album is out (have yet to listen)
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Saturday, 25 March 2023 10:37 (one year ago) link
keep waiting for the album to begin, riyl sleepy ECM
― corrs unplugged, Sunday, 26 March 2023 19:16 (one year ago) link
Yeah it's more an ECM album with Arooj than an Arooj Aftab album. I also found the beginning to be too quiet, but now I'm enjoying the dialogue between piano and double bass and the tranquil warmth (Shadow Forces - Sajni), the slightly darker Eyes of the Endless. I think there's enough tension and beauty to hook me.
― Nabozo, Monday, 27 March 2023 12:57 (one year ago) link
I have precisely zero problems with sleepy ECM plus Arooj.
― Tim F, Monday, 27 March 2023 20:13 (one year ago) link
It's not sleepy, exactly — it's just a slow build. And you really need to listen to the whole thing front to back; you can't really pluck one track out (though I did, obviously, when covering it for Stereogum).
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 27 March 2023 20:15 (one year ago) link
Nate Chinen interviews Love In Exile:
On this special episode of All Songs Considered, Iyer, Aftab and Ismaily sat down in the Brooklyn recording studio Ismaily owns for for an in-depth conversation that touches on the origins of the trio, which they say felt instantly charged with spiritual energies. They also dicussed the implications of the name "Love in Exile," with its play of diaspora and longing; the mysterious way that a song form can emerge out of group improv and "ritual time" as an expression of tempo ungoverned by genre or market concerns.
― dow, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 23:21 (one year ago) link
Saw the Love in Exile trio Friday night . I enjoyed the ethereal soundscapes they did. It's a Vijay Iyer led project. Aftab sounded great when she sang. But she looked a little stressed. Early in the show she noted that she had monitor issues, and then later she didn't talk in between songs much -- a couple of comments about wanting more wine to drink onstage.(that first sounded like a joke or sarcasm, but after second comment about it , she seemed annoyed with the theatre for real).
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 April 2023 04:39 (one year ago) link
I saw that a couple of dates from the Love In Exile tour have turned up on Dime. Not listened to the sets yet. Have enjoyed teh couple of tracks I've heard by her and did see she got an article in one of teh UK monthlies last moth that I've been too busy to read so far. Hopefully get to that over next few days.
― Stevo, Monday, 17 April 2023 09:06 (one year ago) link
Lot of good stuff on her Bandcamp. I'd take all that over the live Love in Exile performance linked upthread (because Vijay's long-ass ruminations), but haven't yet heard the album or tour bits.
― dow, Monday, 17 April 2023 16:54 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6QNNxCf-3s
New Aftab, Iyer, Ismaily on NPR Tiny Desk (there's also an older Tiny Desk with Aftab with her own band)
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 14 May 2023 14:35 (eleven months ago) link
Is it just me or is this lovely new single giving Sade vibes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5IOeXg1jJY
― Tim F, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 19:02 (one week ago) link
Yep, trailer for this sure does
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 April 2024 04:53 (one week ago) link
directed by Tessa Thompson
― Murgatroid, Thursday, 18 April 2024 05:59 (one week ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLE-B7_bSSw
this is the single and yeah it is very much giving sade vibes, i love it
― ufo, Thursday, 18 April 2024 09:47 (one week ago) link
gorgeous song and video
― Murgatroid, Thursday, 18 April 2024 16:22 (one week ago) link
New album Night Reign coming May 31. Moor Mother guests on a track
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 April 2024 16:38 (one week ago) link
Contender for SOTY (so far) IMO
― Tim F, Friday, 19 April 2024 22:29 (one week ago) link
US tour....in 2025, it looks like
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 19 April 2024 23:06 (one week ago) link
Such a beautiful song
― rob, Saturday, 20 April 2024 00:11 (one week ago) link
― Tim F, Friday, April 19, 2024 6:29 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
absolutely, my goodness
― ivy., Saturday, 20 April 2024 00:18 (one week ago) link
I'm not so sure it works in isolation as a single, but I am sure it will in the context of the album. I like the instrumental development in the middle, the vocal effects are a bit much but still gorgeous.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 21 April 2024 08:59 (one week ago) link
Agree, sounds like an album cut to me. Very hyped for this!
reminds me a bit of Sade's "Immigrant"
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 22 April 2024 07:21 (six days ago) link