'Sea-Watch' vaguely brings to mind Vangelis's L'Apocalypse des animaux.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 09:20 (four years ago) link
Coincidentally, in the context of the album LesAlpx has been making me think of Blade Runner, which I'd never thought before despite listening to the shit out of the extended version.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 10:13 (four years ago) link
This album smokes Elaenia. That record never resonated with me and I couldn't even remember most of how it sounded. This one sounds iconic from start to finish. The songs fit together really well despite sounding so different. The equipment listing in the liner notes suggest a focused and minimal equipment setup (outside of vocals and acoustic instrument recordings) used consistently across most of the tracks. Love the creative and subtle use of compression all over the record too. Lots of nice attention to detail.
If I have any critique it's in the abruptness of how both Bias and the album itself end.
― octobeard, Thursday, 24 October 2019 05:10 (four years ago) link
Yes, I also found the closer needlessly jarring, like he'd just thrown his arms up and decided it was time to move on, much to the listener's dismay.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 24 October 2019 10:22 (four years ago) link
The trope of making intentionally messy decisions for the sake of winning avant-garde points is kind of annoying among all artists? But it's impossible to argue whether it works or not in any given case, really.
― Evan, Thursday, 24 October 2019 15:33 (four years ago) link
I like this, not sure how much I'll go back to it, but moreso I'm jealous/impressed by the fluidity of his setup (and musicianship)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75iX1rnW9WQ
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 28 October 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
Actually this is growing on me as an ambient-ish album, LesAlpx is really the outlier
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link
It's quite lovely!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
I put this on recently driving around at night and found that it just kind of merged with my thoughts to the point that I was enjoying it and not really conscious of it being on at the same time.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
I've only skimmed this, but it strikes me that a few of the songs would fit on a playlist with Rival Consoles and other Erased Tapes stuff in a similar vein.
― beard papa, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 19:08 (four years ago) link
Yes very much.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 20:44 (four years ago) link
I think the fusion guy it actually reminds me of most is jan hammer
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, December 11, 2015 11:20 PM (three years ago)
i've never heard this guy before but i def get the same vibe as that one J.H.G. track andy kellman used to great effect on more than one of his doubt beat mixes
― j., Tuesday, 5 November 2019 03:31 (four years ago) link
jan hammer is a good point of comparison i think! i was toying with tangerine dream.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 06:01 (four years ago) link
the abruptness
a handful of tracks i'd say - seems to be a thing
― j., Tuesday, 5 November 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
ok this guy is the shit
― j., Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:10 (four years ago) link
This grows on me with each listen. There's an unstructured audio collage feel to it that I like. Works well as a whole album. I was also thinking about it the other day and wondering how Vacuum Boogie didn't show up on the 2000-2010 singles poll. Still probably my favorite Floating Points song.
― beard papa, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 23:09 (four years ago) link
i think it's dumb how so many reviews cite his neuroscience degree/job when the obvious fact of note is that he studied music, he's got an amazing tact for mixing modes
― j., Wednesday, 6 November 2019 03:05 (four years ago) link
On paper, this music touches on many things I love dearly--RJD, Kompakt, ECM, electric Miles, Krautrock--and yet the cumulative effect invariably has me shrugging, and I can't say why. It always sounds great when it's playing but I almost never want to return to any of it. I plan to keep trying though because it really does feel like something that will click at some point. It may just require the right weather / occasion / drugs and / or mood
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 13:28 (four years ago) link
i'm impressed without being particularly moved by it.
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 13:44 (four years ago) link
next time through i'm gonna try and imagine i'm listening to an ecm record
― j., Wednesday, 6 November 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
enjoyable but not exciting seems about right but it needs a few more spins
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
Just popped up on my t/l
We are proud to announce Promises, a new album by @floatingpoints and #PharoahSanders, featuring @londonsymphony and artwork by #JulieMehretu. Find out more at https://t.co/vmGn7WkIuR.Available worldwide March 26, 2021 @luakabop#ListenToPromises pic.twitter.com/QuE5dtNmc0— Luaka Bop (@LuakaBop) February 16, 2021
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 14:10 (three years ago) link
!!
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 14:38 (three years ago) link
Wow!
― cooldix, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 14:38 (three years ago) link
Why do they always have to get a symphony orchestra involved
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 14:38 (three years ago) link
omg I love Julie Mehretu (and Pharoah Sanders of course)
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 15:23 (three years ago) link
I've never heard of this guy before, but this album is pretty great. I'm reviewing it for The Wire. I guess I'll have to wade through his back catalog to get a sense of exactly what he's bringing to the table.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 15:36 (three years ago) link
I thought Elaenia and its neighboring singles (especially "For Marmish Pt. 2") were a really interesting blend of proggy fusion and electronica, but I haven't been into most of his stuff since then
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 15:54 (three years ago) link
I've enjoyed pretty much the lot so news of this this morning was damn intriguing.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 16:06 (three years ago) link
Totally loved Elaenia but kept forgetting to give Crush a proper chance. I think I kept figuring I would pick it up at an NYC shop but 2020 got in the way.
― Evan, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
dang
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 02:37 (three years ago) link
love floating points, love sanders, curious to hear this for sure
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 02:38 (three years ago) link
it's gorgeous on first listen
― ufo, Friday, 26 March 2021 05:55 (three years ago) link
absolutely incredible. wow. i thought there was no way this could live up to expectations.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Friday, 26 March 2021 10:48 (three years ago) link
instant classic and i'm going to listen to it for YEARS
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Friday, 26 March 2021 10:58 (three years ago) link
WAY, WAY better than i had anticipated.
― stirmonster, Friday, 26 March 2021 11:14 (three years ago) link
It's really good. When I first got the promo, there was exactly one second of digital silence between each track, which was super fucking annoying. But hearing it properly now, it's really something. I'm gonna buy a physical CD copy to really let it fill the room.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 26 March 2021 11:45 (three years ago) link
so that we don't bounce between artist specific threads:Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders and London Symphony Orchestra - Promises (2021)
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 26 March 2021 12:20 (three years ago) link
I'm not sure how long it's been there or how long it will last but his take over of the Spotify Deep Listening playlist is pretty great: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX5y2yPmGqrG8?si=f39HicePRpeQzjO17DblFg&utm_source=copy-link
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 5 April 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link
Anyone still listening to this? It feels like it came out one million years ago.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 20:22 (two years ago) link
It does.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
Too much new stuff flowing in every day that I absolutely have to listen to to revisit it often, but it's still very likely to make my year-end list.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
Funny I just pulled this out the other day and still enjoy it. Feel like it’ll be a good spin as the weather turns and the days get shorter over the coming months.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 23:22 (two years ago) link
the languorous romantic quality of it reminds me of being a kid and first hearing Prelude To the Afternoon of a Faun
― Dan S, Thursday, 30 September 2021 00:00 (two years ago) link
i went back to it the other day and it's still as sublime as ever
― ufo, Thursday, 30 September 2021 01:54 (two years ago) link
so it turned out he produced half of the new hikaru utada album???
― ufo, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 05:34 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUmnh3omeE4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uctD_1SKqtM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FL7ahAmdp8
here's the tracks he co-produced they all rule
― ufo, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 09:24 (two years ago) link
i'm wondering what the connection is. the first two tracks sound nothing like floating points, though they do seem a bit like "modern" takes on old soul/funk stuff he plays in his sets, especially with the horns in them. the last track has a tiny hint of FP in it
― Punster McPunisher, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 18:09 (two years ago) link
sonically it all very much sounds like his production, the latter two really aren't too far removed from his work on elaenia at all. the first is a little further away but still seems like a fairly natural expansion on that sound.
― ufo, Thursday, 20 January 2022 01:47 (two years ago) link
I hate it :(
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 20 January 2022 02:23 (two years ago) link