What is a "songstress"?
― The Kelvin Helmholtz Instability (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Monday, 17 September 2012 09:10 (eleven years ago) link
word that student-level journalists use when they think "singer" isn't glamorous enough
― lex pretend, Monday, 17 September 2012 09:14 (eleven years ago) link
i need ruby lee ryder's voice all.over.everything.
― lex pretend, Monday, 17 September 2012 09:17 (eleven years ago) link
Can we start calling ppl like Ed Sheerhan and Chris Martin, um, "Songsters" then? I think this is a term that is needed.
Anyway, I'll give the Royal-T album a listen if Ruby Lee is on it.
― The Kelvin Helmholtz Instability (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Monday, 17 September 2012 09:23 (eleven years ago) link
the other highlights for me were "cruel to be kind", "don't call me baby" and "music please"
― lex pretend, Monday, 17 September 2012 10:01 (eleven years ago) link
Inside The Ride is ace as well. Not sure so much about the section where it gets a bit heads-down, from Gully Funk through to Missing Aurora.
I'm not as crazy about the Cheryl Cole remix as others but that's largely the song's fault rather than the remixer's.
― Matt DC, Monday, 17 September 2012 10:07 (eleven years ago) link
"inside the ride" was a single a few months ago and the full version of "cool down" was the AA-side and all i could think, then and now, is how pointless and boring "inside the ride" is in comparison. why is "cool down", ie royal-t's masterpiece, not on this btw?
― lex pretend, Monday, 17 September 2012 10:10 (eleven years ago) link
OK, no there IS a Terror Danjah album coming out on Hyperdub.
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Monday, 17 September 2012 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
I will def check out the Royal-T album tho.
There's a collabo with Champion on the TD album!
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Monday, 17 September 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
The 'Dark Crawler' single with Riko is big, there will be two other versions of the riddim on the album and I'm excited.
― Mercer Finn, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 07:57 (eleven years ago) link
But then again, it seems like everyone who signs to Hyperdub lately puts out dark, thoughtful nightbus albums you can't really dance to, and I don't want Terror Danjah to do one of those. :-(
― The Kelvin Helmholtz Instability (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 08:12 (eleven years ago) link
He's already released an album on Hyperdub, two years ago. It's... okay, mostly the sort of dark spiderweb grime instrumentals he usually trades in. It could probably have done with more vocalists.
Everyone seems to consciously make their sound more boring for Hyperdub but Terror Danjah is probably a better fit for them than most. They're highly unlikely to release the overdue album of R&G bangers though, admittedly.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 08:41 (eleven years ago) link
mostly the sort of dark spiderweb grime instrumentals he usually trades in
this is what this one is as well
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 08:43 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSinYZCW-s4
'dark crawler' was typical hyperdub cringe. riko on the b-side however... woof
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 08:48 (eleven years ago) link
The more pertinent question is when there's going to be a Ruby Lee Ryder album, or at least a solo career or some sort. If Jessie Ware and Katy B deserve one the same goes here. Even Roses Gabor has a mixtape and a solo release coming out so the lack of movement around Ruby Lee is indefensible.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 08:51 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, was Undeniable on Hyperdub? Doesn't sound like it. I thought he was on Planet Mu or Rephlex or something like that, but maybe that was a previous release. I'll shut up now.
I would like if Ruby Lee Ryder put out an album that followed in the footsteps of Katy B but I really don't need any more Jessie Ware or Emile Sande polished, electronica-flavoured ~thoughtfulness~ thanks.
― The Kelvin Helmholtz Instability (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 08:59 (eleven years ago) link
roses gabor is p fun, why the 'even'
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 08:59 (eleven years ago) link
No she is pretty fun, but just seems lower profile than the others. I probably like 'Stupid' more than any collaborative track featuring any of the others, except the three big Ruby Lee tunes.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:02 (eleven years ago) link
"spend is dough" is even better than "stupid" imo
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:07 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't get into that one at all.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:10 (eleven years ago) link
'spanish inquisition' ft jammer is funny and v good from what i recall
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:14 (eleven years ago) link
'you're saved' is probably one of if not the most interesting central conceit i can think of in years but the whole thing is kinda halfbaked wan back of the bus singsong when it should crush ominously. bit of a shame really
i do like ryder generally but tbh there is something so crashingly boring about you lot automatically wibbling about the rarefied tremulous marmoreal diva, it is mad offputting yo
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:23 (eleven years ago) link
When Champion ft. Ruby Lee Ryder's "Sensitivity" comes out we can maybe turn this into the general Ruby Lee appreciation thread.
― Tim F, Saturday, August 27, 2011 8:30 AM (1 year ago)
AKA the point of this thread.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:25 (eleven years ago) link
There's also a side-order of eyerolling about the prospect of Terror Danjah releasing ANOTHER album of Hyperdub instrumentals when he could at least have the good grace to rope in a shedload of MCs like the good lord intended.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:29 (eleven years ago) link
there are three "interludes" of MCs over the dark crawler beat, plus two r&g-style tracks with singers (meleka and ruby lee), and then a ton of instrumentals
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:31 (eleven years ago) link
haha i just looked at ryder's twitter and she's busy teaching the grime scene how to be vegan
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:50 (eleven years ago) link
aaahh she really is!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:53 (eleven years ago) link
Ruby Lee- Ryder @RubyLeeRyder@JmeBBK maybe I can help :D, I make vegan meals everyday, jerk tofu-curried lentils, stirfry greens with garlic and chilli, beany burgers..x
Ruby Lee- Ryder @RubyLeeRyder@JmeBBK..wat else.. Sweet potato curry, dumping and scotch bonnet, chilli and rocket pesto pasta, roast veg and roast potatoes... :)
Ruby Lee- Ryder @RubyLeeRyder"@JmeBBK: THIS IS TOO FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE"- its ok..its ok..all the chain supermarkets stack piles of shite for u to eat..go to wholefoods xx
Ruby Lee- Ryder @RubyLeeRyderIf u think you can't go vegan...I will be your personal vegan chef for a week... for free...to @JmeBBK and anyone else who wants to try x
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:54 (eleven years ago) link
also i guess from that "lee" is one of her surnames rather than one of her first names/middle name?
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:55 (eleven years ago) link
I thought you were talking one or two tweets but good grief there is virtually nothing else for ten days.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:55 (eleven years ago) link
Lol.
― Matt DC, Friday, 5 October 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
heh is this the twitter again
still want that full length album?
― r|t|c, Friday, 5 October 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
Todays Facts @Todays_Facts 20 SepThe smell of freshly cut grass is actually the scent released by plants in distress.Retweeted by Ruby Lee- Ryder
― r|t|c, Friday, 5 October 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
~ sensi-tivi-tyyyyyy ~
#BUNCHOFTWATS
― Matt DC, Friday, 5 October 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
vegans eat plants though right?
― lex pretend, Friday, 5 October 2012 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
lol rtc
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
pretty gushy turnaround for the royal-t lp lex, sarah souljah didnt send her ammunition heavies over did she?
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
I've sort of become obsessed with the Riko version of Dark Crawler since the last revive, to the extent I don't want to even hear any of the other versions.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
xp i just listened to it a few more times and then wrote the review in too much of a rush to tease out its relatively minor flaws
i've never communicated with sarah souljah! what label head would possibly try to get pissy about these matters though
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
(the rush was because i was on my way to tory conference. my life was very hard in those few weeks and no one seemed to understand)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
but yeah, great album, not AOTY level but a superior 2012 release for sure
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
i wasnt being serious about ss
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
on the subject of that roses gabor solo career btw, it begins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5mNrUEKil4
it's nice but i'm craving bangers more than vibes right now. come with another "stupid" or "spend is dough"!
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 13:32 (eleven years ago) link
http://www42.zippyshare.com/v/359249/file.html
have a go on this, i cut it out of her agreeable but inessential mixtape from earlier this year
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
and i don't wanna link no girls that are gassedcos they CAN'T COME AROUND FOR A CIVILISED VISIT!
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
Champion @Champion_DJ Just listening to Sensitivity again - i need some more vocal tunes like that!!
― moullet, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 04:35 (eleven years ago) link
an excellent turn on the p money album from ruby lee ryder
https://kingpmoney.bandcamp.com/track/contagious-feat-rubylee
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:05 (seven years ago) link
I immediately thought of Full Attention when I heard that (possibly because Terror Danjah virtually recycles the beat).
The whole album is fun even though P-Money is one of those MCs who is constantly operating at full throttle without ever sounding dextrous or memorable. Rhyming 'eski' with 'Emile Heskey' OTM in that context.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:21 (seven years ago) link