itt: kinda out there, maybe kinda experimental, maybe kinda pretentious modern r&b

That Quadron disc is pretty killer, like a spacey, more R&B version of Roisin Murphy. Love love "Buster Keaton."

― Michael F Gill, Sunday, April 4, 2010 12:42 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yup - totally recommended, esp if it's getting to be summer where you are.

yo rev the yahzarah album has leaked, will report back tomorrow on if there's anything else as good as 'why don'tcha call me no more'

oh and i'm really liking that quadron, thx for the rec

cool thx

like the quadron album but don't feel like playing it much

lol at the continuing theme of "yahzarah rescues decent female-fronted stevie wonder songs from albums not a lot of people liked"

"The Lie" is v good in a "this seems always on the verge of breaking out into stadium disco" type way

if there's anything else as good as 'why don'tcha call me no more'

― waka khan (samosa gibreel), Sunday, May 2, 2010 10:39 PM Bookmark

i'm gonna call a 'no' on that. album is decent but not as good as LIAB or Shibuya

*doesn't want to believe it*

it kinda has Stankonia syndrome, you know, where anything place after "Bombs Over Baghdad" sounds kinda lame no matter how good it is. except "Why Dontcha Call Me No More" is track #2

placed*

Yahzarah record just leaked, if that's of interest to anyone.

Oh never mind, I just saw that it actually leaked on Monday. der.

thought the quadron rec was 09

it's good either way

Speaking of Plug Research, the new and bananas Bilal album fits here.

im excited to hear that

Speaking of Plug Research, the new and bananas Bilal album fits here.

Are any samples of this online aside from the single (which is fantastic)? I can't wait to hear more of this one; is it really that weird?

clips on amazon

Thanks! I have pretty high hopes for this one.

Anybody have any thoughts on How To Dress Well? The upcoming album, Love Remains, is very lo-fi and at times very ambient, but it's really deeply grounded in R&B. Very interesting hearing some of these melodies and phrasings in the context of a experimental record that sounds like it was recorded in a bathroom.

I'm glad Jordan bought it to my attention that their was a neo-soul type thread on ilxor.

Here were the videos I posted on a previous newish thread which basically covered the same subject. I hope people won't mind the reposting of videos. In the last post I mentioned to the user of proto neo-soul and put in three videos of those artists critics claimed actually started neo-soul rather than Erykah Badu and D'Angelo. I feel like these artists were far more edgier than the "first wave." I also spoke on the limited access of finding new neo-soul music. In the US we ahve TV 1 and Centric but you have to pay for those channels. There is also a website called soulbounce.com but they are very pretentious and think mainstream r&b sucks. I would only go there for the music suggestions and not their writing because it is really bad.

Here are the videos I mentioned:

Me'Shell NdgeOcello - If That's Your Boyfriend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpdzEpGIqtY

Groove Theory - Tell Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THtqUDitQ4I&ob=av2e

Joi - Sunshine and the Rain (very rare video that recently surfaced)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7FIfpdNEuY

I gave this video as transition from "proto-" to "first wave":

D'Angelo - Lady (remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myXWAJi55v0&NR=1

i love these two trax that fit here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq0QoQeOFPY

ahu is a turkish singer based in london who does a lot of stuff with sideways hip-hop producers like mr beatnick, soundspecies - i love her voice, it's so smoky

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

suspect this one's going to be big - posted it last week on the uk urban pop thread but it fits better here. i think it's co-produced by burial. jamie woon is great, he was also on subeena's "solidify" last year...

"Night Air" is awesome. Can't decide whether I like the original or the Ramadanman remix more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dhPuid9e4Q

^^^

Shoestring-budget tribute to an imaginary Wonderlove album has been in my head all week

Sweet J*Davey video for the standout on Evil Christian Cops; Raincheck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsP2z1ikWls

"The Story" is so great. Other songs on that ep are pretty good too.

Don't know "The Story"?? I just got the d/l from here http://jdavey.bandcamp.com/album/evil-christian-cop-the-great-mistapes

Kinda enjoying the Nirvana cover after a few listens.

whoa that KING track is so good, who are they??

i mean, i'm looking on the internet right now at who they are but you know

xp, Sorry, I was talking about the revive before yours, about King.

The King EP is so fucking good. Pretty much had it on repeat all day.

i'm really impressed with this album right now - http://boglewaltz.bandcamp.com/album/boglewaltz-we-came-for-the-music - some gorgeous sounds and vocals on there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgfUt3RHsk8

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRoIgFaK5MY

this is cool, dude is Erykah Badu's bassist on the New Amerykah albums!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8nuH6SKtNU

would rather it didn't have the SUPER LO-FI production, though.. reminds me of Cody ChestnuTT. Apparently his whole album will be produced by Flying Lotus (!!!) so definitely one to look out for.

Also, don't know if this was posted but it's dope:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rbGreE943c

The whole EP is worth checking out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5obqJqUfa-Q

similarly,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puW4cs3qLSs

i think bonjay maybe qualify for this thread, been playing this a lot lately:

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

bonjay = fucking awesome. stumble and its video are A++ good, creepin is awesome too. want a full album from them.

Wow that Thundercat thing sounds like it was taken from Stanley Clarke's Journey To Love, it's great. Still making my mind up on Fatima.

Agree on Thundercat. I've been digging Bonjay too. That Amalia track is new to me...and it's GRAND.

Brain, love Fatima's "Warm Eyes", cheers for that.

haha i don't feel like clicking under the cut but i'm pretty sure i posted some fatima tracks last year

this is her new one fyi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL4wijBqBhw

Yeah you did Lex, I remember.

I think I like her in classicist breezy mode more than in #based mode which seems to be her more common m.o. though she's pretty good either way.

yeah i agree - best things i've heard by her are her guest vocals on shafiq husayn's "lil girl" and scratcha dva's "just vybe", where she can really get her teeth into a song that stands up

Yeaaaaah, loving that Thundercat. Immediately thought of My Mans Stanley Clarke!

How have I been sleeping on Slakah the Beatchild. Oh. My. God.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdfhPnnNmjk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfqGdHdecLc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByNFaTUNmRA

this is a jam y'all: http://soundcloud.com/allnaturalinc/proh-mic-turn-it-over-feat

really felling this. keyboard solo and special fx are awes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svZMb3zc__s

heard a few more of their songs and they're nice, but imo, kinda dated and too 'nice'. sounds a lot like dwele or something

http://www.mpmsite.com/?area=artists&view=detail&id=292

^ more songs