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thebigfunk
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"Friday roundup - New Music / What are you listening to?"


          

Not a lot out today that I'm super excited about, but it's been a pretty solid few weeks.

What's new-ish that has your attention?

Or, what have you been listening to in general?


-thebigfunk

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That Nate Mercereau is fire!!!!!!
Oct 11th 2024
1
good to know -- will check soon
Oct 13th 2024
6
New Elucid!
Oct 11th 2024
2
i wish i enjoyed him more
Oct 13th 2024
7
absolutely incredible to me
Oct 18th 2024
13
some random-ness
Oct 11th 2024
3
A lot of the South London scene.
Oct 11th 2024
4
have you checked the new Nubya?
Oct 13th 2024
8
RE: Friday roundup - New Music / What are you listening to?
Oct 13th 2024
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i liked their newest release quite a bit
Oct 13th 2024
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      RE: i liked their newest release quite a bit
Oct 14th 2024
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RE: Friday roundup - New Music / What are you listening to?
Oct 16th 2024
11
New Kurious is quite fun
Oct 18th 2024
12
liking this quite a bit
Oct 24th 2024
14
This is niiice
Oct 28th 2024
15
Liked this way more than I expected
Oct 29th 2024
16
Philmore Greene - "The Grand Design"
Oct 29th 2024
17
Myka 9 - Equinox
Oct 29th 2024
18
Is this official? Really nice.
Oct 29th 2024
20
BeMyFiasco - Pretty Little Love
Oct 29th 2024
19

Knowledge_of_Self
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Fri Oct-11-24 11:29 AM

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1. "That Nate Mercereau is fire!!!!!!"
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That’s all

If Kayne is Yeezus then call me a Yetheist (c) Orko Eloheim

  

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thebigfunk
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6. "good to know -- will check soon"
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Am generally a fan.

-thebigfunk

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stylez dainty
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2. "New Elucid!"
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Sounding really great so far.

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thebigfunk
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7. "i wish i enjoyed him more"
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I *appreciate* him a great deal...

but the intensity of his stuff is just usually where my head is not at these days...

or if my head *is* there, I'm usually looking to music for an escape (although that comes in many forms)

is this his second album this year?

-thebigfunk

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Stadiq
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13. "absolutely incredible to me"
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Fri Oct-18-24 04:55 PM by Stadiq

          

Feels like there used to be more Elucid heads that used to post around here, I wish there was more discussion like before. I swear SBCS had a 100+ thread back in the day.

Anyway, its crazy how he's able to accomplish making something that can be both challenging and accessible at the same time. Harsh yet melodic. Etc.


Dude is special.


I thought Cavalier had my AOTY locked up, but this is really fucking great.

  

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thebigfunk
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3. "some random-ness"
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Overall, haven't been listening to a lot of new stuff over the past few weeks. So here are some random thoughts:

Patrice Rushen -- been deep-diving into her catalog. Talk about under-rated --- just about every one of her albums, from early to mid-career, has at least a few deep cuts that are crazy good. I'm wild about "Heartache Heartbreak" off the *Now* album. She sometimes sounds like she's riffing on Minnie Ripperton, vocally, which I've never noticed before.

Rosie Gaines -- her solo catalog is on streaming, and I don't think I've listened to an album of hers in full. So I listened to "Caring," her first album from the pre-Prince era --- was *way* better than I expected. There's some cookiecutter 80s stuff in there but far less than I expected. "Good Times" is great, and I don't know why but I kind of want to hear a Maxwell cover of it? Will go back to it soon and probably check out other albums.
*** I'm kind of mad that folks get overshadowed by the big names they work with. She can hold her own, clearly, but I've usually thought of her as the NPG/D&P era Prince singer... which isn't fair at all. Shame on me.

Maxwell -- listened to blackSUMMERsNight for the first time in a while. It's probably the weakest of his albums but is still crazy strong, which made me meditate on the fact that he really doesn't have a bad entry at all. Then revisited Now and BLACKsummer... 15 years ago, I would have said Embrya was my fav of his outings, easily. These days, I'm not sure that's true. Or at least, it's a lot harder to pick a favorite.

Afrobeat/diasporic music and European artists:
Ok, this deserves its own post... but what's the deal with the glut of (white) Euro artists putting together projects rooted in African styles these days? Not just dabbling, not just incorporating sounds, but straight-up playing versions of afrobeat/highlife, or even some other sounds that are less globally recognized.

I'm thinking about this (really good) record:

Konkolo Orchestra - Future Pasts
https://konkoloorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/future-pasts

which seems based in Switzerland

or yesterday, I listened to this record:
Àbáse - Awakening
https://abasemusic.bandcamp.com/

Also very good - but this is put together by a Hungarian producer

I've even seen some really young Scandinavian bands - young as in, their members are young - basically doing afrobeat from Scandinavian countries.

Check out the above records. Again, they're good! But is this a trend? Will try and do a larger post on this later, maybe.

-thebigfunk

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4. "A lot of the South London scene."
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stuff like Yusef Dayes, etc.

They got a cool as "Neo Jazz" scene going on that is DEEPLY appealing the Uncle in me.

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thebigfunk
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8. "have you checked the new Nubya?"
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Haven't gotten to it yet...

the London scene is definitely thick with talent and energy, but some of the output is getting a bit stale.

the new Nala Sinephro, however, is *everything* --- I was already stanning after her last album, so maybe not a surprise that I'm loving it, but "Endlessness" has its hooks in me pretty deep already.

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5. "RE: Friday roundup - New Music / What are you listening to?"
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Hermoanos Gutierrez stuff…

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thebigfunk
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9. "i liked their newest release quite a bit"
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Mostly new act to me, though I think I checked one of their earlier records.

What's your favorite song from them?

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10. "RE: i liked their newest release quite a bit"
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Mannnnn...I can't call a favorite track, but that tiny desk performance got me diggin deeper on them...will have to get back to ya...hahaaaaa...

Integrity is the Cornerstone of Artistry...

  

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11. "RE: Friday roundup - New Music / What are you listening to?"
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I have been loving the new Leon Bridges album.

Been giving that a lot of spins.

Peace
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stylez dainty
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12. "New Kurious is quite fun"
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I check for: Serengeti, Zeroh, Open Mike Eagle, Jeremiah Jae, Moka Only.

  

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14. "liking this quite a bit"
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Although I think it's the beats that are making it for me.

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15. "This is niiice"
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Kurious still got it

  

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16. "Liked this way more than I expected"
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He's solid and I like the production. The beats don't SOUND like DOOM beats, but a lot of the samples sound like samples he would have used.

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I don't like the beat anymore because its just a loop. ALC didn't FLIP IT ENOUGH!

Flip it enough? Flip these. Flip off. Go flip some f*cking burgers.(c)Kno

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17. "Philmore Greene - "The Grand Design""
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Met him about a year or so ago after the release of the album he had with Apollo Brown. Real good dude.

  

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18. "Myka 9 - Equinox"
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This is the type of music Kendrick attempts to make

https://youtu.be/vFaK7zZtIGM?feature=shared

  

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stylez dainty
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20. "Is this official? Really nice."
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If there was one artist I wish I could make work with producers I picked it would be Myka 9. He's one of the all-time great rappers with very few to zero great albums. Wish he was more locked into the LA beat scene producers.

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19. "BeMyFiasco - Pretty Little Love"
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FE music has been putting in work! Everybody’s been dropping something the last few months.

  

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