the ineffable beauty of ronika's selectadisc

Xpost: the album is vinyl and digital only; the only CDs are promos.

booooo ...

my god this is wonderful

This has weirdly ended up being my most-played album of the year by a long way. It's just so effortless and enjoyable and you can play it to anyone and they get it.

old-popjustice-jockstrap

lol 4 days

This is a cut above most of this kind of retro-80s synthpop and it mostly comes down to the exuberance in Ronika's voice and the quality of the tunes. Usually you listen to these synthy Popjustice/shambala and you can almost see the deadness in their eyes as they go through the motions, but this has a real bounce to it, so while it's derivative as hell it rarely feels generic. Tails off about 2/3 of the way through though.

― Matt DC, Friday, July 4, 2014 10:07 AM (4 months ago)

somehow it feels to me like a record by a grown-ass woman instead of whatever developmentally arrested indie childes who make the retro synthpop i usually check for

otm

weeeeeooommmmmmmmmmm

wrrrrrrriiiaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrr

synthhhhhs

So it's not on CD but is this available to buy as FLAC or WAV somewhere?

Sorry, found WAV link on Recordshop site. Anyone know if the free download with the vinyl gives you choice of MP3 or WAV?

You can get it on a CD now.

Here

great stuff! shame i only just really heard it - a few more listens and it could have scraped my EOY

don't know how I missed this entirely, this is completely up my street. so damn good.

Newwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

http://www.hungertv.com/feature/premiere-ronika-step-to-the-beat/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3yyRuSd4gU

Great tune.

(Ve)Ronika must be an inspiration to (Reb)Ekkah from Birmingham. Last Chance to Dance, Small Talk, What's Up (with DâM-FunK)

https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/ronika-lose-my-cool-principle-interview

New album in Janurary. New single today.

Great news. Selectadisc is one of my favourite albums of the decade so far.

New song Dissolve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkqrWGe9mXc

That is gorgeous.

This new album is so good. It's very Mariah Carey, especially the second song.

I am freaking out about this album right now. It's incredible.

I hope so, the Mariah Carey comparison admittedly put me off (I'm not fond of melismatic vocal masturbation). I'm more into delving into the freestyle/synth-funk with just slightly updated sonics.

I think my favourite song on the new one is a bonus track ("Better Than Ever")

I'm having a hard time getting past Dissolve as my favourite. The chorus is so beautiful it could be a KING song. Superfine and Never My Love are two of my other favourites. The whole album is a massive step-up from Selectadisc for me.

This video is so ridiculous but I can't stop watching it.

https://youtu.be/CM3WoZcfD2Y?t=2s

New single, produced and co-written by Lindstrom: https://open.spotify.com/album/50DDAjByaRqv1qigpFIrgE

Here in embedded form
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQuNZOAdW1o

Really love the new single, especially the drums.

Feel like her second album was really slept on. I still go back to it a lot.