posted in roisin, but yeah super pumped for the koze record

there's a phillip sherburne feature on koze - i think it's in pitchfork? - that's really good.

yeah, I read the thing in Pitchfork a few days ago and it's excellent. really looking forward to the new album.

https://pitchfork.com/features/profile/72-hours-in-paradise-with-dj-koze-electronic-musics-trickster-genius/

"brutalga square" still rattles and stomps like a mfer

good feature indeed

i really fancy him.

One of the best producers in the game

His Herbert remix with Dani siciliano smokes

I need a little light here.

Juno record shop needs to stock the new LP A$AP so I can complete my order

Am just on my second listen of Knock Knock. It's lush.

Haven't heard it yet but I am going to just buy the thing because I know it is going to be super good

It's sprawling and rather uplifting/'optimistic'!

this is so so good. weird & wonderful

early favs are bonfire, pickup and planet hase (mano le tough collab)