lol that's Nacho Cano he's the main composer of all Mecano songs.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 29 January 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
yeah he just wanted to make sure she was singing it right
― frogbs, Friday, 29 January 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
Okay, my brain is still dead but I figured I would go for some super-obvious Ex-Yu/Soviet pop for you. None of this sounds exactly like Kate NV, but it's among the stuff that 'Telefon' reminded me of, like, a sort of 'in the blood' thing.
Sizike!Sladjana!Alliance!Denis x2!
There were a couple of other things that I can't remember the name of and have disappeared from my youtube lists, blargh.
― emil.y, Friday, 29 January 2021 18:00 (three years ago) link
Eeep, that sizike song is amazing! Thank you!
― mage uluk (NickB), Friday, 29 January 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
Yeah, it kills. The other songs are good too, but I think that's the best of that little list.
― emil.y, Friday, 29 January 2021 18:14 (three years ago) link
Among other things, I like how embarrassed the guy doing the rap looks
― mage uluk (NickB), Friday, 29 January 2021 18:22 (three years ago) link
lol "please get the camera off me" all over his face
― frogbs, Saturday, 30 January 2021 01:54 (three years ago) link
The “Sizike” song is so cool! Only 12,000 listens on spotify!? How!? This sounds like a classic.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 30 January 2021 06:51 (three years ago) link
Actually emily,all songs sound great
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 30 January 2021 06:52 (three years ago) link
I passed the Alliance one onto someone off-thread I thought might be appreciative. They were. :)
The one saer posted may as well BE recent Kate NV, for multiple bars at a time. Thanks everyone!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 30 January 2021 07:07 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaDoFH4zG3E
More Арай here, albeit without Роза Рымбаева. Vibes
― saer, Saturday, 30 January 2021 14:26 (three years ago) link
Ah! this is the third time I listen to the Sizike song. At this rate it will soon become one of my favorite songs of the 80’s, where has this been all my life?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 30 January 2021 15:20 (three years ago) link
Love how this thread has basically turned into "post all the coolest music". I do miss Роза Рымбаева from that second one, though. (I'm guessing it's Rosa something?)
― emil.y, Saturday, 30 January 2021 15:28 (three years ago) link
Thank you for all this!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:04 (three years ago) link
Well if this is the unofficial thread for cool 80’s music that is not similar to KATE NV but you think KATE NV fans might also like:
Mecano - hawaii bombayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XzoOK2GZF8
Pete Brand’s Method - what you arehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY320Jk82i4
Rare Silk - stormhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNNqWGb_vCc
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link
These might be closer to balearic but I think the genre is also referenced in some of her songs.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
nicely shot live video in a guitar shop/balloon store. only four songs and the clarinet dude is **not** wearing his wizard robe but still, worth a watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckArue3m29E
― frogbs, Sunday, 14 February 2021 19:44 (three years ago) link
Excellent - thanks frogs! :)
anyone know what the official name of that boingy instrument she plays at the start of the second song - and also at the end of 'telefon' - is?
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Sunday, 14 February 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
i believe that's a form of Flexatone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexatone
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 14 February 2021 21:12 (three years ago) link
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 14 February 2021 21:15 (three years ago) link
Aha - thanks Mr malone! Will always associate that sound with maggot brain. Bah-doinggg!
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Sunday, 14 February 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
Man, Room for the Moon is amazing. Way outside my usual wheelhouse but I put it on for a stoned, snowy dog walk a few nights ago based on the EOY rollout, and have been all Kate NV, all the time, ever since (interspersed with the Chick Corea fest going on in my house).
She does not fuck around filling every little space in the music with creative and unexpected sounds. Having dug back into this thread and schooled myself a little in Russian synth pop and her other influences, I now see that her mix of electronic and synthy stuff with flutes and clarinets and saxes and such is not quite as idiosyncratic as I initially heard it, but so what. Love how quickly and aggressively she builds her soundscapes while still keeping them warm and engaging. Love those thick, meaty bass lines that propel the music forward magnificently but are just unusual and complex enough to keep me alert to their role in the mix. And love the sequencing on the album, drifting farther out into experimentation than most pop albums I'm familiar with and then pulling back to dance/pop at just the right times. I think my fav tracks are Ça Commence Par and Plans, and I have a special affection for Du Na, which is seriously evocative of mid-90s Tortoise to me, one of my all-time favorite sounds (there are moments where it really sounds like it could be lifted right from Djed).
What a gem. Thanks ilm for putting it on my radar!
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
:)
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 17:50 (three years ago) link
otm
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 19:05 (three years ago) link
Are there any good compilations that cover the Russian scenes that influenced her?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:23 (three years ago) link
finally got around to watching some Glintshake on YouTube and wow, hard to believe it's the same person. almost like a Jun Togawa thing going on there.
― frogbs, Sunday, 21 February 2021 02:35 (three years ago) link
whoa -- this live video is excellent + a good reminder to revisit this record that hit me at a weird time last year.
would be rad to see this lineup the US when that is a thing again. thanks for sharing!
― dronestreet, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link
Damn that video is indeed excellent, wish I spoke Russian.
The bass playing is the closest thing I've heard to Mick Karn in a very long time.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 22:00 (three years ago) link
is that a metal neck on the bass?
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 22:20 (three years ago) link
her voice is somehow even better live
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 02:21 (three years ago) link
another live show, kind of similar setlist. still she's always a joy to watch so click it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLzOMaxjMNY
― frogbs, Friday, 16 July 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
new single
https://katenv.bandcamp.com/track/d-d-dont
reminds me a lot of Jean-Michel Jarre's Zoolook. right down to the Laurie Anderson vocals
― frogbs, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
sounds kinda like foodman doing watermelon man
I'm not really into it, the way she's working with this sound is kinda played out imo
― Bongo Jongus, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhceRmd2Ink
some real great concert footage. this show would be so much fun
― frogbs, Friday, 3 December 2021 04:51 (two years ago) link
she uh, seems to be in a really bad place right now
https://twitter.com/kattique/status/1501975566391681024
(translates to: Today I see no way out but to just kill myself.)
― frogbs, Thursday, 10 March 2022 21:00 (two years ago) link
i was wondering how she was doing atm :(
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 10 March 2022 21:33 (two years ago) link
that's so awful. i hope she can find peace (without doing anything drastic).
― stirmonster, Friday, 11 March 2022 00:17 (two years ago) link
happier news:Improvised music in support of "Helping to Leave" Ukraine charityit's prettyhttps://katenv.bandcamp.com/album/bouquet
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 27 May 2022 13:50 (one year ago) link
yep Bouquet is crazy good more pls
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Friday, 27 May 2022 22:31 (one year ago) link
this seems promising
https://www.firerecords.com/fire-signs-kate-nv-angel-deradoorians-new-project-decisive-pink/
― frogbs, Tuesday, 27 September 2022 19:52 (one year ago) link
Promising, indeed. I can't imagine what she's going through in Russia right now.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 27 September 2022 20:08 (one year ago) link
new song out, sounds like she's doing a Far Side Virtual thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86UHdsbNZKs
― frogbs, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 20:41 (one year ago) link
dunno if people saw this but there's a kate nv guest vocal on the (extremely lovely) new soyuz album...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AcEiva70hUSOYUZ (СОЮЗ) Ft. Kate NV - I Knew It (Я так и знал)
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 3 November 2022 20:55 (one year ago) link
new album, looks like it's gonna be full of the Zoolook-style digital sampling she's been doing lately. so maybe not exactly a follow up to Room for the Moon but I have liked those tracks so far
https://katenv.bandcamp.com/album/wow
― frogbs, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 22:07 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4euYMd4-l0
ooh i do like the new single
― ufo, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 02:29 (one year ago) link
this is great
― nxd, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 17:11 (one year ago) link
Video = Kateamari Damacy
(song is awesome too)
― emil.y, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 17:14 (one year ago) link
holy smokes thats a strange video
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 December 2022 23:02 (one year ago) link
Pleasant surprise, she has a new project with Angel Deradoorian called Decisive Pink. First single is more conventional synth pop than her solo stuff but it has a nice trippy shining future vibe (via focus on dominant 7th chord): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLrdPMAguUQ
― J. Sam, Thursday, 15 December 2022 00:04 (one year ago) link
It's hitting me in my nostalgic feels. Fantastic.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 15 December 2022 04:28 (one year ago) link