"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
wow this sounds exactly like a weeknd song
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 17:08 (ten years ago) link
Produced by Gifted & Blessed(!)
Though not into it really:(
― cog, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 17:12 (ten years ago) link
This is just ok, but let's be real, if this was an Amel Larrieux album track (which it practically is), lex wouldn't have shit to say about it.
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
Ha, I didn't even think about the fact that Kelela always cites Amel as the person who inspired her to be a singer til I hit submit.
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/kelela-an-randb-star-to-be/2014/04/14/f4681b6a-bb4a-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.html
Interview with her
As with “Cut 4 Me,” Kelela says the recording sessions for her new album have taken place in Los Angeles, London and across the digital plane. Fittingly, the music video for Bok Bok and Kelela’s squeaky new single, “Melba’s Call,” features an empty studio with the singer Skyped in on a video screen.
Meantime, Kelela says she’s hunkering down, fending off record labels until the album is complete. “I’m just trying to make it good,” she says. And by good, she means unbearably excellent. “I’m waiting for the moment when I’m jumping around the room because I can’t even deal with it.”
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 13:51 (ten years ago) link
I like the song with tink
― wins, Sunday, 11 May 2014 12:13 (ten years ago) link
this is rad! crazy - i kept seeing her name popping up here and there and thought "hey i remember a really cool girl i met in college named kelela" but i'm not really a huge R&B dude so i didn't look into it to see if it was her. what are the chances right? but holy fuck i looked into this morning and it's her! she was cool as fuck too, really super friendly and warm, easy going and chill. we had some mutual friends, a jazz musician i knew and also a girl i dated and eventually became good friends with. kelela was really into jazz at the time (so was i) so we talked about jazz a lot. she was part of this whole crew that hung out at the student-run coffee shop like all day, a group of us just kind of dominated that place. rad!
― marcos, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 14:07 (nine years ago) link
but yea anyways this album is good
― marcos, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 14:09 (nine years ago) link
This song with Kindness is faboo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVs4P4lSB6w
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 29 August 2014 16:24 (nine years ago) link
Arca + Kelela, wowowow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4-9mYrbXVI&feature=youtu.be
― lil urbane (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 16:04 (nine years ago) link
ehh bjork worked with arca w/o sounding like she was trying to ride twigs' coattails
― raih dednelb (The Reverend), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:48 (nine years ago) link
oh yeah it's super Twigsy, but more memorable than most Kelela jams imo.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 22:54 (nine years ago) link
thought this was awesome
― marcos, Thursday, 5 March 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
i really like "rewind" -- it's as pandering as anything she's ever done but the lyrical concept really works for me. the chorus also feels like a wind up toy kinda which is something i like about good bass songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=240&v=py6PgXq0yDM
b/w this & the jessy lanza/dj spinn record feel like it's been a lil bit of a comeback year for consciously cool hipster R&B
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:07 (eight years ago) link
have you heard the abra record j0rdan?
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 September 2015 17:19 (eight years ago) link
it's on my list of things to listen to
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 September 2015 18:28 (eight years ago) link
I'm always very happy to come across a song from Cut 4 Me but have somehow unwittingly avoided anything else she's done.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 17 September 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
i dig cut 4 me but i tend to listen in chunks rather than straight through
"a message" is outstanding i think
― marcos, Thursday, 17 September 2015 18:46 (eight years ago) link
YO REWIND IS FLAAAAMES
― j. winters (josh), Thursday, 17 September 2015 19:23 (eight years ago) link
i am really, really digging the hallucinogen ep
title track is awesome
― marcos, Friday, 9 October 2015 14:26 (eight years ago) link
this is cool: http://songexploder.net/kelela
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 28 January 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link
Really regretting sleeping on this and missing her when she came to town. Hallucinogen is so good all the way through, but especially "A Message."
― dc, Thursday, 4 February 2016 01:11 (eight years ago) link
newish trailer, I guess:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZBnWO3UUh4
sounds like the new stuff is coming from a more loved-up place. her bf directed.
― dc, Friday, 8 April 2016 17:52 (eight years ago) link
Listening to Hallucinogen EP now - great.
― JWoww Gilberto (man alive), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 21:56 (eight years ago) link
yesss very excited for the lp
― dc, Tuesday, 10 May 2016 22:11 (eight years ago) link
love this ep
― marcos, Friday, 27 May 2016 13:47 (eight years ago) link
Her "debut album" is coming out in October and the lead single is huge: https://open.spotify.com/album/5FEEH1krjffTBOsf7xgvw6
― monotony, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 00:18 (six years ago) link
Super exciting day in music announcements for me between this and the new Circuit Des Yeux
― Dancing on the Pylons, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 00:54 (six years ago) link
Really looking forward to this album. Also she is insanely good looking.
― chap, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 09:37 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePi5BLJogyA
― monotony, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 22:57 (six years ago) link
album out
― moullet, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
??????
― joshywinty (josh), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 04:52 (six years ago) link
album NOW out and v good
― monotony, Friday, 6 October 2017 04:24 (six years ago) link