The producer known as ACTRESS and his r&b concrète

i am not yet impressed by this

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

Really love teh newie on 1 x listen, some really wow moments.

RIP works much better for me as a full album rather than track-by-track. Will definitely check this out.

5 LPs, 2 CDs and one art book

100 bucks still sounds kind of a lot for this

― the late great, Wednesday, January 8, 2014 2:00 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

seriously?

srs

actually ... you know what, it IS 180g vinyl

i guess for 180g vinyl it's about right

5 lps sold individually would cost about 100$

weird album

takes a while to warm up

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.

the beginning is quite clunky

In fairness I've had the same reaction to all his albums. At the bit where it picks up now and enjoying it more.

cliche of the day: the last track is like the shaft of sunlight at the end of blade runner

more cliche would be if it has that embers burning/crackling sound all through it (still not heard this album)

warming up to it!

i really like the bell tones in the first track, best bell tones since maphive 6.1

love how they sound against the bass synth that comes in around 4 minutes

i agree with matt dc, this album is really about the sounds.

the second track sounds like a lonely tugboat lost on a foggy, heaving sea.

it's so appropriate that it's on ninja tune. so trip hop.

struggled with this yesterday, second time around was much better. Rap is the standout for me, anyone recognise the sample?

gonna guess it's 'wrap yourself around me' by david grant

http://www.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF459907-01-01-03.mp3

yeah

n1

i agree with paolo. a lot of this album actually *isn't* that dark - it's the sound of a dude playing around with beats and funny noises.

i don't think i'm ever going to "get" this dude's music. nothing happens! what are you supposed to DO to it.

listen

xpost, as I mentioned upthread, I found the best time to appreciate Actress is when I'm in a slumber state.

yeah. it's music for cold winter nights. hypnotic, eerie, menacing, a little seedy.

actress sounds great in the middle of a playlist of artists working in a similar vein, e.g., burial; shackleton and appleblim (skull disco); various prod.; the livity sound roster of artists; the bug.

shackleton got some vibey feelings on some of the records dunno about the others

Kind of like that RA went out on a limb and gave this 2.5.

I feel asleep listening to it on a bus a few weeks, and still haven't consciously made my whole way through it. I found it a bit of a trial, but did not dislike what I heard.

Actress live, on the other hand, was one of the best shows I've seen in recent years.

A few weeks back, that is... although that bus trip did seem to last forever!

actress sounds great in the middle of a playlist of artists working in a similar vein, e.g., burial; shackleton and appleblim (skull disco); various prod.; the livity sound roster of artists; the bug.

Yes - it lends itself well to mixes etc where you want to find a good segue between two ends of a spectrum.

the first track on this goes on a while without doing much but I find it strangely compelling

might be its resemblance to the Chrono Trigger 2300 AD world map theme triggering subliminal positive associations

i had that same thought! that echoing bell.

he mentioned that he's released music without the actress handle and it appears that stuff is out under the name levantis. should definitely check out the 12" that's out. great stuff. just like ghettoville but more beat oriented. he mentioned in some other interview that there was an earlier version of ghettoville that was a lot more techno influenced and it seems like some of those tracks could be these.

love this tune

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ahhh how the hell you edit a post, now i look like a grandma

I love how interactive ghettoville is, it practically begs you to fuck with the bpms. Also the shitty packaging ensures each person's copy will have a signature of minor damage.

i picked it up on vinyl and i swear most of the songs sound like they were originally conceived for 45' tempo

https://ninjatune.net/release/actress/xoul-ep

Out of stock already :/

dj kicks is a ***** masterpiece

How well does it flow? Heard some of the transitions were a bit on the jarring side.

Given that 'Pen Expers' is on there I can't see how it could be anything but.

smitten with this. outside of spotify irregularly making a hash of track transitions it flows v well

pen expers arriving is amazing, just listen to it ffs

can't wait to hear this.

After a quick listen this morning, there's not a lot of mixing going on, the transitions are quick but mainly OK. Obviously, it's mainly about the selection of tracks.