i don't really think of "synthetes" as dancefloor-focused particularly - i just love the sweep of the strings
― lex pretend, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
ha yeah that's very close to what i was saying yesterday about how both kendrick lamar and pusha kind of try to project a personality in their words that never comes out in their voice (xpost)
― Mr. Stevensome #dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Monday, 5 December 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
dan might like this by mr beatnick and ahu, who's an absolutely wonderful turkish singer (it's from 2010)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQwZ_WcaPe0
― lex pretend, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
I think my headphones are letting me down massively with "Mark Ernestus Meets BBC"
― OH NOES, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
hadn't heard the Ossie track before - its slightly reminiscent of Kerri Chandler's bar-a-thym
― april wowak, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
lol lex that had no sound for me! Fortunately one of the related links had it; this is... okay? It's a little like the Night Slugs reaction all over again; it's all decent/well done but it doesn't actually speak to me.
Like, this is basically downtempo Jill Scott record and I already have enough Jill Scott that I don't really need something that just reminds me of her.
― OH NOES, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
"Sweetheart" is already interesting me more because the vocals are on the weird side. It's definitely my favorite of the songs I've played so far (obv not better than "You")
― OH NOES, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
I'm listening to something by Brandt Brauer Frick on Spotify right now and it's great, but apparently from 2010? Is there something from 2011 I should know about?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
lol I feel like calling this year the time when music stopped getting real, and started getting polite </realworldnerd>
― OH NOES, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
o i c, they added "Ensemble" to the name for 2011 xp
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
The Brandt Brauer Frick's 2010 You Make Me Real is assembled from samples & overdubs on a computer workstation. 2011's Mr. Machine is largely studio live performance mostly reprising pieces from the debut by a 10 piece ensemble.
― Sanpaku, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCpLXpMB7F8
― Sanpaku, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
Have listened to the first, listening now to the latest...not sure which I prefer, but "Pretend" was phenomenal.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
― OH NOES, Monday, December 5, 2011 1:38 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
haha sometimes it really is a waste that you're not a critic
― Mr. Stevensome #dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Monday, 5 December 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
He's a critic. He only does it for us, though, and doesn't get paid.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 5 December 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
We don't get paid much either.
― Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 5 December 2011 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
Feels treasonous to say but I don't really get the big deal (among the tiny crowd who cares) about Ossie. All of his stuff sounds nice enough but hardly distinct from other polite funky. Seems related to the weird level of cred and respect afforded to DJ MA1, though. Like, this is the way to be down with trad house conservatism.
― Tim F, Monday, 5 December 2011 23:47 (twelve years ago) link
what? this is outrageous.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 5 December 2011 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
:( I like MA1 a lot
― furnace mane, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
tim you were the first person i know to start bigging up ossie
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 00:55 (twelve years ago) link
I know! Or at least while I can't remember I can imagine myself having done that. But I think it's a bit like how you say you like Azealia Banks but she'd be nowhere near your top 10 (tho obv that comparison doesn't work on any other level!). I think Ossie (and DJMA1) are fine, even great sometimes, but they seem like really odd people to be singled out.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
oh i guess it's the same for me then - "tarantula" is in my longlist of like 200 tracks of the year but probably won't make the top 50 or anything. but #50 seems like a fine enough position for it here...
has ma1 done anything nearly as good as "i'm right here" since '09?
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 07:38 (twelve years ago) link
Stereogum Top 50 Albums of 2011http://stereogum.com/891411/stereogums-top-50-albums-of-2011/franchises/listomania/
50 Youth Lagoon – The Year Of Hibernation49 Toro Y Moi – Underneath The Pine48 Oddisee – Rock Creek Park47 Wilco – The Whole Love46 tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l45 Adele – 2144 James Blake – James Blake43 Twin Sister – In Heaven42 Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra41 Das Racist – Relax40 Kendrick Lamar – Section.8039 Nicolas Jaar – Space Is Only Noise38 Burst Apart – Burst Apart37 Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde36 Cut Copy – Zonoscope35 Atlas Sound – Parallax34 Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo33 SBTRKT – SBTRKT32 St. Vincent – Strange Mercy31 Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues30 Radiohead – The King Of Limbs29 Washed Out – Within And Without28 Pictureplane – Thee Physical27 Destroyer – Kaputt26 The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Belong25 Cold Cave – Cherish The Light Years24 Frank Ocean – Nostalgia, Ultra23 Wild Flag – Wild Flag22 Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire21 Clams Casino – Instrumental Mixtape20 Real Estate – Days19 Iceage – New Brigade18 Beyoncé – 417 Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica16 Neon Indian – Era Extraña15 Zola Jesus – Conatus14 Austra – Feel It Break13 Yuck – Yuck12 M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming11 Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow10 Kanye West & Jay-Z – Watch The Throne09 ASAP Rocky – LIVELOVEA$AP08 PJ Harvey – Let England Shake07 EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints06 Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact05 The Weeknd – House Of Balloons04 Fucked Up – David Comes To Life03 Bon Iver – Bon Iver02 Drake – Take Care01 Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 08:11 (twelve years ago) link
Here are mine. http://sickmouthy.com/2011/12/06/albums-of-2011/
― Sick Mouthy, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 10:39 (twelve years ago) link
i read this on the train this morning, nick. nice round-up. I especially liked your descriptions of nicolas jaar and st vincent.
― dog latin, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 10:49 (twelve years ago) link
kind of getting moved to write my own top ten.
FACT tracks #40-31http://www.factmag.com/2011/12/05/50-best-tracks-of-2011-50-41/2/
40: OLD APPARATUS SIDE A PART 1 (DEEP MEDI)39: TEETH ‘SHAWTY’ (502 RECORDINGS)38: SOFT METALS ‘PSYCHIC DRIVING’ (CAPTURED TRACKS)37: DARQ E FREAKER ‘CHERRYADE’ (OIL GANG)36: THE-DREAM ‘BODY WORK & FUCK MY BRAINS OUT’ (RADIO KILLA / DEF JAM)35: BOK BOK ‘HYPERPASS’ (from SOUTHSIDE, NIGHT SLUGS)34: CHAMPION feat. RUBY LEE RYDER ‘SENSITIVITY’ (FORMULA)33: JAMIE XX ‘FAR NEARER’ (NUMBERS)32: VATICAN SHADOW ‘WHITEWASHED COMPOUND STEALTH HELICOPTER CRASH’ (from PAKISTAN MILITARY ACADEMY, HOSPITAL PRODUCTIONS)31: PERC ‘LONDON, WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED) (from WICKER & STEEL, PERC TRAX)
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 12:55 (twelve years ago) link
New York magazine http://nymag.com/arts/cultureawards/2011/top-ten-albums/
1. Austra Feel It Break2. Colin Stetson New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges3. Shabazz Palaces Black Up4. Destroyer Kaputt5. PJ Harvey Let England Shake6. Iceage New Brigade7. Tune-Yards W h o k i l l8. Kendrick Lamar Section.809. Gang Gang Dance Eye Contact10. Nicolas Jaar Space Is Only Noise
― los krampusinos! (pomplamau5), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
^ Nabisco's list rather than a staff poll
Rad
― regional pug (dealwithit.gif), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
Okay that 3D effect on all the album covers for Dusted's running year-end list stuff is so annoying and headache-inducing that I had to stop reading it.
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
the comments on nabisco's list are a TREAT
― OH NOES, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
"Sex life"? How very.
― oPal, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
Back to the FACT tracks on Spotify, the Soft Metals track does the polite electro thing in a much more engaging, warmer manner than the stuff I was playing yesterday; I was wondering why this was on an EOY list until it switched up around the 2 minute mark. I like the little filter swoops that pop up intermittently.
― OH NOES, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
"Cherryade" is one of the best tracks of the year? Really? It seems kind of like an inoffensive throwaway track that you'd play as filler while you looked for the track you ACTUALLY wanted to hear.
― OH NOES, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
first time i've heard it and i concur. It's kind of a boring ten actually
― Number None, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
I would be totally infatuated with this Bok Bok track if it had a massive beat. Everything else about it is fantastic but if it had pounding, punishing drums under it it would be exactly my type of shit. (I wonder if my headphones are letting me down on this one.)
― OH NOES, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
"Sensitivity" is niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.
― OH NOES, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
i kind of agree re: that bok bok track (and that whole ep) :/
total cosign on champion & ruby lee ryder "sensitivity"
that jamie xx track has got to be the most overrated in this general scene of 2011. just doesn't do enough of anything.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
haha that's what I'm playing now, it's basically okay but I feel like it's missing something
also the echo on the vocal sample creates a really UGLY dissonance that doesn't seem to serve any purpose or push the song anywhere
oof the "breakdown" around the 4 minute mark is pathetic, this is not a track that is improved by stripping it down to highlight disparate parts
― OH NOES, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
I think I might be the only person favourably inclined towards funky who doesn't love Sensitivity. Or more to the point, I like it more as a vehicle for riotous MCs to jump all over than I do as a song in its own right.
Terror Danjah's 'Full Attention' on the other hand, which also features Ruby Lee Ryder, is majestic and should be very high up the FACT list.
I think I agree with whoever it was upthread who was eyerolling at the praise the FACT list gets. A few years ago they felt like a refreshing alternative but now it feels like they're very content to plough their own furrow and it's one that by and large isn't that interesting to me. I fully expect the RA list to knock it into a cocked hat.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
the bashiness of the breakdown in "full attention" kind of became a turn-off after a while
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
i've kind of gotten the feeling RA have been taking their cues from FACT for the past couple of years. There certainly wasn't a huge gulf between their lists last year
― Number None, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
That's one of my favourite bits!
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
Also RA is a lot more interested in non-murky dance music than FACT by and large. They had Tensnake at #2 last year which would be unthinkable in FACT, but that's partly because RA feels a lot more European in its focus.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
... Are they kidding with this Vatican Shadow track?
― OH NOES, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
Still mulling over Nabisco's 2nd essay on how he likes pop but not most of this year's chart pop...none of which makes his top 10 list
He’d notice the long chart dominance of Katy Perry, whose cheeky retronaut pop bears odd resemblances to the cheeky solo work of David Lee Roth
hmmmm
― Another Suburbanite, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, I am not opposed to ambient but 10 minutes of unimaginative stasis as one of the best tracks of the year is just silly
― OH NOES, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
Good to hear Psychic Paramount record getting praise round here. Anyone like The Men's record? A bit more derivative but good fun nevertheless.
Re. Resident Advisor list: they always have a really good set of mixes, a type of record often overlooked by other lists.
― Neil S, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
feeling nabs' list
― v-shasty, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:17 (twelve years ago) link