I agree with Matt that no single comparison is going to to be terribly reliable.
One reason why I tend to think complex but still dancefloor-friendly drum and bass is a better point of comparison is that the thing that really strikes me about Jlin's beats is the very careful, very intricate interplay between the various drum hits at her disposal - that stereopanning "ball ricocheting around an inverted drum kit" feel she goes for.
Shackleton ended up with some of the same sonic qualities but he was coming from quite a different angle - rhythms as the sacred music of a lost civilisation kind of thing.
Jlin's music feels much more irrepressible and almost happy as a result of its sheer rhythmic exuberance - "fierce, fierce, fierce joy" as Bjork once put it.
― Tim F, Friday, 26 May 2017 22:22 (six years ago) link
i love the sounds Jlin uses but I'm with Jordan here. I dunno, music that is essentially rhythmic without any melodic counterpart often doesn't work for me, regardless of how intricate or unique the sound palette is. I dunno, I find this strain of music a bit exhausting but I admire its innovative nature
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Saturday, 1 July 2017 21:39 (six years ago) link
http://www.talkhouse.com/william-basinski-talks-with-jlin-for-the-talkhouse-podcast
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 9 February 2018 15:03 (six years ago) link
new track:
https://soundcloud.com/planetmurecords/the-abyss-of-doubt-1
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 21 July 2018 11:06 (five years ago) link
(from “Autobiography,” the score for her collaboration with British choreographer Wayne McGregor, which will be released in full on 28 September)
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 21 July 2018 11:09 (five years ago) link
New album is really good, surprised it hasn't received much attention. More melodic and atmospheric than the others, but still very clearly Jlin. "Carbon 12" is a standout.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 1 October 2018 03:32 (five years ago) link
I'm not feeling it as much as her earlier work I'm afraid, I think maybe because it was made for a ballet it's not great club music but not really designed for home listening either?
― paolo, Thursday, 25 October 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
She's still one of the best producers around right now though. Jlin's weaker material is better than like 95% of all other electronic music right now
― paolo, Thursday, 25 October 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
paolo ilu but Autobiography is wonderful in any context
― lukas, Monday, 9 December 2019 00:59 (four years ago) link
Aw thanks. Has she put out anything since Autobiography? We must be due something soon.
― paolo, Monday, 9 December 2019 09:52 (four years ago) link
Glad you asked!
https://soundcloud.com/jlin-narlei/lotushttps://soundcloud.com/jlin-narlei/3a-1
― lukas, Thursday, 13 February 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
Jlin remixes a Marie Davidson track:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAXkETlKVzoMarie Davidson & L’Œil Nu • C’est parce que j’m’en fous (Jlin Remix)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 5 March 2021 18:25 (three years ago) link
That's mad, I love it
― paolo, Saturday, 6 March 2021 11:26 (three years ago) link
New album (Akoma) features bjork, Kronos quartet and philip glass:
https://jlin.bandcamp.com/album/akoma
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 18:32 (one month ago) link
new album is so fucking good
― ivy., Sunday, 31 March 2024 16:36 (three weeks ago) link
I think it's her best yet. Love the diversity of sounds on this.
― octobeard, Sunday, 31 March 2024 18:53 (three weeks ago) link
Been returning to the new album off and on since it came out last week. Definitely her best.Also last week I caught Third Coast Percussion in LA and they did a suite of pieces composed by JLin. Apparently she composed it in her studio and then they arranged it for live instrumentation. The pieces are all on their album Perspectivehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wR4jy9NXM0
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 12 April 2024 15:45 (one week ago) link