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

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thanks kev! and yeah. i also like "About Last Night," but it is a bit housier for sure.

the table is the table, Monday, 30 March 2009 00:45 (fifteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

so one of the dudes from Excepter has produced an album with a sextet of 12-14 year old girls from Brownsville rapping over VERY Excepter=like beats. my friend's label is putting out the vinyl. very strange and obviously a novelty, but kind of awesome, too. like Rye-Rye but more fucked-up and menacing, on first listen.

http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/12726-born-2-b-fly/

the table is the table, Thursday, 16 April 2009 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link

@_@

(jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Thursday, 16 April 2009 22:39 (fifteen years ago) link

Since this thread sorta went unnoticed the first two times around, I'm gonna put it here. I might be claiming new favorite band.
Francis and the Lights

(jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Monday, 20 April 2009 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link

that's kindof a bit more balearic yacht rock than kinda out there, maybe kinda experimental, maybe kinda pretentious modern r&b and there are about a million threads about that.

Plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, 20 April 2009 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link

I think i kinda like it tho

Plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, 20 April 2009 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link

just came in here to rave about algebra, but brainwasher did it a couple of months ago! 'run & hide' is gorgeous.

lex pretend, Friday, 24 April 2009 09:08 (fourteen years ago) link

four weeks pass...

So off one listen Triangle is basically awesome. Lots of really blunted loops with prettiness strewn about on top. Shock sample of the album: Antibalas' "Beaten Metal" on "Re: Outsource".

the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:12 (fourteen years ago) link

new Muhsinah album, I should point out

the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle (The Reverend), Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:15 (fourteen years ago) link

Oh man, love your new screen name, Rev. That's really set the bar higher, I think.

"some dumb fucking indie reason that you refuse to admit" (Bimble), Saturday, 23 May 2009 10:10 (fourteen years ago) link

the Muhsinah album i listened to (daybreak 2.0?) was unbearable imo

(jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Saturday, 23 May 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link

was this the thread where someone was posting about Paul Randolph?

❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Saturday, 23 May 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah!! anything new from him? "ruff and tuff" was my shit a couple months ago

man see united (k3vin k.), Monday, 25 May 2009 04:11 (fourteen years ago) link

If you don't like Daybreak, it's probably safe to say you won't like Triangle.

the tenth-most noxious weed on the planet (The Reverend), Monday, 25 May 2009 04:33 (fourteen years ago) link

rev wanna webmail a kev?

i am rubber, turkoglu (k3vin k.), Monday, 25 May 2009 04:41 (fourteen years ago) link

why not

the tenth-most noxious weed on the planet (The Reverend), Monday, 25 May 2009 04:42 (fourteen years ago) link

no, but I downloaded that ysi when I saw it and I'm having a second wave of loving them, partic let me show yeah, which is some pretty classic old school disco imo. If anyone wants to recommend anything else by him i'd be happy to hear it.

❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Monday, 25 May 2009 23:49 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah that let me show ya was actually a jazzanova track he was featured on, if you didnt know. i've got "this is what it is", an EP of his, which didn't leave much of an impression on me, but he's featured on a couple of other jazzanova tracks from of all the things. i forget who but i think someone said he's coming out with something this year

i am rubber, turkoglu (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 00:05 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah i know, i like it more than rough and tough tho

❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 07:30 (fourteen years ago) link

I got the impression from discogs that he had already put out his own version of that song and maybe they sampled the vocals?

❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 07:31 (fourteen years ago) link

one month passes...

So I saw Muhsinah and Platinum Pied Pipers last night. Well, only really one song by PPP b/c they didn't go on until 1 AM and I'm old.

Thoughts on Muhsinah: really dug her sound a whole lot -- but her songwriting is kinda weak, IMO. I like that her melodies are unpredictable, full of weird half-note jumps, but it's almost to a fault: lots of times it just sort of sounded meandering. But I'd be interested in hearing the recordings.

sad-ass Gen Y fantasist (jaymc), Friday, 3 July 2009 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

i) heads up to grab muhsinah's the oscillations: square 2day

ii) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i_7gDhLqpE

lex pretend, Monday, 20 July 2009 08:38 (fourteen years ago) link

"her songwriting is kinda weak"

thats pretty much all these guys :(

titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 20 July 2009 09:46 (fourteen years ago) link

Questlove, Foreign Exchange, Zo & Carlitta Durand - Purple Flip

new sa ra album is really disappointing. sounds like all the acts it influenced. lost all focus.

spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch (jaxon), Monday, 20 July 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link

it sounds like theyre essaying everything.

titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 20 July 2009 23:43 (fourteen years ago) link

is this kind of music strictly for the grown and sexy?

I'm a Matt...I'm a DC (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 20 July 2009 23:45 (fourteen years ago) link

nahh.

titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link

i mean, yeah, but the young and repulsive can listen too.

titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

http://djkaleem.podomatic.com/

Some relevant tracks in the first mix.

*new to the board* - hello!

Archi, Thursday, 13 August 2009 14:06 (fourteen years ago) link

Nice, I've been looking for a good introduction to Peven Everett.

Welcome to ILX, Archi!

louturistic jag (The Reverend), Thursday, 13 August 2009 14:21 (fourteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

"i know all the bitches" by mr beatnick ft. ahu is just gorgeous http://www.myspace.com/mrbeatnick

lex pretend, Monday, 7 September 2009 09:24 (fourteen years ago) link

dropped a bunch of cds at my local store for sale -- if i get fair value i will finally get the georgia anne muldrow record and then float around in the ether for a long time

Cave17Matt, Monday, 7 September 2009 11:21 (fourteen years ago) link

dunno how 'out there' this is or if it should just be in reg-R&B thread but this is cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljJP86w7m3U&feature=player_profilepage

BiG HoOs is the one claim!!! (deej), Thursday, 17 September 2009 07:47 (fourteen years ago) link

gettin a teedra vibe from that

The Reverend, Friday, 18 September 2009 06:17 (fourteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

dunno if this belongs in this thread either but what do you dudes think of the new nicolay record?

xhuxk mangione (deej), Saturday, 3 October 2009 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link

wasn't aware of it, is it a solo?

wit and wisdom (snrub 'n' tug remix) (The Reverend), Sunday, 4 October 2009 06:30 (fourteen years ago) link

cool cover art
http://www.removethelabels.com/images/city_lights_vol_2.jpg

xhuxk mangione (deej), Monday, 5 October 2009 22:09 (fourteen years ago) link

b-_-d

glad there are vocal tracks, wasn't hugely into the idea of an all-instrumental Nicolay record, but I shouldn't have worried about anything as the instrumentals are rich with detail, too

the smug persian (The Reverend), Sunday, 11 October 2009 07:55 (fourteen years ago) link

Ah, just realized the vocals on here are Carlitta Durand. I've been obsessed by "Her" off this - http://rs615.rapidshare.com/files/222174745/Carlitta_s_Way.rar - mixtape at various points.

I want to hear "Saturday Night" out, but realize it will probably never happen.

the smug persian (The Reverend), Sunday, 11 October 2009 08:46 (fourteen years ago) link

looks like the only place Hudson Mohawke's been mentioned on ilm is in the dubstep/wonky threads. this is the only song i've heard from him, but it def belongs in this thread. pretty nice.

http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/10/premiere-hudson-mohawke-rising-5-mp3/

jaxon, Sunday, 11 October 2009 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link

yo at any point did ya'll discuss the j*davey album(s)? i know it's over a year old but i only got a hold of it a week ago and have been finding alot to love about it.

samosa gibreel, Sunday, 11 October 2009 17:36 (fourteen years ago) link

The J*Davey album was pretty enjoyable for a few listens. Some keepers there. I look forward to seeing where they go in the future.

Shafiq Husayn's En A-Free-Ka is pretty good, a lot better and a lot more focused than this year's Sa-Ra album. Interesting how most of the rhythms seem to be based more in Afro-beat than hiphop or R&B.

on a top secret challops mission in contraristan (The Reverend), Monday, 12 October 2009 23:30 (fourteen years ago) link

five months pass...

vid is pretty cool. sounds like a mix between outkast and sa-ra

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

jaxon, Thursday, 18 March 2010 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link

i dont like that one much -- was def feeling this tho

havent checked the album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hWrxfuzwjQ

The BoyBoy Big HOO$ (deej), Thursday, 1 April 2010 01:59 (fourteen years ago) link

ugh hate that dude. garish neon bullshit imo

wakaflockapitusberry (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 April 2010 15:11 (fourteen years ago) link

Kinda surprised at the mellowness/playfulness of Kings Ballad, no?

T Bone Streep (Cave17Matt), Thursday, 1 April 2010 15:43 (fourteen years ago) link

damn, GAM got another album already?

wakaflockapitusberry (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 April 2010 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link

I know I stan for anything FE-related but OMG this is so fucking good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV5mNZ_fVnc

I hope you have a little girl
And she's the apple of her eye
You'll never see her cry
Til somebody breaks her heart
The way you did mine
I hope they make her cry
I hope somebody makes her cry
*cue guitar solo*

british is happening (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 April 2010 22:38 (fourteen years ago) link

pretty much going to listen to this song on repeat all day now

samosa gibreel, Friday, 2 April 2010 13:15 (fourteen years ago) link


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