lol, does 'guns & synths' use the gchat notification sound on the backbeat every so often? it's tripping me out.
i think this is plenty danceable in its way, thought that was the whole idea.
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 4 October 2013 17:52 (ten years ago) link
Up and down but not forward is a v good description of the beats (and why I don't get with them)
― lex pretend, Friday, 4 October 2013 17:54 (ten years ago) link
do you mean like in terms of dynamics (structure, builds, etc) or just how the grooves feel?
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 4 October 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
How the (NON) grooves feel I guess?
― lex pretend, Friday, 4 October 2013 18:07 (ten years ago) link
the actual slow jams (minus minimal dance beats) at the end of the record are stunning
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 4 October 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link
This is growing on me a lot. Wish "Go All Night" was a full track.
― I make $94k Based God (rennavate), Friday, 4 October 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link
the glass thing is probably one of Jam City's?
― My god. Pure ideology. (ey), Friday, 4 October 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
I thought it was the NA track?
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Friday, 4 October 2013 19:05 (ten years ago) link
I thought this would be boring like jessy lanza, but it's actually pretty nice. I'm all for night slugs/fade to mind + vocals.
― sisilafami, Friday, 4 October 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
yeah lanza did cross my mind too but it def doesnt deserved to be put it with that ilk
― r|t|c, Friday, 4 October 2013 21:26 (ten years ago) link
jeez.. deserve to be put in
― r|t|c, Friday, 4 October 2013 21:27 (ten years ago) link
none of these melodies are sticking in my head at all but it doesn't matter, i can't stop listening to this.
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 7 October 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
it's the beats, but they wouldn't work at all without the vocals, there would be nothing there.
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 7 October 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
"Enemy" has been in my head all the time (as well as "Bank Head" obv), but otherwise true
― The Reverend, Monday, 7 October 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
― lex pretend, Friday, October 4, 2013 10:54 AM Bookmark
I actually agree with this, in that they're meant to BOUNCE
― The Reverend, Monday, 7 October 2013 21:19 (ten years ago) link
'bank head' is an exception for sure, although it still reminds me of 'stillness is the move'.
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 7 October 2013 21:34 (ten years ago) link
― The Reverend, Monday, October 7, 2013 5:19 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark
yeah i don't think it's a negative across the board, just wish there was a bit more variation
― J0rdan S., Monday, 7 October 2013 21:37 (ten years ago) link
re: bounce, i agree, they're built like dance beats but feel like rap beats.
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 7 October 2013 21:43 (ten years ago) link
'floor show' is pretty hooky too i guess.
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 7 October 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
oh yeah, that one too
― The Reverend, Monday, 7 October 2013 21:52 (ten years ago) link
"floor show" and "enemy" are easily the best two imo except for "go all night" but i'm not counting that
― J0rdan S., Monday, 7 October 2013 21:56 (ten years ago) link
that morris beat is so majestic tho
― The Reverend, Monday, 7 October 2013 21:58 (ten years ago) link
The refrain from the title track is the earwormiest thing here for me.
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Monday, 7 October 2013 22:03 (ten years ago) link
"floor show" and "cut 4 me" are the best two imo (and the only ones which approach keeper status)
― lex pretend, Monday, 7 October 2013 22:03 (ten years ago) link
― The Reverend, Monday, October 7, 2013 5:58 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
yeah... is the track supposed to be a teaser or is it really just a 90 second song forever
― J0rdan S., Monday, 7 October 2013 22:04 (ten years ago) link
there's two 90 second parts. wish it was just one song tho.
― The Reverend, Monday, 7 October 2013 22:05 (ten years ago) link
ah right i didn't even make that connection lol... that's stupid
― J0rdan S., Monday, 7 October 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
I'll rep for the hookiness of "Do It Again".
― Luigi Nono, le petit robot (seandalai), Monday, 7 October 2013 22:11 (ten years ago) link
this is really growing me, i kind of love it now
― I make $94k Based God (rennavate), Monday, 7 October 2013 22:44 (ten years ago) link
Seriously Lex you think those tunes are substantially better than "Bank Head"? I ask because it would seem to me that "Bank Head" is the tune that I'd be most inclined to describe as a "roller" i.e. to my ears it would evade a lot of the criticisms you make upthread.
― Tim F, Monday, 7 October 2013 23:05 (ten years ago) link
i was disappointed by "bank head" when it first came out and still don't think much of it, basically even in a kinda unsatisfactory listen i'll still gravitate towards its more aggressive moments
not that they're that special, just alright. k michelle album so much better
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 08:50 (ten years ago) link
even though I like the more aggressive moments on this, for me r&b is kind of what I listen to to get away from aggression.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
I'm glad we've moved onto the inane false binary stage.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
"something else" >>>>>>
― (whose paintings looked like (pink) vaginas) (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 20:14 (ten years ago) link
there's a full version of "go all night" out today: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/go-all-night-single/id728850909
― How to Destroy How to Dress Well (lou), Tuesday, 22 October 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link
also the first release on Solange's new label, which has me interested in seeing what Solange as curator results in.
― fffv, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 00:11 (ten years ago) link
She already opened a tour for Solange.
"Send Me Out" makes me feel some type of way :|
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 16:07 (ten years ago) link
listened to this straight through again yesterday. still love it but now 'Floor Show', 'Something Else', and 'A Lie' are the ones really sticking.
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 24 October 2013 19:54 (ten years ago) link
this is so good damn
― flopson, Saturday, 2 November 2013 01:47 (ten years ago) link
♫ it's what they call , a lie-y-ei ♫
― flopson, Saturday, 2 November 2013 01:48 (ten years ago) link
i'm so all about the minimalism in the production
― flopson, Saturday, 2 November 2013 01:52 (ten years ago) link
the only track that sounds like lex' descrip (no groove, stop start, "up and down") are title track, send me out, guns & synth, enemy, keep it cool. so less than half. rest got grooves for miles. whole thing rules tho
― flopson, Saturday, 2 November 2013 01:58 (ten years ago) link
so good
https://soundcloud.com/kelelam/the-high-prod-by-gifted
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 15:33 (ten years ago) link
*waits for something to happen*
*waits*
*song ends*
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
things happening are overrated. i'm ok with kelela songs that sound like an extended breakdown.
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
things happening are overrated.
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, February 5, 2014 4:06 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
smh
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
haha. for real, i like catharsis as much as anyone, but there's room for the opposite too.
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 16:14 (ten years ago) link
the opposite of catharsis isn't NOTHING
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
it's not her best song but there's some slow-burn tension there and a couple of hooks that work for me. i just love her commitment to minimalism. maybe you forgot to click play?
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 16:27 (ten years ago) link
i am familiar with minimalism and how amazing it can sound but there needs to be some THERE there. early cassie - which pretty much invented the surfeit of this kind of r&b right now - sounds packed with max martin hooks in comparison
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link