This is old (2014) but nobody has posted it before and I really fucking love it -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPlzeNXLFH4
Dreamtrak - Odyssey, Pt. 2 (A. G. Cook Remix)
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 25 November 2019 23:21 (four years ago) link
New PC Music compilation announced: https://pcmusic.bandcamp.com/album/pc-music-volume-3-2
I'm pretty excited for this. IMO, the previous two volumes (especially Vol. 2) are some of the best bubblegum bass/hyperpop/etc. out there.
― vexingvexillologist, Thursday, 3 March 2022 18:41 (two years ago) link
sweeeeet, stacked line up as expectedreally enjoyed that tune hannah diamond dropped last week
― nxd, Thursday, 3 March 2022 18:45 (two years ago) link
cooooool! i've gotten DEEP into hyperpop this year, love PC music
― marcos, Thursday, 3 March 2022 19:07 (two years ago) link
prefer Wet Leg, PC Music aren't comely enough
― imago, Thursday, 3 March 2022 19:36 (two years ago) link
now with added Scritti Politti! vibing 2 this <3
― imago, Friday, 6 October 2023 10:51 (eight months ago) link
what are you talking about?
― ufo, Friday, 6 October 2023 11:19 (eight months ago) link
new Hannah Diamond!!
― imago, Friday, 6 October 2023 11:23 (eight months ago) link
working with David Gamson an unbelievably great idea
― imago, Friday, 6 October 2023 11:25 (eight months ago) link
oh wow i had no idea, gotta hear it then
― ufo, Friday, 6 October 2023 11:34 (eight months ago) link
gamson has had the weirdest career, he shows up in so many unexpected places
i wish he'd done a whole album with kesha
― ufo, Friday, 6 October 2023 11:54 (eight months ago) link
aw that would have been great
this is ample recompense tho. all fantastic but 'affirmations' is so, so good
― imago, Friday, 6 October 2023 11:58 (eight months ago) link
gamson reminding mr tundra that perhaps he didn't quite invent hyperpop
― imago, Friday, 6 October 2023 11:59 (eight months ago) link
oh lol kesha even has a writing credit on one track here
― ufo, Friday, 6 October 2023 12:04 (eight months ago) link
omg I didn't notice!
― imago, Friday, 6 October 2023 12:07 (eight months ago) link
I'm still coming down from the release party last night. HD told us that Want You To Know was written from an unfinished outtake from a Kesha album that Gamson had worked on and it's a huge thrill to have it on her album having been obsessed with (the Kesha track) "Stephen" back in the day.
― Supposed Former ILM Lurker (WeWantMiles), Friday, 6 October 2023 12:28 (eight months ago) link
thought this place liked pop music. ah well
― imago, Sunday, 8 October 2023 10:16 (eight months ago) link
I do! Well I like PC anyway.
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 8 October 2023 11:47 (eight months ago) link
I like both. But don't like posting on here that much right now. And that's fine / and here's why
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 8 October 2023 12:42 (eight months ago) link
fair enough. this album is incredible anyway. great pop music. good job hannah diamond
― imago, Sunday, 8 October 2023 13:15 (eight months ago) link
Gorgeous record
― nxd, Sunday, 8 October 2023 13:34 (eight months ago) link
yeah this is a really wonderful record. her human vocaloid schtick is still pretty goofy but she's making pure pop here, working with gamson was such a great move
my only complaint is i wish it were just the slightest bit bolder around the edges which is a funny complaint about a pc music album lol
― ufo, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 14:58 (eight months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSpkrDDNM_Q
this is the kesha demo that became "want you to know"
― ufo, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:06 (eight months ago) link
haha, in a way i love that it's not adding much new but concentrating on just being an incredibly well-constructed and thoughtful labour of love, so much obviously went into this
― imago, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:08 (eight months ago) link
the hannah diamond album is so wonderful
― ivy., Thursday, 12 October 2023 14:20 (eight months ago) link
ivy on boooard
― imago, Thursday, 12 October 2023 14:24 (eight months ago) link
As someone who has only had a passing interest in PC Music over the years but has got more and more into the stuff I have heard, can I just say, “Wow” to most of this thread. What a wild and stupid ride full of dreadful opinions.
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 12:19 (three months ago) link
It's great, isn't it?
― imago, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 12:22 (three months ago) link
I mean, I would like to point out I probably said loads of daft rubbish myself in amongst generally being on the RIGHT SIDE OF MUSIC HISTORY, lol
― imago, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 12:24 (three months ago) link
I think I first started proplely posting on ILM to talk about Hey QT, it was a bit of a tough start!
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 12:52 (three months ago) link
*properly
Reading back to the start of the thread, the main problem is people assuming that the whole scene was based around multiple layers of irony, kind of a staggering misreading. Even in 2014 it should have been clear that the core of the movement was this love of the texture & feel of supposedly cheap late 90s pop and appreciating it in a playful, experimental way. The 90s were of course a time when everything was suffused with irony, usually in the most tedious way possible, so I guess it's understandable to be suspicious if that's where you started out, but if people can't give the benefit of the doubt to any new genre when it comes along, then that's just sad.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:13 (three months ago) link
Think there was kind of a sea change when SOPHIE came out with It's OK To Cry.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:15 (three months ago) link
Christ, I was an objectionable fucker back in the mid 10s. Not completely wrong but oh god
― imago, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:29 (three months ago) link
i think trap queen is awful & boring
this is the single worst and wrongest thing i posted itt tho
lesson: don't read old posts, ever
― imago, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:30 (three months ago) link
the thing about pc music is they put out brilliance and garbage in about equal measure so basically everyone was at least kinda right
― ufo, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:35 (three months ago) link
like gfoty... lol
you leave my queen alone!!!
― imago, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:36 (three months ago) link
ufo otmaltho i liked both still lol
― nxd, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:45 (three months ago) link
I will add I have definitely posted many of my own awful and bad opinions on this borad back in the day, hopefully not too many the older I’ve got :D
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 14:01 (three months ago) link
GFOTY is/was good, Secret Mix is a brilliant piece of music, and Don't Wanna/Let's Do It.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 15:25 (three months ago) link
New A.G. Cook today, I love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH2wQ5speuU
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 18:23 (two months ago) link
new ag cook album is pretty good, reminds of glass swords and alex g
― ufo, Saturday, 11 May 2024 07:40 (one month ago) link
Haven't heard it yet but enjoyed the epic review by Chal Ravens
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/a-g-cook-britpop/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 19:55 (one month ago) link