abovetheearth Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 no digital downloads with the LP is stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_stretts Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 This album is pretty boring, Boomkat review is spot on: **Limited Deluxe triple LP edition, cut at 45rpm on coloured vinyl with printed inners and two exclusive instrumentals. Also includes a copy of the CD free inside** Jamie xx practises safe raving with his debut solo album proper, following a 2011 collaboration with Gil Scott-Heron and production as part of The xx. 'In Colour' posits Jamie as the pre-eminent posh soul boy, lifting and massaging inspiration from the rich heritage of late '80s + early '90s London dance culture and channelling it into a pop-ready format palatable to Radio 1 daytime tastes and festival soundtracks. The putative "soul" of rare groove, boogie, hardcore and early jungle is sucked out and spliced with vocals in feathered arrangements ripened up for students and yummy mummys alike - all under one roof. From the deflated hardcore of 'Gosh' to the trudging 'Girl', it's as seductive as a Waitrose fridge on a warm day, infused with exotic tropical reference points in the steel drums of 'Obvs', mixing the suburban Breaks of latter-day Chicane and Marine Parade with woolly chords right out of a Lamb classic in 'Hold Tight', or nodding to seminal Joss Stone in 'Loud Places'. Oh, it's going to be a great summer, we can just feel it. Gotta love a retail store review being negative haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwhitmuzik Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Record rules. Good Times is the song of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I wonder how it feels for that Boomkat reviewer to hate life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 pre-eminent posh soul boy, lifting and massaging inspiration from the rich heritage of late '80s + early '90s London dance culture and channelling it into a pop-ready format palatable to Radio 1 daytime tastes and festival soundtracksHow is this different than Disclosure?I mean, how do you enjoy anything in dance/electronic music if you can't like this? I mean I guess if Autechre is your end all be all you can't like it. But then you are probably someone who is terrible to interact with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74R Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 This album is pretty boring, Boomkat review is spot on: Gotta love a retail store review being negative haha I don't see how that review is negative. It may have adjectives you don't find enjoyable but that doesn't mean they were used with a negative connotation by the reviewer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Hey, FACT magazine said it was negative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74R Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 How is this different than Disclosure? I mean, how do you enjoy anything in dance/electronic music if you can't like this? I mean I guess if Autechre is your end all be all you can't like it. But then you are probably someone who is terrible to interact with. I know I just posted a similar sentiment, but I feel that line you quoted was meant to be a compliment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74R Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Hey, FACT magazine said it was negative. Well it's my opinion that it isn't negative. The magazine my be called FACT, but that doesn't meant everything in it is a fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Who even knows anymore. Irony is ironic. Everything is meta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I think the album is fantastic for the exact reasons Boomkat said its not great. If they are being sincere, it's the oddest review ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Well it's my opinion that it isn't negative. The magazine my be called FACT, but that doesn't meant everything in it is a fact. It was a joke because FACT picked up the story and when a publication called FACT picks it up.,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_stretts Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I think the overall message form the Boomkat 'review' is that the album isn't really anything, it just is what it is. Which is exactly what I felt when listening to it. It didn't grab me in any way, it just pleasantly drifted from one track to the next. Not a bad thing if that is your sort of deal but it was a little lukewarm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I don't think there is anything wrong with dance music that's more engaging for a wider audience that somehow skirts being poppy and bro-y. It's in the money IMO. It can pull in casual listeners and music heads. Only a positive thing for electronic music, which still widely regarded as an esoteric genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 IDM nerds looking down on this don't help matters (not saying that you are, just generally speaking) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74R Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Only a positive thing for electronic music, which still widely regarded as an esoteric genre. Seriously. How am I supposed to know if you're kidding or not when you post statements like this?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 It's not like the shit is played on the radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_stretts Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I'm not too sure electronic music is an esoteric genre anymore - Triple J here in Australia has been playing more and more of it over the last 5 years. Hell they were even playing Aphex Twin this year. So many electronic artists going around these days which makes it all the more difficult to release an album that stands out from the crowd, and I think this album seeps back into it rather than out of it. It is a decent album I just wouldnt drop $50 dollars on the record for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74R Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 It's not like the shit is played on the radio. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 triple j is incredible. my aus friend hooked me on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74R Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I'm not too sure electronic music is an esoteric genre anymore - Triple J here in Australia has been playing more and more of it over the last 5 years. Hell they were even playing Aphex Twin this year. So many electronic artists going around these days which makes it all the more difficult to release an album that stands out from the crowd, and I think this album seeps back into it rather than out of it. It is a decent album I just wouldnt drop $50 dollars on the record for it Electronic music is about this esoteric.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I am being serious. For the most part electronic/dance/whatever music is marginalized.Sure you have the asshole college kids who are into whoever is hot in vegas right now and then you have the IDM kids in their parents basements, But widespread appreciation of dance/electronic music stops at how it influences pop. While huge in the large scheme, its not very mainstream. So when you have an album like this, that seems like it cross over (to be fair, I don't think it will. It will get acclaim, but its not going to be some massive LP), it's a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I'm not too sure electronic music is an esoteric genre anymore - Triple J here in Australia has been playing more and more of it over the last 5 years. Hell they were even playing Aphex Twin this year. So many electronic artists going around these days which makes it all the more difficult to release an album that stands out from the crowd, and I think this album seeps back into it rather than out of it. It is a decent album I just wouldnt drop $50 dollars on the record for it Maybe this is the disconnect here, I'm in America. American radio is not as progressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 In the US if you ask a music fan of moderate interest in electronic music for a electronic act, they will most likely mention some late 90s "electronica" or big beat act, like the chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim,or The Prodigy. It basically died in the early Aughts. On our radio, it lives on in pop music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combatwaffle Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I'm pretty confused at the point you are trying to make. You are saying that not many people listen to electronic music anymore, yet it lives on in pop music, which is what the majority of people listen to? 74R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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