Kate NV

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!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaDoFH4zG3E

More Арай here, albeit without Роза Рымбаева. Vibes

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?

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?)

Thank you for all this!

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 bombay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XzoOK2GZF8

Pete Brand’s Method - what you are
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY320Jk82i4

Rare Silk - storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNNqWGb_vCc

These might be closer to balearic but I think the genre is also referenced in some of her songs.

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

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?

i believe that's a form of Flexatone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexatone

• "Weird Al" Yankovic used the flexatone during his performance of "Another One Rides the Bus" live on The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder (1982).
• "The Simpsons Theme" by Danny Elfman (1990).

Aha - thanks Mr malone! Will always associate that sound with maggot brain. Bah-doinggg!

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!

:)

otm

Are there any good compilations that cover the Russian scenes that influenced her?

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.

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!

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.

is that a metal neck on the bass?

her voice is somehow even better live

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

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhceRmd2Ink

some real great concert footage. this show would be so much fun

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.)

i was wondering how she was doing atm :(

that's so awful. i hope she can find peace (without doing anything drastic).

happier news:

Improvised music in support of "Helping to Leave" Ukraine charity

it's pretty

https://katenv.bandcamp.com/album/bouquet

yep Bouquet is crazy good more pls

this seems promising

https://www.firerecords.com/fire-signs-kate-nv-angel-deradoorians-new-project-decisive-pink/

Promising, indeed. I can't imagine what she's going through in Russia right now.

new song out, sounds like she's doing a Far Side Virtual thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86UHdsbNZKs

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=_AcEiva70hU
SOYUZ (СОЮЗ) Ft. Kate NV - I Knew It (Я так и знал)

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4euYMd4-l0

ooh i do like the new single

this is great

Video = Kateamari Damacy

(song is awesome too)

holy smokes thats a strange video

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

It's hitting me in my nostalgic feels. Fantastic.

Nice. She's coming to Big Ears next year, I'm intrigued.

yeah that single is nice, looking forward to the full album. it kind of sounds like a direction Stereolab could've gone in. hope they emphasize the vocal harmonies because they're damn good

in other news apparently she's also doing a show in Chicago? I might have to try to make that

new song - Meow Chat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAMCVZHAi_k

meow chat has a proper video now (neow):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQf84KubJjE

kate did a mix for late junction on bbc radio 3: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hbpb

in case you can't be bothered to click on that, the tracks she played were...

Shiina Ringo - Stoicism
Urbangarde - Commercial Song
Aphex Twin - Bucephalus Bouncing Ball
Nobukazu Takemura - Murmur of the Day
Katamari Damacy - Original Video Game Soundtrack
Macdonald Duck Eclair - Ya...Pa Pa!
Momoe Yamaguchi - Koi no Hotline

wonkee formatting lol oops apols

oh wow i hadn't heard macdonald duck eclair before and they sound like a very emil.y band :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4MIe0PRA04
Macdonald Duck Eclair - Mac Teenage Riot (2004)

getting very off-topic but this track of theirs is gorgeous:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE0UDfM-vm4
Macdonald Duck Eclair - The Yellow Go

yesss Macdonald Duck Eclair are excellent, plus they have a Longmont Potion Castle name