only got around to this last week, but I'm loving it.what *is* that 80s sound on "Active" tho? thought it might be a sample, but apparently not.
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Sunday, 3 January 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link
i completely missed this thread but yeah this album is fantastic. manages to cover so much ground in a pretty short time. i do love how it finally goes full on summery afroswing at the end with "energy" after kind of teasing that direction amongst all the bleaker sounds
hadn't heard "bang out" until now but it's fantastic too
― ufo, Monday, 4 January 2021 00:31 (three years ago) link
does anyone know which david sylvian or japan track is sampled on "betty"?
― ufo, Monday, 4 January 2021 00:55 (three years ago) link
I do not, but that reminds me I’ve been meaning to mention that after NV said he heard Tricky in this, I couldn’t stop hearing it. This might be my aoty
― rob, Monday, 4 January 2021 01:16 (three years ago) link
I don't know either, but you could ask Mixmag, they seem to know what's what:
You can feel the diasporic influences pulsing through Pa Salieu’s songs. He recently explored the Black-British experience in his drill cut ‘Bang Out’. “I come from a place where feds label you gang-related / sorry if you look like me, somehow you’re just gang-related” he spits over a lively beat which samples the song ‘Japan’ by 80s indie pop band Ghosts.
(this piece has only been up for six months now)
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Monday, 4 January 2021 08:04 (three years ago) link
winner of the BBC Sound of 2021!
― monotony, Thursday, 7 January 2021 11:27 (three years ago) link
well deserved but maybe a little unfair since he's already released a critically acclaimed mixtape that's an album in all but name, that's much more fully formed than most sound of nominees are
― ufo, Thursday, 7 January 2021 12:20 (three years ago) link
he was on jimmy fallon last night?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLdQI7KAYl8
― voodoo chili, Friday, 22 January 2021 15:25 (three years ago) link
Love it, he deserves the exposure
― the scamp has a thousand fries (Noodle Vague), Friday, 22 January 2021 15:48 (three years ago) link
Loving Energy
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Friday, 22 January 2021 15:50 (three years ago) link
great, performance too, with those pitbulls and the fuzzy red knife lady haha
much more lively and creative than, say, playboi carti's performance from the other night
― voodoo chili, Friday, 22 January 2021 15:51 (three years ago) link
Can't remember if it was here or another thread where someone told me I should give him a try despite my general antipathy toward the heavy accent on a lot of grime and drill emerging from the UK, and I finally downloaded this record...fucking brilliant stuff, love it!
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Thursday, 11 February 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
it’s a fantastic album. one of my favourites from last year.
― Lord of the RONGS (Fizzles), Thursday, 11 February 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
Truly— been bopping it today whilst doing arduous editing work, and its been excellent
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Thursday, 11 February 2021 22:30 (three years ago) link
very happy you like this, but honestly far more interested to hear how you do editing while listening to music? I can't even do instrumental stuff lately
that aside, I listened to this again recently after a little time away and it's really deep sonically (not just bass-heavy, I mean lots of layers). I don't have a problem with accents in grime etc., but I do think the way Salieu uses his accent is super musical and one of my favorite aspects of the album
― rob, Thursday, 11 February 2021 23:01 (three years ago) link
It's so so good. I find with this kind of thing I can generally appreciate it on a track by track basis but I can listen to this whole album without feeling exhausted and usually Judy want to put it straight back on again
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 11 February 2021 23:05 (three years ago) link
Just, not Judy. This phone
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 11 February 2021 23:07 (three years ago) link
rob, at the moment, I'm doing a lot of medical editing and proofing work. Doing word-for-words and fixing references and whatnot just doesn't require much in terms of concentration, at least in my world.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Friday, 12 February 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
(For this particular record, I was doing a word-for-word of a powerpoint with 140 slides lol)
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Friday, 12 February 2021 22:11 (three years ago) link
this album's secret is that it is so breezy and likeable
― imago, Friday, 12 February 2021 22:28 (three years ago) link
it's one of those - hard to define - sets where everything bangs and is perfect, just put together as an amazing set
― The Scampo Fell to Earth (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 13 February 2021 00:20 (three years ago) link
and the closing track is so gorgeous, makes you wanna play it over
― imago, Saturday, 13 February 2021 00:23 (three years ago) link
how you do editing while listening to music?
Not table, obv., but I can scarcely get any work done without music playing in the background, it's pathological. I belatedly got into metal while writing my thesis – it was just about the only thing that kept me going.
More to the point: Pa Salieu rules.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 13 February 2021 01:02 (three years ago) link
I do not do any other writing or editing to music, absent emails and such.
But for the gig I'm working? Whatever, I'm Freelance and getting paid an absurd sum to fact check references and make sure things are in their right place before they go live or to print. It is so easy and boring that if I didn't listen to music, I'd fall asleep
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Saturday, 13 February 2021 02:16 (three years ago) link
Also Pa Salieu rules, and 'Energy' really does make one want to go back and listen to the whole thing again
it's not complicated, if you listen to Send Them to Cov you'll get it
the more of everbody that get into this
so perfect
― The Scampo Fell to Earth (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 13 February 2021 02:30 (three years ago) link
convo to be had about blah blah blah elsewhere
but it's spectacularly perfect
― The Scampo Fell to Earth (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 13 February 2021 02:32 (three years ago) link
the way it balances coldness and warmth is so good
― ufo, Saturday, 13 February 2021 03:05 (three years ago) link
Many otm posts
― rob, Saturday, 13 February 2021 04:05 (three years ago) link
The album has been growing massively on me as well. I love the dancehall influence on this, right there from futuristic Block Boy.
― Nabozo, Saturday, 13 February 2021 13:38 (three years ago) link
new song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Jg1jw9X7g
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Thursday, 3 June 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
drums sound incredible
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Thursday, 3 June 2021 22:55 (two years ago) link
fantastic stuff
― ufo, Friday, 4 June 2021 00:02 (two years ago) link
Loving it, he really does pick beats with the best drums
― paolo, Friday, 4 June 2021 08:26 (two years ago) link
Send Them To Coventry is coming out on vinyl for RSD I think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09tzW80FM8U
cool performance from a few months ago
― ufo, Friday, 4 June 2021 10:09 (two years ago) link
Glidin' rules
― rob, Friday, 4 June 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
omygod this is so good
― Lage Lage Lage Shooting (Noodle Vague), Friday, 4 June 2021 19:06 (two years ago) link
wwwwow fuckin amazing
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Friday, 4 June 2021 19:24 (two years ago) link
Afrikan Rebel EP is out today & it's excellent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT-0NwoADO0
― ufo, Thursday, 16 September 2021 21:12 (two years ago) link
"style & fashion" is a baaanger, my god.
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 September 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
Played it today, brilliant stuff, he keeps evolving
― cheesons to be rearful (Noodle Vague), Friday, 17 September 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
the whole EP is bangers but yeah "style & fashion" especially
― ufo, Friday, 17 September 2021 22:52 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FURvqOhKglI
― ufo, Thursday, 14 October 2021 22:22 (two years ago) link
still hasn’t missed
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Thursday, 14 October 2021 23:16 (two years ago) link
fyi: the new Backroad Gee tape is pretty great, especially the first half
― rob, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link
i need to give it another listen, it seemed solid but didn't really wow me?
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 22:00 (two years ago) link
I enjoyed the harder first half more than the (afro)poppier second for sure, but the production sounded v cool to me—otoh, I don't listen to much UK rap/grime/drill, so it's possible the better-versed won't find anything special about it—and I love hearing his voice
― rob, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 22:22 (two years ago) link
Late to the party but Style & Fashion is so amazing
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 23:00 (two years ago) link
Amapiano !
― Nabozo, Thursday, 2 December 2021 11:08 (two years ago) link