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Revisiting some absolute classiques this evening as I work on the masterpiece of fiction,
Revisiting some absolute classiques this evening as I work on the masterpiece of fiction,
QUOTE (Ned Nederlander @ Jan 8 2012, 08:41 AM) 
Do you lonely enders get down with this John Heckle character?
I think I got spoiled by the sheer amount of great techno I
john heckle's album is quite amazing imo. starts p gentle and all, and then 'the voyager (voyeur)' starts, and it's fuckin SEX
Not knowing what it was going to be like and hearing the first few tracks on it in succession split my head open, due to how he sets you up for one thing and then gradually ups the confusion level until really knocking you on your ass with how grooved out the third track is.
But the shock of the new wore off and I realized that I kind of am not all that crazy about the overall sound of the album. The distorted quality seemed weak to me so I didn't keep returning to it like I was compelled to do with something as beautifully detailed and catchy as the Rustie album.
I'm pretty sure I would like it if I listened with headphones right now, though. We'll see.
But the shock of the new wore off and I realized that I kind of am not all that crazy about the overall sound of the album. The distorted quality seemed weak to me so I didn't keep returning to it like I was compelled to do with something as beautifully detailed and catchy as the Rustie album.
I'm pretty sure I would like it if I listened with headphones right now, though. We'll see.
I too was unimpressed with the overall vibe on that John Heckle record, gave it a spin once and thought it kind of lacked any subtlety or style as well as sounding kind of cheap. Might go back to it on a decent system if people are repping it.
im digging that caretaker album. is that not a cool album to name drop around here? i know it was on the pitchfork list. but i know it was also on our list.
anyway i want to listen to some other stuff by this weird dude, but his discography seems pretty messy. where should i go? i just downloaded persistent repetition of phrases. not sure why i picked that over the other 9 listings or so he has on what in the albums section.
eh?
anyway i want to listen to some other stuff by this weird dude, but his discography seems pretty messy. where should i go? i just downloaded persistent repetition of phrases. not sure why i picked that over the other 9 listings or so he has on what in the albums section.
eh?
I'm just getting into that one and it's very good.
Vurt highly recommends A Stairway to the Stars. I'd say that these and And Empty Bliss Beyond This World represent his must-hear works.
Does anyone know if this is worth seeking out?
http://www.discogs.com/VVm-The-Death-Of-Ra...release/1188268
He used to have it for free up on his website (along with hours and hours of other recordings for free) until taking it all down somewhat recently.
QUOTE (street samurai @ Jul 15 2008, 10:08 PM)
Hey friends, i'm gonna fill my own request. The Caretaker has a new album out, called Persistent Repetition of Phrases, and it is absolutely gorgeous. It is also a limited pressing, so grab it while you can.
My 30-second review:
Compared to the dark and impenetrable Theoretically Pure Anterograde Amnesia, the Caretaker's followup to that album is considerably lighter and more accessible. This is not to say it is in any way streamlined or watered down--rather, Persistent Repetition of Phrases seems like a natural progression from its predecessor. Where that album plumbed the depths of utter despair, this one finds uneasy reprieve, floating along on gentle melancholy. Once again, the Caretaker demonstrates a fascination with mental illness, evident in the track titles and the overarching motif of amnesia. In the same vein as Tim Hecker, Fennesz and Milieu musically, Repetition gently washes over the listener, layers of static and distortion underscored by instrumentation so soft it threatens to fade away at every turn. Standouts "False Memory Syndrome" and "Von Restorff Effect" bring to mind the haunted ballroom music of his first two albums, although here they seem more restrained, and their effect is less kitsch-y. All in all, this is an absolutely beautiful ambient album, and a must-hear for fans of the genre.
My 30-second review:
Compared to the dark and impenetrable Theoretically Pure Anterograde Amnesia, the Caretaker's followup to that album is considerably lighter and more accessible. This is not to say it is in any way streamlined or watered down--rather, Persistent Repetition of Phrases seems like a natural progression from its predecessor. Where that album plumbed the depths of utter despair, this one finds uneasy reprieve, floating along on gentle melancholy. Once again, the Caretaker demonstrates a fascination with mental illness, evident in the track titles and the overarching motif of amnesia. In the same vein as Tim Hecker, Fennesz and Milieu musically, Repetition gently washes over the listener, layers of static and distortion underscored by instrumentation so soft it threatens to fade away at every turn. Standouts "False Memory Syndrome" and "Von Restorff Effect" bring to mind the haunted ballroom music of his first two albums, although here they seem more restrained, and their effect is less kitsch-y. All in all, this is an absolutely beautiful ambient album, and a must-hear for fans of the genre.
Vurt highly recommends A Stairway to the Stars. I'd say that these and And Empty Bliss Beyond This World represent his must-hear works.
Does anyone know if this is worth seeking out?
http://www.discogs.com/VVm-The-Death-Of-Ra...release/1188268
He used to have it for free up on his website (along with hours and hours of other recordings for free) until taking it all down somewhat recently.
There's a new one that's leaked / is just about to come out. Patience (After sebald). It's fairly similar to AEBBTW. There's also an album from 2000 which is p. good called A Stairway To The Stars.
W/r/t stuff under the "leyland kirby" name, I'm no real authority, but check out Intrigue & Stuff Vol. 2 and Eager To Tear Apart The Stars (dude sure does think about the cosmos a lot)
Edit: undo too quick for me.
W/r/t stuff under the "leyland kirby" name, I'm no real authority, but check out Intrigue & Stuff Vol. 2 and Eager To Tear Apart The Stars (dude sure does think about the cosmos a lot)
Edit: undo too quick for me.
Steve Lawler always delivered, dude hasn't sold out either after all these years, still playing utterly minimal and tribal, if anything his stuff has got more and more sparse in the last ten years. This is a percussive work of beauty, need to have an attention span as not much happens but this mix fucking drives on, you know. Incessant, and deep as fuck as well, you get lost in this CD, 150 minutes of dark and dangerous shit. Recommended as an antidote to a lot of this totally obvious electronic shit that's out at the minute, get something more subtle and minimal blasting out. Perfect for workouts actually if you enjoy gym related activities.
Also, anyone spun the new Todd Terje LP 'Its The Arps'? It's pretty nice, is a bit light and inconsequential. Nice background summer listening I';d say, so perfect right now for all you Southern Hemisphere dudes.
So I know sampling 90s RnB and turning it into a dubstep/garage/UK Funky tune is a bit blase by now, but this is just an insanely good little tune, single of the year thus far;
DJ Q - Brandy and Coke
DJ Q - Brandy and Coke
This is too damn cool.
QUOTE (Waves Within @ Jan 28 2012, 05:38 PM)
So I know sampling 90s RnB and turning it into a dubstep/garage/UK Funky tune is a bit blase by now, but this is just an insanely good little tune, single of the year thus far;
DJ Q - Brandy and Coke
DJ Q - Brandy and Coke
This is pretty good, wish he would have laid off the vocals a bit though. He's got some good ideas, but it just seems to cluttered.
Yeah, I know what you mean, it almost sounds like a plain remix rather than a new song borrowing a sample. Still nice though.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exc...o-live-20120202
haven't heard the original yet but this is fantastic
haven't heard the original yet but this is fantastic
^that was ridiculously good. wasn't feeling it too much at the beginning, but halfway through it just set in, and by the end i was just in a trance. a+ music right there.
John Talabot album is real nice. It's pandering to the indie side of the electronic audience a bit with the shorter song lengths and more commercial structures, takes away from it a little. Another gem from the Barcelona scene, shit is crazy good that end the last few years.
Yeah it is a really nice album. Listened to it a couple of times today and kept wanting to listen to it some more.
Seeing DJ Yoda tonight and maybe James Zabiela tomorrow. Can't really argue with that for a weekend of club heaven. Some massive after parties in various places as well supposedly, going to be mad. Just hope I can get hold of some mandy given how they ramp the prices up.
Will be pissed off if I miss out on Zabiela, pretty much my favourite DJ but the event got no promotion and is in a tiny venue, so didn't find out about it until it was sold out. Hoping to pull some strings with a DJ friend and get some last minute tix, who knows if he can swing it.
Yoda I'm getting in for free for so can't complain at all. Loved his Fabric CD a few years back, never seen him live so hoping he plays shit like that.
Anyone else hitting up some sleek nightspots this week?
Will be pissed off if I miss out on Zabiela, pretty much my favourite DJ but the event got no promotion and is in a tiny venue, so didn't find out about it until it was sold out. Hoping to pull some strings with a DJ friend and get some last minute tix, who knows if he can swing it.
Yoda I'm getting in for free for so can't complain at all. Loved his Fabric CD a few years back, never seen him live so hoping he plays shit like that.
Anyone else hitting up some sleek nightspots this week?
The new Burial, Kindred EP, just leaked and holy fuck is it good.
Some next level shit, that's for sure.
I think this'll make me forget Blondes and Talabot for a little while
I think this'll make me forget Blondes and Talabot for a little while
Would very much appreciate a link for this, if anyone has one, can't find it anywhere.
QUOTE (monotony @ Feb 12 2012, 05:08 AM)
Some next level shit, that's for sure.
I think this'll make me forget Blondes and Talabot for a little while
I think this'll make me forget Blondes and Talabot for a little while
I haven't gotten around to listening to the Talabot album yet but Blondes didn't do much for me really. I liked a few of the remixed tracks but that's about it.
yup, new burial is fucking astonishing
certainly better than street halo
have currently no idea what track is my favorite on the ep, but damn, those 10 min + multipart epic structures suit him well
certainly better than street halo
have currently no idea what track is my favorite on the ep, but damn, those 10 min + multipart epic structures suit him well
It's pretty outstanding, no doubt, already my favourite thing released this year after only a couple of listens. Title track is the bomb.
yeah the burial is even better than expected, somehow.
Probably 'cause nobody was "blown away" by Street Halo or the Massive Attack collab.
Kindred is Burial's best work since Untrue. The title track is the clear stand out for me, must have listened to it 10 or 15 times today. It is so intricate, there is so much shit going on (the vox samples are sublime). Love the arpeggiated synths on Loner too, along with the more standard house beat on there.
I think I will come to love this stuff as much as any of his earlier material, it really is next level shit.
I think I will come to love this stuff as much as any of his earlier material, it really is next level shit.
holy fuck. burial.
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Feb 13 2012, 12:39 AM)
Probably 'cause nobody was "blown away" by Street Halo
I think a lot of people were actually? dude has plenty of fans who slob his knob over everything, but maybe you're not counting them?
kindred here is already handily my favorite burial release, though, I would say. I wouldn't classify myself as one of those people but I've certainly enjoyed everything I've heard from the guy.
QUOTE (C.I. @ Feb 13 2012, 06:30 PM)
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Feb 13 2012, 12:39 AM)
Probably 'cause nobody was "blown away" by Street Halo
I think a lot of people were actually? dude has plenty of fans who slob his knob over everything, but maybe you're not counting them?
no problem with slobbin' his knob, metaphorically
s'what I mean
QUOTE (C.I. @ Feb 13 2012, 05:30 PM)
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Feb 13 2012, 12:39 AM)
Probably 'cause nobody was "blown away" by Street Halo
I think a lot of people were actually? dude has plenty of fans who slob his knob over everything, but maybe you're not counting them?
No, I'm not counting them. Every artist has those.
I don't recall seeing any discussion of "Four Walls" on here. Seems like a song that would be kind of big deal. Read a number of negative reactions online and the one person I talked about it irl with wasn't too enthusiastic.
But I voted for it quite high in the singles poll, so.
I wouldn't say I was "blown away" by Street Halo. More than anything, it was nice to know that Burial was still out there and could still do his thang.
This though, this is some spectacular stuff. Those driving pulses on "Loner" are the closest he's come to all-out dance music since "Archangel", and the last few minutes of "Ashtray Wasp" are utterly mesmerising
This though, this is some spectacular stuff. Those driving pulses on "Loner" are the closest he's come to all-out dance music since "Archangel", and the last few minutes of "Ashtray Wasp" are utterly mesmerising
News of the Porter Ricks' "Biokinetics" reissue pretty much made my morning.
Love the cover.
Love the cover.
that burial ep is great.
the first 2 min of "ashtray wasp" sounds like it could easily segue into FGtH's "relax"
the first 2 min of "ashtray wasp" sounds like it could easily segue into FGtH's "relax"
I'm gonna wait until Kindred is actually out before I listen to it, just to see how high this thread can build my expectations for it.
In the meantime let's watch this "official" video for some other artist on Hyperdub.
In the meantime let's watch this "official" video for some other artist on Hyperdub.
It's "actually out" in digital form, fwiw.
QUOTE (monotony @ Feb 12 2012, 01:08 AM)
Some next level shit, that's for sure.
QUOTE (rubberman @ Feb 12 2012, 10:23 AM)
yup, new burial is fucking astonishing
QUOTE (amnesious @ Feb 13 2012, 05:12 AM)
Kindred is Burial's best work since Untrue. I think I will come to love this stuff as much as any of his earlier material, it really is next level shit.
QUOTE (richard @ Feb 13 2012, 08:24 AM)
holy fuck. burial.
Not sure I understand how this is really "next level shit" for Burial. Don't get me wrong- I like it a lot. But it sure sounds to me to hew very closely indeed to the basic Burial formula: reverb and static-drenched trebly looping percussive click figure underlying densely layered, de-contextualized, spectral and pitchshifted vocal samples. You could drop any of these tracks onto Untrue and apart perhaps from their length, they'd fit right in.
I'd say the swelling melodies; the way he's placed the beats front & center w/ little of the gauzy fog he used before; his more frequent use of dissonance; and the sprawling, suite-like dancefloor-defeating structures Bevan's employed are all elements that we haven't heard from Burial prior and make this "next level" at least in the basic sense that this ep is progression of his distinctive sound.
but what do I know about dance music?
but what do I know about dance music?
12" is up for pre order on Bleep, if anyone is into that.
QUOTE (Vivian Darkbloom @ Feb 14 2012, 11:20 AM)
QUOTE (monotony @ Feb 12 2012, 01:08 AM)
Some next level shit, that's for sure.
QUOTE (rubberman @ Feb 12 2012, 10:23 AM)
yup, new burial is fucking astonishing
QUOTE (amnesious @ Feb 13 2012, 05:12 AM)
Kindred is Burial's best work since Untrue. I think I will come to love this stuff as much as any of his earlier material, it really is next level shit.
QUOTE (richard @ Feb 13 2012, 08:24 AM)
holy fuck. burial.
Not sure I understand how this is really "next level shit" for Burial. Don't get me wrong- I like it a lot. But it sure sounds to me to hew very closely indeed to the basic Burial formula: reverb and static-drenched trebly looping percussive click figure underlying densely layered, de-contextualized, spectral and pitchshifted vocal samples. You could drop any of these tracks onto Untrue and apart perhaps from their length, they'd fit right in.
Lots of people really, really, really fucking love Untrue, though. No recent electronic/dance music recording gets fawned over by dudes on the internet like that thing does.
Pretty simple explanation.
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Feb 14 2012, 09:44 AM)
QUOTE (Vivian Darkbloom @ Feb 14 2012, 11:20 AM)
QUOTE (monotony @ Feb 12 2012, 01:08 AM)
Some next level shit, that's for sure.
QUOTE (rubberman @ Feb 12 2012, 10:23 AM)
yup, new burial is fucking astonishing
QUOTE (amnesious @ Feb 13 2012, 05:12 AM)
Kindred is Burial's best work since Untrue. I think I will come to love this stuff as much as any of his earlier material, it really is next level shit.
QUOTE (richard @ Feb 13 2012, 08:24 AM)
holy fuck. burial.
Not sure I understand how this is really "next level shit" for Burial. Don't get me wrong- I like it a lot. But it sure sounds to me to hew very closely indeed to the basic Burial formula: reverb and static-drenched trebly looping percussive click figure underlying densely layered, de-contextualized, spectral and pitchshifted vocal samples. You could drop any of these tracks onto Untrue and apart perhaps from their length, they'd fit right in.
Lots of people really, really, really fucking love Untrue, though. No recent electronic/dance music recording gets fawned over by dudes on the internet like that thing does.
Pretty simple explanation.
Miguel K is getting at it, and I guess I hear a little bit of what he's getting at and will listen more closely as I get to know the EP better. All I'm saying is that to my ears, the EP really shares the same basic sonic architecture as Untrue. I think of the term "next level shit" as something that shold be reserved for, I dunno, an OK Computer ---- > Kid A or Portishead s/t ---- > Third type of gamechanging.
but what do I know about dance music?
QUOTE (Vivian Darkbloom @ Feb 14 2012, 12:08 PM)
I think of the term "next level shit" as something that shold be reserved for, I dunno, an OK Computer ---- > Kid A or Portishead s/t ---- > Third type of gamechanging.
lol'ing irl, over here.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
All I'm saying is that within Mr. Bevan's ouvre, if this is next level , it's a mezzanine, IMO.
All I'm saying is that within Mr. Bevan's ouvre, if this is next level , it's a mezzanine, IMO.
That's an interesting point there, viv, especially on account of what it implies. Electronic music seems - to my ears - to operate on a minute scale when compared to, I don't know, rock and other shit. That is, the differences between punk, metal, surf, rockabilly, etc. are really obvious and glaring to me, but the differences between jungle, dubstep, idm, house, etc. are much less apparent. Again, to me. I understand a lot of this - a LOT - can be chalked up to a lack of familiarity, but I also think there's an inherent "smallness" in the genre shifts and progressions in electronic music built (ostensibly) for the dancefloor. I don't mean to demean w/ that term - smallness - but to emphasize the attention to detail and aural acuity of the electronic musicmakers and listeners. To get to the point - although I do think this is a topic that could benefit from a broader discussion - the bar for gamechanging is lower, although that isn't a terribly fair term, simply because the movements are smaller and focus is keener.
I agree with Viv that this is still following the basic Burial formula.
he is painting with all the same colour here, but the arrangement of these colours is his best yet.
he is painting with all the same colour here, but the arrangement of these colours is his best yet.
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