ILM 2023 Listening Club

https://djprotein.bandcamp.com/album/be-yourself

yes “owner of a lonely heart” goes to the warehouse party

Dane Law - Castle in the Marsh (slice of sampled guitar beauty)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g79Rc_iWlb8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wg4PoSOTKg

Crooked Man - Nemesis - dark sleazy disco made of thick throbbing bass and dubbed-out vocals that make me think of Curve

also that The Parade track is so up my street it's unreal

Glad you enjoyed it! Loved that one at first listen.

Adding “ untitled halo - limewire “ doesn’t do anything spectacular but its sound triggers a very specific nostalgia of my teenage years.

I mentioned the comp this is from on a couple of threads (the whole thing is so good), but seriously ilm listen to this, it's so delightful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq0lZcl-yzM

Richie - I Was Born in Africa

Adekunle Gold takes afrofusion to the next level. Combining the naija sound with amapiano rhythm as so many others do, but then getting Habib Koité from Mali to put some desert guitar on top of it. Nigeria is just one of the most creative places on earth right now, musically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDqaVLUvrvs

Really cool pair of songs! Added to the playlist

A friend had been recommending me this artist called “Nourished by time” and loved the album. A weird mix between bedroom r&b and hypnagogic pop. Several cuts are interesting but choosing “the fields” which is the highlight imho

nourished by time is definitely one of my favorites of the year. it took me a moment to get used to his voice, but the melodies were really sticky and the vibe incredibly inviting, so i paid a bit more attention and found that his lyrics, while a bit "woo woo" for my usual tastes, had some real wisdom in them. "the fields" is great but my personal favorite might be "rain water promise"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3eMTnsLXm8

Yes that one is also excellent! And yeah his voice is an acquired taste but once you get past that it has a very unique thing going on.

ooh glad to see Nourished by Time mentioned, pretty easily my album of the year at this point

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S49TpPcB-_Y

Got introduced to Zoon's Bekka Ma'iingan via this most perfect sounding shoegaze tune, but the rest of the album, also extraordinary, has a sort of serenity/severity that reminds me of hearing Julianna Barwick for the first time.

I’m gonna break my self imposed rule of not saturating the list but it has been fairly passive in the past weeks and we’re leaving behind many artists that are popular enough to deserve a spot in 2023’s musical panorama so adding:

Newjeans - asap
Jessy Lanza - marathon
George Clanton - ooh rap i ya
Slowdive - shanty
Tinashe - talk to me nice

I'll add one more in that case. First track from the upcoming Mint Field album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF0O3VkX9vQ

Oh good one!

The new Allison Russell album is really nice. I've seen her twice this year, she's great live and has a fantastic band, highly recommend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQu1CzAwDmQ

Adding the Daniel Avery remix of Nation of Language - weak in your light. Sweet song.

Not sure I've seen it mentioned on ilx but I'm still really enjoying the Obey Robots album from earlier in the year, an unlikely collaboration between Laura Kidd (Penfriend/She Makes War) and Rat (Ned's Atomic Dustbin).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb734Q9HuK4

have been enjoying the latest nathan micay album a lot. it's widescreen electronic dance stuff, and when i say widescreen, he has actually been doing soundtracks for the last few years (including 'industry' and 'reality' for HBO) and i believe that some of this record uses some of the leftover scraps from that work. but it ain't just moody numbers, there's some glorious upbeat stuff and it's those that really elevate it. riyl bicep, orbital, martyn... one of the year's best imo, check this joyous banjo banger:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYFIUD54POo
Nathan Micay - It's Recess Everywhere

oh here's the album btw, it's called 'To The God Named Dream':

https://luckyme.bandcamp.com/album/to-the-god-named-dream

Centerpiece of the new Brian Blade Fellowship record:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b7RT3TAJvI

There's a new DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ album out. It is, uh, 4 hours long. Her last album (also very long) was well-received by a few folks here -- it sounded like the Avalanches with a heavy dose of 80s and 90s pop culture nostalgia. First track is "Honey" and continues with a similar aesthetic: bright and vibrant sample-based dance pop.

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

Fun album

I liked these lines from the P4k review today:

Daunting as its length may appear, Destiny is less an Odyssey than a “most romantic moments” YouTube compilation: easy to dip in and out of, because the payoffs just keep coming. Let it wash over you, and Destiny conjures a rare kind of immediate, cup-filling catharsis.

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/dj-sabrina-the-teenage-dj-destiny/

Sorry for not updating, will do later today

Welp done

thanks moka!

The new Allison Russell album is really nice. I've seen her twice this year, she's great live and has a fantastic band, highly recommend.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, September 14, 2023 10:34 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Totally missed she had a new one out. Thank you for sharing! And thanks Moka for keeping the playlist updated!

Quite contrary thank you all for feeding me these great music

*this

I don't know much about this catchy, romantic, house tune but I do enjoy it a lot (seems four tet might be in on the drums/samples)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peIBCNTY8hA

Fred again.. - adore u (feat. Obongjayar)

For the moment, what say we try to keep recommendations here to late 2022/2023 tracks only?

We can change that or start another listening thread for "released whenever" as best meets interest.

― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 January 2023 17:09 (seven months ago) bookmarkflaglink

did a "released whenever" thread/spotify playlist ever get started? I'd be interested in something like this thread but not restricted to tracks from the current year

catching up on this thread and just wanna say thanks everyone for all the recs - but esp for the Nourished By Time record, instant fave

did a "released whenever" thread/spotify playlist ever get started? I'd be interested in something like this thread but not restricted to tracks from the current year

― soref

It did not but also heavily invested in this one! I’m sure without the release date brake we can chime in some great recommendations. Will do a thread and start a playlist if there’s enough interest!

oh yeah, I meant a new thread/playlist as a complement to this one, if that wasn't clear, not suggesting that we change the criteria for this one. I'm also enjoying everyone's 2023 recommendations.

this is from 2023. SANAM are a "Beirut-based,free-rock,post-folk sextet"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgI9aMvM12U

96 Back - Laco

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

sheesh, i really gotta go through this thread. so much stuff.

i made my own playlist. gonna listen at home with the big t.v. and big speakers. cheers, you guys!

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE1-7P1reTFingvjHD6aleth0VPwqqKDj

Rose Gray - Happiness

Pop banger taking inspiration from a certain early 90s smash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfkoaS6-pxU

at this point random interpolations like that are just kinda annoying more than anything else

it's just jarring to go into "groove is in the heart" for a bit

So I got an idea for two collaborative playlist/threads in this same vein, let me hear what you think:

ILM club listening

ILM home listening

Two playlists with no genre/decade restrictions, one for sharing “party” music that we’d play to make ILM dance… cumbia, house, pop, salsa, hip hop, funk, disco… and one playlist for more introspective listening jazz, ambient, experimental, singer-songwriter…

Not sure about the names and of course what some would find as party/home music might not fit the bill for the next person but you get the idea.

I think separating them into two main moods could help into making them workable playlists. Of course we’d probably end up with a playlist that shifts into a scorching soul piece from the 60’s then into a 20 min IDM piece or bubblegum pop followed by 60s ska but I think it’d be interesting either way.

thank you for that pompidoo remix!

good idea Moka!

I also like the idea of party/home playlists

vince clarke - the lamentations of jeremiah

i don't know what to make of this but i watched the whole thing and vince is some sort of god and i won't make a gollum joke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQK95AtGi0U

Ok I’ll probably make a new thread tomorrow. I can’t decide on the verbalization for them…

Ideas:

ILM Home Listening / ILM Club Listening
ILM: Sunrise / ILM: Sunset
ILM Café / ILM Bar
ILM Office Stereo / ILM Dance Party

Help lol I have no idea what would be a good title to separate moods between playlists.