we ready, we ready, we ready: Bunji Garlin's soca gesamtkunstwerk "Differentology"

Big-tent anthem brings together rave synths, plaintive Spanish guitar, piano chords, bass, sunrises, digital handclaps, ~vibes~, and massive choruses and is glorious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVd-_B_Ry_Q

Thread is a week late for Carnival but oh well.

the song is amazing. hearty cosign

dude playing the guitar, Nigel Rojas, looks like this:

http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/images/stories/Interviews/2009%20Orange%20Sky/Orange%20Sky%20Live2.jpg

i really think there's something for every ilxor in this song

booming track

Bunji said he was somewhat confused when he was told the song was on the chart and moreso that it was in second position. He initially thought it was a Caribbean chart or something like that until he saw the band that was at the top position.

"I feel elated. I feel like today is my birthday. I was slightly confused. We were trying to figure out if it was a specific category like a West Indian chart, but then I saw Maroon 5 on top and Rihanna below and I realised this is the main chart," Bunji said.

Bless. It's his strongest song in ages. Really good to see it blowing up.

it's basically balearic soca

i mean the PIANO CHORDS, MY GOD

Woah what chart is this #2 on?

Having checked the follow up story, it turns out he issued a correction the following day. Apparently everyone in T&T thought he was no.2 on the international iTunes chart but that was only because iTunes started displaying a separate Trinidad chart the day before. He was just no.2 on the national chart.

It seems to be taking off a bit in Europe though.

Pretty happy for this to turn up while the antipodean summer's still in fine form; immense.

Since this thread probably won't stay on SNA for too much longer, I might as well post my other favorite recent soca discovery, Olatunji's "Bam Bam," which is like the hyperactive, kind of crass little brother to Differentology (not that they sound at all alike):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDfN5sDW9og

IT IS THE WEATHER FOR THIS SONG TODAY

maybe a major lazer remix (pretty good actually) will finally stop people sleeping on this

http://soundcloud.com/nickraymondg/bunji-garlin-differentology

haha, did you change your display name in reference to that remix? I was just about to write that it was a shame that they cut the Spanish guitar in place of that drop.

haha no it was from the madonna poll thread (re: "deeper and deeper")

WHY is this thread not filled with enraptured ilxors, this song is special!

maybe they don't understand what gesamtkunstwerk means

gesamkunsTWERK

Been sleeping on the thread but not the song, it is awesome yes.

yeah, I was hoping "gesamkunstwerk" would be intriguing, but maybe people think it signifies some kind of misguided fusion of soca and Wagner. I think it fits though--this morning I was admiring Nigel Rojas's metal low roar backing vocals, so subtly buried in the mix and such an outlier.

bump because this thread should have 300 new answers.

also the wikipedia page just alerted me to 'de cow now waking up'

gesamkunsTWERK

― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, April 8, 2013 7:12 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

booming post

also THIS FUCKING SONG

can someone please add ***ANTHEM ALERT*** to the title

I was a little disappointed when I first heard this, mostly because the phrase "Balearic soca" gave me expectations of something ridiculously euphoric, but now I love it for what it is. Like, those piano chords are actually really melancholy but at the same time they help elevate the song to greatness.

Garlin with Du Bois is kinda nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAmvjMzVSA0

something oddly nasal and britpop to that 'i'm free to be me'

Oiga

I'm hitting the 1st peak of the rushiest, jaw-clampingest holy-shit-i-forgot-my-own-name-this-is-PERFECT trip I've had in a long time, and dude plugs in his ipod, looks str8 at me, and says "this is only for you, Danny" & plays this

Tune of the year, beyond a fucking shadow

Also autocorrect wanted to turn holy-shit above into holy-whitney <3

Also hearing "look right thru" kinda making me want to run out into the torrential downpour & shout "I AM THE STORM QUEEN" Lisa Simpson style

can someone please add ***ANTHEM ALERT*** to the title

― just sayin, Wednesday, May 8, 2013 9:29 PM (5 months ago)

why did this not happen ffs, I could have noticed this thread half a year ago

i was really happy that this became THE irl carnival anthem too

and dude plugs in his ipod, looks str8 at me, and says "this is only for you, Danny" & plays this

― Jesus (wins), Monday, 28 October 2013 00:18 (8 hours ago) Bookmark

need this leprechaun to visit me sometime

xp i saw him sing it at toddla t's stage & the sound was kinda shitty. still awesome tho

Heh xp he's a Hungarian guy I know, I don't think they have m

*have leprecauns there

Aw, I love this song. I didn't know there was a thread of enraptured ILXors confused as to the lack of response or I would have posted sooner. <3

Oiga

I'm hitting the 1st peak of the rushiest, jaw-clampingest holy-shit-i-forgot-my-own-name-this-is-PERFECT trip I've had in a long time, and dude plugs in his ipod, looks str8 at me, and says "this is only for you, Danny" & plays this

Tune of the year, beyond a fucking shadow

― Jesus (wins), Monday, October 28, 2013 12:18 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Also autocorrect wanted to turn holy-shit above into holy-whitney <3

― Jesus (wins), Monday, October 28, 2013 12:18 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Also hearing "look right thru" kinda making me want to run out into the torrential downpour & shout "I AM THE STORM QUEEN" Lisa Simpson style

― Jesus (wins), Monday, October 28, 2013 12:41 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^this is the most jealousy-inducing sequence of posts i have EVER seen on ilm <3

Yeah it was a good night. Going to work on 2hrs sleep less good but it was all worth it for that moment. Esp because I have no recollection of ever playing or mentioning this track in this guy's presence (although I guess I must have) and as far as I'm aware he's mainly into d&b so it was kinda ridic that he put on EXACTLY the tune I needed at the EXACT right time

lol amazing revive, ty wins

i think we can all now conclude that wins talked about this song for thirty minutes solid before this occured

woah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjTgKJ4cdvI

those who liked the melancholy of "Differentology" should also check out "Carnival Tabanca"

Viking-soca?

I like that video though, the spinning crown is awesome.

Garlin has a whole thing going on with vikings. His album is called The Viking and other tracks have referenced it too. You can kind of see it in action in the Differentology video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5g4EsftP8I

NZ summer, bring it on (again).

People better be voting for this in the EOY polls.

http://stupiddope.com/2013/12/24/bunji-garlin-busta-rhymes-differentology-remix-new-music/

album is out...interview feature in Fader and he's doing a bunch of US dates

need to hear this. the tracks that I already know (title track, Carnival Tabanca, Red Light District, Truck on D Road) range from amazing (at this point I listen to Tabanca more often than Differentology) to quite good, though I wish they'd used the original Truck.

I still need to hear it too.

Halfway through the album and it's loads of fun. There's a verse on 'West Indian Jungle' that is quite astounding in both its wordplay and its nerdishness.

afrofuturist/afrobeats Bunji is a good look:
https://soundcloud.com/jahronyte/take-over-town

the atmosphere have vibes

let's not forget about this song in 2020

now this is what I call music

EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK IT'S JUST FOOD

AND EVERYBODY IN A REAL NICE MOOD

take it to "best "rock" (or whatever) couplet ever"

i love that couplet too.

still listening in 2022.