The purpose built next generation interstellar Dawn Richard thread

killing shit in the pompadour arms race too:

http://www.thisisrnb.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Dawn-Richard-Meteors.jpg

Kaleidoscope Dawn

this is sharp, though perhaps a smidge linear. maybe next time get a new bridge for your song too ;)

the druski solo joint "places i've ever been" (lol) is alright, took me a minute to find since he released it under his government

http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/159/7518159.jpg

might have to downgrade from 'alright' to 'ok' after hearing the accordion on "Sex In Paris"

two new singles on itunes this week.

"judith"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHMq7zqjNb4

"valkyrie"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvLbltgft0o

i like both but i do hope she hasn't totally moved beyond writing hooks

also do we know anything substantial about this mdma production outfit? they seem to be a...production crew signed to...polow da don's zone4 label?!

"Valkyrie" is dope but ugh guest rapper get thee gone

Those are both really good. Wish Goldenheart had included some of these newer tracks; it could have used the variety

"Judith" is incredible, I am really digging the dialing down of the intentional autotune overdrive to allow the real colors of her voice through

the polish is impressive (and a change was probably undeniably necessary) but idk i'm still yet to quite be convinced by these new ones - kinda feel like well-meaning but slightly off novel/tv adaptations of a beloved messy pulp comic book

"Judith" is gorgeous

they're both impressive in their own ways but i can understand people's reservations. i remain optimistic.

these songs don't pop like the non-album tracks that came out earlier this year, but that just makes me feel like i'll need to hear it all in album context to appreciate it. still a little annoyed that some really good songs will probably remain forever uncollected, though.

yeah going back to cuts like "empty room" and "love on the rocks" and "movie" it's apparent that the lack of immediacy with these is totally deliberate rather than she's forgotten how to write a hook (although i have my suspicions that she might have dredged "empty room" in particular up from the danity kane era - it's that sort of song)

apparently "judith" was inspired by the klimt painting!!!

Dawn teams with producer Cronos on “Judith,” which was inspired by the Gustav Klimt painting “Judith.” “It’s the story of a painting that is priceless and quite iconic being forgotten after being hung in a home too long,” she said.

like...does she actually sing from the perspective of the painting? because that is amazing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_and_the_Head_of_Holofernes

on the one hand, "judith" and "valkyrie" have been really growing on me - in partic the remix of the latter with jojo, who absolutely kills her verse.

on the other hand, looks like this danity kane reunion has thrown a spanner in the works - http://dopeavenue.com/exclusive-dawn-richard-talks-blackheart-album-danity-kane-reunion/

So Blackheart was scheduled to come out in October, but when the Danity Kane announcement came about, many fans were left speculating about what that meant for Blackheart. Can you clarify for the Hearts what the plan of action is going to be?

Dawn: Blackheart will come after DK project. I owe it to the hearts to give a proper release. I don’t want to confuse the DK fans and hearts. It was a hard decision to make but I think it’s a smart one. Blackheart is too great to rush and not tour on. I’d have to put it out and wait to tour and the hearts know how much I love touring. But 3 projects in a year is alot to hold them over and there is still a DK single coming this year so plenty to look forward to still. Just getting started.

idk how i feel about the DK reunion at all tbh - i loved them but i don't get any sense of unfinished business there at all (like i do with MKS). and it goes completely against the dawn richard solo brand - but then it's really not like that was getting massive amounts of traction, and weirdly i see more people hyped about DK (though it's not like DK happened at all over here, so maybe i'm underestimating how much people cared about them to start with?)

yeah Danity Kane's music feels very tied to that 2006-2008 period they existed in, in a way they seem like the last gasp of the R&B-as-pop era the Ariana Grande album harkens back to, it's a little hard to imagine what they consider 'their' sound that they want to return with (although apparently the single was produced by the same guys who did "Damaged" so maybe they're just trying to pick up exactly where they left off).

new song from dawn : http://www.rap-up.com/2013/11/04/new-music-dawn-richard-fade/

New Dawn Fades

production here is some shitty, knock-off Kid A shit. Absolute torture on headphones.

yeah Noisecastle III really let himself down here

is blackheart not happening or just paused until danity kane's album happens? seems like they're taking much longer than dawn normally would.

If someone has to make a 'Cincinatti Fever' bootleg out of Dawn one-off soundcloud tracks can we please call it 'False Dawn'?

no it has to be called cincinatti fever

Teflon Dawn

production here is some shitty, knock-off Kid A shit. Absolute torture on headphones.

― Evan R, Monday, November 4, 2013 12:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

well it kind of sounds like if goldenheart had been mastered like a tell tale heart

i liked that track

yeah that track hardly seems the jumping off point if you wanna get off the dawn treader... let's wait until the drake collabo

if you wanna get off the dawn treader...

excellent work

I'm impressed that dawned on him

https://soundcloud.com/dawn_richard/dawn-richard-love

http://www.vibe.com/article/premiere-maya-vik-feat-dawn-richard-teen-spirit

better late than never?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASvFzi4OOes

hope + pray for an extended version of 'heaven' somewhere down the line for the full quentin harris experience

― r|t|c, Thursday, 29 March 2012 01:36 Bookmark

fiat (p meh tbh) lux: http://soundcloud.com/quentin_harris/dawn-richards-heaven-knows

https://soundcloud.com/dawn_richard/levitate

this album hitting me like a bulldozer atm.

Armor On is such an interesting album, but I prefer LTTP. The production on both of these is so overwhelming. *cries*
I need to give Goldenheart more spins.

goldenheart production >>>

This is so good

https://soundcloud.com/dawn_richard/dawn-richard-dark-horse

well, "lemonade" is a banger, in an obvious kind of way

http://www.rap-up.com/2014/05/14/new-music-danity-kane-f-tyga-lemonade/

i mean, it's worth it if this reformation actually smashes, but it doesn't seem like dawn's going to bring her own ideas to it as such

this is great
in an obvious way indeed

and now dk3 is out of the way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TGrh-5Mnjw

budget biophilia, hmm

blackheart is out on 15 jan

But the singer's affinity for fantasy doesn't stem from a book series or its corresponding HBO show. When Richard was a kid, she dissected the artwork of Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, studying his use of gold flakes in the 1901 work "Judith and the Head of Holofernes," based on the Biblical character of Judith. Richard was fascinated by the longing in Judith's gaze, existing underneath her beauty and the regal symbols encapsulating her face.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gustav_Klimt_039.jpg/320px-Gustav_Klimt_039.jpg

that makes TONS of sense really

https://soundcloud.com/dawn_richard/physical

idk where she gets these wonky ass beats from but for the first time in a long time i am v charmed