it's all really pleasant but has the classic amapiano album problem of being really so much to digest all at once, will take quite a few listens to wrap my head around
― ufo, Saturday, 10 April 2021 04:14 (three years ago) link
none of the ones rob mentions did funnily enough.
Oh that's not surprising at all! Sorry for boring detail here but: I'd listened to the first four tracks the night before and was just picking up where I left off and live-appreciating each track in order. I have no idea what the highlights are yet tbh—in fact "Funu" stood out the most at first, simply because I already loved it.
Also, part of the "journey" of Dust for me was it initially presenting as a very syrupy pop song but then blossoming into something more surprising, a good example of the length being made good use of rather than being a genre requirement.
― rob, Saturday, 10 April 2021 13:17 (three years ago) link
"La vie est belle" est tellement beau, c'est vrai
― rob, Saturday, 10 April 2021 13:27 (three years ago) link
Just a random detail I'm enjoying at present: the dog bark (?) that becomes prominent for a spell in Folasade's outro
― rob, Saturday, 10 April 2021 13:35 (three years ago) link
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 10 April 2021 22:03 (three years ago) link
“Love Is Like A Weapon” bangs. could soundtrack a movie about a gay cruising party
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 10 April 2021 22:19 (three years ago) link
This is going on my YEL. Tresor adds so much focus and consistency to the KdS project. This is not their most varied but the production is gorgeous.
― Nabozo, Monday, 19 April 2021 13:45 (three years ago) link
this album is incredible
― voodoo chili, Friday, 23 April 2021 21:59 (three years ago) link
interview with DJ Maphorisa, he talks about Tresor as well towards the end:
https://www.okayafrica.com/dj-maphorisa-scorpion-kings-interview/
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 12:28 (two years ago) link
nice, that's a good interview
voodoo chili otm, though the first half is still a lot more concrete in my mind than the second. And in particular the opening 4 track run is amazing, really glad I didn't over-listen to "Funu" as it still sounds fresh
― rob, Sunday, 25 April 2021 14:42 (two years ago) link
yeah i agree that the first half is stronger, less vibey and more song-oriented. the magic also slips away a little during the english language songs but that’s probably a me problem, not a problem with the music itself
― voodoo chili, Sunday, 25 April 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link
so nobody got as far as “Starry Night”/“Love Like A Weapon”, huh?
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
I have focused a lot on the second part myself with Mali Mali, Limbisa Nga, Malaika and Starry Night.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 25 April 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link
Oh, I don't think the first half is necessarily stronger overall (though honestly it is hard to skip those first four), I just meant I haven't really absorbed the back half yet for various banal reasons. I think I'll start off with the two breastcrawl mentioned next time!
― rob, Sunday, 25 April 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
Tresor with Black Motion:he’s on “BloodStream” on last year’s The Healers album, but I prefer this track he did in 2016 for an earlier album of theirs:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxlm-xE4lV8Black Motion ft. Tresor & Mahotella Queens • So-Where-To
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 29 April 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
just came across this interesting discussion of Rumble in the Jungle: https://thenativemag.com/scorpion-kings-tresor-rumble-discussion/they have very good things to say about both Tresor and Kabza, but I especially like the pro-shaker rhetoric here:
I love “Starry Night” because it has this echoey feeling that makes Tresor’s voice achingly beautiful. It’s also one of the songs where the shakers are literally at par with the rest of the instrumentation – another mark of how experimental this album is — but the shakers just give me good vibes. Tresor doesn’t have to shout or contort his voice, it just spurts out and that’s what I love about the sub-genre: that sense of ease.
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Sunday, 27 June 2021 14:19 (two years ago) link
Tresor will appear in that Metallica Blacklist covers album. His contribution is the one I’m the most interested in hearing.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 27 June 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
what's happening with Motion, is there a date it got delayed to or was it just put off indefinitely?
― ufo, Sunday, 27 June 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Sunday, 27 June 2021 15:10 (two years ago) link
J Balvin is also on it - reggaeton goes rock, should appeal to you!
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Sunday, 27 June 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
xp to ufo: I don’t see any recent mention of Motion on his Twitter, so probably postponed again?
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Sunday, 27 June 2021 15:39 (two years ago) link
he has a feature on "Shangri-La" by Afrikaans band Die Heuwels Fantasties:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sy0p30c-Sc
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Sunday, 27 June 2021 15:43 (two years ago) link
Motion has ominously disappeared from iTunes :(
― trap door to hell opens underneath (rob), Sunday, 27 June 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
Anyone else listen to Motion? Came out a few weeks ago (finally). It's nice.
― Indexed, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 21:49 (two years ago) link
I need to spend more time with it tbh, but I agree that it's nice!
― rob, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 22:26 (two years ago) link
ooh i didn't know it had finally come out, thanks for the heads up
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link
it's pretty good
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 23:39 (two years ago) link
It’s a lot like his previous solo album, but I loved that so…
― Tim F, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 23:57 (two years ago) link
yeah this is fantastic stuff all the way through
― ufo, Sunday, 12 December 2021 23:24 (two years ago) link
^yes, this finally clicked for me, absolutely love it
― rob, Saturday, 18 December 2021 01:13 (two years ago) link