True, I don't think they've been static, and I'd have to listen to them all again to discern the trajectory. But the dance music element was a big part of CtS.
I'm more than happy to think of "imagocore" as 80s retro, excellent
― rob, Monday, 3 October 2022 13:18 (one year ago) link
oh no
― imago, Monday, 3 October 2022 13:23 (one year ago) link
do feel like there's a certain flashy balance of pop, prog, avant-garde noise and melodic grandstanding that constitutes a Sweet Spot, and that this album locks onto it to an extent
― imago, Monday, 3 October 2022 13:34 (one year ago) link
yeah fair enough, please just do not call me "reactionary" though ;)
― rob, Monday, 3 October 2022 13:46 (one year ago) link
EOY season preparations seem to get earlier every year
― imago, Monday, 3 October 2022 13:51 (one year ago) link
New album is terrific
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Monday, 3 October 2022 14:39 (one year ago) link
"Angel of Darkness" is a massive track.
― Indexed, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 19:13 (one year ago) link
Unsurprising if reactionary ol' ILM turns against TCIC just as they go imagocore tbh. That chord flourish near the end of The Hammer is so me, you must be disgusted
― imago, Saturday, October 1, 2022 8:18 AM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
yes we reactionaries want a return to the classic oscar peterson-style coffee shop be-bop of earlier the comet is coming!
the first song reminded me of a song that would be in the bourne identity soundtrack with sax
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 21:09 (one year ago) link
lol sorry, that was quite boorish in retrospect. but I really think the new album is an exciting leap into...something
― imago, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 21:12 (one year ago) link
it's not grabbing me at first but he's a great artist and i'll definitely keep giving it a go
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 21:14 (one year ago) link
The ARE Prject EP that he did with Hieroglyphic Being and Sarathy Korwar is my favorite thing he’s been a part of— could listen to that record on a loop, and in fact, I have done so for hours at a time
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Monday, 17 October 2022 19:22 (one year ago) link
table otm
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 22:46 (one year ago) link
I had to stop the new Comet, forget the idea that it's jazz, put it back on, and it works much better now. I have no idea what synthwave is but I could picture this in a video game all right.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 13:56 (one year ago) link
This is what I mean! Come over to my side, we have fat breakdowns
― imago, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 14:00 (one year ago) link
Synthwave is just a term for Carpenter obsessed synth soundtrack stuff.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 14:00 (one year ago) link
If it is that then it def can't also be EDM.
Gonna go listen to the damn album now and find it.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 14:01 (one year ago) link
*out
I'm on "Frequency" and the groove is quite formidable, it's very much ethno porn sax skronk but I don't mind. The developments and sonic contrast with the synths and beats are... incongruous and funny ? It's the first album in a while that seems to have a sense of humor and make me want to laugh. It's a rather strange mix of subversive and meditative, but I can take it as it is.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 14:18 (one year ago) link
Comet would have been great at Megadog
― kraudive, Friday, 21 October 2022 14:09 (one year ago) link
The genre of TCIC is "music that kicks ass" I think.Had the pleasure of seeing them live this week and they were incredible.
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Friday, 21 October 2022 15:29 (one year ago) link
incredible live band
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 21 October 2022 15:42 (one year ago) link
New record is pretty great in my book. John Carpenter + skronky sax sounds good to me.
― sometimes you have to drink to kill the paranoia (PBKR), Friday, 21 October 2022 22:43 (one year ago) link
a concert this coming Tuesday that might be of interest to Londoners, with sets from three Native Rebel artists, Shabaka Hutchings’ record label:https://earthackney.co.uk/events/native-rebel-recordings-the-brother-moves-on-chelsea-carmichael-con-kwake-15-11-2022/mentioning it because I saw The Brother Moves On from Johannesburg in Amsterdam last night and they were awesome. I only knew their “You Think You Know Me” from last year because it was nominated in Tom Ewing’s EOY Twitter poll. great track, but not very representative (and they didn’t play it). they performed as a five-piece band (guitar, bass, drums and two saxophonists/flutists) plus wonderful frontman/vocalist Siyabonga Mthembu.there’s a lot of jazz in what they do, but (to my ears at least) it’s local SA genres at the heart of it all. their Wikipedia entry mentions “maskandi rock” (and “ninja gospel” fwiw). listening to their recent album right now, and I’m enjoying it, but it can’t hold a candle to the live performance. go see them live if you can.
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 November 2022 21:07 (one year ago) link
I guess I might add that they somehow manage to be intense and fun at the same time
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 November 2022 21:11 (one year ago) link
He killed it. Never heard anyone who can turn on a dime like this guy.
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 3 August 2023 02:45 (one year ago) link
Dude what
https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/shabaka-hutchings-presents-john-coltranes-hackney-church-tickets/13648158
This will be Shabaka’s final performance on the saxophone before he takes a hiatus from the instrument.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 23:35 (ten months ago) link
Have folks heard the Kofi Flexxx record? He's not attaching his name to it but it's pretty definitely him and has guest vocals from billy woods, ELUCID, and Siyabonga Mthembu (from Shabaka and the Ancestors), among others.
https://kofiflexxx.bandcamp.com/album/flowers-in-the-dark
― read-only (unperson), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 00:07 (ten months ago) link
^I missed the memo on Kofi Flexxx, will have to check that out
I was a bit wary going in as Afrikan Culture never hooked me, but Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace is brilliant and a significant departure from the solo EP to my ears. Ultimately I don't love the sound of the flute as much as Shabaka does, but there's a thoughtful and thought through, compelling, at times witchy or eerie quality to this album that the more new age-y peer comparisons lack. And it goes in some unexpected directions: the first half of the track with Laraaji and Floating points reminded me of something you might hear on Ghost Box, and a couple other moments also had a UK folk revival vibe (e.g., Living).
― rob, Saturday, 13 April 2024 15:11 (five months ago) link
I interviewed him for Stereogum about the new record, breaking up all his bands, etc., etc. It was a really interesting conversation.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Saturday, 13 April 2024 15:35 (five months ago) link
yeah, that's a great piece unperson
― rob, Saturday, 13 April 2024 15:46 (five months ago) link