ILM's TOP 77 TRACKS of 2015

yeah a lot of people killed it in album format specifically this year, and at least there can't be multiple placing artists!

oh apart from future and young thug sighhhhh

well I doubt it will happen but *technically* there can be multiple artists there too

I must read posts all the way through I guess

Yeah I think the whole "floats past you on first listen" thing seems to be a common experience (has anyone been instantly bowled over?)

i think i was, actually; in the moment i thought "oh this is obviously grimes' best song and i have to listen to it five more times." something about the fractured drums that open it, the way the chorus literally climbs and descends, and the kind of amniotic, embracing quality of the synths; a lot of her earlier work feels skeletal, which is often where it thrills, the hooks don't have to travel very far to be visible in the mix, they sort of pulse brightly through shattering frameworks. everything on "realiti" pulses, contains depth, is enveloping. even as a demo it's an environment

again despite the above i completely get why people would listen to it and hear nothing

OTM

ego is really a jam imma have to check out the rest of that album

2shy also i def like, but truly the last like minute is all i need and fire af

everything on "realiti" pulses

Yeah the album version (which is a binus track on AA, correct?)--don't get me wring, it's really good imo as well--there is enough space and clarity to hear every word and every synth squiggle, and a lot of the song's mystique us lost. Part of why I think the demo's thjn sound suits it so well is because you really can't hear everything that goes on and so all the different effects and even some of the vocals all become indistinct, overlapping and competing obfuscations which de-center the track and allow the focus to be re-aligned on that insistent throbbing synth which is the track's rhythmic backbone and its biggest hook*. Certainly its that sturdy pulse rhythm running throughout the track, even through the drop that you can't necessarily tell is there on the first couple listens, that allows you to move through the track without necessarily realizing that you are only half-hearing everything that is going on..

(*my dn is an attempt to describe this pulsating synth bed from an earlier discarded attempt at a defense of the track)

^^good post! it really puts into words the experience of this for me

don't get me wring

unintentional genius

I've never had a problem with "Realiti" in any form because it sounds like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-PYqUHfTMA

^^^ hell yeah

lol!
take these dogs away from me

take these dogs away from me
welcome to realiti

btw here's the missing BBHMM Joey LaBeija remix I voted for

https://www.mediafire.com/?umhhwenec9nbw20

― The Reverend, Saturday, 23 January 2016 19:48 (2 days ago)

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yeah good lookin' rev. couldn't find that anywhere!

I mostly played the Shoes edit, for extra dissapointment as it has a more approximate tempo to the sample and sounds like a hotline bling remix.

Moka, how have I lived all my life without knowing about Shoes? Found a compilation online. What the heck? Who are these guys?

Oh god, guys. This is terrible so far. Going to give Project Pablo a try but, really. What a mess.

Err, somehow posted this in the wrong thread. Oh well.

Lol otm

I was reminded yesterday while at an outside afternoon party in very hot weather that I was a total chump for noting for "Lean On".

for not voting for, even.

fyi forks re:spotify playlist - #89 is now available

on it, thanks.

I was reminded yesterday while at an outside afternoon party in very hot weather that I was a total chump for noting for "Lean On".

― Tim F, Wednesday, January 27, 2016 5:14 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

smh

I'm sorry. I forget how good it is in that context b/w exposure events.

deej is just mad u get to go to outdoor parties in warm weather in january

I'm mad I've ever had to hear "Lean On"

I haven't taken the plunge on the new Gesu No Kiwami Otome album yet, since it looks to be about $30, but their Dress No Nugikata EP from 2013 is available at a reasonable price, and is a lot of fun too.

KING added to playlist.
btw, the KING album is out!

Goddammit, I can't stop listening to Cool for the Summer tonight. WHY??

'cause i'm your body type

Don't tell your mother, JF.

added "spectre" and "awoo" to the playlist.

i'm still doing that 8k track playlist but i feel like i should zip through this list once or twice to see what i missed.