Charlotte Adigéry (Adigery)

Loved this on first listen, the singles make much more sense in the context of the album. This is super stylish and cynical, could be the soundtrack to some high fashion runway.

just realized "Bear With Me" isn't on here.

The programming is sleek and burbly and A+.

BNM'd on p4k today:

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/charlotte-adigery-bolis-pupul-topical-dancer/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/mar/08/charlotte-adigery-and-bolis-pupul-interview?CMP=twt_a-music_b-gdnmusic
Nice interview. Didn't know that Pupul was Kamagurka's son! (a factoid probably lost on people outside of Belgium/The Netherlands)

this really holds up to a second listen, incredibly strong album. the lyrical games it plays are both straightforwardly witty and headspinningly complex; it's rare and great to see this sort of intelligence applied to, essentially, techno bangers. but then again the bangers themselves aren't so simple either; they're playful, tuneful and the production and structures are kept constantly interesting and fresh. wheels are not allowed to spin.

this'd make for a great ilm aoty, if That Lot decide to votesplit themselves

also, does liking this mean i have to like talking heads now

Are Big Thief releasing two albums again this year? xp

that is the if

just realized "Bear With Me" isn't on here.

Rough Trade's release (is on transparent vinyl and) comes with a bonus CDR w/ Bear With Me and five tracks from her two earlier EPs

Give me a vinyl version that includes the eps and I’ll pay double without thinking it.

Agreed. I need that debut EP.

https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/101309-003-A/charlotte-adigery-bolis-pupul/

Finally got 'round to this - loved it, and hit replay the minute it stopped. Truly inventive and off-kilter dance music with no shortage of earworm melodies, big beats, and creative flourishes. Love how many different ways they use vocals! A+ sequencing, too.

top three of the year imo

Lots of highlights that I keep coming back to. "Ceci n'est pas un cliche" and "Mantra" stand out -- the latter gives me New Order vibes.

- me every time I open this app. pic.twitter.com/Sv0UVf8Jhj

— Rob Milton (@therobmilton) December 21, 2022

wondered how she performed that live, that's awesome

I finally figured out what this record reminds me of and had to bring it here cause no one outside ilm would get the reference but the Lindstrom & Christabelle vibes are strong

One of the late listens of the year for me.

As I mentioned to the friend who urged me to hear it, it does a very, very savvy and charming way of expressing sentiments that pop music usually is too didactic when it wants to make the same points.

live in Glasgow yesterday it felt like superstardom is in the post. It was in the top 5 wildest audience resctions I've ever seen, so much so that she was rendered speechless a couple of times by how loud the crowd were. Such a great performer (Bolis too).

well-deserved - it was a fantastic show. I was concerned that I would be disappointed after seeing them in a tiny venue last year when they killed it and was wondering if they would manage to bring that energy to a massive festival tent but they really knocked it out of the park. Two of my pals had never heard them before and came away raving about how great it was. stirmonster the whole weekend was brilliant actually :)

also not to objectify anyone in a way but I spotted Bolis in the crowd dancing later on and he really is just an incredibly handsome man, they both just ooze star quality and charisma

They’ve been working hard to get there, they’ve been performing live pretty much every odd day.

The Bolis solo album is ace. Mix of deeper home listening cuts and full on club bangers like this one


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7E9ZsGrK5E

Yes - was discussed briefly elsewhere, loving it

Video to Completely Half is great. Strong Wong Kar Wei vibes

Saw Adigery and Pupul live the other night - really excellent. They're great and charismatic performers of course, but what really stood out was how propulsive and thumpy the arrangements were over big speakers in a live setting. The sense of dynamics, especially in the lead-in to what were effectively drops, was really kinetic. The vibe of the way the songs would move in between pop songs and dance tracks reminded me unexpectedly of the last two The Knife albums (not a point of comparison I would have thought of previously).

Yeah, they make the most sense live for sure, not that the recording are bad of course.

Man, really need to catch them at some point. Pretty sure they've played here and I missed it (though that could have been a festival date)

saw them at Desert Daze in 2022, if that's what you're thinking of, was a great set, she was amazing live.