Luomo

"its a face with headphones with soundwaves coming out of them"

i thought it may have been a reference to seismic booty-shaking beats.

"He resists pigeonholing and is against market fundamentalism"

THE NEW LUOMO ALBUM WILL SAVE THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

^^ I haven't got much past this and "Love You All"

my god! I am going to listen to this album a lot!

"against market fundamentalism"

actually this seems quite u+k the more i think about it.

This is great, and it's a direct line from the Uusitalo album to this -- "Robert's Reason" isn't even disguised much, it's just "Lumimies" from the Uusitalo record. And that's double plus good, because that album is one of my most listened-to records. It's one of those creeper records that when you first hear it, you think, "Ok, yeah, this is good stuff, cool, whatever," and then you listen to it 700 more times. I feel like the new Luomo will be like that, too.

The drum programming on 'gets along fine' sounds like it's really influenced by Coupe Decale and other african dance musics.

I like the track that sounds like Morten Harket.

I'm feeling a bit underwhelmed by this. I've listened ALOT and am continuing to do so but....it's not that exciting to me yet apart from the second track which I like.

It's not that it's bad, just feels a bit bland to me.

I am still listening to this lots, more than I've listened to an album in a long time, but I couldn't say I have been bowled over by it yet either. Kinda strange.

Really enjoying this. Listening to it makes me wonder what went wrong with Paper Tigers. Was he just completely uninspired when he made that or what?

A bit disappointed so far. I miss the "post-structural" vocal cut-ups

underwhelmed here too (although I think he peaked a long time ago w/vocalcity), the few tracks with chopped up vocal details are my favorites, but maybe only because they remind me of the glory days

Hmm, I reckon the bits that resemble his earlier stuff too closely are the (relatively) weakest moments on the album. Paper Tigers exhausted that aesthetic and (at times) took it into the realm of self-parody (in truth he was already edging into this realm with the TPL version of "Tessio", by far that album's weakest link).

My favourite moments on this album (to be really strict with myself: "Love You All", "Slow Dying Places", "Gets Along Fine") are those where he's really pushing himself into new areas sonically.

fact interview:

"I lived for quite a long time in Berlin, and looking back I think the album reflects my life there: social, collaborative, surrounded by people who make music, club music. Even though I consciously tried to avoid all that, it still had an influence…"

"Gets Along Fine" is.....INCREDIBLE.

that stood out for me on 1st listen, just beautiful

I listened to this again last night, and I still can't shake the feeling that it has been a case of diminishing returns since The Present Lover. There are moments I like a lot on Convivial ("If I Can't" is a highlight), but I have to say, I'd take Paper Tigers over it. There's nothing on here I like as much as "Really Don't Mind."

Ha ha I think "If I Can't" is one of the weaker tracks precisely because it could easily have been on Paper Tigers.

"Really Don't Mind" and "Wanna Tell" are fabulous tracks but they totally felt like the end-point of the aesthetic he pushed on The Present Lover.

Whereas with Convivial he starts from there only to travel in new directions. Nothing on Paper Tigers is as exciting or shocking as "Love You All", or the last half of "Slow Dying Places", or the percussive blasts of "Gets Along Fine".

I guess the disappointing thing for me is that those "new directions" are ... nothing new. Exciting? Shocking? I wish I heard what you were hearing in these tracks!

I haven't heard this, and the comments make me not want to, especiall after how much I've been enjoying The Present Lover this week, its wintry and crisp, its good for walking alone in town at night to.

I never really got Luomo before now, and this may be more to do with my changing tastes over the last 3-4 years, but this one really is sublime. I could lose myself in the second half of Slow Dying Places.

"Gets Along Fine" is.....INCREDIBLE.

Haha OTM. It's like a really lush, deep take on Justin Timberlake house or something.

still where Garda was a month ago
but the problem for me may be that i want it to have the same aquaeous depth or immersive quality as things like 'Synkro' but retaining the song structures he's using now

hard to pin down what i feel about it. maybe that while the structures and vocals are cool it's all a bit too timid and abrupt and the sounds themselves just seem flat and boring (to me...altho last half of 'Slow Dying Places' can take exception to this as Tim sez). i'll probably get into it a bit more over more time tho (took me long enough to love Vocalcity stuff too).

still trying to see how much mileage he can get out of "tessio", apparently

http://www.discogs.com/Luomo-Tessio/release/1609790

not feeling those remixes. the spectre one is the better for me though.

stimming and luomo paired sounds fantastic, man made some of my favourite records of the year

this has grown on me like all Luomo does ha. at least 'Slow Dying Places' and 'Lonely Music Co.' have to the extent that I adore them as much as anything else he's done.

Vocalcity and (espec.) Present Lover two of my all-time faves but try as I might I cannot get into "Convivial". What do you all see in it??? I miss the space of the other albums. I like pop but not Luomo pop.

its not as good as the first two albums, but idk, its catchy as a mf imo

never really got into Vocalcity but, yeah, Present Lover will always remain one of my favorite albums. Lush, open - feels like a particularly lucid early morning

I like convivial a lot, it is very 80s.

new album coming soon:

http://www.myspace.com/luomomusic

"Lush, open - feels like a particularly lucid early morning"

damn, is this what early mornings are like for some people?

i like dont love convivial. present lover & vocalcity are too dope tho

tbh i like synkro more than any other luomo song, but i like the present lover better over all ... plus the way it was mixed down is way more dancefloor conducive

what about that moment in body speaking where she gets it in the butt?

― elan, Tuesday, August 12, 2008 4:57 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is the best

convivial is most noteworthy for the cassy and apparat collabs, but those two tracks are as beautiful as anything on the present lover

viz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr0jIfwWIkE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg5XsIiNvjY

I like "Gets Along Fine" the best. It's so sad! "Nothing Goes Away" is so cutely retro.

"Get's Along Fine" > "Slow Dying Place" >>> "Nothing Goes Away" = "Love You All" > "Have You Ever"

why 'have you ever' so low?? i could listen to just its tappy percussion for hours, it's like the perfect pop distillation of his 'everything sounds the same until you listen closely' style i think. i've never cared for 'gets along fine' mostly cause i'm not a big fan of that throbbing synth stab thing he does, i don't really like 'love you all for the same reason. nothing goes away definitely deserves a higher place though, if only for the amazing water-drop counter to the bass drum. possibly my favorite drum-melody ever. convivial is great, people way underrate it imo

"Have You Ever" is great! It's my sixth favourite song on one of my favourite albums of 2008.

Still annoyed that I missed an uusitalo set in Montreal, even though I saw him as Delay and in the MVO trio. I guess it was a long set at the art museum that wasn't officially part of Mutek.

did anyone ever work out who "chubbs" was a pseudonym for on "gets along fine"?

OK I worked out to Convivial today and it sounded good. grrrrrr!

Because you move. The way you move. I've got to keep on moving with you.

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thought this would be revive for new album info

unchill

every time luomo releases a new album my heart breaks again, so i'm glad it's just a revive of my favorite song

new sistol is good

i think he lost his way a little in the last few years with 'convivial' and the live improv vlad delay stuff, but he's still a huge talent