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
The perfect lockdown album, an uneasy mix of (according to the thread below) trip hop, Coil, a more ambient Sylvian/Eno take on the last These New Puritans, absolutely perfect self-isolation music, vague crespuscular labradford vibes crossed with a sort of deadpan dead c.-esque vocal delivery, Legendary Pink Dots, Pan American:
CS + Kreme - Snoopy
― toby, Friday, 8 January 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
oh man how did i never listen to the cam album this year
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 8 January 2021 14:25 (three years ago) link
I can't believe "Pig Feet" by Terrace Martin is not in the nomination list
Well, actually I can but that's a whole other thing
Listen to it anyway even if you can't vote for it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OMirbGvn8o
― Totino's Fortnite Training Room (DJP), Friday, 8 January 2021 14:45 (three years ago) link
^amazing song that I've only managed to listen to a few times (my partner immediately made me turn it off when I tried to play it in the apt)
It is definitely weird that there's like 100 taylor swift songs nominated and not this...
― rob, Friday, 8 January 2021 14:52 (three years ago) link
haha!
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Friday, 8 January 2021 14:56 (three years ago) link
the funny thing is that DJP actually nominated most of those!
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Friday, 8 January 2021 14:56 (three years ago) link
don’t believe me just watch
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Friday, 8 January 2021 14:57 (three years ago) link
nominating every taylor song was someone's idea of a gag
totally assumed someone else nominated "pig feet" whoops
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 8 January 2021 14:57 (three years ago) link
Well, I do know the poll's audience
― Totino's Fortnite Training Room (DJP), Friday, 8 January 2021 14:58 (three years ago) link
TRACKSTkay Maidza - ShookTaylor Swift - The 1Taylor Swift - CardiganTaylor Swift - The Last Great American DynastyTaylor Swift - My Tears RicochetTaylor Swift - SevenTaylor Swift - This Is Me TryingTaylor Swift - Illicit AffairsTaylor Swift - Mad WomanTaylor Swift - EpiphanyTaylor Swift - BettyTaylor Swift - PeaceTaylor Swift - HoaxTaylor Swift - The LakesTaylor Swift - WillowTaylor Swift - Champagne ProblemsTaylor Swift - Gold RushTaylor Swift - 'Tis the Damn SeasonTaylor Swift - Tolerate ItTaylor Swift feat HAIM - No Body, No CrimeTaylor Swift - HappinessTaylor Swift - DorotheaTaylor Swift feat The National - Coney IslandTaylor Swift - IvyTaylor Swift - Cowboy Like MeTaylor Swift - Long Story ShortTaylor Swift - MarjorieTaylor Swift - ClosureALBUMSJessie Reyez - BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL USIDLES - Ultra Mono(30/30)let the vote-splitting commence― DJP, donderdag 24 december 2020 19:59
ALBUMSJessie Reyez - BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL USIDLES - Ultra Mono
(30/30)
let the vote-splitting commence
― DJP, donderdag 24 december 2020 19:59
tbc, it was a brilliant move (however, if it actually results in one third of the 77 being Taylor songs I will retract this statement)
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Friday, 8 January 2021 15:04 (three years ago) link
complaining that no one nominated something (which I, too, assumed had already been nominated tbh) when you used up all yr nominations Doing A Bit is a bit rich tbh
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Friday, 8 January 2021 15:06 (three years ago) link
(much as I appreciate efforts to kneecap the Swift vote)
lol I guess my post was too subtle
― rob, Friday, 8 January 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link
Like I said, I know the poll's audience
― Totino's Fortnite Training Room (DJP), Friday, 8 January 2021 15:08 (three years ago) link
(and no, your post wasn't subtle at all)
― Totino's Fortnite Training Room (DJP), Friday, 8 January 2021 15:09 (three years ago) link
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Friday, 8 January 2021 15:11 (three years ago) link
it's a very good song
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 8 January 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link
lol wtf no "Invisible String", no credibility on those TS noms
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Friday, 8 January 2021 15:58 (three years ago) link
I love that so many artists got nominated who I'm very familiar with but had no idea they released music this year. like Blue Oyster Cult? who knew.
― billstevejim, Friday, 8 January 2021 16:18 (three years ago) link
US Girls' "Overtime" got nominated but my vote will be going to Alex Frankel's disco remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y8mBRKMhTA
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Friday, 8 January 2021 21:11 (three years ago) link
Is it okay to send the album and track ballot separately?
― Tuomas, Saturday, 9 January 2021 15:40 (three years ago) link
I've done that in years past, so I hope so
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Saturday, 9 January 2021 15:55 (three years ago) link
Listening to the playlist and noticed Georgia's Started Out is on there which was also nominated in 2018 and again last year via the Tuff City Kids remix
― groovypanda, Saturday, 9 January 2021 20:26 (three years ago) link
Apparently it was released as an album track in 2020, though it came out as a single in 2018. But I agree it's pretty silly to have the same song on the nomination list for three year in a row.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 9 January 2021 21:07 (three years ago) link
Wouldn't have nominated it if I'd known it was that old and nominated before.
― nashwan, Saturday, 9 January 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
Would be cool to see Toni Braxton on the countdown again. This was the highlight of Disco '20 imo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgA6hdK0gq4
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Saturday, 9 January 2021 22:20 (three years ago) link
Viagra Boys' "Ain't right" is a hell of an earworm
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Sunday, 10 January 2021 02:25 (three years ago) link
Ain’t nice, you mean?
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 10 January 2021 07:02 (three years ago) link
a post that could be quoted out of context
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Sunday, 10 January 2021 12:17 (three years ago) link
with just a bit of tweaking
lol yes that is what I meant
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Sunday, 10 January 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
9pm is my brain's bedtime
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Sunday, 10 January 2021 16:11 (three years ago) link
they just came out with an album this past friday
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 10 January 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link
yeah it rules, discussion on their thread
I really screwed myself by not nomination more stuff this year (I know I CAN vote for them but....enh)
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Sunday, 10 January 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link
Have been enjoying going through the playlist over the last few days. My main discoveries are the Victoria Monét album. The whole thing is great, but Experience is quite something. Not sure how I slept on that one.
Also I've got a bit obsessed with The Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas remix of Apex by Jaga Jazzist. Probably my favourite Lindstrøm related track since Home Again. That switch-up half way through is incredible.
Monotony nominated a bunch of tracks that are all contenders that were new to me (I was terrible at keeping up this year). Love Of Your Life by RAYE, Promises by COY and Orange Sanguine by Pauline Chagne. Camera Flash by Jones is likely to be in my top five. Such a gorgeous funky track.
It's nice to find a bunch of new things to consider as at one point my list would have just been all the Jessie Ware and Charli XCX songs nominated.
― kitchen person, Monday, 11 January 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
As for things I nominated that probably won't get much traction, I'd like to give a shout out to the Better Person album which is a charming little sophisti-pop record that's insanely catchy. It kind of sounds like Rhye if they'd been more obsessed with China Crisis and Black instead of Sade.
A friend sent me the title track a few months ago and I keep getting it stuck in my head. It comes with this wonderfully low budget video. I could watch him awkwardly emoting all day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl_7Tekeu4Q
― kitchen person, Monday, 11 January 2021 15:02 (three years ago) link