as on hazyville and splazsh i like the uptempo tracks best of all
this is maybe too lo-fi for my tastes
― the late great, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 02:03 (ten years ago) link
kinda taking the "silver cloud" style even further. i'll have to hear this a few more times before i can say anything about it.
― clouds, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 03:57 (ten years ago) link
love the album cover, i wonder if i'll ever come around on his music
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 31 December 2013 04:11 (ten years ago) link
A lot of year-end round ups I've read have compared all sorts of artists to Actress and every time I investigate I am left disappointed. Who else actually has the same bleary, drained, warped sound?
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, December 17, 2013 2:47 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
maybe the huerco s album "colonial patterns" (on software records)
― Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ (brimstead), Sunday, 5 January 2014 22:25 (ten years ago) link
terrence dixon's "from the far future pt. 2" is the most actress-sounding non-actress thing i've found:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67GArweOYL0
― clouds, Sunday, 5 January 2014 22:48 (ten years ago) link
$120+ for box set you got to be kidding me ..
― the late great, Monday, 6 January 2014 04:25 (ten years ago) link
It's marginally cheaper direct from Ninja Tune- their site is quoting me the equivalent of $90 including US shipping.
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Monday, 6 January 2014 05:38 (ten years ago) link
Really couldn't get into that Huerco S album, it was just too grey and sludgy, I think Actress does this sort of thing with more variety in tone and emotion (although I have yet to hear Ghettoville)
― boxedjoy, Monday, 6 January 2014 20:54 (ten years ago) link
http://www.thebeatjuice.com/read/2014/01/07/4174/actress-q-and-a/
And I certainly haven’t retired! A lot of records out there at the moment are ones that I’ve recorded, and people don’t even know.
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
Every Land was originally part of Paul White's forthcoming album but as the record has taken shape it just didn't fit any more (that, and the massive sample...). His new LP marks a whole new direction as he explores new wave, Krautrock, and much more. Someone said it sounds like Actress playing jazz, which is as close as anything we've come up with. There are some hints in his recent Boiler Room live show: watch it here.
http://boilerroom.tv/recording/paul-white/
― cock chirea, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 04:26 (ten years ago) link
Last question. On Twitter, why do you follow Farrow & Ball? Why not? Haha. Because… Listen, my whole ambition in life is to live in a beautiful house. So, when it comes to like paints and shit… I want the best. And Farrow & Ball is pretty much the best.
― paolo, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 08:59 (ten years ago) link
Also the Ghettoville box xet is £50 on the Ninja Tune UK website. Might get myself involved with that
― paolo, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 09:02 (ten years ago) link
the box set is just ghettoville and hazyville on lp right?
― Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ (brimstead), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:58 (ten years ago) link
+ ghettoville on CD + 32 page art book
― the late great, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:58 (ten years ago) link
+ hazyville on CD and whoops it's a 40 page art book
― the late great, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:59 (ten years ago) link
guess that'd be pretty cool to have. Probably sounds awesome cranked up.
― Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ (brimstead), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:59 (ten years ago) link
vinylwise, i mean
5 LPs, 2 CDs and one art book
100 bucks still sounds kind of a lot for this
― the late great, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 19:00 (ten years ago) link
a lot of the tracks on ghettoville seem to invite playing around with different RPMs
― clouds, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 22:40 (ten years ago) link
This has been bugging me all day- is that a Bee Gees sample on "IWAAD"?
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Monday, 13 January 2014 03:56 (ten years ago) link
From "Tragedy," maybe?
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Monday, 13 January 2014 03:57 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/music/video/2014/jan/24/whys-actress-ghettoville-is-the-one-album-you-should-hear-this-week-video
― millmeister, Friday, 24 January 2014 11:33 (ten years ago) link
My favourite thing to do with Actress is to listen to it on headphones when I'm really really tired and just about to drop off to sleep. his best stuff warps around theta waves and opens up weird spaces in my mind, but I didn't get that from his last album at all - everything was much more surface-level.
― he said, even sexilyer, (dog latin), Friday, 24 January 2014 11:40 (ten years ago) link
come on man, that's a ridiculous criticism
― the late great, Friday, 24 January 2014 16:02 (ten years ago) link
eh what? I def thought R.I.P. had a more accessible superficial sound compared to Splaszh and this new one. It was okay, but I felt everything about it was more 'obvious', more 'defined' if you get what i mean?
― he said, even sexilyer, (dog latin), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
"accessible" says more about the listener than the music
"superficial" is a mode of listening, not a feature of music
"obvious", again, relates more to the listener than the music itself
"defined" = not sure what you mean
― the late great, Friday, 24 January 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
uh....
― he said, even sexilyer, (dog latin), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
wut?
I want to like Actress but I find his stuff rather boring in practice.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 25 January 2014 13:13 (ten years ago) link
First listen to Ghettoville, initial impression is what a magnificently grim and shitty record.
― keiji cretins (NickB), Monday, 27 January 2014 12:43 (ten years ago) link
As lovely as the crunch of broken glass in a piss-stinking stairwell.
I don't think it's that grim (compared to his other stuff anyway)
― paolo, Monday, 27 January 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
i am not yet impressed by this
― the late great, Monday, 27 January 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
never found his stuff to be very immediate so am hoping ghettoville is as good as RIP (which sometimes i am still not sure about either, but there are moments on there that are some of my favourite things of the last few years) which took me a long time to figure out what was actually *there* in that thing
― StillAdvance, Monday, 27 January 2014 19:17 (ten years ago) link
Really love teh newie on 1 x listen, some really wow moments.
― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Monday, 27 January 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
RIP works much better for me as a full album rather than track-by-track. Will definitely check this out.
― Spaghetti Sauce Shampoo (Moodles), Monday, 27 January 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
― the late great, Wednesday, January 8, 2014 2:00 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
seriously?
― flopson, Monday, 27 January 2014 19:25 (ten years ago) link
srs
― the late great, Monday, 27 January 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
actually ... you know what, it IS 180g vinyl
― the late great, Monday, 27 January 2014 20:20 (ten years ago) link
i guess for 180g vinyl it's about right
― the late great, Monday, 27 January 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link
5 lps sold individually would cost about 100$
― flopson, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 03:12 (ten years ago) link
weird album
― the late great, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 05:16 (ten years ago) link
takes a while to warm up
― the late great, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 17:27 (ten years ago) link
I'm listening now (only as far as contagious) and his ability to create *sounds* is better than almost everyone else in electronic music. Every single noise on this is so textured and interesting. What he does with those sounds is less interesting to me, sadly.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 18:03 (ten years ago) link
the beginning is quite clunky
― the late great, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 18:29 (ten years ago) link
In fairness I've had the same reaction to all his albums. At the bit where it picks up now and enjoying it more.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 18:31 (ten years ago) link
cliche of the day: the last track is like the shaft of sunlight at the end of blade runner
― the late great, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
more cliche would be if it has that embers burning/crackling sound all through it (still not heard this album)
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
warming up to it!
― the late great, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 06:27 (ten years ago) link
i really like the bell tones in the first track, best bell tones since maphive 6.1
― the late great, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 06:59 (ten years ago) link