― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 9 May 2003 07:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Honda (Honda), Friday, 9 May 2003 08:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
Kenan; there is no soul! It does not exist! One day I shall prove this.
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 9 May 2003 08:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 9 May 2003 09:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
There is now :p
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Friday, 9 May 2003 09:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
"Afternoon Love-In" on Vocal Studies... is beautifully soulful.
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 9 May 2003 14:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 16:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
w0t u tA1king ab0t aUt3chr3 ar3 digita1 fUnk! 1issen to v1etrmx & get bacK t0 me!!1!
― iDmb0i (Leee), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 16:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
Okay, after about a dozen listens now, I am loving it.
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 May 2003 21:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
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i really like the new album. might be my favourite thing hes done actually. always tried to get into what he used to do but never really 'got' what the fuss was about.
― Yellow Carded (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 11:55 (fifteen years ago) link
this is actually prob his most 'soulful' album too, but without losing his quirks.
ive yet to have anything he's done grab at anything other than a "hmmm, impressive" level. it doesn't seem to inspire any strong emotions, even excitement, and he tends to disrupt or cut short his grooves before they really take (which is the point maybe). but i will check this out and hopefully be more than just hmmm impressed?
― See you dudes on the G train (rent), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 12:52 (fifteen years ago) link
was he always doing the cutting the tracks short thing? this one seems to do that a lot more than anything i remember of his before.
― Yellow Carded (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 13:13 (fifteen years ago) link
this guy is too prolific
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 13:21 (fifteen years ago) link
uprock narratives wouldn't sit still for more than 30 seconds, iirc, and was playing with all these diff textures, so that it was almost exhausting to listen to the who thing. OWE seemed a little smoother on that count, and "reads the books" forced him to do more with less but was kind of boring as a result. it's weird because if you described what he does i would be like "yes, that's exactly what i want to hear" but in practice it just feels like an exercise in skill or something. i should probably go back and listen again, because it's been a few years...
― See you dudes on the G train (rent), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 13:26 (fifteen years ago) link
What was the album where it was a continuous mix? Extinguished? I think that's still my fave, even though it was supposedly album outtakes because it somehow works as a mixtape where the tempo completely varies every few minutes.
― mh, Tuesday, 10 March 2009 13:39 (fifteen years ago) link
i think this might actually be his best album though after repeated listening its not quite as consistently 'dreamlike' as first thought
― Yellow Carded (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
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think it was the extinguished outakes record
― straightola, Tuesday, 10 March 2009 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
So is it worth checking back in with this stuff then? I checked out after Surrounded by Silence.
― legendary North American forest ape (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 14:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Vocal Studies level was never reached again imo. Something about the way that record SOUNDS, it's just
― portrait of the artist as a yung joc (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 05:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I've never been too excited by what I've heard of his, but I'm curious to hear the forthcoming one with assorted female vocalists.
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― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Thursday, 18 August 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link
His "Failing Institute" series has been lovely stuff. Feel like it's flown under the radar, but Herren's put out four album length releases since last September. They're all surprisingly great on their own, with each record so distinctly focused on its theme. Obviously stylistically he's far removed from his early 00's era, but it's felt like he's been meandering a lot over the years and I've been let a bit cold on more things than not. On these releases there's still some of that, but in a way more playful and entertaining way. He sounds a bit revitalized here and the timbrel focus of each theme feels like a fun example of "creativity within constraints".
https://prefuse73.bandcamp.com/album/the-failing-institute-of-drums-other-percussionhttps://prefuse73.bandcamp.com/album/the-failing-institute-of-the-human-voicehttps://prefuse73.bandcamp.com/album/the-failing-institute-of-the-contrashttps://prefuse73.bandcamp.com/album/the-failing-institute-of-the-sampled-source
― octobeard, Sunday, 7 March 2021 04:44 (three years ago) link
thanks for flagging this! 'Drums & Other Percussion' is hitting the spot right now and looking forward to exploring the others
― blue6ave, Sunday, 7 March 2021 06:29 (three years ago) link
This sounds like my kind of deal, excited to check these out
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 7 March 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link