I begrudgingly (why?) fell in love with Speak for Yourself this winter, especially "Hide and Seek." Can't really countenance Frou Frou or her other album thus far, though.
Anyone see her on Letterman last night?
― öROXYMUZAKö (roxymuzak), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:19 (eighteen years ago) link
C90: imogen heap, "hide & seek"
Rah.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― öROXYMUZAKö (roxymuzak), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:26 (eighteen years ago) link
let's talk about this woman. is she worth it, or are we talking more hit or miss?
i saw a clip last night, my bf found it on some blog -- very enchanting. very vocal, bjork medulla-esque. great.
― Surmounter, Monday, 14 January 2008 15:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Coincidentally, she was played on Radio 6 this morning. Never heard her before, but I was interested enough to hang around to find out who it was.
― nate woolls, Monday, 14 January 2008 15:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Speak for Yourself was one of my favorite albums of 2005, certainly the one I've played most. "Hide and Seek" is not much like the rest of the album, which I'm sure will disappoint some, but it's still very consistent. Lot of cool vocal, synth, and guitar processing on top of beautiful songs. It reminds me of Bjork but I can't put my finger on why. Hell, I guess all that describes "Hide and Seek" too, but there's nothing nearly as stark as that song.
― Vinnie, Monday, 14 January 2008 16:50 (sixteen years ago) link
that song is beautiful but i wouldn't mind the album being different, long as it doesn't suck.
something in her voice definitely reminds me of bjork, and she just thinks outside the box when it comes to song construction. in a bjork way.
excited.
― Surmounter, Monday, 14 January 2008 16:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Search: early songs "Wireless" and "Leave Me To Love" off the Shine EP. I can't imagine her debut album I Megaphone sounding like anything other than a junior high version of From The Choirgirl Hotel now, although I'd be surprised if "Come Here Boy" wasn't still very pretty in parts.
― Tim F, Monday, 14 January 2008 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
see this is what troubles me, that ppl say she is a spotty thing. i don't want to get into someone spotty. i'd rather just know a song or two.
but i guess i hav eto judge for myself. so where should i start?
― Surmounter, Monday, 14 January 2008 23:33 (sixteen years ago) link
the debut? get it over with?
― Surmounter, Monday, 14 January 2008 23:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Surmounter you might like the debut actually. I loved it when I was 16, and what would prevent me from loving it so much now would be a sense of distance from that whole style of music plus late-90s over-production.
I'll upload something for you later if I have a chance.
― Tim F, Monday, 14 January 2008 23:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Ellipse is the upcoming third studio album from British singer–songwriter Imogen Heap. On June 15, Heap confirmed that the album will be released on August 24 in the United Kingdom and August 25 in the United States/Canada. International release date is also August 24.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41iZaf5kleL._SS500_.jpg
1. First Train Home2. Wait It Out3. Earth4. Little Bird5. Swoon6. Tidal7. Between Sheets8. 2-1 (formerly "Polyfilla")9. Bad Body Double10. Aha!11. The Fire12. Canvas13. Half Life
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 05:03 (fourteen years ago) link
https://tidal.com/magazine/article/imogen-heap-and-the-blockchain-revolution/1-55072
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 26 May 2022 08:00 (one year ago) link
whatever happened with that (that was 2/3 years ago)? blockchain is still a technology that could be used for something good as distinct from the idiotic coin/NFT applications that have sucked up all the air in the past few years. Unfortunately the hoohaw and failure of these ventures may have tainted the technology completely.
― akm, Friday, 27 May 2022 15:04 (one year ago) link
Really good piece from Cat Zhang with great quotes from Taylor Swift, Dawn Richard, Half Waif, and others.
https://pitchfork.com/features/article/imogen-heap-eternal-influence/
The R&B-pop innovator Dawn Richard, who developed her identity as a teen listening to alternative female musicians like Heap and Björk, was also refreshed by the British singer’s treatment of her vocals. “Imogen was the first person that wasn’t from my culture, that wasn’t Black, that used harmonies in a unique way,” she said. “I thought it was beautiful, because I was getting culturally what I needed from church.” Listening to Heap encouraged Richard to experiment with stretching and bending her voice, and affirmed that processing tools like Auto-Tune weren’t just for untrained singers to hide their mistakes. “For someone who does know how to sing,” Richard says, “it is lethal.”
― Indexed, Monday, 8 August 2022 17:22 (one year ago) link
frou frou details sounds so good to me rn
― ivy., Monday, 27 November 2023 06:58 (four months ago) link
the production is so…. detailed
― ivy., Monday, 27 November 2023 07:20 (four months ago) link
I so loved Acacia, to whom Heap contributed.
― djh, Monday, 27 November 2023 14:16 (four months ago) link