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Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

KitchenSink — Sat, 29 May 2021 19:29:42 GMT

Author: KitchenSink

Posted: 05/29/2021 23:29

despite making a note to listen to None of This Is Real back in 2014 I never followed through on that so this ended up being my first experience with DJ Rozwell. Thoughts are mixed although am lightly leaning towards positive. My biggest gripe is that almost every track here feels like a specific kind of b-side in which Rozwell builds a track around a single idea (whether it be a particular catchy little run of notes or a distinct drone tone or repeated drum pattern) and then attempts to carry this idea as far as it will go before realizing that that isn't very far at all. I don't want to use the word "gimmicky" because there's a lot more going on here creatively than that would seem, but I suppose I mean it's very literally "gimmicky" in that each track seems to be built around a single gimmick with everything else surrounding said gimmick more or less acting as padding (like "ah yes this is the track with harsh drones around soft cut up vocals" or "mm this is the one that sounds like the Third Eye Foundation", the compositional ideas surrounding any of that are practically interchangeable half the time). There's nothing wrong with building a song around a single central conceit but I feel like where one would expect more fleshing out of any given track as a means of supporting that core idea, but like any "fleshing out" here feels haphazard at best, and more often strikes me as just tacked on for the sake of filling white space. The fact that at the core of almost every track is at least one genuinely really interesting idea makes this all the more frustrating; whether this is accurate to reality or not, i nonetheless get the sense that DJ Rozwell had these tracks lying around for some time and felt it was a waste to not release them given that, despite all my previous criticisms, there's very clearly a lot of good and interesting stuff at the center of most of these. I suppose this is where my feeling of "these are b-sides" comes from; everything feels cool enough that it'd be a shame to not release it, but not quite so complete as to justify releasing as an album. All that said, I did have a good time with this over all, and even the tracks I didn't particularly care for were at least intriguing enough to hold my attention. And at the very least this all encourages me to actually go back and listen to Rozwell's earlier stuff like I've been meaning to for 7 years...

Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

LedZep — Sun, 7 Mar 2021 08:03:58 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 03/07/2021 13:03

This was good. Wonky, plunderphonics, mostly in the hazy, ambient and trip hop/downtempo territory. It's all smooth and lovely, but then it suddenly explodes with a power noise section. Varied, crazy and unpredictable, as well as loads of fun. I'm not well versed in Illbient, but this sounds promising. About as good as Isles imo, but not as good as Leap Second.

Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

musicoed — Sat, 6 Mar 2021 11:38:01 GMT

Author: musicoed

Posted: 03/06/2021 16:38

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Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

Repo — Sat, 6 Mar 2021 08:48:55 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 03/06/2021 13:48

Total keeper. Great ambient weirdness for when I'm doing chores and stuff. I think it holds up well next to although I haven't logged enough time with either. Will definitely be making my year chart!

Good, good stuff!

Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

kokkinos — Sat, 6 Mar 2021 03:57:58 GMT

Author: kokkinos

Posted: 03/06/2021 08:57

I can appreciate it's an album with its own personality, but I sadly failed to connect with it at any moment. I think it has more to do with mood/timing, as I 'm sure its twisted dreamlike noise would have appealed much more to me at a different point in time.

Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

EyeKanFly — Thu, 4 Mar 2021 12:03:32 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 03/04/2021 17:03

LedZep wrote:

Imagine saying that out loud

I know lol, I mentioned it to my partner yesterday and let's just say they... weren't as into the song (or album) as I was.

Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

LedZep — Thu, 4 Mar 2021 03:16:25 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 03/04/2021 08:16

EyeKanFly wrote:

"Cumming in Socks" might be my song of the year so far

Imagine saying that out loud

Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

EyeKanFly — Wed, 3 Mar 2021 20:28:23 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 03/04/2021 01:28

Yeah I too was disappointed by the Chiefs loss but I definitely didn't read any subliminal NFL-related messaging in your OP Tha1ChiefRocka haha

Anyway, I quite enjoyed this album, I think it was my favorite out of the ALCs so far. I know I was expecting some weirdness when I saw a song titled "Cumming in Socks" lol, but I wasn't expecting to enjoy it this much. Hell, "Cumming in Socks" was easily one of my favorites. Didn't think I'd be uttering that line lol

The whole album has an interesting playfulness but also with a clear dose of frustration, a la Aphex Twin or Death Grips. It's almost as if Death Grips remixed an Aphex Twin piece...or vice versa...

The "Socks" trilogy of songs were all excellent, and another highlight for sure was "The Tadpole King".

There were areas where the album got dull, too full of frustration or else just too wishy-washy without any real content like "The Hypnotized Guts" and even "Hallucination" but it always bounces right back and grabs your attention after a dull section.

Thanks for the rec, "Cumming in Socks" might be my song of the year so far

Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

Jameth — Wed, 3 Mar 2021 00:29:24 GMT

Author: Jameth

Posted: 03/03/2021 05:29

(Sorry to derail your thread, Chief.)

This wasn't a bad listen, but it's a bit of a mixed bag ("I Need It" is annoying). He has a great ear for collage work and especially within the more hyperactive tracks you can hear his talent for working ideas into small spaces. But, it doesn't seem to be pushing any boundaries and is overall maybe a little too complacent and comfy within the predecessing (I like it, leave me alone.) genres it draws from. A lot of times it just sounds like he's dicking around...which I think is the point and something that can lead to good things, but it's a double-edged sword.

I listened to the arcane None of This is Real afterwards...and thanks for putting me on the road to that, because it's incredible!

Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

Repo — Tue, 2 Mar 2021 23:06:37 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 03/03/2021 04:06

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

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What Happens After The Death Is Recorded by DJ Rozwell

🥰 🥰 🥰

Not surprisingly, I LOVE this. Trippy, druggy hallucinogenic weirdness. I'm all in.

Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

Repo — Tue, 2 Mar 2021 19:23:51 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 03/03/2021 00:23

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

Did I subliminally mention football there, and I missed it?

:D

🤣

Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

Tha1ChiefRocka — Tue, 2 Mar 2021 17:33:21 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 03/02/2021 22:33

Did I subliminally mention football there, and I missed it?

😁

Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

Mercury — Tue, 2 Mar 2021 17:23:46 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 03/02/2021 22:23

Skinny wrote:

Riiiiiight.

This. I think.

Wtf are we even fucking talking about.

I’ll check this album out tonight. And give my uninteresting thoughts.

Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

Skinny — Tue, 2 Mar 2021 14:26:14 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 03/02/2021 19:26

Riiiiiight.

Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

Jameth — Tue, 2 Mar 2021 14:20:59 GMT

Author: Jameth

Posted: 03/02/2021 19:20

Don't let it eat at you, Chief. The NFL is driven by money and the fictitious narratives which allow the owners to sate their greed for it. A 43 year old Tom Brady needed a record number of DPI calls in his favor to eke out an 11-5 wild card berth, which is probably the most unfair and back-breaking penalty in the history of competitive sports. The Bucs benefited from 27 DPI calls, the most in the league in 2020 and 7 more (35%!) than any team got in any season in the last 10 years. The Chiefs, with by far the best QB in the league, benefited from 4 all season. Tom Brady got half that on his first drive of the season against the Saints. I guess the corners the Chiefs faced weren't scared enough of Mahomes to cheat and grab, but the corners the Bucs faced (many of them the same) were so terrified of Brady's endless barrage of uncatchable lame ducks that they felt the need to constantly do so? 🙄

And, despite the fact that he looked like a decrepit mummy and couldn't hit the side of a barn on most of his deep throws, the mouthpieces in the media will be quick to let you know that those 27 calls were precisely the product of Brady's super-human (possibly even extra-terrestrial) intellectual genius, and that the numbers bear out that Brady is at least 50% smarter than every other athlete to play in the NFL in its history...combined. But, despite being a completely unremarkable athlete even in his prime, Brady not only became the oldest QB to throw a TD in NFL history, but he threw 40 this season....i.e., he's juicing.

Let's also not forget the "game" the Bucs played against the Lions with all of their defensive coaches out due to COVID, and the "beatdown" that they handed them.

Oh, and the NFL stuffed the Bucs roster with a bunch of big names before the season started to make it more believable to the casual fan. It didn't matter that Brady, Gronk, and AB were all well over the hill and washed up, and looked it. The casual fans didn't notice, despite everything about the Bucs rise to SB champs screaming "fabricated fiction" or "Disney". And the Chiefs were the perfect patsies, because they know that Mahomes is so supremely talented that losing a rigged SB won't be enough to convince Chiefs fans to tune out next season.

The NFL and the outcomes of its games are entirely meaningless. Remember, it's just "entertainment". Don't let it eat into time better spent reading or listening to music.

Re: ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

Repo — Tue, 2 Mar 2021 00:48:19 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 03/02/2021 05:48

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

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What Happens After The Death Is Recorded by DJ Rozwell

Uh, I guess this is the album I'm going to go with. I don't really know why though. I haven't heard too much music this year that I enjoy too much, and this was one of the last things I was listening to. I've been meaning to give this artist's 2014 album a go, as it's rated pretty highly. Not every track here hits, but there's enough for me to like to probably listen to this once or twice more throughout the year. I do tend to enjoy the super-fuzzed-out parts of the album the most.

Dude! get it together. yes! You may have lost the Super Bowl to a superior team. BUT, that has no reflection on you personally or Kansas City at as a region!

Well, almost none! Bwahhaaahhaaahhaaa!

Remember! It's just entertainment. You are worth far more than a Lombardi trophy!

Hahahahhahahahahahha!

Just wait until next year!

When your salary cap and age of your roster even gets worse! lol

I'm glad we've had this chat. My PM box is always open!

ALC #5 What Happens After The Death Is Recorded

Tha1ChiefRocka — Tue, 2 Mar 2021 00:01:30 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 03/02/2021 05:01

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