Great name! Goes well with Shabazz Palaces. Can't wait for the record.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 6 February 2014 21:57 (ten years ago) link
Mapfumo is the man, and you can actually hear some echoes of Chimurenga in that track, nice.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 7 February 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link
And Mapfumo lives in the Pacific Northwest, no? Eugene? I demand collaboration!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 February 2014 02:20 (ten years ago) link
Tendai Maraire is Zimbabwean.
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Friday, 7 February 2014 05:34 (ten years ago) link
I guess this is apparently mostly Tendai's project (that Ish is contributing to)? That would make sense.
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Friday, 7 February 2014 05:47 (ten years ago) link
This kind of reminds me of the Shafiq Husayn album?
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 April 2014 03:30 (ten years ago) link
This thread title always blows my mind.
(also, thanks for pointing out that I need to listen to that SH album)
― Dave Depper (Davey D), Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:20 (ten years ago) link
That was referring to Tendai's solo album, if not clear
― The Reverend, Sunday, 6 April 2014 03:01 (ten years ago) link
Lese Majesty, July 29. It's amazing but oh there will be backlash.
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:46 (ten years ago) link
why's that?
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:48 (ten years ago) link
It makes Black Up sound conventional by comparison.
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:49 (ten years ago) link
thee satisfaction presence?
― ogmor, Thursday, 1 May 2014 22:14 (ten years ago) link
Cat is on maybe like 3 tracks, don't think Stas was?
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 May 2014 22:15 (ten years ago) link
I wasn't able to make out (or remember) a ton of lyrics but one song has the line "the streets is undefeated"
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 May 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link
cannot wait to hear this
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Thursday, 1 May 2014 22:22 (ten years ago) link
Preordering now...
― Slumdog Baseballionaire (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 1 May 2014 22:24 (ten years ago) link
Got the thumbs up from Mudede but i'm not sure he's capable of being impartial wrt Shabazz.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 1 May 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
My guess is this will include more guitars and conventional instrumentation considering their work with whatever shitty 3rd rate Seattle band they were working with last year.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 1 May 2014 22:50 (ten years ago) link
Hope I'm wrong though, their collaboration was pretty dire.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 1 May 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
You're wrong.
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 May 2014 23:39 (ten years ago) link
If anything it's more synth-driven.
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 May 2014 23:40 (ten years ago) link
Oh sweet. More electronics would be welcome. Shit, i'd actually love to hear what they'd do with an 'unplugged' set.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 2 May 2014 01:50 (ten years ago) link
can't wait
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 2 May 2014 15:50 (ten years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A8se-majest%C3%A9
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Friday, 2 May 2014 19:54 (ten years ago) link
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btw if you're talking about Erik Blood, he's mixed all of SP's records from the beginning and has been an integral part of their whole thing from the getgo
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Friday, 2 May 2014 19:55 (ten years ago) link
ooh, I just remembered this part where this really spaced out dubby song with minimal (or no?) percussion suddenly dissolved into this really fast, aggro, almost gabber-ish track. That was a big whoa for me
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Friday, 2 May 2014 19:58 (ten years ago) link
new jam is very much in character...i like the first beat in better than the second, which sounds like a bridge or an outro that goes on for way too long. but it'll probably make sense in this 'suite' structure.
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 14:49 (ten years ago) link
01. Dawn In Luxor02. Forerunner Foray03. They Come In Gold04. Solemn Swears05. Harem Aria06. Noetic Noiromantics07. The Ballad Of Lt. Major Winnings08. Soundview09. Ishmael10. …down 155th in the MCM Snorkel11. Divine of Form12. #CAKE13. Colluding Oligarchs14. Suspicion of a Shape15. MindGlitch Keytar TM Theme16. Motion Sickness17. New Black Wave18. Sonic MythMap for the Trip Back
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 19:06 (ten years ago) link
It didn't feel 18 tracks long when I heard it.
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 19:07 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVSSESLaZHQ
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
lol Cat damn near stole my jacket tonight
― pugger pugger (benson) (The Reverend), Sunday, 1 June 2014 09:48 (ten years ago) link
This album is properly brilliant. One of the best things I've heard all year.
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Sunday, 1 June 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link
Black Up is seriously one of my favorite albums ever. :D
― uppers epilepsy sh@kedown (The Reverend), Thursday, 5 June 2014 05:34 (ten years ago) link
Black Up's great - but the new one is something else. I love when artists just go, 'Fuck it, I'm going to try for something remarkable, and who gives a shit if I fail?' He hasn't failed on this one.
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Thursday, 5 June 2014 07:46 (ten years ago) link
Did ILX ever get excited about THEEsatisfaction? felt like I was in a wilderness raving about that when it came out.
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Thursday, 5 June 2014 07:47 (ten years ago) link
what i heard i didn't like, but maybe i heard the wrong things
― riot grillz (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 June 2014 07:49 (ten years ago) link
yahhhh, I've heard the new one I know. I still haven't heard it not on edibles tho :P
Theesatisfaction I love in concept and they are totally nice in person but their music doesn't do a ton for me. I always love their contributions to Shabazz shit tho.
― uppers epilepsy sh@kedown (The Reverend), Thursday, 5 June 2014 08:10 (ten years ago) link
Loved Black Up and wanted to love this one but it's a bit of a snooze apart from They Come in Gold, Ishmael and Motion Sickness. Feels like a big statement that doesn't quite come off.
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Thursday, 5 June 2014 09:01 (ten years ago) link
i still reach for the eps over Black Up, even though Black Up sounds way better. 'yeah you' kills though.
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 5 June 2014 13:48 (ten years ago) link
Black Up not only sounds better but has way better songs that form a much more coherent vision. Why do you prefer the EPs?
― uppers epilepsy sh@kedown (The Reverend), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:30 (ten years ago) link
Not saying you're wrong for it but I can't wrap my head around it.
could just be because i heard them first, but they're just a little harder and weirder and hookier to my ears, both the lyrics and the beats. listening back now and 'chuch', 'gunbeat falls', 'blastit' are all so memorable.
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
i'm an EPs > album guy, too, I think primarily because I spent several months listening to the EPs, mind blown, stoked on this new discovery (i was lucky to read an early Stranger blog post about SP and ordered the EPs from Ish via email) ... the album is great, and obviously sounds better, but (a) my expectations were massive, and (b) the thrill of discovery was impossible to replicate..
i love both -- all three, whatever -- but i do feel like the album has a sort of shadowy evasiveness that the EPs don't have. like on the EPs, Ish is just making music. on the album he knows people are gonna be listening and wants to make 'em work / fuck wit 'em a bit. (not that that's a bad thing.)
― alpine static, Thursday, 5 June 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
^^ that said i'ma listen to all of it now and see if anything's changed
― alpine static, Thursday, 5 June 2014 23:12 (ten years ago) link
Ishmail
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 6 June 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
the EPs are obv better because they came w patches, where you had to cajole a patch out of someone for the lp
― riot grillz (contenderizer), Friday, 6 June 2014 01:35 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tk9e7FG2ww
― The Reverend, Monday, 23 June 2014 20:29 (ten years ago) link
this, ratking, .clipping, the kate tempest record (which is easily my album of the year)... 2014 has been a banner year for hip hop with pretentions that is A*W*E*S*O*M*E*
― The Littlest Boho (stevie), Monday, 23 June 2014 21:46 (ten years ago) link
+ open mike eagle and the upcoming busdriver & milo records. don't know ratking or kate tempest.
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 23 June 2014 21:48 (ten years ago) link
i have open mike eagle on my desk but haven't listened to it yet (we just had a baby) will get to it tomorrow! ratking = new york brats w/grime and avant overtones. kate tempest = uk poet whose debut lp tells one long story of mixed up kids caught up in drugs, poverty and sexual confusion from multiple perspectives, and is majestic.
― The Littlest Boho (stevie), Monday, 23 June 2014 21:50 (ten years ago) link