cfcf - liquid colours

might be worth raising in one of the many donkin around threads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCwGMjJ9X0o

here's the song with sarah from kkb, lovely stuff

album rules but also i'm quite surprised by how much of it has his own vocals on it

Beauty. Wonder what's with having a bit of the last album sampled here as "i regret the jet-set" lol

well the concept of liquid colours was 90s jungle-as-muzak and here it's being used with added ambience as a muzak interlude in the way real 90s muzak stuff would be, it's a funny little touch

i don't think this is quite as great as liquid colours was overall because that was really something special as a whole, but i'm still really enjoying this. "self service 1999" is a great french house pastiche

I loved Self Service 1999. The rest of it didn't immediately grab me but maybe on repeated listens.

The Colours of Life is, no joke, easily a top ten record of the last decade for me. Liquid Colours is also fantastic. I had a feeling I was missing something when I saw CFCF rolling out the promo art and cover artwork for this thing, and after listening to the album (once to be fair), I still feel like I’m missing something. Feels like a big step back.

I am enjoying it, but yeah, it hasn't immediately grabbed as much as The Colours of Life and Liquid Colours. It's a little shapeless. Some parts also remind me of Oneohtrix Point Never, who I've always found a bit unapproachable.

So what's the deal with this one? I loved Liquid Colours cos it summarised everything I don't like about that kind of drum n bass while making it incredibly rich and palatable

Seems a bit more like a James Ferraro or OPN album (as mentioned above), but time will tell. I’m not enjoying the stuff that sounds like Kero Kero Bonito’s last album; there are some noise rock tracks (?) that don’t seem like they’ll ecru grow on me.

a lot of it is way more straightforward than anything ferraro or opn have done overall though. i understand the comparison though

sad there's no CD release, esp. given the list of inspirations

loving this

wish i liked the vocals on the last song but they're such a stumble at the finish line. good fun record otherwise

i'm fine with the kero kero bonito singer just not the execution here

hey there's a new CFCF record out? if it has a James Ferraro/0PN feel then i'm probably gonna dig it!

good record. splits the difference between wipeout and gran turismo

Still playing this regularly. The vinyl is back in stock at https://cfcf.bandcamp.com/album/memoryland and wherever else. I just got it, it's quality, and going through it in four parts (labelled Dreams/Angst/Diversion/Reality) might help me digest it better. I can't remember the last 70 minute album I've enjoyed so much the whole way through. Will be high on my 2021 list.

sad there's no CD release, esp. given the list of inspirations

https://www.artuniongroup.co.jp/plancha/top/releases/artpl-150/ !