Been playing Kate NV's album since it came out in June. Finally checked out a video, pretty great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_NQIwVk4MQ
Going to check out lots of noms and vote last minute. Cheers
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 03:01 (three years ago) link
forks, looks like a batch of tracks were added twice on the playlist...Also the entire Canshaker Pi album
rummaged through and cleaned up the playlist, let me know if anyone finds twins on there?
To return to an earlier point: there are 1,25X songs on spotify from the nominations but actually 1,328 total nominations... so we've got more than last year apparently!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 03:38 (three years ago) link
Tracks I didn't nominate and enjoyed hearing (mostly) for the first time in the playlist (so far, still working through it)
070 Shake - Guilty ConscienceAllie X, Mitski - Susie Save Your LoveAna Roxanne - Suite Pour L'InvisibleAna Tijoux - Antifa DanceChloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour
CLIPZ, Ms Banks, Ms Dynamite & Jaykae - AgainC Natty - OjahCoco Bryce - Ma Bae Be LuvCrooked Man - This TimeDarkstar, John Talabot - Wolf (Euphoric mix)
Hayley Williams - Watch Me While I BloomIndia Jordan - For YouJahvillani - Lizzad Pon LimbJazmine Sullivan - Lost OneJorja Smith - Rose Rouge
Kairon, IRSE! - An Bat NoneKatie Dey - HappinessKeleketla!, Coldcut, Tony Allen etc. - Shepherd SongMaeta, Buddy - Teen SceneMasego, Don Toliver - Mystery Lady
― nashwan, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 12:39 (three years ago) link
I nominated the Allie X and Hayley Williams tracks and have also been impressed by the 070 Shake one and Jorja Smith cover. Is the India Jordan track the one with the Chime sample? If so, quite like that one too
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 19:14 (three years ago) link
Favourite discovery for me so far is that Mildlfe track which is a massive Balearic psych jam and almost certainly going on my ballot
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 19:32 (three years ago) link
yeah, i liked that song too but i would say my "holy shit where has this been all year" finds are Viagra Boys "Ain't Nice" and Real Lies "Boss Trick"
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 19:43 (three years ago) link
Damn, I really messed up by not nominating 'Holy Mackarel' as a Dirty Projectors track, that was the domestically agreed upon song of the year in my house.
Didn't know there was a new DakhaBrakha album, cool.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 21:31 (three years ago) link
Maeta, Buddy - Teen Scenewhooo (would love if more ppl take a listen to this!)
― Four Jacks and a Jill (morrisp), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link
Although for some reason I couldn't get excited about putting together a tracks ballot so I didn't, it was all about albums and mixes this year.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
I think I put the Nihiloxica up— it really is a stunning record.
― Pere Legume (the table is the table), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
i nommed black kaveera on the tracks i think. it's good running music!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 22:48 (three years ago) link
Thanks nxd for nominating Op by Vic Bang - gorgeous bubblewrap! If I'd heard this before noms closed, I'd have found space for the album too
― technopolis, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 13:53 (three years ago) link
Shocked Eris Drew - Fluids of Emotion not nominated as a distinct track
― or something, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 14:50 (three years ago) link
Shocked I tell ya
'Transcendental Access Point' got nommed instead iirc
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
Exactly! I like both but would've voted for Fluids, thought that was the standout
― or something, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 15:09 (three years ago) link
likely voting for the ep
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 17:53 (three years ago) link
Started randomly browsing through the tracks playlist, so far the Weather Station is the one that I really need to check out.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link
Only a still image video, but just seen that this track I nominated is on youtube. Again, I don't think I'll get enough people voting for it to stand a chance of getting it in, but seriously, this track slaps so you should at least listen to it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD9YHzvjZgY
― emil.y, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
heavy Muslimgauze vibes, cool
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
Also just spotted that Holodrum's 'No Dither' is on the nominations list, and was released on a comp this year, but I voted for it last year! Great track, though, whoever nominated it.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 18:34 (three years ago) link
"End of Daze" by Spillage Village is on there twice. I don't believe there are two different versions of the song (I voted for Spillage Village ft. Earthgang & JID - End of Daze)
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
likely voting for the ep― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 17:53 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 17:53 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I'd love to but I think it's too strong a year to vote for a 3 track EP on my album ballot
― or something, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 20:20 (three years ago) link
I knew someone would say that. I do like it, has a nice Fresh Fruit/Movin Melodies kind of sound
― or something, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 20:28 (three years ago) link
But Fluids is not remotely paint-by-numbers
― or something, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 20:30 (three years ago) link
I'm also going to advocate for Duma's self-titled, which is one of the most stunning experimental records of the year— black metal, power electronics, African club music. It's an unbelievable record, start to finish.
― Pere Legume (the table is the table), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 22:45 (three years ago) link
I had a similar thought! I've listened to the album a ridiculous number of times since that nom. And put it in a text file of further album nominations which... ultimately went unsubmitted.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 7 January 2021 05:43 (three years ago) link
Anyone wants to recommend "bobbins" ? ILM's recs are usually very good and I only discover them during countdown
― Nabozo, Thursday, 7 January 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
Sure, I can recommend a few of my favourite ones, just a moment...
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 January 2021 17:14 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfOvx_10bDAPark Hye Jin - NoI actually forgot to nominate this track specifically, but the EP it's from is on the album list and should be voted for. She has such a unique, energetic approach to house music, and the EP proved "I Don't Care" from a couple of years ago wasn't just a flash in the pan.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 January 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
Sorry, I didn't mean to embed that, I'll try to put other recommendations as links only.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 January 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link
https://naivetrax.bandcamp.com/track/ilana-bryne-give-me-strengthIlyna Bryne - Give Me StrengthThis is my favourite straightforward house tune of the year, a funky, timelessly beautiful organ groove that keeps on growing throughout the track.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 January 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13F_IS1AMqENicole - Inside
This was the best debut bobbin I heard last year. Nicole is a 22-old producer from Georgia (the country, not the US state), this is from her first official release, and she already sounds quite assured. Some nice techno bleeps and whines with a banging beat, what's not to like?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 January 2021 17:49 (three years ago) link
Jeez, how do you link to a Youtube without embedding it? I tried both using the shorter youtu.be link and URL tags, I guess neither works?
I use "hxxp"
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Thursday, 7 January 2021 17:50 (three years ago) link
We should have a separate poll/countdown for tracks that saer has posted.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 7 January 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
Anyway, speaking of debuts, Jasmine Infiniti's debut album Bxtch Släp is on the album list (nothing by her on the track list), and IMO it's a stunning maelstrom of classic Detroit techno synths and heavy, almost industrial beats. Here's a sample track (I should've probably nominated it separately).
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 January 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
on a bobbins-adjacent tip, i'd definitely recommend the K-Lone album 'Cape Cira'. it's very light, sunny-feeling, quasi-ambient music full of nature sounds (water, bird chirps) and organic percusion elements (the dense chime of wooden blocks, metal tinging on metal, the ringing of struck glass), and all carried along by evolving, dancing rhythms. if you've liked e.g. any of the records that music from memory have put out (gaussian curve, suso saiz) or any of the recent wave of japanese ambient reissues (say hiroshi yoshimura's 'green'), it's in that sort of dreamy zone. amazing record (from quite a young producer i think?). have listened to it a hell of a lot this year, it's been good company round the house
https://wisdomteethuk.bandcamp.com/album/k-lone-cape-cira-lp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PBxNklA8bY
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Thursday, 7 January 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
on a much more sombre, sobering note, Pale Blue's 'I Walk Alone With Acid' is quite a harrowing portrait of female fear in a culture dominated by toxic masculinity, like a long stare into perpetual darkness. don't know if it's been discussed at all on ilm, but i'd definitely like to hear other people's opinions. it is pretty disturbing though imo, so trigger warning for this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhf7_oXnIZU
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Thursday, 7 January 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
sorry i should have hidden that video (mods plz?)
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Thursday, 7 January 2021 20:21 (three years ago) link
I want to mention that Tkay Maidza has been spitting fire for several years now and lies in this sweet spot between M.I.A., Santigold, and Azealia Banks while retaining her own voice/style and everyone should get up on that
― Totino's Fortnite Training Room (DJP), Thursday, 7 January 2021 20:27 (three years ago) link
vote for the true song of the year, you cowards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcyk7k5E4Rw
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 7 January 2021 20:41 (three years ago) link
ahaha I might, o Jon <3
― imago, Thursday, 7 January 2021 21:40 (three years ago) link
his hearts in the right place but his guitar should be impounded
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Thursday, 7 January 2021 21:43 (three years ago) link
Another vote for tkay, very weird that she has never quite gotten that next step boost but i am a fan since brontosaurus
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 8 January 2021 04:38 (three years ago) link
― kites aren't fun (NickB)
Top 10 album of the year for me. The Yoshimura comparison is otm and also a great album!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 January 2021 04:43 (three years ago) link
re: tkay her major label debut album back in 2016 wasn't really her best work and didn't seem to get much of a push from the label either and it seems like that really killed her momentum so now she's building it back again
― ufo, Friday, 8 January 2021 04:49 (three years ago) link
More laid back bobbins, this time from Bartosz Kruczyński who was behind the excellent Baltic Beat album a few years back and also records as The Phantom and Pejzaż as well as being one half of Ptaki.
He released two excellent albums as Earth Trax this year although only the second one, LP2, is nominated along with a couple of tracks
Earth Trax - The Complete Trance Induction
― groovypanda, Friday, 8 January 2021 10:12 (three years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61lLtH-v4LL._SY355_.jpg
CAM - The Otherside
The kind of album you feel in your guts should be huge. 'Diane' could've been a one-off miracle but instead this all killer no filler album makes so many cases for her pop meets country style, her amazing pop sensibilities and great voice. Big ass beautiful ballads, bangers and ABBA-likes (listen to What Beauty Means) blend together beautifully.
― abcfsk, Friday, 8 January 2021 13:50 (three years ago) link