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  • Posted: 11/19/2015 15:36
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  • Posted: 11/19/2015 15:37
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ロストエデンへのパス
by Nmesh and t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者

A collaboration between two of the biggest names in Vaporwave. The album takes a back seat from dreamy, slowed down melodies and beats, but instead favours some very rich, sampled ambient soundscapes. Telepath certainly seems like the driving force in this one, with Nmesh’s influences sometimes popping through in his typical smirky, 4th-wall breaking style. The samples here are heavily built upon traditional Asian folk sounds. Expect pan-pipes, and lots of them. It’s gorgeous enough, and I found myself lost in it more than once, but lacks that thick sense of synthetic nostalgia that Vaporwave is known for invoking. The two hour length passes very quickly, and while the album is occasionally guilty of being samey-sounding, some mix ups keep you aware that there is a clear direction, and both Telepath and Nmesh feel confident with the destination. While I feel inclined to call it one of the strongest vaporwave releases I’ve heard, Telepath sometimes sways too far away from the genre for me to be convinced that it belongs among the mountains of self-releases over the last few years. Will certainly be coming back for a second listen on this one.

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  • Posted: 11/20/2015 19:42
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Ty Dolla $ign

This album tugs and pulls in so many different directions. Ty Dolla $ign has a solid, breathy vocal quality that gives the tracks a genuine sound, but it's hard to shake the feeling that Ty hasn't found his footing just yet. It's a shame too, because this album explodes at the start, but fizzles out into a forgettable mess. LA opens the album so well, with hints of conscious Hip Hop seeping in, and a colossal sound, then 'Saved' boosts the album into a booming party sound with a chorus that's been in my head all day. I even had to do a double take when I heard 'Solid', a Hip Hop sound that uses strings, acoustic guitars and no drums - I wasn't expecting something so fresh yet also so out of place. It feels like Ty can't decide if he's a political rapper or a crafter of club tunes, and as a result it's hard to take the album seriously. When this album dips its toe outside the comfort zone, it works so well, but for the most part its a lukewarm bath.

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  • Posted: 11/21/2015 17:16
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Shadow Of A Doubt by Freddie Gibbs

I was disappointed to hear that Gibbs departed from his Gansta Rap sound that made Pinata so iconic and fun to listen to, but I guess that partly comes down to the collab with Madlib which obviously isn't here. It's entirely down to personal taste, but Trap Rap (outside of Kevin Gates) has never done much for me, and often passes right over me. Gibbs sounds as badass as ever here, but I find his aggressive slurring is too raw for the sharp, electronic sound of trap rap. Alas, there's no song here where Freddie raps about his favourite chicken joint over smooth guitar and claps, and for that reason I just couldn't get behind it.

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  • Posted: 11/23/2015 11:53
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25 by Adele

Adele was on the Graham Norton show the other night, and went in disguise to an Adele impersonator competition. Of course, when she began singing, magic was in the air and it was a huge celebration that reminded us: no one quite sings like Adele. And she's certainly settled nicely into the 'One in a million' voices that the likes of Frank Sinatra and Amy Whinehouse are also a member of. Listening with this with my girlfriend, so commented a number of times on how powerful her voice was, and even went on to say 'I wish I was Adele'. Adele is certainly a first grade pop star at this point.

But just how far can a great voice take you? Adele scores more points with people for being a singer-songwriter, and her songs have granted her a global stage and recognition. So why do her albums feel so empty? 'Hello' remains a show-stopping ballad, and that likely won't change for a handful of decades. 'Sweetest Devotion' sweeps things up in a welcome cosmic blast of folk and pop instrumentation. Yet between those two bookends, as is the fate of most mainstream pop albums, are songs that take all the ingredients of her singles, follow the recipe to a tee, but never manage to be more than fillers. The album is of course carried by Adele's voice, which has a great deal more soul and character than some of her peers, but we all know that by now - and we expect more. It's got enough piano ballads and foot stomping soul-swingers, but never tries to reinvent itself or lift itself in ways her singles tend to. I'm sure this album will sell millions, however the pretentious cynic in me is still waiting for her to offend all of her fans, in a grand, musical event.

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Blackstar by David Bowie

Following the sudden news of Bowie's death, I had to give this one a relisten, as I'm sure everyone else is. I didn't think much of it when I first heard it, and I still don't. It's a clumsy album at the best of times, using its guise of being 'experimental' as what I feel is a bit of an excuse for awkward song writing. It maybe even sounds rushed, and we all know why now.

That said, the word 'haunting' has been used to describe this album, and there probably isn't a better word for it. We'll never be able to hear it without associating it with Bowie's departure, and that's given the album an aura and a magic that it didn't possess before. Blackstar is the perfect album to be released just two days before his death, and cements Bowie as this awe inspiring musician, and now almost super-natural figure. This album isn't an overly emotional goodbye, as it easily have could been. Bowie cleverly weaves confusion and enigma into each and every song, leaving us all guessing, while the answers will only ever be safe with him - oh you crafty bastard Bowie. I'll be damned if that final song isn't the soundtrack to an elaborate exit, as he beams himself back up to his home planet. What a genius, and what an excellent goodbye.

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  • Posted: 01/26/2016 10:08
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Film Music
by Mikael Tariverdiev

I won't pretend I understand this music. I have never heard of Mikael Tariverdiev, never watched a film his work features in, or in fact any soviet movie of that era. Still, this is a whole-heartedly charming compilation that goes about celebrating the life of this great communist composer. Quite understandably, the entire two hours is thick with nostalgic cinematics - accordions, strings, guitars and enough vocalists singing 'la da da' to suck you into its mid 20th century world, where film was often much less complex, but played all the right chords to pluck at your heartstrings. Cushy, rose-tinted, and very socialist - perfect for a lazy, rainy Sunday.

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Islah by Kevin Gates

I listened to more Kevin Gates last year than I'd probably be willing to admit. I can rarely get behind Southern Hip Hop or Trap Rap, something about the more synthetic, sharper sound seemed to never resonated with me. Kevin Gates, however, puts so much of himself into his lyrics and his sounds that it's difficult not to be drawn in. I was excited to see his new album Islah getting Best New Music on Pitchfork, which will hopefully garner him a little more recognition. It's a fine album, and certainly the most consistent effort I've heard him deliver. It doesn't have the peaks that Gates has hit on his Luca Brasi mixtapes, but it does away with a lot of the less grounded tracks too. Even on the weaker songs, Gates proves himself a god of writing earthshaking hooks, but what really makes his work so compelling is he delivers his words as though his life literally depends on it. The sheer spine-tingling urgency from 'Prime' or the effortlessness of '2 Phones' is worth the listen alone. Unfortunately Gates isn't able to maintain that energy towards the middle of the album with some forgettable tracks, but with this release Kevin Gates remains one of my favourite contemporary Hip Hop artists.

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  • Posted: 02/13/2016 21:50
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Northern Lights
by Allan Kingdom

A mixtape that relies too much on fashion than function. Allan Kingdom is following the footsteps of those that inspire him, but comes of feeling like little more than an imitator - a year behind while what's new has already been and gone. Even if this mixtape had been released a few years earlier, it tries to be too clever in order to mask what are, unfortunately, bland songs with little reason to return to. "Fables" is a powerful track that I highly recommend, even if Chronixx's verse is a bit cringey, and "Monkey See" is certainly catchy, but the rest are a few too many notches behind. Allan: what are you really doing by putting the Intro at song two?

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The Life Of Pablo by Kanye West

Kanye is certainly one of the best producers of the 21st century. More than once have I loved a song, sought out who was the producer, and found it to be Mr. West himself. He's got an incredible ear for melody in Hip Hop, and is able to craft these incredible sonic landscapes (if you'll excuse the tired term) that rarely fail to send my neck hairs standing. It's that brilliant dilemma then when we all find Kanye is a spewing whale of media attention and brash ego that's impossible to escape from. Twisted Fantasy worked, because he was able to construct this bizarre, hyper-produced, cyber-celebrity world that was oddly human and tragic - his character worked in that fantasy as this confused, self-proclaimed god, that would really draw you in, but kept you comfortably distanced.

So it's 2016. Kanye could release almost anything and receive critical acclaim. So he does just that, and we get The Life Of Pablo, an album that's tracklist, artwork and name could frankly have been anything. It's a completely unfocused collection of songs, and sure - there's a certain charm to the lack of any clear train of thought, but coming from the man who compiled Twisted Fantasy, heck even Late Registration, it comes across as laziness rather than a change of pace. Kanye doesn't need to try any more, and it seems like even when he doesn't, he makes some pretty incredible stuff - and that's pretty infuriating. The Life of Pablo is often a mindless lump of an album, and it's hard not to feel like part of an ants nest that Kanye is poking with a stick out of boredom, to see how we all scatter and crawl as he raps about bleached assholes and Taylor Swift. This album is fuelled by context, it's designed for people who anticipate his every action. Listen to it without any idea who Kanye is, and who knows how it would sound. It's a train ride I wish I could get off, because no one person deserves this much attention. But here I am, and damn, can it sound good.

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